#1 — BBC | G20: Merkel insists there are no divisions with Obama
Germany’s chancellor has insisted that Europe’s leaders are making good progress in talks with the US about how to bolster fragile economic growth.
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#2 — BBC | North Korea to hold rare party meet ‘to elect leaders’
North Korea’s ruling communist party is to hold a rare meeting of its political bureau, state media have said.
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#3 — CNN | Military official disputes Rolling Stone article
Washington (CNN) — In the Rolling Stone article that got him fired, Gen. Stanley McChrystal says of the aides who surround him “I’d die for them. And they’d die for me.” But the military men around McChrystal are now silent.
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#4 — CNN | Palin event to set record
Washington (CNN) – After months of controversy, Sarah Palin’s speech Friday night at a California state university will bring in record amounts of money for the school. Palin is speaking at a black-tie fundraising gala sponsored by a foundation of the California State University Stanislaus.
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#5 — Fox | Concerns Over Kagan’s Immigration Views Add to Debate Ahead of Hearing
House Republicans want the Senate to grill Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on her involvement in a federal challenge to an Arizona immigration law, adding a new layer of questioning into the mix with Kagan’s hearing set to begin Monday.
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#6 — Fox | Peru judge rules Van der Sloot confession valid in murder case
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge on Friday denied a defense motion to void the confession of Joran van der Sloot in the murder of a 21-year-old Lima student because the attorney representing him at the time was state-appointed.
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#7 — NY Times | Genetically Altered Salmon Get Closer to the Table
The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat — salmon that can grow at twice the normal rate.
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#8 — DM | Defying opposition from within the Coalition, Tories to shut the open door for migrants
Theresa May will unveil the country’s first ever cap on migrant workers on Monday – finally ending Labour’s open door immigration policy.
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#9 — Independent | Rich nations accused of failing to keep their African aid promise
Leaders of the richest nations were accused yesterday of abandoning their historic pledge to double aid to Africa and the world’s other poorest countries, made at the Gleneagles summit five years ago.
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#10 — Telegraph | China rewrites history of Korean War
On the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, China has finally rewritten its history of how the conflict began to point the finger of responsibility at North Korea.
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