#1 — BBC | Iran tests longest-range missiles
Iran has successfully test-fired some of the longest range missiles in its arsenal, state media says.
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NY Times | U.S. Is Seeking a Range of Sanctions Against Iran
#2 — BBC | US columnist William Safire dies
William Safire, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for the New York Times, has died of cancer at the age of 79.
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#3 — BBC | French politician backs Polanski
French culture minister Frederic Mitterand has said he is “dumbfounded” by the arrest of film-maker and French citizen Roman Polanski in Switzerland.
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#4 — Fox | Gates: Setting Afghan Withdrawal Deadlines, Exit Strategies Would Be a Mistake
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it’s a mistake to set a deadline to end American military action, as some liberals have sought, and that a defeat would be disastrous for the U.S.
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#5 — Fox | Liberals Seek Health Care Access for Illegals
Fearful that they’re losing ground on immigration and health care, a group of House Democrats is pushing back and arguing that any health care bill should extend to all legal immigrants and allow illegal immigrants some access, The Washington Times reported on Monday.
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#6 — Fox | Qaddafi, Chavez Seek to Form ‘NATO for South’
Associated Press Writer — Muammar Qaddafi and Hugo Chavez are strengthening their relationship and finding common ground as two radical former military men who both want to challenge the “imperialism” of wealthy nations and aspire to speak for many poor nations.
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#7 — Fox | Obama Proposes Longer School Day, Shorter Summer Vacation
WASHINGTON — Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
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#8 — Times | Black bears raid homes of the wealthy in Aspen after berry shortage
A series of violent break-ins at multimillion-dollar homes in Aspen, Colorado, has left some residents of the wealthy ski resort afraid to go to bed at night.
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#9 — Times | What to expect from Berlin after Angela Merkel’s return to power
For the past four years conservatives and liberals have been quietly expressing fears that Ms Merkel was a Social Democrat in sheep’s clothing, or at least in a woollen trouser suit.
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#10 — Telegraph | Royal Navy in record £240m cocaine haul
The Royal Navy has made its largest ever seizure of cocaine with a haul worth more than £240 million, it has been revealed.
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