#1 — CBC | ’Massive attack’ strikes websites
High-profile websites including Google, Facebook and Twitter have been targeted by hackers in what is described as a “massively co-ordinated attack”.
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Times | Russians launched Twitter attack to hit Georgian blogger Cyxymu
#2 — BBC | New Tamil Tiger head is arrested
The Tamil Tiger rebels’ new leader, Selvarasa Pathmanathan, has been arrested, officials say.
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#3 — BBC | Train robber Biggs awaits release
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is preparing for his formal release from prison after being granted freedom on compassionate grounds.
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#4 — BBC | US boosts car scrappage by $2bn
The US Senate has approved a further $2bn (£1.19bn) for the car scrappage scheme after initial funds of $1bn ran out in 10 days.
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#5 — CNN | Los Zetas called Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartel
VERACRUZ, Mexico (CNN) — The dead always tell a story. And in Mexico that story is the fight for the right to meet U.S. demand for illegal drugs — a war becoming more violent and ruthless, mostly because of one group.
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#6 — CNN | Senate confirms Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who rose from the housing projects of the Bronx to the top of the legal profession, made history Thursday when the Senate confirmed her to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.
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#7 — CNN | Typhoon Morakot nears Taiwan
(CNN) – Typhoon Morakot bore down on Taiwan Friday, packing strong winds and threatening to soak the entire island upon landfall Friday evening or later, depending on the speed of the system, CNN meteorologist Jennifer Delgado said.
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#8 — DM | Three British soldiers killed in Helmand
Three British soldiers from the Parachute Regiment were killed in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the Ministry of Defence said today.
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#9 — Times | Cloud ships on course to beat climate change, says Copenhagen study
They sound like ideas from a Jules Verne novel, but giant engineering schemes designed to alter the climate offer the cheapest way of avoiding catastrophic global warming, according to a growing number of scientists and green-minded entrepreneurs.
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Times | Quick climate changes fixes come with huge dangers, warn scientists