Jack's Newswatch

#1 — BBC | US steps up flight security lists

The US has moved dozens of names on to “watch” and “no-fly” lists as it seeks to overhaul security in the wake of an alleged jet bomb plot, officials say.

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#2 — CNN | U.S. shivers as temps head lower

(CNN) — Much of the nation got off to a frigid start to the workweek on Monday and below-freezing temperatures will threaten to break records in parts of the South on Tuesday morning.

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#3 — CNN | Tea Party groups plan ’strike’

Washington (CNN) – Some Tea Party activists from across the country are planning a ‘national strike’ on January 20, the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

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#4 — CNN | Tehran professors decry handling of protesters

Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Nearly 90 professors at Iran’s oldest and largest university signed a letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, criticizing the government’s violent handling of student protesters.

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#5 — NY Times | Behind Afghan Bombing, an Agent With Many Loyalties

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The suicide bomber who killed seven C.I.A. officers and a Jordanian spy last week was a double agent who was taken onto the base in Afghanistan because the Americans hoped he might be able to deliver top members of Al Qaeda’s network, according to Western government officials.

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#6 — DM | Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years

Much of Britain was forced to a standstill today as snow and ice brought transport networks to an abrupt halt.

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Telegraph | Britain facing gas shortages as freezing weather continues

#7 — DM | Home Secretary set to ban Muslim hate preacher’s march

Alan Johnson will support any request to ban a provocative march by Islamic extremists through Wootton Bassett, the town renowned for honouring Britain’s war dead.

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#8 — Times | Bankruptcy hanging like a cloud over Labour’s election campaign

An impoverished Labour Party will be unable to return fire against the Conservatives’ pre-election advertising blitz for months, amid fears that it could emerge from the campaign bankrupt.

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#9 — Times | Bankrupt and feeble Yemen ‘can survive for only one year’

Yemen is only a year away from total economic collapse, with its coffers emptied by corruption and cronyism as the feeble Government struggles to fight wars on two fronts, a leading economic analyst said yesterday.

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#10 — Telegraph | Burj Dubai: The new pinnacle of vanity

For all the ambition of its construction, Dubai’s new Khalifa Tower is a frightening, purposeless monument to the subprime era, says Stephen Bayley.

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