#1 — BBC | France and Germany exit recession
The French and German economies both grew by 0.3% between April and June, bringing to an end year-long recessions in two of Europe’s largest economies.
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#2 — BBC | Lockerbie bomber ‘to be released’
The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is likely to be freed on compassionate grounds next week, the BBC understands.
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Times | US and British relatives split by prospect of Lockerbie bomber release
#3 — BBC | Mexico massacre convicts set free
Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of 20 men jailed for the massacre of 45 indigenous villagers more than a decade ago.
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#4 — BBC | India’s water use ‘unsustainable’
Parts of India are on track for severe water shortages, according to results from Nasa’s gravity satellites.
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#5 — Fox | Report: Cheney Felt Bush ‘Had Gone Soft on Him’
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes his old boss, President George W. Bush, gradually turned away from his advice during their second term in the White House, showing a surprising independence as he started taking more flexible positions on a range of issues, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
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#6 — Times | Russian President orders navy to hunt for missing ‘piracy’ ship Arctic Sea
President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the Russian navy to join the hunt for a cargo ship which disappeared after passing through the English Channel.
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#7 — Times | Gem expert Campbell Bridges killed by Kenyan mob after mining row
A renowned Scottish gem expert has been murdered in Kenya by a mob wielding knives, clubs, spears and bows and arrows.
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#8 — DM | Mayfair raiders used ‘Mission: Impossible-style’ latex masks
A make-up artist was tricked into changing the faces of the armed robbers who carried out Britain’s biggest jewellery heist – after being told the men were to appear in a music video.
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#9 — W. Times | Fed reverses plan to buy U.S. debt
After more than a year of pumping money into financial markets to buoy the troubled economy, the Federal Reserve began to reverse course Wednesday, taking the first step to withdraw some of those trillions of dollars by announcing that it will phase out an unprecedented program to purchase some of the government’s own debt.
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