World August 19th, 2009 (10)

world#1 — BBC | Dozens killed in Baghdad attacks

Truck bombs and a barrage of mortars have killed at least 50 people and wounded almost 300 in the centre of Baghdad, officials say.

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#2 — CNN | Hurricane Bill reaches Category 4 strength

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — Bill strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm early Wednesday as it churned far from land with maximum sustained winds near 135 mph.

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#3 — Fox | Felony Vandalism Charges Possible in Obama Joker Poster Case

A Florida teenager could face felony vandalism charges for allegedly gluing posters depicting President Obama as the Joker onto public property, FOXNews.com has learned.

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#4 — Fox | U.S. to Release Hundreds of Detainees Linked to Shia Extremist Group

The U.S. military is to release all detainees linked to a Shia extremist group that kidnapped five British men two years ago. Four of the hostages are thought to be dead.

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#5 — DM | DNA evidence can be fabricated

Scientists have shown it is possible to fake DNA evidence, potentially undermining the credibility of the key forensic technique.

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#6 — DM | Teacher who claimed she was pregnant with 12 babies is exposed as a fraud

A woman who claimed she was on the verge of having a world record-breaking 12 babies was in hiding today after being exposed as a fraud.

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#7 — Times | NHS ordered to pay £100,000 to family of Alzheimer’s sufferer Judith Roe

The family of an Alzheimer’s sufferer have won a legal battle to reclaim more than £100,000 in care home fees that the local NHS trust had refused to pay because it claimed that her condition was not health related.

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Telegraph | Over 45,000 NHS staff call in sick each day

#8 — Times | This is our nightmare of illegal file-sharing, book publishers say

Are you a connoisseur of home-made ice cream, early computers or Finnish sauna design? Google’s Book Search project — which has already scanned ten million books in five years — enables scholars and nerds of every persuasion to hunt down material online that is otherwise confined to dusty library stacks.

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#9 — Telegraph | EU launches probe into ‘exploding’ iPhones and iPods

European Union consumer safety watchdogs have launched an investigation into reports that Apple iPods and iPhones are “exploding” in the summer sunshine.

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#10 — Telegraph | Germany braces for second wave of credit crunch

Germany’s economics ministry is drawing up a raft of special measures with the Bundesbank to head off a fresh financial crisis, fearing that a loan squeeze by struggling banks will set off a serious credit crunch early next year.

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