#1 — BBC | Karzai: Afghan forces ‘could need 15 years’ help’
Afghanistan could need foreign support for its security forces for up to 15 years, President Hamid Karzai has told the BBC, as key talks open in London.
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#2 — BBC | French court to give verdict on former PM smear trial
A Paris court is due to hand down its verdict in the trial of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.
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Telegraph | Dominique de Villepin cleared in French ‘Clearstream trial’
#3 — BBC | Ethiopian crash jet flight recorders found off Lebanon
The “black box” flight recorders from a passenger jet which crashed off the coast of Lebanon two days ago have been found, officials say.
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#4 — Fox | Officials: U.S. Readies New Iran Sanctions at U.N.
LONDON — The Obama administration is preparing to circulate proposed tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program as early as this week at the United Nations, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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#5 — Fox | Pentagon to Send More Special Forces to Yemen
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is assigning more special forces personnel to Yemen as part of a broad push to speed the training of the country’s counterterror forces in the wake of the failed Christmas Day attack on a crowded U.S. airliner.
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#6 — Fox | American, European Governments Worlds Apart in Tackling Recession
Faced with tightening credit markets, plunging consumer spending and mounting inventory stocks, American and European employers and governments pursued starkly divergent policies over the last year — and that could make all the difference in terms of which region of the world recovers sooner.
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#7 — NY Times | Iran Reportedly Executes 2 Over Election Protests
CAIRO — Iran announced on Thursday it hanged two men in connection with protests that broke out after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian news services reported.
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#8 — Times | Judges throw out measures to freeze assets of terror suspects
Ministers will rush anti-terrorist legislation through Parliament after the Supreme Court yesterday quashed measures introduced by Gordon Brown to freeze the assets of al-Qaeda suspects.
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#9 — Times | Ousted Zelaya flies into exile
Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya abandoned his Brazilian embassy hideout and flew into exile overnight as the swearing in of a new president raised hopes of an end to the political turmoil.
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#10 — Telegraph | Hillary Clinton raises prospect of resignation
Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has complained of the tiring natue of her job and said she will step back from the role before the end of Barack Obama’s presidency.
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