#1 — BBC | Germany’s top soldier quits over Afghanistan raid
Germany’s top soldier has resigned over a Nato air strike in Afghanistan in which civilians were killed, the defence minister said.
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#2 — BBC | China unveils emissions targets ahead of Copenhagen
China has unveiled its first firm target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions, two weeks before a global summit on climate change in Copenhagen.
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#3 — CNN | Palin, Bachmann to headline Tea Party convention
(CNN) – Sarah Palin will be the main attraction at what’s being billed as the “First National Tea Party Convention.”
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#4 — DM | Blair lied and lied again
The full extent of how Tony Blair misled the public about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction before and after the Iraq War was laid bare yesterday.
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DM | Brown accused of new Iraq cover-up
Telegraph | Tony Blair ‘agreed to regime change’ in meeting at George Bush’s ranch
#5 — DM | Fossils of Martian bugs found on meteorite
The fossilised remains of Martian bugs have been discovered on a meteorite that crashed into the Antarctic 13,000 years ago.
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#6 — NY Times | U.S. Seeks 10,000 Troops From Its Allies in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s strategy for the region. Those countries appear willing to provide fewer than half that number, American and allied officials said Wednesday.
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#7 — Times | Philippines massacre suspect arrested
The son of a Philippines clan boss, suspected of the massacre of at least 57 journalists and political activists, turned himself in today, as investigators announced that the entire police force of his family’s ancestral town was under suspicion of playing a part in the killings.
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#8 — Times | Feral camels terrorise Australian Outback community
An Australian Outback town is under siege from thousands of feral camels that have invaded the area in search of water.
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#9 — Telegraph | Taliban leader rejects peace offer from Afghanistan president
Mullah Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban, has rejected peace overtures from Hamid Karzai, the country’s president, and again demanded that foreign troops leave the country.
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#10 — Telegraph | France runs into trouble in wrangle for Brussels jobs
France has run into opposition over its bid to have a powerful European Commissioner in Brussels who would have been seen as an opponent of the City of London.
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