World Nov. 21st, 2009 (10)
#1 — BBC | Tamil refugee camps ‘to be opened next month’
Sri Lanka’s government says people held in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels will be free to leave next month.
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#2 — BBC | Cern Large Hadron Collider restarts after 14 months
The Large Hadron Collider experiment has re-started after a 14-month hiatus while the machine was being repaired.
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#3 — CNN | Attorney: Court hearing for Fort Hood suspect to be held in hospital
Killeen, Texas (CNN) — Prosecutors have requested a pretrial confinement hearing for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan in his hospital room on Saturday, Hasan’s attorney said on Friday.
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#4 — CNN | Poll: Public shifting blame for recession
Washington (CNN) — Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll.
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#5 — Fox | Mother of Levi Johnston Sentenced to 3 Years for Drug Case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The mother of the man former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol had planned to marry has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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#6 — Fox | Boy, 2, Pulls Baby Girl From Arizona House Fire
PHOENIX — A 2-year-old boy dragged a 1-year-old Arizona girl Friday from a house fire that killed her mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.
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#7 — DM | British troops could be withdrawn from Germany
British troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good if the Tories win the next general election.
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#8 — Times | The path to war will come under new scrutiny
Events before and after the Iraq war are to be examined in microscopic detail when the long-awaited public inquiry begins hearing evidence next week.
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#9 — Times | ‘Mastermind’ of Mumbai attack preaches at mosque in Lahore
Come Friday prayers in Lahore, it is not hard to find the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks.
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Wealthy Britons left, right and centre have pledged to move abroad in protest at Labour’s 50p rate of income tax. But will the promised exodus materialise, asks Neil Tweedie?
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