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Cnn.com |
11:29am PDT |
Mugabe's party agrees to runoff |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's electoral commission was expected to release final results of last week's election Friday amid a crackdown on the opposition and media.
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Cnn.com |
11:25am PDT |
Map holds sounds, images of MLK killing |
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Summary: The moment of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death is being remembered on the anniversary of his death. Friends remember the jokes before the assassin's shot, the medical examiner describes the fatal wound, Sen. Robert Kennedy appeals for calm and a re |
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Yahoo News |
11:11am PDT |
Job losses mount, recession feared
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Employers cut payrolls for a third
consecutive month in March and the jobless rate jumped to a
2-1/2 year high, adding more evidence that a housing downturn
and credit crisis may have pushed the economy into recession. |
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BBC News |
11:09am PDT |
A court orders a man to sell off his collection of prized Trabants |
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Summary: A Derbyshire man who spent 20 years collecting Trabant cars, loses his final appeal to keep them. |
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Yahoo News |
11:09am PDT |
Hansbrough, Davis win AP awards
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tyler Hansbrough had a very busy Friday morning on the biggest weekend of his young basketball career. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59am PDT |
Zimbabwe headed to presidential runoff
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A presidential runoff between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared certain Friday after the ruling party said it had agreed to a second round. |
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BBC News |
10:56am PDT |
US crowds mark King anniversary |
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Summary: Thousands of people gather in the US city of Memphis to mark 40 years since Martin Luther King's death. |
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BBC News |
10:52am PDT |
'Illegal' ad system scrutinised |
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Summary: Technical analysis of the Phorm online advertising system reinforces an expert' s view that it is "illegal". |
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BBC News |
10:36am PDT |
Screen follows E. coli detections |
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Summary: About 40 children and staff at the nursery unit of a south Belfast primary school are to be screened for E. coli. |
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BBC News |
10:25am PDT |
Astronomers 'must make own case' |
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Summary: UK astronomers must make a strong case for funding if they are to stave off further woes, a funding chief says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23am PDT |
China reports fresh Tibetan unrest, police fire warning shots
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China on Friday reported a fresh outbreak of violence as it sought to contain the biggest challenge to its rule of Tibet in decades, saying police were forced to fire warning shots to quell "rioters." |
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Cnn.com |
10:08am PDT |
Mugabe's party announces presidential runoff |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's electoral commission was expected to release final results of last week's election Friday amid a crackdown on the opposition and media.
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Cnn.com |
10:08am PDT |
Pirates seize French cruise ship |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:05am PDT |
Pirates seize French yacht and 30 crew off Somalia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pirates have taken over a French luxury
yacht with 30 crew on board off the coast of Somalia, the
boat's owner said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:56am PDT |
Zimbabwe ruling party endorses Mugabe for run-off
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's ruling party on Friday endorsed President Robert Mugabe to contest a presidential election run-off after acknowledging he failed to defeat his opposition rival in the first round. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55am PDT |
ZANU-PF: Presidential runoff in Zimbabwe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe's ruling party said Friday there will be a presidential runoff election between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. |
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Yahoo News |
9:53am PDT |
Pirates seize French ship off Somalia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pirates seized control of a French cruise ship Friday off the coast of Somalia, France's Foreign Ministry said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52am PDT |
Race roils U.S. politics 40 years after King's death
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Forty years after civil
rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death in a
racially charged assassination, the race issue he forced
American leaders to confront is still roiling U.S. politics. |
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Yahoo News |
9:43am PDT |
ISPs hog rights in fine print
(AP)
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Summary: AP - What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract. |
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Cnn.com |
9:29am PDT |
Polygamist ranch in Texas locked down |
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Summary: Police and state child protective officers converged on the Texas ranch where about 400 followers of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs live, according to local media reports.
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BBC News |
9:28am PDT |
Week in pictures |
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Summary: Some striking images from around the world this week |
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BBC News |
9:21am PDT |
Rising exam bill 'is inefficient' |
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Summary: Head teachers criticise the "desperately bad use of public money" on exam costs, said to be rising. |
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BBC News |
9:17am PDT |
Ready for battle |
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Summary: Zanu-PF comes out fighting after election setback |
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Yahoo News |
9:12am PDT |
Memphis marchers honor legacy of MLK
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On the 40th anniversary of his assassination, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered Friday in the city where he died as a man who came to Memphis "to lead us to a better way." |
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BBC News |
9:07am PDT |
Rugby: Johnson set to agree England role |
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Summary: Martin Johnson has agreed in principle to become England's new team manager, BBC Sport understands. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05am PDT |
Pirates storm French yacht off Somalia: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pirates have taken over a French luxury
yacht with 34 crew on board off the coast of Somalia, France
Info radio said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:04am PDT |
Litter row killers get four years |
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Summary: Two youths are sentenced for killing a man during a row over a chocolate bar wrapper. |
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BBC News |
9:03am PDT |
Somali pirates seize French yacht |
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Summary: Pirates board a luxury French yacht off Somalia's coast, taking all its 30 crew hostage, a French official says. |
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BBC News |
8:55am PDT |
Shake-up for Halifax mortgages |
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Summary: The Halifax, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, targets buyers who can pay larger deposits. |
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Zimbabwe's ruling party endorses Mugabe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The ruling party endorsed President Robert Mugabe to run in a possible presidential runoff, signaling Friday the southern African nation's ruler of 28 years failed to win the election but still intends to fight to retain power. |
