#1 — BBC | Karzai poll body power grab sparks Western concern
Western diplomats have expressed deep concern at a decree from Afghan President Hamid Karzai granting him total control over a key election body.
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#2 — BBC | Giant George enters record books as world’s top dog
A Great Dane from the US state of Arizona has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the tallest dog ever on record.
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#3 — CNN | Woman questioned over Haitian orphans
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Six Haitian orphans, at the airport and on their way to new lives in the United States, had their destination changed at the last moment. Now they are at an orphanage, under the custody of the Haitian government, while the details of their departure are sorted out.
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#4 — Fox | Toyota Execs to Face Congressional Grilling
WASHINGTON — Toyota executives face tough questioning Tuesday at the first congressional hearing on the Japanese automaker’s sudden acceleration problems and the company’s handling of the safety issue.
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#5 — Fox | Canadian Nuke Scientist Vanishes With ‘Absolutely No Trace’
A Canadian nuclear scientist who has not been seen for more than a month has simply vanished, leaving “absolutely no trace at all,” police say.
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#6 — Times | Yes, Prime Minister: the culture of fear at No 10
Most civil servants working at the heart of Gordon Brown’s Government are afraid to challenge the way Downing Street is run, it emerged last night.
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#7 — Times | ‘Miracle escape’ as car bomb explodes outside Ulster court
Republican terrorists were blamed last night for detonating a car bomb outside the courthouse of the Irish border city of Newry.
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#8 — Times | Turkish police arrest 50 in move against anti-Islamist coup
Turkish police arrested the former heads of the Navy and Air Force along with several other senior military officers yesterday in a sweep against top brass linked to a coup plan against the Islamist-leaning Government.
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#9 — Times | Dutch collapse over Afghanistan indicates profound European mood change
If the Dutch are leaving Afghanistan, perhaps China should send soldiers to fill the gap. It is, after all, developing the country’s biggest copper mine — currently guarded by US and Afghan soldiers — and has an eye on other resources.
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#10 — Telegraph | UN warns world could be swamped by electronic waste
The world faces being swamped with a tidal wave of electronic waste as sales of household gadgets boom over the next decade, according to a UN report.
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What a strange guy Glen Beck is, most often confusing some on the right with his many theories like he is now for raising taxes to pay the banks, for global warming and was for the banker bailout.
Link (page 3 is the quote)
http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20100219/ENTERTAINMENT01/100218001/Don-t-judge-Beck-by-his-cover