#1 — BBC | Ex-wife blamed for Kuwait inferno
Kuwaiti police investigating a deadly blaze at a wedding tent that killed 43 women and children say the ex-wife of the groom has confessed to starting it.
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#2 — BBC | Many killed in Russia bomb attack
At least 18 people have been killed by a powerful bomb attack at a police station in southern Russia, officials and hospital sources say.
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#3 — BBC | Japan’s economy leaves recession
Japan has come out of recession after its economy grew by 0.9% in the April-to-June quarter.
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#4 — BBC | China villagers storm lead plant
Hundreds of Chinese villagers have broken into a factory that poisoned more than 600 children, reports say.
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#5 — CNN | Bill upgraded to hurricane, Claudette makes landfall
(CNN) — Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season as it continued to gain strength but remained far from any shore Monday morning.
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#6 — CNN | Gay men attacked, executed in Iraq, rights group says
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Hundreds of gay men have been tortured and killed in Iraq in recent months, some by the nation’s security forces, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
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#7 — Fox | White House Passes Blame on Unsolicited Health Care E-Mails
The White House for the first time Sunday seemed to acknowledge that people across the country received unsolicited e-mails from the administration last week about health care reform, suggesting the problem is with third-party groups that placed the recipients’ names on the distribution list.
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#8 — Fox | No Burquini, No Bathing
British swimming pools have begun hosting special Muslim swim sessions during which swimmers — including non-Muslims — are banned from entering the pool if their swimming attire doesn’t comply with dress code required by Islamic custom.
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#9 — Fox | Auto Dealers Paid for Just 2 Percent of ‘Clunkers’ Claims, Congressman Says
The federal government has only reimbursed auto dealers for 2 percent of the claims they’ve submitted through the popular “cash for clunkers” program, a Pennsylvania congressman said, calling on the Obama administration to help speed up the process.
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#10 — Fox | Mexico Replaces Customs Staff, Revamps Borders
Mexico replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties.
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Hundreds of Britons had ‘close encounters’ with UFOs, according to previously-classified documents released by the Ministry of Defence today.
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#12 — Times | Lockerbie bomber’s release ‘delayed by pressure from Hillary Clinton’
The Scottish government appears to have buckled under pressure from the Obama Administration and abandoned its plans to release the Lockerbie bomber this week.
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#13 — Times | BNP targets children as recruits for party’s youth wing
Inside the tent adorned with the Union Jack and St George’s flag, Peter and Anthony are on a recruiting drive.
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#14 — Times | Karzai’s approval of ‘marital rape’ law leads to international rift
President Karzai has approved a law that critics say condones marital rape, opening a rift in the international community as it debates how best to respond without disrupting Thursday’s presidential election.
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#15 — Telegraph | Hundreds of Britons will be extradited for minor crimes under new rules
Hundreds of Britons will be extradited for minor misdemeanours ranging from driving offences and drunkenness to more bizarre crimes such as stealing chickens, under new rules which come into force next year.
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#1- I have heard of hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but this is unthinkable. If she was mistreated during the marriage, shouldn’t she have been thrilled to be out of it, instead of killing so many.