World Feb. 1st, 2010 (10)
#1 — BBC | Israel disciplines top officers on white phosphorus
Israel has revealed it has disciplined two senior army officers for using white phosphorus shells during an offensive in Gaza.
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#2 — BBC | Beyonce is queen of Grammy Awards
Pop star Beyonce was the big winner at the prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, winning six prizes.
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#3 — CNN | 13 dead, 13 injured in Juarez shooting, Mexican police say
(CNN) — As many as 15 gunmen stormed into a house party in Juarez, Mexico, in the early hours of Sunday morning and opened fire, killing at least 13 people and injuring 13 others in one of the deadliest attacks the city has seen this year, a police official said.
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#4 — Fox | U.S. Missile Shield in Gulf Ups Ante With Iran
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran rose Monday after the Obama Administration quietly increased the capability of land and sea-based missile defenses in several Gulf nations to protect American allies against a potential Iranian strike.
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#5 — Fox | Obama Offers Budget With Deficits as Far as Number-Crunchers Can See
As President Obama prepares to unveil his $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins Oct. 1, the White House is projecting the current fiscal year will end with a $1.6 trillion deficit, congressional sources confirmed to Fox News.
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#6 — Fox | Lawmakers Look for Cheap, Safe Spot for 9/11 Trials
The Obama administration is looking for other options than New York City for the trial of Sept. 11 conspirator Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four co-conspirators while refusing to say that the Big Apple is off-limits.
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#7 — NY Times | U.S. Arms for Taiwan Send Beijing a Message
WASHINGTON — For the past year, China has adopted an increasingly muscular position toward the United States, berating American officials for the global economic crisis, stage-managing President Obama’s visit to China in November, refusing to back a tougher climate change agreement in Copenhagen and standing fast against American demands for tough new Security Council sanctions against Iran.
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#8 — DM | ‘Burglars give up any human rights’: Cameron
David Cameron backed the rights of homeowners to protect themselves yesterday by warning that burglars surrender their ‘human rights’ the moment they break in.
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#9 — Times | Barack Obama’s former mentor criticises ‘complacent Administration’
President Obama’s self-confidence borders on complacency. He is ill served by senior staff, especially his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. He does not appear to be learning on the job as he did when campaigning for the White House. His Administration is too deferential to Congress, too reliant on the President’s personal charm, and as a result is regarded by its enemies as weak and ineffectual.
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#10 — Telegraph | Liquid glass: the spray-on scientific revelation
Liquid glass, a revolutionary invisible non-toxic spray that protects against everything from bacteria to UV radiation, could soon be used on a vast range of products.
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