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Yahoo News |
5:06am PDT |
U.S. and North Korea stay in contact in Geneva
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. officials remained in Geneva on
Friday for further contacts with North Korea a day after the
two countries had substantive talks on getting the secretive
communist state to abandon its nuclear activities. |
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Yahoo News |
4:53am PDT |
OK for Gere to visit India, court says
(AP)
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Summary: AP - India's top court suspended an arrest warrant Friday against Hollywood star Richard Gere, wanted for allegedly breaking public obscenity laws by kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at a public AIDS awareness event last year, an attorney said. |
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4:53am PDT |
Manhunt 2 wins battle for release |
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Summary: The ban on controversial video game Manhunt 2 in the UK is lifted and the game will now go on sale. |
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Yahoo News |
4:51am PDT |
Reports: Tibet protests turn violent
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Angry protesters set shops ablaze and gunfire was reported in Tibet's regional capital Friday as the largest demonstrations in two decades against Chinese rule turned violent just months ahead of the Beijing Olympics. |
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4:48am PDT |
Queen opens new Heathrow terminal |
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Summary: The controversial Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport is being officially opened by the Queen. |
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4:47am PDT |
Men held for attacking officers |
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Summary: Two men are arrested after a car was driven at armed police officers in south London. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44am PDT |
U.S. convenes Israeli-Palestinian talks amid tension
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. general on Friday held the
first Israeli-Palestinian meeting to assess compliance with the
"road map" peace plan but Israel's defense minister, under U.S.
pressure over settlement building, did not attend. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
Spacewalkers add hands to space station
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Spacewalking astronauts added hands to a robot outside the international space station early Friday as experts on the ground devised a plan they hope will fix a problem getting power to the giant machine. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36am PDT |
Chaos in Tibet capital as protests spread
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Protesters in Tibet's capital Lhasa
burnt shops and vehicles and yelled for independence on Friday
as the region was hit by its biggest protests for nearly two
decades, testing China's grip months before the Olympics. |
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4:33am PDT |
Road sealed off as woman injured |
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Summary: An elderly woman has been taken to hospital after she was badly injured in an incident in Cardiff. |
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Cnn.com |
4:30am PDT |
German police kill U.S. soldier |
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Summary: German police in a Bavarian town shot and killed a U.S. soldier overnight after what appeared to be a violent domestic incident, local police said.
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4:23am PDT |
Vonn helps make US skiing history
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lindsey Vonn completed the first American sweep of men's and women's ski titles in 25 years by winning the overall World Cup Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:19am PDT |
Violence erupts 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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4:15am PDT |
Judge to head fingerprint inquiry |
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Summary: A senior Northern Ireland judge is to head an inquiry into the Shirley Mckie fingerprint scandal. |
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BBC News |
4:14am PDT |
Yahoo makes semantic search shift |
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Summary: Yahoo is starting to use key elements of next generation net technology known as the "semantic web". |
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Yahoo News |
4:07am PDT |
Gunshots heard in Tibetan capital: US embassy
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Gunfire was heard in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday, according to the US embassy who citied several reports from American citizens. |
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4:07am PDT |
EU leaders to endorse Mediterranean Union: draft
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - European Union leaders were set to
give formal blessing on Friday to a French proposal for a
Mediterranean Union to boost ties with the bloc's southern
neighbors, a draft final statement showed. |
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3:59am PDT |
Boss rues collapse of hedge fund |
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Summary: Carlyle Group pledges to "stand by" investors in the firm's failed fund, the Financial Times reports. |
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Cnn.com |
3:56am PDT |
Gas prices stuck in high gear |
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Summary: The nationwide average price of gasoline set another record Friday, according to the closely watched survey conducted for the motorist group AAA.
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Yahoo News |
3:54am PDT |
Shops set on fire in Tibet violence: witnesses
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Shops were set on fire in violence in
Tibet's capital of Lhasa on Friday, witnesses said, as the
region was hit by a fresh wave of rare street protests. |
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Yahoo News |
3:51am PDT |
Protesters set shops on fire in Tibet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Angry protesters set shops on fire in the Tibetan regional capital of Lhasa on Friday, state media and witnesses said, part of ongoing demonstrations against China's 57-year rule by Buddhist monks ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August. |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
'Cat confession' man not guilty |
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Summary: A man is cleared of murdering his partner in her bed as jurors reject claims that he confessed to his cats. |
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BBC News |
3:46am PDT |
'Callous' shares scam condemned |
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Summary: A father and daughter showed "callous disregard" for the British victims of their share scam, US investigators say. |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
Canadian MPS back Afghan mission |
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Summary: Canada's parliament extends its army's Afghan mission by two years on condition Nato allies send reinforcements. |
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BBC News |
3:34am PDT |
Police to resist Zimbabwe change |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's police chief says he will not let opposition "puppets" take power in elections. |
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Cnn.com |
3:22am PDT |
Space station robot gets hands |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
3:22am PDT |
Spacewalkers add hands to space station robot |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
3:18am PDT |
U.S. to follow up on nuclear talks with North Korea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. officials will extend talks in
Geneva with North Korea over nuclear disarmament, U.S. envoy
Christopher Hill said on Friday, saying considerable work was
still needed before resuming six-party negotiations. |
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Cnn.com |
3:15am PDT |
Iran reformists plead for large vote turnout |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:10am PDT |
Shops on fire amid Tibet protests |
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Summary: Fires break out in Tibet's main city of Lhasa, China's state media says, as rare protests in the province gather pace. |
