World September 3rd, 2010 (10)
#1 — BBC | Mexico clash ‘leaves 27 drug cartel gunmen dead’
The Mexican army says it has killed 27 suspected drug cartel gunmen in a clash near the US border.
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#2 — BBC | South Africa to resume deporting Zimbabweans
South Africa is to start expelling Zimbabweans again, from 31 December, the government has announced, ending their special status.
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#3 — CNN | Hamas, 10 other groups pledge to continue targeting Israelis
(CNN) — Members of the militant wing of Hamas and representatives of 10 other militant groups met Thursday and said they were joining forces and that attacks on Israelis would continue.
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#4 — CNN | President mulls new measures to spark economy
Washington (CNN) — After a week mostly focused on Iraq and Mideast diplomacy, it’s back to the economy for President Barack Obama, who will deliver remarks Friday on the August unemployment numbers.
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#5 — Fox | Category 2 Earl Hits N.C. Coast with Heavy Rain
As Hurricane Earl battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Friday morning, experts reported that it had produced little storm surge and only minor flooding in some of the state’s coastal counties.
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#6 — Fox | Wyoming Man Donates $1.5M to Defend Arizona Immigration Law in Court
PHOENIX — A Wyoming man has given more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement measure in court, Gov. Jan Brewer’s office said Thursday.
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#7 — NY Times | Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as Democrats
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The college vote is up for grabs this year — to an extent that would have seemed unlikely two years ago, when a generation of young people seemed to swoon over Barack Obama.
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#8 — DM | Dramatic escape for 13 oil workers
An offshore petroleum platform has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
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#9 — Independent | ‘Seething’ Brown claims moral high ground – but will not attack his old ally
Gordon Brown is said to be “seething” and “dismayed” about Tony Blair’s searing criticism of him in his memoirs but yesterday told aides not to respond in kind.
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#10 — Telegraph | Taliban facing ‘financial crisis’, general claims
The Taliban is facing a “financial crisis” as Nato troops have disrupted their lucrative opium trade, according to a top US general.
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