World Feb. 19th, 2010 (10)

#1 — BBC | China anger at Dalai Lama-Obama meeting

A visit by the Dalai Lama to Washington has “seriously undermined” relations between the US and China, Beijing says.

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#2 — BBC | African Union condemns Niger military coup

The African Union has condemned a coup in Niger, where soldiers have detained President Mamadou Tandja.

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#3 — CNN | Remains of 2 found after Austin plane crash

(CNN) — The remains of two people have been found in an Austin, Texas, building where a man crashed a small plane, authorities said.

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#4 — Fox | Obama Writing Health Bill to Skirt GOP Filibuster

President Obama is working on health care legislation intended to reconcile differences between House and Senate Democrats that could be attached to a budget bill and avoid a Republican filibuster, according to a published report.

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#5 — Fox | Haiti PM Fears Collapse of Government

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —  Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said Thursday his government could collapse because political opponents are capitalizing on its inability to address the staggering fallout of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

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#6 — NY Times | Fed Rate Move Rattles Stocks and Sends Dollar Higher

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the interest rate it charges on short-term loans to banks reverberated in the financial markets Friday, sending overseas stock indexes lower and giving fresh momentum to a recent rise in the dollar.

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#7 — DM | Flashpoint in The Falklands

Hostilities between the UK and Argentina will reach boiling point today with the arrival of a British oil rig off the Falkland Islands.

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#8 — DM | Israeli agent claims MI6 was tipped off

MI6 was tipped off that Israeli agents were going to carry out an ‘overseas operation’ using fake British passports, it was claimed last night.

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Telegraph | Fatah members linked with assassination

#9 — Times | UN nuclear watchdog accuses Iran over nuclear weapons

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has radically increased pressure on Iran by publicly describing concerns over atomic weapons for the first time.

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#10 — Telegraph | Moscow to be decorated in images of Stalin

Soviet-style plans to decorate Moscow with outdoor portraits of brutal dictator Josef Stalin have sparked fury among critics who say it is wrong to glorify a man responsible for the death of millions.

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