#1 — BBC | Thai PM rejects protest ultimatum
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has appeared on national television to reject a demand from demonstrators that he resign by midday and call elections.
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#2 — BBC | Senior Hamas leader seized in West Bank – Israeli army
A leading member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been arrested in the West Bank, Israel’s army says.
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#3 — CNN | Dot-com marks 25th anniversary
These days, when everyone seems to have a Facebook friend, is LinkedIn or can Google himself, it’s hard to remember the old days, before the dot-com revolution.
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#4 — Fox | Israeli Envoy: U.S. Ties in ‘Crisis of Historic Proportions’
U.S.-Israeli relations have hit a 35-year low over a contentious east Jerusalem building project that threatens to derail peacemaking efforts with the Palestinians, Israel’s envoy to Washington was quoted as saying Monday.
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#5 — Fox | Dems Short on Health Votes in House, for Now
WASHINGTON — The House’s chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn’t rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House’s top political adviser said he was “absolutely confident” in its prospects.
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#6 — Fox | Runaway Calif. Prius Driver’s Story in Dispute
SAN DIEGO — This much is not in dispute: Inspectors could not duplicate the sudden, unintended acceleration that a motorist reported last week when his Toyota Prius reached 94 mph on a California freeway. They tried during a two-hour test drive.
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#7 — NY Times | Fearing Drug Cartels, Reporters in Mexico Retreat
REYNOSA, Mexico — The big philosophical question in this gritty border town does not concern trees falling in the forest but bodies falling on the concrete: Does a shootout actually happen if the newspapers print nothing about it, the radio and television stations broadcast nothing, and the authorities never confirm that it occurred?
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#8 — Times | Brown is set to stay at the helm even if the Labour Party sinks
Gordon Brown will resist pressure to step down swiftly as Labour leader after a general election defeat, ministers have told The Times. He could even fight a second election this year, as Leader of the Opposition, if the May poll results in a hung Parliament.
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#9 — Times | President Sarkozy faces poll wipeout
France signalled its displeasure with President Sarkozy yesterday in the first round of regional elections, which are expected to end with a clean sweep for the opposition Socialist Party.
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#10 — Telegraph | MPs accused of funding tar sands
MPs could be funding one of the most environmentally damaging projects in the world through their pension fund, it has been claimed.
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