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11:58pm PDT |
SKorea says NKorea fires 5 missiles off east coast
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Summary: AP - South Korea says North Korea has fired a fifth missile off its eastern coast. |
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11:49pm PDT |
OAS set to suspend Honduras as it renounces charter
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Summary: Reuters - The Organization of American States prepared to suspend Honduras on Saturday after a caretaker government refused to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and defiantly renounced the OAS charter in an apparent preemptive move. |
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11:38pm PDT |
NKorea test-fires four ballistic missiles: SKorea
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Summary: AFP - North Korea has test-fired four ballistic missiles, on the eve of US Independence Day celebrations, according to South Korean officials, further fuelling regional tensions amid its nuclear standoff. |
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11:25pm PDT |
Dreaming of a Tour de France windfall |
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Summary: Residents of Tonnerre hope tourism will grow in the days and months that follow the arrival of the Tour de France for the first time in the sleepy French town, says the BBC's Sean Fanning. |
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11:14pm PDT |
2 US troops killed in Afghanistan blast, 4 wounded
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Summary: AP - A blast in eastern Afghanistan killed two American troops and wounded four others Saturday, a U.S. military spokeswoman said. |
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10:54pm PDT |
Myanmar denies UN chief's request to see Suu Kyi
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is "deeply disappointed" after the Myanmar junta rejected his second and final request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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10:31pm PDT |
North Korea defies U.S. with new missile launches
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea test-fired four missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an act of defiance toward the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May. |
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10:20pm PDT |
Honduras rulers renounce OAS charter
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Honduras's interim rulers spurned a demand from the Organization of American States on Friday to restore leftist President Manuel Zelaya to power and said they would no longer recognize the OAS charter, deepening Central America's worst politica |
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10:18pm PDT |
UK forces 'encounter few Taliban' |
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Summary: British forces on a major operation in Afghanistan say they have encountered little resistance from the Taliban. |
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10:15pm PDT |
Myanmar junta blocks UN chief from meeting Suu Kyi
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Summary: AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was "deeply disappointed" after the chief of Myanmar's military junta on Saturday refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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10:08pm PDT |
SKorea says NKorea fires 4 missiles off east coast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - South Korea says North Korea has fired a fourth missile off its eastern coast. |
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10:02pm PDT |
New Honduras leaders reject Zelaya's return |
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Summary: The head of the Organization of American States said Friday he has found no willingness among leaders of Honduras' interim government to return President Jose Manuel Zelaya to power.
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9:58pm PDT |
Fears over student place shortage |
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Summary: Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns. |
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9:28pm PDT |
Burma junta leader snubs UN chief |
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Summary: Burma's military ruler refuses to let visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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9:28pm PDT |
No Suu Kyi meeting for UN chief |
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Summary: Burma's junta refuses to allow visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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9:27pm PDT |
Ramirez apologizes to fans, Dodgers teammates
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Summary: AP - Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues as only he could. |
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9:27pm PDT |
Fatal flats blaze inquiry starts |
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Summary: Investigations begin into the cause of a tower block fire which left six people, including three children, dead. |
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9:19pm PDT |
Group Sotomayor belonged to sued over job tests
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Summary: AP - A civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well, according to new documents that are fuelin |
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9:01pm PDT |
Palin resigning as Alaska governor in surprise move
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Summary: Reuters - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor. |
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8:58pm PDT |
NKorea test-fires three missiles: SKorea ministry
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Summary: AFP - North Korea test-fired three missiles on the eve of American Independence Day celebrations, South Korea's defence ministry said, further stoking tensions amid an international nuclear standoff. |
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8:57pm PDT |
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 missiles off east coast
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Summary: AP - North Korea fired three missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, in what was likely to be seen as a message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day holiday. |
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8:48pm PDT |
BT offers holidays for pay cuts |
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Summary: BT offers staff the chance of long holidays in return for a big pay cut in a bid to reduce costs during the economic downturn. |
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8:42pm PDT |
UK seeks Iran trial clarification |
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Summary: British diplomats are trying to establish if Iran intends to act on its threat to prosecute staff from the UK's Tehran embassy. |
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8:31pm PDT |
North Korea 'tests more missiles' |
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Summary: North Korea reportedly tests three short-range missiles as concern mounts that a long-range test could be days away. |
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8:29pm PDT |
Venus faces lil' sis Serena in 4th Wimbledon final
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Summary: AP - Venus Williams is just about the perfect older sibling: She supports Serena endlessly, protects her fiercely and even lets her pick which bedroom she wants when they're on the road. Where does Venus draw the line? At Grand Slam championships. The sis |
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8:27pm PDT |
UN leader presses Burmese junta |
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Summary: UN chief Ban Ki-moon begins a second day of talks with Burma's military leaders as he urges the release of political prisoners. |
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8:24pm PDT |
Marines seek to cut Afghan insurgent supply lines
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Summary: AP - NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led |
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Cnn.com |
7:57pm PDT |
'Serial killer' sought in South Carolina |
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Summary: The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office on Friday released a second sketch of a man believed to have fatally shot four people in less than a week near Gaffney, South Carolina. "Let me say that, under the FBI's definition of a serial killer, yes, we have a se |
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7:49pm PDT |
North Korea raises stakes with new missile launch
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea test-fired two Scud missiles on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, raising the stakes in its military moves and further stoking regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May. |
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Cnn.com |
7:42pm PDT |
Palin: 'I know when it's time to pass the ball' |
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Summary: Sarah Palin said Friday that she will step down as Alaska's governor by the end of the month. She will not seek election to a second gubernatorial term in 2010. As the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, Palin had been considered one of the front-r |
