World Oct. 3rd, 2009 (10)

#1 — BBC | World joins Sumatra quake rescue

International aid is starting to arrive in Sumatra as concern grows that remote areas may have been devastated by Wednesday’s powerful earthquake.

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#2 — BBC | Honduras thaw paves way for talks

A thaw in the Honduras political crisis has paved the way for talks between representatives of the ousted president and the man behind his downfall.

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#3 — Fox | Obama Eyes Economic Triage Aimed at Unemployed

The Obama White House has begun talks with congressional Democratic leaders on moves to extend health insurance subsidies, the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit and jobless benefits, congressional and administration officials told FOX News late Friday.

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#4 — Fox | ‘Robust Sequence’ of Earthquakes Shake Eastern California

LONE PINE, Calif. —  Earthquakes up to magnitude 5.2 struck Friday evening in a remote area of eastern California that was been shaken by a sequence of temblors a day earlier.

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#5 — Fox | Philippines Brace for Second ‘Super-Typhoon’

MANILA, Philippines —  Filipinos braced Friday to be whipped by powerful winds and pelted with rain from a second typhoon in eight days, fleeing by the tens of thousands from low-lying areas and suspending cleanup operations in the flooded capital.

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#6 — NY Times | ‘Convincing Win’ in Ireland for a European Treaty

Ireland has said yes to a plan to raise the political voice of Europe in world affairs, government officials said Saturday, voting overwhelmingly to approve a treaty aimed at streamlining the operations of the European Union after rejecting the same pact only last year.

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#7 — Times | Tories warn of British backlash to Blair ‘presidency’

William Hague warns European leaders today to expect a backlash if they make Tony Blair the first president of Europe.

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#8 — Times | Nato commander warns of conflict with Russia in Arctic Circle

Competition for resources in the Arctic Circle could provoke conflict between Russia and Nato, a newly appointed commander at the alliance warned yesterday.

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#9 — Times | Barack Obama holds runway summit with General Stanley McChrystal

President Obama squeezed a 25-minute council of war into his Copenhagen visit yesterday, meeting General Stanley McChrystal aboard Air Force One before returning to Washington.

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#10 — Telegraph | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows.

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