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11:00am PDT |
Bargain hunt |
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Summary: Ikea cuts prices for a day, but will punters be happy? |
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Cnn.com |
10:59am PDT |
Jimmy 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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10:57am PDT |
Anaesthetic - who needs it? Man hypnotises himself before op |
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Summary: A hypnotist from Sussex undergoes an operation on his right hand without a general anaesthetic. |
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10:43am PDT |
Maoists 'will meet Nepali king' |
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Summary: The head of Nepal's ex-Maoist rebels says he wants to meet King Gyanendra in person to persuade him to step down. |
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10:40am PDT |
Clive James on... |
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Summary: Whether to boycott an author you love, but hate |
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Cnn.com |
10:39am PDT |
Judge tightens reigns at FLDS hearing |
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Summary: A child protection supervisor took the stand for a second day Friday as part of a hearing to determine who gets custody of more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect's Texas ranch earlier this month.
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Yahoo News |
10:37am PDT |
Obama keeps rolling as Clinton running out of time
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - After a tough six-week stretch of
campaign gaffes, roaring controversies and heightened scrutiny,
Barack Obama's presidential bid appears as strong as ever --
and rival Hillary Clinton is running out of time to change the
script. |
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10:32am PDT |
Nurse sacked after smacking son |
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Summary: A former school nurse is to take legal action after she was arrested then sacked for smacking her son at home. |
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10:29am PDT |
NY tower plans found in rubbish |
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Summary: A homeless man finds confidential blueprints for New York's new Freedom Tower in a rubbish bin. |
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10:27am PDT |
IPL launched with exotic ceremony |
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Summary: The Indian Premier League, with its potential to transform world cricket, begins in Bangalore. |
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10:26am PDT |
Police quiz Shannon mother's ex |
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Summary: The former partner of Shannon Matthews' mother is questioned over the girl's disappearance. |
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10:22am PDT |
Farm closes over E.coli concerns |
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Summary: About 90 children and staff at three Belfast primary schools who visited an open farm are being tested for E.coli. |
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10:22am PDT |
90 pupils are tested for E.coli |
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Summary: About 90 children and staff at three primary schools are to be tested for E.coli after another case. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16am PDT |
Carter meets Hamas chief over Israeli, US objections
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former President Carter met Friday with the exiled leader of Hamas and the militant group's deputy chief, men the U.S. government has labeled as global terrorists and Israel accuses of masterminding suicide bombings and kidnappings. |
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10:12am PDT |
EU tightens anti-terrorism laws |
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Summary: European Union justice ministers agree that inciting terrorism through the internet should be a crime. |
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10:12am PDT |
Brown urges new US-Europe links |
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Summary: Gordon Brown urges the US to seize the chance for a "new dawn" in cooperation between Europe and America. |
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10:10am PDT |
Police to hold terror suspect |
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Summary: Police in Bristol are given a further seven days to question a 19-year-old man under the Terrorism Act. |
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10:07am PDT |
McCain reports $405,409 in earnings for 2007
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain earned a total of $405,409 last year and donated a quarter of it to charity, according to tax returns that provide only a partial picture of his family's enormous wealth. |
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10:00am PDT |
More pay for wider-ranging heads |
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Summary: The government agrees to review the pay of head teachers as more take on complex roles. |
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Cnn.com |
9:54am PDT |
Smoke chokes Argentina's capital |
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Summary: Smoke blanketed the Argentine capital on Friday as brush fires apparently set deliberately consumed thousands of acres in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos.
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Cnn.com |
9:48am PDT |
Judge tightens reins at FLDS hearing |
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Summary: A child protection supervisor took the stand for a second day Friday as part of a hearing to determine who gets custody of more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect's Texas ranch earlier this month.
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Yahoo News |
9:40am PDT |
Bush names SBA's Preston as housing secretary
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Friday
nominated the head of the Small Business Administration, Steve
Preston, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban
Development as the administration tries to salvage the sagging
housing market. |
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Cnn.com |
9:35am PDT |
Al Qaeda planning Baghdad attacks, 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 |
9:33am PDT |
Pope champions human rights, multilateralism in UN speech
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI Friday launched a spirited defense of human rights and multilateralism, and called for greater dialogue between cultures in a landmark address to the UN General Assembly. |
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BBC News |
9:32am PDT |
Something foul in the air? Hundreds report strange pong dubbed 'Euro-whiff' |
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Summary: The Met Office says the whiffy air over parts of England and Wales is likely to be agricultural or industrial smells drifting across the Channel. |
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Cnn.com |
9:26am PDT |
Pope promotes human rights at U.N. |
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Summary: After a dramatic three days in which he put the country's clergy sexual abuse scandal front and center, Pope Benedict XVI turned his attention Friday to the original purpose of his first U.S. visit as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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BBC News |
9:22am PDT |
Labour tax revolt gathering pace |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is under pressure as three more ministerial aides protest at the abolition of the 10p tax rate. |
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BBC News |
9:16am PDT |
Pope urges global unity on crises |
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Summary: Pope Benedict tells the UN in New York that member states should unite to solve the world's crises together. |
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BBC News |
9:16am PDT |
Woman raped during 13-hour siege |
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Summary: A sex offender subjected a woman to a sexual attack at knifepoint during a 13-hour siege, a court hears. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15am PDT |
Citigroup lops off $14 billion in investments during 1Q
(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. |
