#1 — BBC | Obama healthcare summit fails to reach accord
A day-long televised healthcare summit in Washington hosted by President Barack Obama has ended without a deal to break the deadlock between parties.
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#2 — BBC | Libya’s Gaddafi urges ‘holy war’ against Switzerland
Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi has called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland, as an ongoing diplomatic row between the two nations heats up.
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#3 — Fox | Kabul Homicide Attacks Kill 17, Taliban Claim Responsibility
KABUL — Homicide bombers attacked in the heart of Kabul on Friday, triggering a series of explosions and gunbattles that killed at least 17 people in an area of residential hotels rented by Indian embassy workers and other foreigners, police and witnesses said.
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#4 — NY Times | In Greece’s Crisis, Fed Studies Wall St.’s Activities
Greece’s problems deepened on both sides of the Atlantic as the Federal Reserve disclosed it was investigating Goldman Sachs and other banks that helped the country mask its debts, and investors grew increasingly leery of lending any more money to a nation flirting with default.
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#5 — NY Times | Iraq to Rehire 20,000 Hussein-Era Army Officers
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government said Thursday that it would reinstate 20,000 army officers who served under Saddam Hussein, a surprising move given that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has focused his campaign in the coming parliamentary elections around denouncing the former Baath government.
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#6 — Times | Real IRA responsible for Ciaran Doherty execution
The Real IRA said last night that it was responsible for the murder of a man who claimed that MI5 had tried to recruit him.
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#7 — Times | Argentina seeks US backing in dispute with Britain over the Falklands
Argentina is to seek the backing of the United States in its dispute with Britain over Falklands oil exploration as President Kirchner prepares to meet Hillary Clinton next week.
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#8 — Times | Aquarium rejects calls to free whale that drowned Dawn Brancheau
A senior official at SeaWorld in Florida rejected calls yesterday to free the killer whale that drowned a female trainer in front of horrified spectators after grabbing her hair.
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#9 — Times | Stalemate as India and Pakistan resume peace talks
India and Pakistan agreed to continue peace talks yesterday after resuming direct dialogue for the first time since Islamic militants killed more than 160 people in an attack in Mumbai in November 2008.
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#10 — Telegraph | Haiti: heavy rains hit Port-au-Prince
The first heavy rain since the earthquake have doused Haiti’s capital night, soaking hundreds of thousands of homeless in a city where barren hillsides and weakened buildings are threatening to give way.
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