#1 — BBC | Machu Picchu airlift rescues hundreds
About 1,400 tourists have been airlifted from near the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru following floods that destroyed road and rail links.
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#2 — BBC | Taliban talks plans gather pace after London summit
Plans to engage the Taliban in talks are gathering pace, with Afghanistan inviting members to a peace council and reports of a secret UN meeting.
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#3 — CNN | Winter storm system moves through Midwest
(CNN) — A strong storm dumped snow and sleet on Oklahoma and Texas on Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power, canceling flights and causing dozens of traffic accidents.
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#4 — Fox | White House Considers Moving 9/11 Trial Out of New York City
Bowing to intense and deepening bipartisan opposition to conducting the criminal trials for the 9/11 hijackers in the heart of New York City, the Obama White House has begun discussing alternate locations with the Justice Department, senior administration officials told Fox News.
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Telegraph | Bloomberg withdraws support for 9/11 trials in NY
#5 — Fox | Israel Assassinates Top Hamas Commander
DAMASCUS, Syria — Hamas claimed on Friday that Israeli agents assassinated one of the Palestinian militant group’s veteran operatives in a killing allegedly carried out last week in Dubai, and vowed to retaliate.
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#6 — Fox | Official: Russia Tests New Stealth Fighter Jet
MOSCOW — A stealth jet fighter intended to match the latest U.S. design made its maiden flight in Russia on Friday, an important step in the country’s efforts to modernize its aging Soviet-era arsenals.
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#7 — DM | You cannot be serious!
Apple say the iPad is a ‘magic and revolutionary’ product but already the device is being ridiculed by bloggers and industry insiders.
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#8 — Times | US Congress to investigate Toyota after 19 deaths
The US House of Representatives has announced an investigation into Toyota’s faulty accelerator pedals and other problems that may have caused 19 deaths over the past decade and triggered a global recall of nearly eight million vehicles.
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#9 — Times | Bills Gates pledges $10bn for a ‘decade of vaccine’
Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist, is to make the largest ever single charitable donation with a pledge of $10 billion for vaccine work over the next decade, it was announced today.
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#10 — Telegraph | Venezuela’s vice-president resigns as Chavez’s problems grow
Venezuela’s vice-president, who was also defence minister, resigned on Monday, adding to the political problems facing President Hugo Chavez.
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