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Cnn.com |
4:51am PDT |
German suicide machine sparks outrage |
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Summary: A former top-level German politician has invented what he calls a "suicide machine" for terminally ill patients who want to die.
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Yahoo News |
4:50am PDT |
Britain seeks pedophiles Facebook ban
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The British government wants to ban convicted pedophiles from using social networking Web sites such as Facebook, the Home Office said Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:47am PDT |
Forecasters hid as twister shredded homes |
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Summary: A tornado ripped through central Arkansas Thursday evening, hitting a mobile home park and sending National Weather Service forecasters into a bunker. The storm destroyed hangars at the North Little Rock Airport.
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BBC News |
4:43am PDT |
Nokia debuts mobile gaming system |
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Summary: Mobile gaming fans can finally get to grips with Nokia's N-Gage software as the service is officially launched. |
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BBC News |
4:40am PDT |
Man remanded over crossing death |
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Summary: A man is remanded in custody charged with killing a woman hit by a train at a level crossing. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39am PDT |
Zimbabwe veterans march in show of force
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of veterans of Zimbabwe's guerrilla war for black rule marched through the capital Friday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule. |
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4:39am PDT |
Arrests in 'head on beach' case |
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Summary: Two men are arrested in connection with the discovery of a woman's head and hands on a beach. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
Aircraft bombings in "revenge for Iraq": court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Six Britons accused of plotting to blow
up at least seven transatlantic airliners recorded martyrdom
videos saying the attacks were revenge for the U.S. invasion of
Iraq, a London court heard on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
iTunes overtakes Wal-Mart in music sales
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Apple Inc. says a new consumer study shows its iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the U.S. |
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4:35am PDT |
Minister of chat |
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Summary: Why Whitehall is eyeing Facebook and Mumsnet |
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4:35am PDT |
'Confession' time |
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Summary: Why do people risk their freedom by sharing secrets? |
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4:35am PDT |
Confession time |
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Summary: Why do people freely admit to murder years later? |
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4:34am PDT |
'Plotters made martyrdom videos' |
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Summary: Men accused of plotting to blow up planes crossing the Atlantic made martyrdom videos, a court hears. |
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4:33am PDT |
No progress at Nato-Russia talks |
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Summary: Nato's secretary general says there were no breakthroughs in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
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4:30am PDT |
Nady, Pirates beat Braves in 10 innings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Xavier Nady drove in Nyjer Morgan with a 10th-inning single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Thursday night. |
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Yahoo News |
4:22am PDT |
Iraqi PM freezes raids targeting militia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's prime minister on Friday ordered a nationwide freeze on raids against suspected Shiite militants after the leader of the biggest militia complained that arrests were continuing even after he ordered fighters off the streets. |
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4:21am PDT |
Iraq PM seeks to ease tensions with militia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
said on Friday his security forces would stop arresting
militiamen if they give up their weapons, apparently seeking to
defuse tensions with Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. |
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4:15am PDT |
Pressure mounts on Mosley to quit |
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Summary: World motorsport boss Max Mosley is facing fresh calls to resign in the wake of allegations about his private life. |
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Yahoo News |
4:12am PDT |
Rapper Remy Ma plans NYC jail nuptials
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rapper Remy Ma isn't letting jail derail her wedding plans. The Grammy-nominated artist aims to marry her fiance, fellow rapper Papoose, at the city's Rikers Island jail while she awaits her sentencing for shooting a friend she suspected of stealing |
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4:10am PDT |
Mugabe chairs crunch politburo meeting
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took the chair of a crunch meeting of his party's politburo on Friday after a disastrous weekend election. |
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4:05am PDT |
Burundi jail term for 'plotter' |
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Summary: One of Burundi's leading politicians is sentenced to 13 years for subversion and insulting the president. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59am PDT |
Procol Harum singer wins royalties fight |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:58am PDT |
Indonesia activist gets life term |
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Summary: The leader of a peaceful protest in the Indonesian city of Ambon is jailed for life, a court official says. |
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3:56am PDT |
Hydrogen-powered plane takes off |
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Summary: The first hydrogen-powered aircraft is successfully tested in the skies above Spain, its makers say. |
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3:55am PDT |
Man cleared in suicide rape case |
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Summary: A man accused of raping a woman who later killed herself on a beach has the case against him dropped. |
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BBC News |
3:44am PDT |
US man describes 'miracle' of being six months pregnant |
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Summary: US man describes 'miracle' of being six months pregnant |
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BBC News |
3:44am PDT |
US man describes 'miracle' of being pregnant |
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Summary: A man who is pregnant 10 years after undergoing a sex change operation says his unborn child is a "miracle". |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
Burning issue |
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Summary: Why does the Olympic flame have its own hotel room? |
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BBC News |
3:24am PDT |
Procol Harum ruling is overturned |
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Summary: Procol Harum singer Gary Brooker wins back full royalty rights to the song A Whiter Shade of Pale, at London's Court of Appeal. |
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Yahoo News |
3:16am PDT |
Tensions rise at Russia-NATO summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday started a tense summit with NATO leaders amid mounting tensions over US anti-missile defence plans and the alliance's expansion toward Russian territory. |
