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BBC News |
1:43pm PDT |
Smoke worsens over Buenos Aires |
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Summary: A blanket of smoke from burning scrubland thickens over the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. |
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Cnn.com |
1:37pm PDT |
Taliban kill son of new Dutch army chief |
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Yahoo News |
1:35pm PDT |
Top CBS brass delivers pep talk to support Couric
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Summary: AP - CBS Corp. Chairman Leslie Moonves paid a surprise visit to the CBS newsroom Friday to support embattled anchor Katie Couric. |
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Yahoo News |
1:28pm PDT |
Carter sets out ceasefire plan in Hamas talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter set
out plans for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a meeting
with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Friday. |
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BBC News |
1:23pm PDT |
Benitez keen to stay at Anfield |
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Summary: Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez reiterates his desire to stay at Anfield despite the boardroom split between owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks. |
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Yahoo News |
1:18pm PDT |
Pope worries that big powers control decision-making
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI warned diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that international cooperation needed to solve urgent problems is "in crisis" because decisions rest in the hands of a few powerful nations. |
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Yahoo News |
12:54pm PDT |
NBA owners vote to approve the SuperSonics' relocation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NBA owners approved the Seattle SuperSonics' move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season Friday, pending the resolution of litigation between the team and the city of Seattle. |
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Yahoo News |
12:54pm PDT |
Palestinians tout Moscow peace summit but U.S. lukewarm
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday
he was optimistic about a Middle East peace summit proposed by
Moscow, but Washington struck a more cautious note. |
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Yahoo News |
12:52pm PDT |
Is it her genes? Oldest known person turns 115 on Sunday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maybe it was a lifetime of chores on the family farm that account for Edna Parker's long life. Or maybe just good genes explain why the world's oldest known person will turn 115 on Sunday, defying staggering odds. |
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Cnn.com |
12:51pm PDT |
Pentagon paid $1.7M to firms of polygamy bosses |
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Summary: The U.S. government paid more than $1.7 million in defense contracts over the last decade to companies owned by leaders of Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect. The contracts, for airplane parts for the Air Force, continued even while Jeffs was on the FBI's "Mos |
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12:45pm PDT |
PM urges US-Europe links |
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Summary: Gordon Brown urges the US to seize the chance for a "new dawn" in co-operation between Europe and America. |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Carter aides to hold fresh talks with Hamas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Aides to former U.S. president Jimmy
Carter plan to hold a second round of talks with Hamas on
Friday night to discuss proposals for a ceasefire with Israel
that Carter made when he met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal. |
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Yahoo News |
12:43pm PDT |
Pope: Respect for human rights key to solving problems
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI told diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that respect for human rights was the key to solving many of the world's problems, while cautioning that international cooperation was threatened by "the decisions of a small number." |
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Yahoo News |
12:41pm PDT |
U.S. to hold nuclear talks in Pyongyang
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. team will have talks in
Pyongyang next Tuesday and Wednesday on how to verify any
declaration North Korea may make about its nuclear programs,
the U.S. State Department said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PDT |
Transportation secretary wants canceled flights explained
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is demanding that federal regulators and American Airlines explain why 250,000 U.S. air travelers endured canceled flights last week during safety inspections. |
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Yahoo News |
12:33pm PDT |
Pope defends human rights, multilateralism in UN speech
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI used his moral authority Friday to promote human rights and multilateralism and urge a greater dialogue between religions in a landmark address to the UN General Assembly. |
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Yahoo News |
12:31pm PDT |
Eve, Heidi Klum, Nicky Hilton among Us Weekly revelers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eve, Heidi Klum and Nicky Hilton were among the beautiful people who turned out for US Weekly magazine's Hot Hollywood party. |
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Yahoo News |
12:29pm PDT |
Wall Street gains as investors weigh Citi, Google results
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street bounded higher Friday as results from companies like Citigroup Inc. and Google Inc. helped ease investor anxiety about the health of corporate profits. The major stock indexes at times rose more than 2 percent. |
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Cnn.com |
12:27pm PDT |
Carter meets with exiled Hamas leader |
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Summary: The Israeli and U.S. governments have condemned former President Carter's series of meetings this week with top officials of Hamas, which they consider to be a terrorist organization.
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Yahoo News |
12:21pm PDT |
Pope says unilateral acts undermine U.N.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Countries that act unilaterally
on the world stage undermine the authority of the United
Nations and weaken the broad consensus needed to confront
global problems, Pope Benedict said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:53am PDT |
Al Qaeda plans Baghdad hits, says U.S. |
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Summary: Al Qaeda in Iraq is planning suicide attacks against Iraqis in Baghdad "in the near future," the U.S. military warned Friday.
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Yahoo News |
11:32am PDT |
Former Labor Secretary Reich endorses Obama over Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former Clinton Cabinet member Robert Reich has decided to endorse Barack Obama — and not Hillary Rodham Clinton — in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
11:28am PDT |
Mugabe blames Zimbabwe's troubles on Britain, whites, foes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Robert Mugabe devoted his first major speech since the unresolved election three weeks ago to denouncing whites and former colonial ruler Britain, an attempt to convince Zimbabweans their political and economic troubles stem from abroad. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27am PDT |
The oldest Americans are also the happiest, research finds
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It turns out the golden years really are golden. |
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BBC News |
11:19am PDT |
MP charged with criminal damage |
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Summary: A Labour MP is charged with criminal damage after being accused of climbing over a van bonnet. |
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Yahoo News |
11:14am PDT |
Expert testifies polygamous sect belief system is abusive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The belief system at a polygamous sect is abusive and teen girls do not resist early marriages because they are trained to be obedient and compliant, an expert testified Friday in a custody hearing for 416 children seized from a secluded ranch. |
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Yahoo News |
11:13am PDT |
Citigroup posts loss, plans to eliminate 9,000 jobs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Citigroup Inc. said Friday it will eliminate about 9,000 more jobs, after poor bets on defaulting loans and the tumultuous credit markets lopped $14 billion in value from its investments during the first quarter. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13am PDT |
Charities forced to do more with less |
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Summary: Ordinary Americans aren't the only ones being punished by tough economic times. Charities say they need help, too.
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BBC News |
11:09am PDT |
The gold rush |
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Summary: The effects of the rising demand for land in rural Britain |
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Yahoo News |
11:00am PDT |
Pope Benedict urges renewed focus on human rights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI told diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that respect for human rights was the key to solving many of the world's problems, while cautioning that international cooperation was threatened by "the decisions of a small number." |
