1. Headline: Saudi Arabia detains dozens of 'al-Qaeda militants'
58 Saudis and 55 foreigners have been arrested for planning to target oil facilities and security forces in Saudi Arabia. The groups have been linked to al-Queda, and specialized in targeting security personnel. The terrorist cells were formed in January 2009 by a merger between two regional offshoots of the Islamist militant network in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The group aims to topple the Yemeni government, Saudi monarchy, and establish an Islamic caliphate.
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2. Headline: Pope accepts resignation of Irish bishop John Magee
The Pope has accepted the resignation of Bishop John Magee, after his mishandling of allegations of sex abuse. The Irish bishop failed to act effectively to limit access to children by individuals who had a credible complaint of child sex abuse against them in his County Cork diocese. In 2008, the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland filed a report that Magee had not responded appropriately to abuse claims.
3. Headline: US and Pakistan promise to improve ties after mistrust
In hopes to start a new partnership, the US and Pakistan are making efforts to overcome “years of misunderstandings”. US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, met with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to discuss military aid, debts owed, and nuclear issues between the two countries. Both parties are positive with progress made thus far, and are holding a week-long “strategic dialogue”.
4. Headline: Budget 2010: Darling draws election battle lines
UK Finance Chancellor Alistair Darling has set out his 2010 Budget. Darling urged voters not to desert Labour, as the government had been “right about the recovery” and cut the year’s £178bn deficit by £11bn. However, Conservative and opposition party leader David Cameron accused Darling of stealing Tory policies on taxing, and warned voters the biggest threat to the economy would be to have PM Gordon Brown carry on as leader for the next five years. BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders summed up Mr Darling's message as "it's bad, but not as bad as we thought - and not nearly as bad as it would have been under the Conservatives".
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