#1 — BBC | Thousands flee Ivory Coast for Liberia amid poll crisis
About 14,000 people have fled Ivory Coast to neighbouring Liberia following last month's disputed Ivorian presidential election, the UN says.
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#2 — BBC | Somalis held in Rotterdam on suspicion of terror links
Twelve Somali men have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of involvement in terrorism.
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#3 — CNN | Blizzard to snarl air travel at end of holiday weekend
(CNN) — A powerful storm system that prompted blizzard warnings in New York City and Boston is set to cause major travel headaches at the end of the holiday weekend.
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#4 — Fox | Leak: Mexican Army Mistrusts Other Gov't Agencies
MEXICO CITY – A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable published Saturday depicts the leader of Mexico's army "lamenting" its lengthy role in the anti-drug offensive, but expecting it to last between seven and 10 more years.
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#5 — NY Times | Obama Returns to End-of-Life Plan That Caused Stir
WASHINGTON — When a proposal to encourage end-of-life planning touched off a political storm over “death panels,” Democrats dropped it from legislation to overhaul the health care system. But the Obama administration will achieve the same goal by regulation, starting Jan. 1.
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#6 — NY Times | Fears Growing of Mugabe’s Iron Grip Over Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The warning signs are proliferating. Journalists have been harassed and jailed. Threats of violence are swirling in the countryside. The president’s supposed partner in the government has been virulently attacked in the state-controlled media as a quisling for the West. And the president himself has likened his party to a fast-moving train that will crush anything in its way.
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#7 — DM | Honeymoon bride 'was executed in cold blood'
The bride killed while on honey-moon in South Africa was executed in cold blood, and had not been sexually assaulted, a leaked medical report suggests.
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#8 — DM | Airports could face massive fines for disrupting passengers' travel plans
Airports could be fined millions of pounds for disrupting passengers travel under new plans being considered by the Government.
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#9 — Independent | Cuban medics in Haiti put the world to shame
They are the real heroes of the Haitian earthquake disaster, the human catastrophe on America's doorstep which Barack Obama pledged a monumental US humanitarian mission to alleviate. Except these heroes are from America's arch-enemy Cuba, whose doctors and nurses have put US efforts to shame.
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#10 — Telegraph | Britons face £2.05bn Christmas sales credit card hangover
Britons will begin 2011 with a £2.05bn Christmas credit card debt hangover.
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