#1 — BBC | ‘Pirate’ dies as ship’s guards repel attack off Somalia
A suspected pirate has been shot dead as private guards repelled an attack on a cargo ship off Somalia, in what may have been the first such incident.
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#2 — CNN | Authorities call off underwater search for Natalee Holloway’s remains
(CNN) — Aruban authorities have called off a dive team’s search for the remains of Natalee Holloway after two days of searching the waters off Aruba proved fruitless, a spokeswoman for the Aruban prosecutor said Wednesday.
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#3 — CNN | Saudis arrest more than 100 alleged terrorists
(CNN) — More than 100 people accused of planning attacks against police and oil installations have been arrested in Saudi Arabia, an Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN on Wednesday.
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#4 — Fox | U.S. Softens Sanction Plan Against Iran
VIENNA — The U.S. has backed away from pursuing a number of tough measures against Iran in order to win support from Russia and China for a new United Nations Security Council resolution on sanctions, according to people familiar with the matter.
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#5 — Fox | U.S., Russia Reach Breakthrough Agreement to Reduce Nuclear Arsenals
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Russia reached a breakthrough agreement Wednesday for a historic treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War rivals, the most significant pact in a generation and an important milestone in the decades-long quest to lower the risk of global nuclear war.
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#6 — NY Times | Europe Looks at the I.M.F. With Unease as Greece Struggles
PARIS — With Greece facing a looming deadline to roll over $27 billion in debt, the countries of the euro zone are arguing nastily among themselves about whether and how to toss Greece to the tender mercies of the International Monetary Fund.
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Times | Europe in crisis as debts grow and Germany pursues its own interests, say diplomats
#7 — Times | Silence that speaks volumes: blackout as Israel’s leader leaves White House
Two separate meetings between President Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, failed to produce so much as an official photograph as a chill settled over US-Israeli relations and secrecy shrouded any efforts to repair them.
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#8 — Times | Gorillas losing battle against loggers and hunters in Central Africa
Gorillas in Central Africa are in danger from illegal logging, mining and from hunters killing great apes for meat, says a new report from the United Nations and Interpol.
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#9 — Times | North Korean leader Kim Jong Il ‘has chronic kidney failure’
The North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is suffering from kidney failure which requires dialysis and also has partial paralysis following a 2008 stroke, according to the head of a South Korean state research institute.
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#10 — Telegraph | Dell and Go Daddy threaten to follow Google out of China
Two major US technology companies, Dell and Go Daddy, have threatened to pull out of China in the wake of Google’s departure from the country.
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