World Sept. 12th, 2009 (10)

world#1 — BBC | Mugabe welcomes key EU delegation

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has welcomed “with open arms” a European Union delegation making its first high-level visit in seven years.

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#2 — BBC | Warhol art collection is stolen

Police in Los Angeles say a multi-million dollar Andy Warhol art collection has been stolen from a private home in the city.

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#3 — CNN | Virginia prosecutors want November execution for convicted sniper

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Virginia prosecutors are asking a state court to set a November 9 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, convicted in a series of sniper-style shootings that terrorized the Washington area in 2002

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#4 — CNN | Police: Shooting suspect offended by anti-abortion material

(CNN) — Authorities have charged an Owosso, Michigan, man with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the Friday shooting deaths of an anti-abortion activist and another man, a prosecutor’s office said.

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Fox | Anti-Abortion Activist ‘Targeted’ in Killing

#5 — Fox | Tea Party Rally Sparks Dispute Over Potential Turnout

Democrats are sounding the alarms over the potential turnout at a planned protest in the nation’s capital Saturday by opponents of President Obama’s domestic policies, but protest organizers say the Democrats’ numbers don’t add up.

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#6 — Fox | Black Publishers Cry Racism Over Wilson Outburst

A group of black newspaper publishers on Friday charged Republican Rep. Joe Wilson with racism for yelling, “You lie,” at President Obama during his nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress.

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#7 — Times | Street fights erupt as Muslims try to defend North London mosque

Skirmishes broke out between police and Muslim youths in North London last night as large crowds gathered to defend a mosque that had been targeted by anti-Islam campaigners.

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#8 — Telegraph | Airline bomb plot accused to face retrial, DPP announces

Three men accused of planning a series of co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on transatlantic airliners that could have killed up 10,000 people will face a third trial.

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#9 — Telegraph | Scrappage scheme: second-hand car shortage causes prices to soar

Second-hand cars are increasing in value – by an average of £600 so far this year – because of a severe shortage of supply.

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#10 — Telegraph | Families being ‘wrongly burdened’ with life or death questions over loved ones

Families are being wrongly burdened with “agonising” life or death decisions over whether to resuscitate their loved ones, a leading expert has warned.

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