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BBC News |
11:41am PDT |
Terrorist releases prompt U-turn |
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Summary: Ministers change early release scheme after two terrorism convicts were let out of jail to ease overcrowding. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23am PDT |
Charges against Marine in Haditha case dropped
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Charges were dismissed on Friday
against a U.S. Marine accused of involuntary manslaughter and
aggravated assault in the 2005 shooting deaths of two dozen
unarmed Iraqi civilians at Haditha. |
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BBC News |
11:09am PDT |
Man cleared of harassing actress |
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Summary: A Nottingham man is cleared of harassing actress Samantha Morton but given a restraining order. |
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BBC News |
11:04am PDT |
UN says 'network' killed Hariri |
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Summary: A UN inquiry says a "network of individuals" was behind the 2005 killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. |
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Cnn.com |
11:03am PDT |
Police: 16-year-old admits 12 killings |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:58am PDT |
Terrorist releases prompt u-turn |
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Summary: A convicted terrorist has been freed from jail early because of prison overcrowding, the government says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:52am PDT |
U.N.'s Ban condemns Dutch film as anti-Islamic
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon on Friday condemned as "offensively anti-Islamic" a
Dutch lawmaker's film that accuses the Koran of inciting
violence. |
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Cnn.com |
10:48am PDT |
Bush: Basra fighting a 'defining moment' |
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Summary: President Bush today praised the Iraqi government's military push into Basra as "a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq," saying the government is fighting criminals there. "It's a necessary part of the development of a free society," Bush said a |
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10:40am PDT |
Case dropped against Haditha defendant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Marine Corps is dropping all charges against a lance corporal who was accused of involuntary manslaughter in a squad's killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005. |
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BBC News |
10:30am PDT |
$100bn Fed move over credit fears |
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Summary: The Fed makes billions of dollars available to banks in an auction hoping to ease credit-crunch concerns. |
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10:30am PDT |
Five guilty of 'honey trap' kidnap |
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Summary: Five people are convicted of a £10m plot to kidnap a businessman by seducing him. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21am PDT |
Diplomats visit Tibet as EU split on Olympic opening boycott
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China on Friday allowed the first foreign diplomats to visit Tibet following deadly riots, as European nations appeared split on the idea of boycotting the Beijing Olympics opening. |
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10:15am PDT |
Ten candidates for London mayor |
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Summary: Ten candidates will battle it out to be the next mayor of London in the 1 May election, officials say. |
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10:11am PDT |
Italy recalls tainted mozzarella |
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Summary: The Italian authorities withdraw mozzarella cheese linked to dioxin contamination - satisfying the EU. |
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10:10am PDT |
Football: Wembley loses final |
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Summary: Wembley loses 2010 Champions League to Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium due to high taxes. |
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BBC News |
10:10am PDT |
Wembley loses final over tax |
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Summary: Wembley loses 2010 Champions League to Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium due to high taxes. |
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BBC News |
10:10am PDT |
Wembley loses 2010 final over tax |
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Summary: Wembley loses 2010 Champions League to Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium due to high taxes. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10am PDT |
One inmate dead in Texas prison riot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An inmate was killed and more than
20 injured on Friday in a riot at a federal prison in Three
Rivers, Texas. |
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Cnn.com |
10:09am PDT |
Inmate dead, 22 hurt in Texas prison fights |
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Summary: One inmate was killed and several others were injured when two fights broke out early Friday at a federal prison in Texas, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said.
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10:08am PDT |
'Network' killed Hariri, says UN |
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Summary: A "criminal network" of individuals was behind the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, the UN says. |
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10:04am PDT |
Puerto Rico governor denies fraud |
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Summary: Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila pleads not guilty to corruption charges linked to campaign finance. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03am PDT |
Zimbabwe security forces on full alert ahead of polls
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's security forces were placed on full alert Friday to head off possible violence at this weekend's elections as President Robert Mugabe's opponents feared the outcome had already been fixed. |
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Yahoo News |
9:50am PDT |
Russia says NATO "playing with fire" on expansion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia warned against NATO expansion
into ex-Soviet neighbors Georgia and Ukraine on Friday before a
NATO summit next week that will discuss what Moscow sees as
encroaching deep into its backyard. |
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BBC News |
9:49am PDT |
Trapped woman killed on rail line |
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Summary: A woman is killed by a train when her foot becomes trapped on a level crossing in an Essex. |
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Yahoo News |
9:47am PDT |
Top Democrat warns fight risks demoralizing voters
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic Party chief Howard
Dean warned on Friday the acrimonious fight between Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton risked demoralizing Democrats and
urged them to tone down personal attacks. |
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BBC News |
9:42am PDT |
NHS staff papers found dumped |
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Summary: Documents containing payroll information on 150 NHS staff members have been found dumped in a street. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
Bush sees Iraq violence as defining
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Friday that the flare up in violence in oil-rich southern Iraq and parts of Baghdad presents "a defining moment in the history of Iraq" as the government there seeks to rout out Shiite militias. |
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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
After 2 Iraq tours, Marine finally an American |
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Summary: U.S. Marine Cpl. Mario Ramos-Villalta put on his freshly pressed uniform early Thursday as a citizen of El Salvador. By the end of the day, he would be a citizen of the United States of America.
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Consumers, inflation weaken as slowdown drags on
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Consumer confidence fell further into
recessionary territory in March, hitting a 16-year low, even as
other data showed incomes rose and inflation dipped in
February, which should support the Fed's efforts to bolster the
economy. |
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Cnn.com |
9:24am PDT |
Smiley faces open new world for autistic |
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Summary: David Savill finds it hard to know if people are happy or sad. But in Second Life, members of the online community use smiley faces or angry signs so even people with some form of autism -- like Savill -- know what others are feeling. Now Savill has built |
