World Sept. 27th, 2009 (10)

#1 – BBC | German general election under way

Germans are voting in a national election in which Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking a second term.

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#2 — BBC | Philippines battles flood chaos

A massive rescue operation is under way in the Philippines, where at least 72 people are feared to have died following torrential rains.

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#3 — Fox | White House Near Choosing U.S. Location to Hold Gitmo Detainees

The White House is close to selecting a U.S. location for some Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to once the facility closes, Reuters reported an Obama administration official as saying Saturday.

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#4 — Fox | Debate Rages Over Federal Control of the Web in a Crisis

WASHINGTON  —  There’s no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer.

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#5 — Fox | Director Roman Polanski in Swiss Custody

ZURICH —  Director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody by Swiss police on a 31-year-old U.S. arrest warrant, organizers of the Zurich Film Festival said Sunday.

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#6 — DM | Labour leadership’s ‘lost the will to live’ says Darling

Alistair Darling has attacked his own party for looking like it has lost ‘the will to live’ and urged the party to mount a spirited fightback as the General Election approaches.

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Times | Gordon Brown: I’m healthy and I will not roll over

#7 — Times | US threatens airstrikes in Pakistan

The United States is threatening to launch airstrikes on Mullah Omar and the Taliban leadership in the Pakistani city of Quetta as frustration mounts about the ease with which they find sanctuary across the border from Afghanistan.

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#8 — NY Times | In Honduras, Talking, Takeout, but No Accord

MEXICO CITY — It looked for a while as though the next bizarre twist in the political standoff in Honduras would come about because of hunger pangs.

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#9 — Telegraph | Troops ‘release half of Taliban prisoners after four days’

British troops have to release captured Taliban militants after only four days because of Nato rules limiting the time they can be held.

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#10 — Telegraph | In Ireland’s European Union referendum campaign Yes side on course for victory

The final opinion poll in Ireland’s European Union referendum campaign on Saturday night put the Yes side on course for a comfortable victory in Friday’s crucial vote.

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