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BBC News |
2:34am PDT |
Search on after car canal death |
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Summary: A man dies and a search is under way after a vehicle plunges into the Caledonian Canal in the Highlands. |
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BBC News |
2:18am PDT |
Concert helps Ama Sumani orphans |
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Summary: A benefit concert for a woman who died in Ghana after she was removed from a Welsh hospital will go ahead - for her two children. |
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BBC News |
2:18am PDT |
Concert to help Ghanaian orphans |
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Summary: A benefit concert for a woman who died in Ghana after she was removed from a Welsh hospital will go ahead - for her two children. |
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BBC News |
2:14am PDT |
Funeral for man beaten to death |
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Summary: The funeral of a 51-year-old man who died after he was beaten in west Belfast is taking place. |
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Yahoo News |
2:09am PDT |
Wall Street culture not likely to change
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street investment bankers got another lesson about the dangers of risk-taking this past week with the downfall of Bear Stearns Cos. The question now obviously is, how long will it last? |
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Cnn.com |
1:41am PDT |
China paper: Crush Tibet 'sabotage' |
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Yahoo News |
1:25am PDT |
Counting begins in Taiwan presidential vote
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Counting began Saturday in Taiwan's crunch presidential election with voters choosing between the pro-independence ruling party chief or an opposition rival who has vowed closer ties to China. |
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BBC News |
1:20am PDT |
Taiwan counts presidential votes |
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Summary: Votes are counted in Taiwan after a presidential election in which the economy and China policy were key issues. |
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Yahoo News |
1:19am PDT |
Taiwan poll closes with China in focus
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Taiwan voters cast their ballots on
Saturday to elect a president who could usher in a new era in
relations with political rival China in one of the hottest
potential flashpoints in Asia. |
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Yahoo News |
1:12am PDT |
Candidate for next Pakistani PM to be announced
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The party of assassinated former
Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, which is set to lead a
coalition government, will announce its candidate for prime
minister on Saturday, party officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
1:09am PDT |
Kan. museum unveils foul weather exhibit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After a year in which Kansas endured destructive ice storms, killer tornadoes and severe flooding, it seemed the state history museum carefully timed the opening of an exhibit on extreme weather. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08am PDT |
Musharraf's allies withdraw PM candidate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Allies of President Pervez Musharraf withdrew their candidate for Pakistan's prime minister, clearing the way for whomever is nominated Saturday by the new parliamentary majority to run for premier uncontested. |
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Yahoo News |
12:56am PDT |
Workers punished for passport breach
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two companies that provide workers for the State Department say they fired or otherwise punished those who improperly accessed the passport records of the three major presidential candidates. The security breaches touched off demands for a congressio |
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BBC News |
12:54am PDT |
Ten missing after S Lanka sinking |
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Summary: Ten crew are missing after a Sri Lankan naval vessel is sunk by the Tamil Tigers, the second such attack this year. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Chinese media: 'crush' Tibet protests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party called Saturday for efforts to "resolutely crush" anti-government demonstrations by Tibetans, while Beijing urged people to turn in those on a "Most Wanted" list of 21 protesters. |
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BBC News |
12:34am PDT |
Pakistan awaits naming of new PM |
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Summary: The Pakistan People's Party is to put forward the name of the candidate it expects to become PM. |
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Yahoo News |
12:28am PDT |
China ups death toll in Tibet riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China said 19 people were
killed in riots in the Tibetan capital last week and official
media warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest
region of Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese
control. |
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BBC News |
12:11am PDT |
Massa on pole as Ferrari dominate |
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Summary: Ferrari secure the front row for the Malaysian Grand Prix with Felipe Massa on pole ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. |
