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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Catholic schools in India protest |
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Summary: Thousands of Catholic schools are shut across India in protest against continuing violence in the eastern state of Orissa. |
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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Passengers stranded as Zoom folds |
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Summary: About 100 passengers who were expecting to fly to Canada are stranded at Belfast International Airport as their airline folds. |
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BBC News |
11:53pm PDT |
Oxygen bottle behind Qantas blast |
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Summary: Australian investigators confirm that an exploding oxygen cylinder blew the huge hole in a Qantas plane last month. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
Suicide bomber killed trying to attack Pakistan camp
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber tried to force his
vehicle into a Pakistani military camp in the northwest on
Friday but was blown up when soldiers opened fire on him, a day
after dozens of people were killed in violence across the
region |
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BBC News |
11:17pm PDT |
Student 'raped in migrant camp' |
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Summary: French police question about 100 men after a Canadian student is raped by a man near Calais. |
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BBC News |
11:13pm PDT |
Hargreaves to miss England games |
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Summary: Man Utd say Owen Hargreaves will not be fit for England's World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia, adding to Fabio Capello's problems in midfield. |
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BBC News |
11:02pm PDT |
US rejects 'false' Russia claim |
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Summary: The US dismisses accusations by Russia that it helped provoke the conflict in Georgia for domestic political reasons. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
GM eyes return to profit in 2010 |
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Summary: General Motors hopes the car company will start making money again in 2010, a top executive at the firm says. |
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Cnn.com |
10:53pm PDT |
75,000 flock to historic Obama speech |
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Summary: Charlie Dominguez is spending his 47th birthday standing in line at Invesco Field, hoping he will be able to count a ticket to Sen. Barack Obama's Thursday night acceptance speech among his birthday gifts.
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Cnn.com |
10:53pm PDT |
More than 75,000 pack stadium to hear Obama |
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Summary: Charlie Dominguez is spending his 47th birthday standing in line at Invesco Field, hoping he will be able to count a ticket to Sen. Barack Obama's Thursday night acceptance speech among his birthday gifts.
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PDT |
Dell 2Q profit drops, hurt by PC price cuts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by PC price cuts. Both earnings and margins fell short of Wall Street estimates, and Dell shares plunged. |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
DVLA staff strike over 'pay gap' |
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Summary: Workers at the DVLA strike over claims they are paid 16% less than others in the Department of Transport |
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Yahoo News |
10:46pm PDT |
Obama vows to renew America's promise
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Barack Obama savaged John McCain and "broken" Republican politics, vowing to restore America's promise in a tumultuous climax to the Democratic convention before an 84,000 strong crowd. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
Probe reveals oxygen tank burst on Qantas flight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An oxygen tank exploded and blew a car-sized hole in a Qantas jet last month, air safety officials said Friday, but investigators appear to be no closer to figuring out why. |
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Yahoo News |
10:31pm PDT |
Jury acquits former Marine in killing of detainees
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A former Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in a first-of-its-kind federal trial that ended with some of the jurors shaking hands and hugging the defendant and his sobbing mother. |
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BBC News |
10:27pm PDT |
Police clash with Thai protesters |
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Summary: Scuffles break out between Thai riot police and protesters occupying the main government buildings in Bangkok. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
Gustav kills nearly 70 in Caribbean, aims at U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tropical Storm Gustav was blamed on
Thursday for at least 68 deaths in the Caribbean and U.S.
forecasters said it could hit New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico
oil fields as a potentially powerful hurricane next week. |
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Cnn.com |
9:36pm PDT |
GOP: Don't believe hype, Obama not ready |
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Summary: Despite a stadium packed far past capacity, with nearly 90,000 supporters wildly applauding nominee Barack Obama as he spoke Thursday, Republicans responded with one hand gesture: thumbs down.
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BBC News |
9:28pm PDT |
Councils set for new housing role |
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Summary: Measures that would allow councils to intervene in the housing market are likely to be announced next week. |
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BBC News |
8:56pm PDT |
Headless corpses found in Mexico |
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Summary: Police in the Mexican state of Yucatan have found the bodies of 11 men, decapitated and piled on each other. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51pm PDT |
Obama vows to erase Bush-McCain legacy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama launched an assault on
Republican presidential rival John McCain on Thursday with a
promise to reverse the economic failures of the past eight
years and restore America's reputation in the world. |
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BBC News |
8:45pm PDT |
Pre-school 'gives maths boost' |
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Summary: Going to a good nursery school boosts a child's chances of achieving in maths at the age of 10, experts say. |
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BBC News |
8:44pm PDT |
Obama launches historic campaign |
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Summary: Barack Obama promises to keep the American dream alive as he accepts his historic Democratic nomination for the White House. |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PDT |
Zoom passengers seek new flights |
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Summary: Hundreds of travellers left stranded by the collapse of budget airline Zoom attempt to continue their journeys. |
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Cnn.com |
8:43pm PDT |
Obama: I'm ready to beat John McCain |
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Summary: Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination in a packed stadium tonight and laid out his credentials to take on and beat Republican candidate John McCain in the fall election.
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BBC News |
8:42pm PDT |
Police hope to enter arson house |
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Summary: Officers investigating a fire at the home of a wealthy family, who are all missing, hope to be able to enter the burnt-out building. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PDT |
Obama tells huge Dem crowd he'll fix Washington
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush" Thursday night as he embarked on the final lap of his audacious bid to become the nation' |
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Yahoo News |
8:39pm PDT |
Thai police confront protesters in PM's compound
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hundreds of Thai riot police climbed
into the occupied compound of the prime minister's office on
Friday to deliver a court order for the eviction of protesters
trying to overthrow the government. |
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BBC News |
8:20pm PDT |
'PM terror threat' three in court |
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Summary: Three men questioned over an alleged threat to assassinate Gordon Brown are due to appear in court later. |
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Cnn.com |
8:16pm PDT |
Slideshow: Dems show pride at stadium |
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