World Nov. 4th, 2009 (10)
#1 — BBC | Karzai poll victory ‘is illegal’
Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has said Hamid Karzai’s re-election is illegal.
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#2 — BBC | Israeli navy ‘seizes arms ship’
Israel’s navy has intercepted a ship carrying weapons some 160km (100 miles) off its coast, the military says.
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#3 — BBC | Vietnam floods leave dozens dead
The death toll from severe flooding in Vietnam triggered by a tropical storm has risen to about 90, officials say.
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#4 — BBC | Five British soldiers shot dead
Five British soldiers have been shot dead in Helmand Province, in an attack the UK military blamed on a “rogue” Afghan policeman.
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DM | Rogue Afghan policeman shoots dead five British soldiers
#5 — CNN | 3 North Dakota students found dead; foul play not suspected
(CNN) — The bodies of three students at a North Dakota university who had been missing since Sunday were found Tuesday in a vehicle submerged in a pond near their school, police said.
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#6 — Fox | New Mexico Boy Charged With Murder in Father’s Death
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An 11-year-old New Mexico boy who police say reported he fatally shot his father because the man was punishing him was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder.
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#7 — Times | Lisbon treaty signing leads to new dawn in Europe
Europe’s elite celebrated the imminent arrival of its first president last night as the last lingering resistance to the Lisbon treaty fell away with the stroke of a pen in Prague.
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#8 — Times | Rent clothes to cut carbon emissions, says green watchdog
Large wardrobes of seldom-used clothes are no longer environmentally acceptable and people should instead rent outfits and accessories, according to the Government’s waste watchdog.
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#9 — Times | It’s a dirty business — the new gold rush that is blackening Canada’s name
A giant mechanical digger gouges out a chunk of topsoil, grass and tree stumps, extending a neat furrow that stretches into the distance. Dozens of similar furrows run parallel with the regularity of a ploughed field.
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#10 — Telegraph | MPs’ expenses: main recommedations of Kelly Report
Here are the main recommendations of Sir Christopher Kelly’s report on MPs’ expenses.
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