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11:54pm PDT |
Qantas jumbo makes emergency landing after mid-air drama
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Summary: AFP - A Qantas Boeing 747 flying to Melbourne made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after a dramatic mid-air rupture that left a "gaping hole" in its fuselage, officials and passengers said. |
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11:51pm PDT |
Witnesses appeal over sex attack |
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Summary: Police appealing for witnesses to a serious sexual assault say they want to speak to people in nearby bars and nightclubs. |
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11:51pm PDT |
Witnesses appeal over city rape |
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Summary: Police appealing for witnesses to a serious sexual assault say they want to speak to people in nearby bars and nightclubs. |
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BBC News |
11:50pm PDT |
Scrum for last Olympic tickets |
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Summary: Thousands of people descend on ticket booths in Beijing, to get their hands on the last batch of Olympic tickets. |
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11:47pm PDT |
Arson fear in deadly S Korea fire |
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Summary: Officials say they suspect arson in a fire which swept through a boarding house south of Seoul, killing seven. |
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11:44pm PDT |
Hole forces Qantas plane to land |
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Summary: A Qantas 747 makes an emergency landing in Manila as a hole in its belly causes it to lose cabin pressure, officials say. |
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11:43pm PDT |
China says has more people surfing the Web than US
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Summary: AP - China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday. |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PDT |
Bush and Singh push nuclear deal |
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Summary: US President George Bush telephones Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the controversial civil nuclear deal. |
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11:42pm PDT |
Bush and Manmohan discuss N-deal |
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Summary: US President George Bush telephones Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the controversial civil nuclear deal. |
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11:35pm PDT |
Rare fossils in India threatened |
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Summary: Nature protected rare fossils for millions of years, but humans are now destroying them, says the BBC's Salman Ravi in eastern India. |
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10:48pm PDT |
Obama: New walls need tearing down |
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Summary: U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama was due to arrive in Paris on Friday, one day after speaking to hundreds of thousands of exuberant people in Berlin.
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10:46pm PDT |
Obama heads for France after major Berlin rally
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Summary: AFP - US presidential hopeful Barack Obama was due in Paris on Friday a day after telling a vast crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths, in a soaring challenge to a ne |
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10:45pm PDT |
Fan in rehab months after attack |
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Summary: A rugby fan attacked in Belfast in April is still being treated at a rehabilitation centre. |
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10:44pm PDT |
Obama heads for France after major Berlin rally
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Summary: AFP/DDP - US presidential hopeful Barack Obama was due in Paris on Friday a day after telling a vast crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths, in a soaring challenge to |
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10:39pm PDT |
Rice: Pakistan should do more to end violence
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory. |
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10:37pm PDT |
Colts' Manning hopes for quick return from surgery
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Summary: AP - Peyton Manning's voice resonated through the Colts training camp Thursday — from 90 miles away. The NFL's two-time MVP spent reporting day at home in Indianapolis, his valuable left knee immobilized after having surgery to remove an infected bursa sa |
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Cnn.com |
10:32pm PDT |
Teen sentenced for nephews' pot-smoking |
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9:45pm PDT |
Student teachers' higher degrees |
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Summary: People seeking to become teachers in England are better qualified than they were a decade ago, analysis shows. |
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9:45pm PDT |
Trainee teachers 'degrees better' |
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Summary: People seeking to become teachers in England are better qualified than they were a decade ago, analysis shows. |
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8:58pm PDT |
British ruling party loses crucial by-election
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Summary: AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a major blow Friday after his ruling Labour Party lost a crucial by-election in his native Scotland. |
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8:45pm PDT |
AP Exclusive: Secret Service wants more money
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Summary: AP - The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency's campaign security job. |
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BBC News |
8:20pm PDT |
Brown set for union policy summit |
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Summary: MPs, party members and trade union activists gather in Warwick for Labour's National Policy Forum. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15pm PDT |
Cubs snap losing streak to Marlins with 6-3 win
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Summary: AP - Carlos Zambrano pitched seven solid innings and the Chicago Cubs snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Florida Marlins with a 6-3 victory Thursday night. |
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8:09pm PDT |
High note |
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Summary: 'Extreme cellists' scale England's tallest mountain |
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Cnn.com |
7:55pm PDT |
State executes man who fought lethal injection |
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7:55pm PDT |
Virginia executes man who challenged methods |
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Cnn.com |
7:27pm PDT |
Ex-cop: Widow tried to hire me for hit |
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7:26pm PDT |
Fears for wedding gift list firm |
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Summary: Wedding gift firm Wrapit says it is having financial problems, amid fears that brides and grooms will not get their presents. |
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7:24pm PDT |
SNP stuns Labour in Glasgow East |
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Summary: The SNP pulls off a stunning victory, winning one of Labour's safest seats by just a few hundred votes. |
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7:08pm PDT |
Britain's ruling party loses key Scottish by-election
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Summary: AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party lost a key by-election in the Scottish constituency of Glasgow East, according to results announced Friday. |
