‘Sarkozy ‘received cash from African leaders’

Dirty scandal rocks France:

FRANCE: Nicolas Sarkozy received cash from West African leaders, it has been alleged, following claims that Jacques Chirac and Dominique de Villepin received an estimated $20 million stuffed into briefcases over eight years.

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Libya could fall into extremists’ hands - Nato

LIBYA: Libya is in danger of falling into the hands of Islamic extremists if a stable government is not rapidly established, Nato’s secretary-general warned last night. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Islamic extremists would “try to exploit” any weaknesses created as the country tried to rebuild after four decades of Col Muammar Gaddafi’s rule.

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Obama looking to get America’s rich to pay for mega jobs plan

By proposing to fund his $447b jobs bill with tax increases :

US: President Barack Obama has set the stage for a battle of wills with Congress by proposing to fund his $447 billion jobs bill with tax increases for wealthier Americans and corporations. Obama’s political objective is to put Republicans in the House of Representatives in the awkward position of being painted as obstructionists as they face re-election in next November’s mid-terms.

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