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11:57pm PDT |
Obama's trip: 1st high-profile step on world stage
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama 's trip to the Middle East and Europe marks his first high-profile step onto the international stage, a campaign-season audition of sorts for a presidential hopeful pledging a new era in diplomacy and an end to the U.S. combat role |
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11:44pm PDT |
Review call after inmates abscond |
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Summary: Calls are made to review home leave for prisoners after three inmates go on the run from Scottish open jails. |
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11:43pm PDT |
6 countries to meet over North Korea nuclear talks
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Summary: AP - Top diplomats from the U.S. and North Korea will meet next week along with their counterparts from regional nuclear talks, a South Korean official said Friday, the highest level of contact between the countries amid recent progress on Pyongyang's dis |
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11:36pm PDT |
McCartney appeals for peace over Quebec concert
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Summary: AP - Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists on Thursday "to smoke the pipes of peace" over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary. |
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11:25pm PDT |
Funeral for stabbed Ben is held |
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Summary: Family and friends are due to gather for the funeral of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella who was stabbed to death in north London. |
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11:07pm PDT |
Mandela celebrates 90th birthday |
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Summary: Nelson Mandela, the man who rose from prisoner to president of South Africa, is celebrating his 90th birthday. |
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10:38pm PDT |
Teenage murderer facing sentence |
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Summary: A 17-year-old will be sentenced later for killing a stranger, 24-year-old Kelly Hyde, as she walked her dog on a path. |
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10:38pm PDT |
Teenager killer facing sentence |
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Summary: A 17-year-old will be sentenced later for the murder of a woman as she walked her dog along a bridle path. |
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10:32pm PDT |
Live text - Open day two |
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Summary: The second day of the Open gets under way at Royal Birkdale with conditions slightly improved from Thursday's heavy wind and rain. |
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10:31pm PDT |
Chambers set for Olympic verdict |
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Summary: Dwain Chambers will discover on Friday whether he has won the right to run at the Beijing Olympics. |
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10:31pm PDT |
'Specs' only catch one speeder |
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Summary: A new speed camera system monitoring traffic between Holywood and Bangor catches only one speeding car. |
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10:03pm PDT |
Government funds Muslim thinkers |
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Summary: The British government is to fund a board of Islamic theologians in an attempt to sideline violent extremists. |
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10:00pm PDT |
Six party foreign mins may meet next week on N.Korea
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Summary: Reuters - Foreign ministers of the six countries in
talks on ending North Korea's nuclear arms program were
expected to hold their first meeting next week at a regional
forum in Singapore, a diplomatic source in Seoul said on
Friday. |
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9:54pm PDT |
Mbeki set for key Zimbabwe talks |
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Summary: South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is preparing to discuss Zimbabwe's future with a top African Union diplomat. |
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9:53pm PDT |
Freddie Mac mulling $10 bln share offer: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Mortgage giant Freddie Mac is
considering raising capital by selling as much as $10 billion
in new shares to investors, The Wall Street Journal reported,
citing people familiar with the matter. |
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9:51pm PDT |
Pope warns against splits at 'critical juncture' for Christianity
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI warned Christian leaders Friday the ecumenical movement was at a "critical juncture", as Anglican bishops met amid a split in their church over the ordination of women and gays. |
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9:40pm PDT |
Met Menezes measures 'too slow' |
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Summary: The Metropolitan Police has been too slow in improving its surveillance procedures, a report says. |
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9:27pm PDT |
Pope calls on religions to unite against terrorism
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict called for all religions
to unite against terrorism and resolve conflicts peacefully on
Friday and heard an Islamic leader urge Christians to overcome
"misconceptions and prejudices" of Muslims. |
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8:44pm PDT |
U.S. troops at risk from shoddy wiring in Iraq: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. soldiers face death and danger
from shoddy electrical work at their bases in Iraq, raising
further questions about a heavy reliance on private
contractors, the New York Times reported on Friday. |
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8:12pm PDT |
Cambodian, Thai soldiers reportedly draw weapons
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Cambodian and Thai soldiers pointed their weapons at each other for the first time over a tense land dispute on their border, witnesses and officials said Friday. |
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8:02pm PDT |
Bush surveys record-breaking California wildfires
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Summary: AP - President Bush offered federal help and encouragement Thursday to some of the 25,000 firefighters working under a blazing sun to contain wildfires that make up the single largest fire event ever recorded in California. |
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7:45pm PDT |
Pressure mounts over school tests |
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Summary: Pressure is set to increase on an US company over delays in marking thousands of school tests. |
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7:35pm PDT |
AP source: Yankees reach deal with Richie Sexson
(AP)
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Summary: AP - First baseman Richie Sexson and the New York Yankees reached a deal Thursday, a week after the Seattle Mariners cut the slumping slugger. A person familiar with the contract said Sexson would be paid a prorated share of the $390,000 minimum salary. T |
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7:34pm PDT |
Pope says Christian unity efforts at 'critical juncture'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Efforts to promote unity within different denominations of the Christian faith are at a "critical juncture", Pope Benedict XVI told other Christian leaders in Australia Friday. |
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7:07pm PDT |
Gore challenges US to ditch oil |
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Summary: Nobel Laureate Gore urges Americans to abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within a decade. |
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7:05pm PDT |
Tributes pour in as Mandela marks his 90th birthday
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Nelson Mandela, the icon of the anti-apartheid movement and South Africa's first black president, was marking his 90th birthday Friday as tributes poured in from around the world. |
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6:51pm PDT |
Mediate in 3-way tie for the lead at British Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - From sunny San Diego to bleak and blustery Royal Birkdale, the expression on Rocco Mediate's face didn't change. |
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6:38pm PDT |
Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned
(AP)
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Summary: AP - James Brown mementoes ranging from his signature capes to a medical bracelet fetched thousands of dollars Thursday at an auction, which the soul icon's children protested. |
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6:37pm PDT |
James Brown's 'relics' auctioned |
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Summary: Jumpsuits and stage capes belonging to late singer James Brown raise $800,000 at auction in New York. |
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6:37pm PDT |
Taxman feels good as James Brown memorabilia sold |
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Summary: Jumpsuits and stage capes belonging to late singer James Brown raise $800,000 at auction in New York. |
