#1 — BBC | Abdullah ‘may quit Afghan poll’
Abdullah Abdullah, President Hamid Karzai’s rival in the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election, is reportedly close to quitting the poll.
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#2 — CNN | Pirates demand $7 million for yacht couple, Britain says
(CNN) — Somali pirates demanded a $7 million ransom for a British couple kidnapped aboard their yacht last week, a British agency said Friday.
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#3 — CNN | Adding Afghanistan troops could cost $500,000 per person
Washington (CNN) — If President Obama decides to send the 40,000 additional forces to Afghanistan as requested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a rough estimate by the Pentagon projects the cost could be an additional $20 billion a year, according to a senior Pentagon official.
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#4 — Fox | No Sign of Victims in Midair Collision Search
SAN DIEGO — A flotilla of rescue vessels continued its search Saturday for nine people feared dead at sea following an air collision between a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft and a Marine Corps helicopter.
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#5 — Fox | Cargo Ship Allegedly Hijacked by Pirates Ends Mystery Voyage
The cargo ship allegedly hijacked by pirates amid claims that it was smuggling missiles to Iran has ended its three-month odyssey in Malta after being tested for nuclear contamination.
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#6 — NY Times | Lapses Kept Scheme Alive, Madoff Told Investigators
Nobody was more surprised that the Securities and Exchange Commission did not discover Bernard L. Madoff’s enormous Ponzi scheme years ago than Mr. Madoff himself.
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#7 — Times | Johnson sacks drugs adviser
Alan Johnson dismissed the Government’s chief drug adviser yesterday over his remarks that many drugs were less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes.
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#8 — Times | Merkel: no chance of Kyoto-style agreement at Copenhagen
Angela Merkel tried to give the world a wake up call to the glacial progress being made towards a climate deal in Copenhagen yesterday by writing off the chances of achieving a succesor to the Kyoto treaty this year.
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#9 — Times | US politicians face inquiry into arms deals
More than 30 US politicians, among them seven members of a defence procurement committee, are being investigated in congressional ethics inquiries into influence-peddling, according to a document leaked accidentally on to the internet.
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#10 — Telegraph | Levi Johnston ‘to take Sarah Palin to court’ over child custody
The teenager who fathered Sarah Palin’s 10-month-old grandson has delivered a fresh blow to the former Republican vice presidential candidate by saying he will “definitely” take her to court to gain access to his child.
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#8- Merkel says no chance of a “Kyoto-style” treaty? Hurrah!!