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Ex-army head attacks Labour PMs
Former head of the Army Gen Sir Richard Dannatt accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Source: BBC World

Tory councillor defects to Labour over education cuts
The deputy leader of the Conservatives on a West Midlands council has defected to the Labour Party over cuts in education spending announced by Michael Gove, the Coalition's Education Secretary.
Source: Topix UK

Failed blowout preventer, a key piece of evidence in Gulf oil spill probe, raised to surface
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — Investigators may now be able to answer the most elusive question since a rig explosion unleashed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill more than four months ago, as they get a close-up view of a key piece of equipment for the first time.
Source: Chicago Tribune

ElBaradei alleges 'smear' tactic
Former UN chief nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei accuses Egypt's government of being behind a campaign to smear his family.
Source: BBC World

Troubled Afghan bank under pressure
Afghans have continued to withdraw money from the country's largest bank, Kabul Bank, over fears it may collapse.
Source: BBC World

Crash survivors back Chile miners
Survivors of a 1972 plane crash in the Andes arrive at the San Jose mine to support the 33 men trapped underground.
Source: BBC World

Aftershocks felt after NZ quake
A series of aftershocks rattle Christchurch, New Zealand, where a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage.
Source: BBC World

Clashes in Sudan's Darfur region leave at least 43 people dead
Clashes in a refugee camp in Sudan's restive Darfur region left six people dead, U.N.-African Union peacekeepers said Saturday, days after violence elsewhere in the area claimed the lives of at ...
Source: FOX

Craigslist drops adult services section after attorneys general urge shutdown
Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
Source: Chicago Tribune

Paul Conrad dies at 86; Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist helped bring The Times to national prominence
His unyielding liberal stance, delivered as savage black-and-white harpoons, bedeviled Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and others in power while shedding an uncompromising light on social injustices. He drew for The Times for nearly 30 years.Paul Conrad, whose fiercely confrontational editorial cartoons made him one of the leading political provocateurs of the second half of the 20th century and who helped push the Los Angeles Times to national prominence, has died. He was 86.
Source: Chicago Tribune