#1 — BBC | Many die in Afghan tanker blasts
At least 90 people have been killed after a Nato air strike blew up two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, officials say.
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#2 — BBC | Pop legend Michael Jackson buried
Friends and family of Michael Jackson have paid their last respects to the singer known as the King of Pop at a funeral ceremony outside Los Angeles.
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#3 — CNN | Arson caused California blaze, officials say
LAKE VIEW TERRACE, California (CNN) — A massive fire that has charred more than 147,000 acres in Southern California and destroyed dozens of homes north of Los Angeles was caused by arson, a U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman said Thursday.
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#4 — Fox | ’Green Jobs’ Adviser’s Past Could Stir Trouble for White House at Critical Time
President Obama’s “green jobs” adviser could become a mounting liability for the Obama administration, as the latest revelation about Van Jones shows his apparent belief that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks may have been an inside job.
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#5 — Fox | Some Parents Choose Not to Allow Their Kids to Hear Obama’s National Address
Regine Gordon doesn’t want her 6-year-old son to hear from President Obama next week.
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#6 — Fox | Russian Expert in Arctic Sea Freighter Case Flees Country
MOSCOW — The Russian maritime expert who was among the first to raise the alarm about the mysterious disappearance of the Arctic Sea freighter said Thursday he has fled the country after receiving a threatening phone call.
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#7 — Telegraph | Libya called for Switzerland to be abolished
Col Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya proposed a UN motion calling for the abolition of Switzerland after a dispute over the arrest of one of the president’s sons, it has emerged.
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#8 — Telegraph | Russia orders new inquiry into Anna Politkovskaya murder
Russia has ordered a new search for the assassins of journalist Anna Politkovskaya after failing to shed light on the murder in the three years since her killing shocked the world.
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