#1 — BBC | Pakistan jet strikes kill militants and family members
At least 45 people have been killed in air strikes targeting militants in north-western Pakistan, security officials said.
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#2 — BBC | Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski abandons re-election bid
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has abandoned her bid for re-election, after accepting defeat in the Republican party primary ahead of this November’s mid-term elections.
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#3 — BBC | Asylum seekers stage breakout protest in Australia
More than 80 asylum seekers broke out of a detention centre in the Australian city of Darwin to stage a protest.
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#4 — CNN | Obama: ‘Time to turn the page’ as Iraq combat mission ends
(CNN) — Marking the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Obama said Tuesday night that America would continue supporting Iraq’s government while also looking to refocus its energies on the U.S. economy and the war in Afghanistan.
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Fox | Obama Speech on Iraq War Also Turns to Economic Issues, Draws GOP Fire
#5 — Fox | Video: Captured Mexican Drug Lord Knew Top Capos
MEXICO CITY — A former Texas high school football player and petty street dealer who allegedly rose to become one of Mexico’s most savage assassins says he personally knew the country’s top drug lords and shipped cocaine from Colombia through Panama.
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#6 — Fox | Evacuation of North Carolina Barrier Island Ordered Ahead of Hurricane Earl
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tourists on a North Carolina vacation destination island were ordered to board the ferries and head for the mainland Wednesday and more evacuations could be on the way as powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast.
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#7 — DM | ‘Maddening’ Gordon drove me to drink
Tony Blair today lays the blame for Labour’s election ‘disaster’ with Gordon Brown and reveals he dealt with the ‘maddening’ pressure from his former chancellor to step aside by drinking to excess.
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#8 — DM | Bedbugs are booming: Bloodsucker invades 24% more homes
Britain is facing a pandemic of bedbugs that could leave millions of homes infested.
The number of properties invaded by the biting parasites has shot up by nearly a quarter in the past year alone, according to Rentokil.
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#9 — Telegraph | Russian mafia taking over French Riviera
Mafia kingpins from the former Soviet Union have moved into the French Riviera and are taking over with “quasi-military” precision.
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#10 — Telegraph | Afghan bank chiefs removed over ‘crony loans’ fears
Afghanistan’s authorities have ousted the managers of the country’s biggest bank to try and prevent a collapse due to toxic property investments and murky loans to politically powerful customers, it has been reported.
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