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7:58pm PDT |
Yemeni describes CIA secret jails |
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Summary: A Yemeni says he was held for nearly three years in secret CIA prisons and accuses the US of torture. |
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Yahoo News |
7:47pm PDT |
Man forgets to wear pants at drive-thru
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Summary: AP - Careful with that coffee! Police say a man placing an order in a suburban New York doughnut shop's drive-through lane didn't have any pants on. |
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7:45pm PDT |
Senate rejects plan to ban earmarks
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Summary: AP - Senators in both political parties are insisting on their right to send pet projects back to their states, even though presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton joined with GOP nominee-in-waiting John McCain in voting to ban them for o |
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7:43pm PDT |
Al-Qaida sets deadline for held tourists
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida's branch for North Africa on Thursday set a three-day deadline to meet conditions for the release of two Austrian tourists it claimed to have kidnapped in Tunisia last month. |
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Cnn.com |
7:34pm PDT |
Iraq, al Qaeda not linked, Pentagon says |
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Summary: The U.S. military's first and only study looking into ties between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda showed no connection between the two, according to a military report released by the Pentagon.
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7:34pm PDT |
Female heads 'at all-time high' |
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Summary: The number of women becoming head teachers is rising but more should be encouraged, says a study. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PDT |
Ed McMahon recovering from neck injury
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Summary: AP - Former "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon broke his neck in a fall last year and was recovering after two surgeries, his publicist said Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:24pm PDT |
US sees no breakthrough in NKorea nuclear talks
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Summary: AFP - North Korean and US negotiators failed to reach any breakthrough in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programme and do not plan to resume negotiations Friday, the chief US negotiator said. |
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BBC News |
7:21pm PDT |
800,000 train delays 'cost £1bn' |
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Summary: There were 800,000 delays on the railways in 2006/7 costing the public £1bn in lost time, according to the National Audit Office |
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Cnn.com |
7:18pm PDT |
House to debate surveillance laws in secret |
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Summary: President Bush Thursday vowed to veto a new proposal to update the nation's wiretapping program backed by House Democratic leaders.
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7:17pm PDT |
EU set to agree emission cut plan |
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Summary: EU leaders meeting in Brussels are poised to agree on a plan for further cutting greenhouse gas emissions. |
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7:17pm PDT |
EU poised for new emission cuts |
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Summary: EU leaders meeting at a summit in Brussels are poised to back new curbs on greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Cnn.com |
7:11pm PDT |
Dad accused of forcing girl to kill pet cat |
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6:37pm PDT |
Man at drive-thru forgets to wear pants
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Summary: AP - Careful with that coffee! Police say a man placing an order in a suburban New York doughnut shop's drive-through lane didn't have any pants on. |
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Yahoo News |
6:25pm PDT |
Astronauts begin spacewalk despite issue
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A pair of astronauts ventured out Thursday night on the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station mission despite a problem getting power to a giant robot that they needed to assemble. |
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BBC News |
6:23pm PDT |
Queen to open new Heathrow terminal |
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Summary: The controversial Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport is to be officially opened by the Queen. |
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6:23pm PDT |
Queen set for Terminal 5 opening |
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Summary: The Queen is to open Heathrow's controversial Terminal 5 in front of hundreds of airport and construction workers. |
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Yahoo News |
6:07pm PDT |
Anti-semitism on rise globally: State Department
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Anti-Semitism, including
government-promoted hatred toward Jews and prejudice couched as
criticism of Israel, has risen globally over the last decade,
the State Department said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:50pm PDT |
US sees progress but no NKorean pact
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The United States and North Korea made progress Thursday in overcoming obstacles that have stalled a major nuclear disarmament deal but remained short of a breakthrough, the chief U.S. negotiator said. |
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5:47pm PDT |
House agrees to rare secret session on spy bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The House of Representatives
abruptly postponed a vote on a spy bill on Thursday after
Democrats agreed to a Republican request to hold a rare secret
session to discuss classified security matters. |
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BBC News |
5:42pm PDT |
BBC hands OFT files on Gaviscon |
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Summary: The BBC gives the Office of Fair Trading files showing plans to thwart competition in heartburn medicine sales. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37pm PDT |
Couples leads Bay Hill; Tiger struggles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fred Couples made four birdies in his opening six holes, shot 5-under 65, and golf finally felt fun. Tiger Woods couldn't hit the green with a wedge, struggled to shoot even par, and he finally looked human. |
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Yahoo News |
5:33pm PDT |
Snoop Dogg to remix ABC soap opera theme
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Summary: AP - Snoop Dogg is bringing some street cred to "One Life to Live." The 36-year-old rapper will make an extended cameo on the ABC soap opera to perform two songs from his new album, "Ego Trippin'," at the Ultra Violet club in the town of Llanview, the net |
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Yahoo News |
5:11pm PDT |
U.S. held Yemeni in secret jails for years: Amnesty
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The running of secret CIA prisons for
terrorism suspects makes a mockery of international law,
Amnesty International said on Friday in a case study of a
Yemeni man who was held incommunicado for more than 2-1/2
years. |
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BBC News |
5:04pm PDT |
'Lax standards' on data security |
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Summary: The government has persistently failed to take data protection seriously enough, MPs and peers say. |
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BBC News |
5:03pm PDT |
Call to fine public drunks £100 |
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Summary: People drunk in public should be fined £100, even if they are not causing a nuisance, says a leading doctor. |
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BBC News |
5:02pm PDT |
Flexible immigration policy call |
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Summary: The head of the UK equality watchdog is expected to say immigration policy should be adjusted for Scotland. |
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Yahoo News |
4:43pm PDT |
Congress endorses post-Bush tax hikes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Both houses of Congress endorsed the idea of tax increases for millions of Americans Thursday as Democrats pressed ahead with budget plans that would allow some or all of President Bush's reductions to die after he leaves office. |
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BBC News |
4:42pm PDT |
Sudan and Chad sign border accord |
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Summary: Chad and Sudan's presidents sign an accord in Senegal to stop support for rebels in each other's territory. |
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Cnn.com |
4:41pm PDT |
Bishop expounds on the new 'deadly sins' |
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Summary: Fifteen hundred years after the Roman Catholic Church introduced the original list of seven deadly sins, a Vatican official last week suggested an updated roster for a new age.
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