World Mar. 9th, 2010 (10)

#1 — BBC | Biden sees ‘moment of opportunity’ for Mid-East peace

US Vice-President Joe Biden has said there is a “moment of real opportunity” for peace between the Palestinians and Israel during a visit to the region.

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#2 — BBC | Hillary Clinton seeks Nigeria trial for Jos massacres

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for killing hundreds of people near the city of Jos.

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#3 — CNN | Obama: Time to debate health care over

Glenside, Pennsylvania (CNN) — President Obama on Monday tore into private health insurers for recent rate hikes, taking a more aggressive rhetorical turn as he pushes for final congressional passage of his top domestic priority.

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Fox | Stupak ‘More Optimistic’ Abortion Fight Will End

#4 — Fox | Officer Helps Save Driver in Runaway Prius

EL CAJON, California — A California highway police officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car’s accelerator became stuck on a freeway near San Diego, authorities said.

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#5 — Fox | ACORN Registration Workers Charged With Felony Voter Fraud

Five Wisconsin residents, including two who worked for community organizing group ACORN, were charged Monday with election fraud relating to the 2008 presidential election.

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#6 — NY Times | Greek Leader Wants to Restrict Speculative Trades

WASHINGTON — The Greek prime minister called on Monday for the United States and the European Union to crack down on speculative trading, arguing that exotic bets had driven up Greece’s borrowing costs and threatened its effort to ease its debt crisis.

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#7 — DM | Facebook forced to warn members to use ‘extreme caution’

Facebook today issued an unprecedented warning after a teenage girl was lured to her death by a serial rapist she met online.

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#8 — Times | Bali bomber mastermind Dulmatin ‘killed in shoot-out’

The alleged mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings is believed to have been killed in a shoot-out with Indonesian police on the outskirts of Jakarta today.

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#9 — Times | France captures 35 ‘pirates’ in three days off the Somali coast

The French Navy has captured 35 suspected pirates in three days of operations off the coast of Somalia — the biggest haul in the two years since EU naval ships started patrolling the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.

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#10 — Telegraph | True scale of violent crime rise revealed

Violent attacks are estimated to be 44 per cent higher than they were in 1998 after research on the way police record them allowed comparisons for the first time.

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