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1. Fidel Castro: 'Cuban model' flawed - Fidel Castro told a visiting U.S. journalist the "Cuban model" no longer works, an apparent admission of failings in the communist economic model his revolution introduced.
2. Asteroid buzzes Earth; another coming - A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.
3. 680 prisoners escape Nigerian prison - Authorities were searching for more than 680 inmates Wednesday who escaped after gunmen attacked a prison in northern Nigeria, police said.
4. Clinton: Quran-burning plan 'disgraceful' - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a foreign policy talk to slam a pastor for his plan to burn the Quran on Saturday, the anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks.
5. BP report spreads blame for Gulf spill - "Multiple companies and work teams" contributed to the explosion aboard a Gulf oil rig that unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP's internal investigation finds.

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1. Informateur wil zekerheid van rechtse partijen - Den Haag, 8 sept. Informateur Herman Tjeenk Willink wil „een grote mate van zekerheid” van VVD, PVV en CDA dat zij nieuwe onderhandelingen over een rechts minderheidskabinet succesvol kunnen afronden. Als een derde poging zou mislukken, dan is de geloofwaardigheid van informateurs én van de toekomstige minister-president in het geding, zo waarschuwde Tjeenk Willink beoogd premier Mark Rutte.
2. Marokkaanse 'spion' veroordeeld tot taakstraf - Voormalig politieagent Redouan L. krijgt 240 uur werkstraf na het lekken van gegevens aan Marokko.
3. Parlement Sri Lanka geeft president meer macht - De limiet van maximaal twee termijnen voor de president is opgeheven.
4. Moldavië in november naar de stembus - Chisinau, 8 sept. De inwoners van Moldavië mogen over ruim tien weken naar de stembus. Met het uitschrijven van parlementsverkiezingen hoopt de regering de politieke impasse in het Oost-Europese land te doorbreken.
5. Justitie onderzoekt corruptie polder Muiden - Ex-gedeputeerde Ton Hooijmaijers (VVD) wordt verdacht van ambtelijke omkoping en corruptie.

BBC News Frontpage

1. BP spreads blame over oil spill - BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico finds that "a series of failures" was to blame.
2. Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA - Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.
3. Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's' - High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says.
4. Capello eyes life as a pensioner - Fabio Capello is looking forward to his retirement as the Italian confirms he will stand down as England coach after Euro 2012.
5. Mexico crime 'like an insurgency' - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.