World Sept. 26th, 2009 (10)

#1 — BBC | Obama hails ‘tough regulations’

The world’s leading nations have agreed “tough new regulations” to prevent another global financial crisis, US President Barack Obama has said.

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#2 — BBC | Iran defiant amid new nuclear row

Iran’s newly-revealed nuclear facility is open for inspection by UN experts, the country’s president has said.

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Fox | Official: Obama Timed Iran Confrontation for Impact

DM | Miliband refuses to rule out military action against Iran

#3 — BBC | Fears over ‘internal’ terror bomb

Security and intelligence experts are deeply worried by a new development in suicide bombing, the BBC has learned.

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#4 — CNN | Pelosi: House Dems consider insurance tax to fund health care

WASHINGTON (CNN) — House Democratic leaders are discussing adding a tax on insurers as a way to reduce the overall price tag of their health care bill.

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#5 — Fox | Gaddafi Able to Pitch Tent in Venezuela

PORLAMAR, Venezuela —  Venezuela has pitched a tent for Moammar Gaddafi as the Libyan leader and President Hugo Chavez headline a weekend Africa-South America summit aimed at creating a stronger voice for the two regions in world affairs.

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#6 — Times | Anglo-French claims to have smashed Calais Jungle traffickers prove hollow

It was touted as a victory over the modern slave trade, a raid vital to restoring order to a lawless camp where people-smuggling gangs exploited human misery.

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#7 — Times | Germany’s Social Democrats exhausted in run-up to Sunday’s ‘don’t care’ poll

Just a few days ago the Brandenburg Gate, Germany’s setting for spectacular moments, was the finishing line for the runners of the Berlin Marathon. Gold, silver and bronze medals were strung around necks as athletes were still panting into the final straight.

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#8 — Times | Scientists find new reserves of water on Mars

The Moon is not the only body in the solar system that is wetter than we thought: scientists have also discovered this week that Mars has much more water beneath its surface than was previously known.

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#9 — Telegraph | Confucius family tree unveiled

The revival of China’s love-affair with the ideas of Confucius has taken another significant step forward after 1,000 members of China’s most powerful aristocratic clan unveiled the first complete edition of their family tree for more than 70 years.

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#10 — Telegraph | Mugabe has built up 10,000-acre farm of seized land

Robert Mugabe has built up a secret farming empire from land seized from at least five white-owned businesses, a Daily Telegraph investigation has found.

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