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7:27am PDT |
Bear Stearns gets emergency funds |
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Summary: US bank Bear Stearns gets emergency funding from the Federal Reserve of New York and JP Morgan Chase. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
Broker crisis rattles Wall Street |
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Summary: Stocks tumbled Friday morning after news that Bear Stearns had taken emergency funding exacerbated fears that the Wall Street firm is in a liquidity crisis.
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Yahoo News |
7:23am PDT |
Protests turn violent in Tibetan capital
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing in the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa. A radio report said two people had been killed. |
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7:21am PDT |
Nepal considers China Everest ban |
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Summary: Nepal says China has asked it to stop spring expeditions to Mt Everest, amid fears of protests by Tibetan activists. |
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7:21am PDT |
Missing schoolgirl 'found alive' |
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Summary: West Yorkshire Police are investigating reports missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been found alive. |
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7:14am PDT |
Dalai Lama urges China to stop using force as several killed in Tibet
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Summary: AFP - The Dalai Lama said Friday he was "deeply concerned" over the situation in Tibet and appealed to China to "stop using force" several people were killed in the biggest protests against Chinese rule in two decades. |
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7:09am PDT |
Inflation rate is mildest in 6 months
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Consumer inflation, after pushing relentlessly higher, posted its mildest reading in six months in February thanks to energy and food costs moderating. The relief, however, was expected to be short-lived, given that energy prices have resumed their u |
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7:03am PDT |
Lucas offers peek at new `Clone Wars'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fans never seem to get their fill of "Star Wars," and George Lucas is happy to oblige. |
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6:59am PDT |
EU to set deadline for climate change package
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - EU leaders on Friday backed ambitious targets to cut energy use and fight climate change but stressed that the package must not involve "excessive costs" amid an economic downturn. |
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6:45am PDT |
'They'd rather die than get help' |
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Summary: It wasn't Tibet's subzero temperatures that nurse practitioner Arlene Samen found so chilling on a 1997 medical trip, but the haunting stories she was told about mothers and newborns on the brink of death after childbirth.
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Cnn.com |
6:45am PDT |
'They would rather die than get help' |
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Summary: It wasn't Tibet's subzero temperatures that nurse practitioner Arlene Samen found so chilling on a 1997 medical trip, but the haunting stories she was told about mothers and newborns on the brink of death after childbirth.
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Cnn.com |
6:39am PDT |
Riots break out in Tibetan capital |
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Summary: Protesters set fire to vehicles and shops in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday, as tear gas filled the streets and gunfire rang out, a witness told CNN.
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6:38am PDT |
Queen opens new Terminal 5 |
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Summary: The controversial Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport is officially opened by the Queen. |
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Cnn.com |
6:38am PDT |
'Signs of torture' you can't imagine |
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Summary: It's not the three and four digit numbers that sicken you. It's details. Monsters disguised as men scrape skin off bodies, gouge through eyes and yank out fingernails. That's what gives meaning to thousands tortured in Iraq. It's a very real image for one |
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6:18am PDT |
Consumer prices moderated last month
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Consumer inflation, which had been pushing relentlessly higher, posted its mildest reading in six months in February as the costs of energy and food moderated. The relief was expected to be short-lived, given that energy prices have resumed their upw |
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Cnn.com |
6:05am PDT |
Space station robot needs heat for its joints |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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5:59am PDT |
What women want ... in a car |
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Summary: Women have become increasingly influential when it comes to the automotive world, in everything from car design to advertising campaigns to what happens when you show up at the dealership. So what do women really want when buying a new car? And how are au |
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BBC News |
5:56am PDT |
Kosovo Serbs seize UN courthouse |
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Summary: Hundreds of Kosovo Serbs take over a UN courthouse in the northern town of Mitrovica, officials say. |
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BBC News |
5:49am PDT |
Serial sex offender gets 24 years |
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Summary: A sex offender described as "every parent's worst nightmare" is jailed for 24 years for raping young girls. |
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5:44am PDT |
Boys held for attacking officers |
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Summary: Two teenagers are arrested after a car was driven at armed police officers in south London. |
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5:44am PDT |
Vonn of US wins overall World Cup title
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup overall title Friday, completing the first U.S. men's and women's sweep in 25 years a day after Bode Miller won the same crown. |
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5:38am PDT |
Iranians vote as conservatives tipped to win
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranians voted on Friday in a low-key
election likely to keep parliament in the grip of conservatives
after unelected state bodies barred many reformist foes of
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from the race. |
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BBC News |
5:37am PDT |
Cameron defends filming of family |
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Summary: David Cameron pledges to extend parental leave and give parents the choice of who looks after a baby. |
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Yahoo News |
5:28am PDT |
U.S. seeks to narrow gaps with Russia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Top U.S. officials head to Russia
next week to improve prickly ties between the major powers but
experts said it was unlikely the two sides would narrow
differences on issues from missile defense to Kosovo. |
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BBC News |
5:26am PDT |
Funeral mass for Iraqi archbishop |
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Summary: Iraqi Christians attend the funeral of an archbishop whose body was found two weeks after his kidnap. |
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Yahoo News |
5:23am PDT |
Japanese lab Kibo attached to space station
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Astronauts attached the first piece of
Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station on
Friday, finally giving the Asian country a permanent place on
the orbital outpost. |
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BBC News |
5:20am PDT |
Celebrity culture 'harms pupils' |
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Summary: The cult of celebrity is damaging children's educational aspirations, a teaching union warns. |
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5:19am PDT |
Faulty heart missed for 23 years |
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Summary: A woman classed as "lazy" as a child is found to have the biggest hole in the heart doctors have seen. |
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5:15am PDT |
Ala. building can't shake swastika shape
(AP)
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Summary: AP - From the ground, the Wesley Acres Methodist retirement home looks like any other building. But fly over in an airplane, and the outline is unmistakable: It's one big swastika. |
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BBC News |
5:14am PDT |
Arsenal face Liverpool in Europe |
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Summary: Arsenal play Liverpool in the last eight of the Champions League, while Man Utd meet Roma and Chelsea are drawn against Fenerbahce. |
