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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
New probe urged of Nepal missing |
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Summary: The Red Cross calls on Nepal's new government to clarify the fate of more than 1,000 people missing from the civil conflict. |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PDT |
Gustav become Category 2 hurricane off Cuba
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a
Category 2 storm on Saturday, as it churned across warm
Caribbean waters toward western Cuba, the U.S. National
Hurricane Center said. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PDT |
'The Barracuda' |
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Summary: Sarah Palin adds energy and sizzle to McCain campaign |
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BBC News |
10:15pm PDT |
Cuba punk rocker spared jail term |
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Summary: Outspoken Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila is cleared of 'social dangerousness' but fined for playing music too loud
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
US surprise and praise for Palin |
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Summary: Democratic rivals say John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin is "admirable" but concerns remain of inexperience. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PDT |
Hurricane Gustav blows over Caymans, heads to Gulf
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A strengthening Hurricane Gustav
swept over the Cayman Islands on Friday as it headed toward
Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of
Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike on New Orleans. |
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BBC News |
9:28pm PDT |
National shock |
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Summary: Israel stunned by search for missing four-year-old |
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Yahoo News |
9:17pm PDT |
Pakistan's presidential favorite under guard
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pakistan's presidential front-runner has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said as a militant campaign against the government led to more violence in the country's volatile northwest. |
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BBC News |
8:55pm PDT |
Bihar displaced die as boat sinks |
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Summary: At least 20 people fleeing flooding in Bihar, India, are killed when their boat capsizes, raising the death toll to more than 70.
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BBC News |
8:55pm PDT |
Winehouse pulls out of Paris gig |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse recovers at home after pulling out of a concert hours before she was due on stage. |
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Yahoo News |
8:55pm PDT |
Hurricane Gustav plows through Cayman Islands
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hurricane Gustav plowed through the Cayman Islands toward Cuba, gathering strength on a journey that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina. |
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BBC News |
8:19pm PDT |
Website maps surnames worldwide |
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Summary: A new website is helping people find out where their relatives are spread around the world by mapping surnames. |
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BBC News |
8:16pm PDT |
Bluetongue virus |
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Summary: How luck, science and weather saved UK livestock |
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BBC News |
7:59pm PDT |
'Man drought' - some 100,000 young men have left Australia |
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Summary: Census data reveals that some 100,000 young men have left Australia, leading to a serious "man-drought" in many parts of the country. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53pm PDT |
A hurricane again, Gustav moves through Caymans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday and moved through the Cayman Islands, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina. |
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Yahoo News |
7:49pm PDT |
McCain's veep choice is historic and hardly known
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor's office and now — making history — to John McCain's side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket. |
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Yahoo News |
7:40pm PDT |
Pressure grows on Thai PM after protests escalate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej
was under growing pressure on Saturday as protesters determined
to topple him occupied his official compound amid reports the
army chief had suggested he consider stepping down. |
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BBC News |
7:30pm PDT |
Front line |
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Summary: The RAF flies the flag in Iraq and Afghanistan |
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Cnn.com |
7:26pm PDT |
Missing girl's mom headed back to jail |
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Summary: The mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony was arrested and charged Friday with forgery, fraudulent use of personal information and petty theft, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. Casey Anthony -- wearing a T-shirt with Caylee's pictur |
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BBC News |
7:25pm PDT |
Wasilla to VP? |
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Summary: Even Alaska surprised by choice of Sarah Palin |
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BBC News |
7:12pm PDT |
Powerful Gustav heads to Caymans |
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Summary: Tropical storm Gustav reaches hurricane strength again and bears down on the Cayman Islands and western Cuba. |
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Cnn.com |
7:03pm PDT |
Missing girl's mom arrested |
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Summary: The mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony was led out of her home in handcuffs Friday night, but it was not immediately clear why.
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Yahoo News |
6:49pm PDT |
Georgia cuts ties to Russia in spiralling crisis
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Georgia on Friday cut diplomatic ties with Russia and Moscow lashed out at Georgia's Western backers, sharpening the battle lines in a growing international crisis. |
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BBC News |
6:35pm PDT |
School uniform costs 'stressful' |
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Summary: Many parents are under pressure to meet the costs of sending their children to school, two charities warn. |
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Cnn.com |
6:26pm PDT |
Gulf states brace as Gustav looms |
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Summary: Officials in some Gulf Coast states spent the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Friday gearing up for what could be the biggest threat to the region since Katrina hit in 2005.
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BBC News |
6:10pm PDT |
Farm worker killed by hay baler |
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Summary: A 61-year-old man dies after becoming trapped in a hay baler on a farm where he was working in Staffordshire.
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Yahoo News |
5:34pm PDT |
Hurricane Gustav swirls toward Caymans, Gulf
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Gustav strengthened over
the warm waters of the Caribbean on Friday, swirling toward the
Cayman Islands and the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary
of Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike on New Orleans. |
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Cnn.com |
5:27pm PDT |
Divorce stalks Katrina survivors |
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Summary: Ricky Murray was having a miserable year long before a storm named Gustav started threatening the Gulf Coast area. Now he's afraid he will lose his family because of a previous hurricane.
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Cnn.com |
5:17pm PDT |
Palin a pioneer, maverick -- and game-changer |
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Summary: The McCain campaign calls Sarah Palin a "tough executive who has demonstrated" readiness to be president. But the Obama campaign calls her a candidate with "the thinnest foreign policy experience in history." Today, a brand new part of Palin's identity do |
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Yahoo News |
5:06pm PDT |
A hurricane again, Gustav plows toward Caymans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina. |
