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The Guardian	VS	CNN
Sir Ian Blair resigns as Met police commissioner		Top UK police chief forced to quit
10/02/2008 5:17 PM EDT		10/02/2008 5:17 PM EDT
...esignation. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/ PA Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner, today announced that he is to step down after losing the support of the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Blair said he would have liked to conti...		...ticle in World LONDON, England (CNN) -- The UK's top police officer, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair, announced his resignation Thursday after being urged to step down by London mayor Boris Johnson. Blair: "It has been the proudest task o...

More Details Posted by majormatt 10/02/2008 5:17 PM EDT

...esignation. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/ PA Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan polic...

...ticle in World LONDON, England (CNN) -- The UK's top police officer, Metropol...

NY Times	VS	FOX News
Past Debates Show a Confident Palin, at Times Fluent but Often Vague - NYTimes.com		Palin Gives a Debate Preview FOX Embeds FOXNews.com
10/02/2008 2:38 PM EDT		10/02/2008 2:38 PM EDT
...development. But just as she does now, Ms. Palin often spoke in generalities and showed scant aptitude for developing arguments beyond a talking point or two. Her sentences were distinguished by the...		...her selection where she felt censored, but she continued her critique of the press saying that "the state of journalism has changed a bit since I received my degree" and hit the media for wanting to "get more news out there on the air regardless of the truth" adding that it was "kind of sad." The Alaska governor said she does care...

More Details Posted by fusehead 10/02/2008 2:38 PM EDT

...development. But just as she does now, Ms. Palin often spoke in generalities ...

...her selection where she felt censored, but she continued her critique of the ...

The Guardian	VS	FOX News
Thomas Noyes: Don't expect Sarah Palin to melt down in tonight's debate \| Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk		After Rocky Interviews, Alaskans Urge Palin to 'Be Herself' at Debate - FOXNews.com Elections
10/02/2008 5:16 PM EDT		10/02/2008 5:16 PM EDT
...and give her as much time as possible.) Pundits are asking whether she gets by if she simply manages to stay upright and speak in complete sentences. I think that the millions tuning in hoping for a Palin meltdown may be disappointed. She will come ready with stock answers about her not being a Washington insider and dismiss her critics as not understanding outside-the-Beltway culture. She'll talk about how she's coming to shake up Washington and the old boys like Biden. Biden on the other hand will try to ton...		...er credentials to be second in command. But Palin's talents as an orator, and as a debater, are well established in Alaska. Those who crossed paths with her during her successful 2006 gubernatorial campaign extol her ability to speak plainly and convincingly and connect with ordinary people. Come Thursday, they say, she should let that instinct shine at her only scheduled debate with Biden. "She's very self-confident, very self-assured, and she's very aware. She's in tune. She's not guessing or adrift," said Dittman, who worked on Palin's 2006 campaign. Dittman said the Palin of 2008 needs to...

More Details Posted by markdudlik 10/02/2008 5:16 PM EDT

...and give her as much time as possible.) Pundits are asking whether she gets b...

...er credentials to be second in command. But Palin's talents as an orator, and...

USA Today	VS	CNN
Iraqi police: 3 killed by car bomb in Baghdad - USATODAY.com		Car bomb strikes Baghdad restaurant - CNN.com
10/02/2008 10:55 PM EDT		10/02/2008 10:55 PM EDT
...nd E-mail \| Save \| Print \| BAGHDAD (AP) A parked car bomb targeted a restaurant in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring at least six others. A U.S. soldier also was killed Tuesday...		...na Karadsheh CNN BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A car bomb detonated Tuesday near a crowded restaurant at lunchtime in central Baghdad, killing at least four civilians and wounding nine others, an Interior Ministry official said. The bombing struck the Karrada district...

More Details Posted by ineoeva 10/02/2008 10:55 PM EDT

...nd E-mail | Save | Print | BAGHDAD (AP) A parked car bomb targeted a restaura...

...na Karadsheh CNN BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A car bomb detonated Tuesday near a c...

FOX News	VS	Al Jazeera
FOXNews.com - Bombs at Baghdad Mosques Kill 24, Injure 50 - International News \| News of the World \| Middle East News \| Europe N		Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Deadly attacks hit Baghdad mosques
10/02/2008 2:40 PM EDT		10/02/2008 5:03 PM EDT
...rayers Thursday at two Baghdad mosques, killing 24 people and wounding more than 50 others, police said. In a separate attack, gunmen fatally sh...		...East Deadly attacks hit Baghdad mosques At least 20 people have been killed and at least 30 injured in two suicide bomb attacks close to Sh...

More Details Posted by ghostly 10/02/2008 5:03 PM EDT

...rayers Thursday at two Baghdad mosques, killing 24 people and wounding more t...

...East Deadly attacks hit Baghdad mosques At least 20 people have been killed a...

Wall Street Journal	VS	NY Times
[pelosi]		Pressure Builds on House After Senate Backs Bailout - NYTimes.com
10/02/2008 2:47 PM EDT		10/02/2008 2:47 PM EDT

AOL News	VS	Al Jazeera
India Reeling After Terror Attacks		Troops battle Mumbai attackers
11/27/2008 9:58 AM EST		11/27/2008 9:58 AM EST
...wounding about 100. Relations between Hindus, who make up more than 80 percent of India's 1 billion population, and Muslims, who make up about 14 percent, have sporadically erupted into bouts of sectarian violence since British-ruled India was split...		...increase in recent years in indigenous Indian Muslim organisations beginning to take a violent stance towards the Indian state and sections of the Indian society, particularly the commercial elite of places like Mumbai, in order to...

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