Latest news from around the web, updated 10 minutes ago.

• World

  • Banks borrow record amount from Fed over the past week
  • Finland's Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
  • Nato to target Afghan drugs trade

• Business

  • Wells Fargo Wins Wachovia
  • Path clear for Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal
  • GE under siege

• Celebrity

  • Oliver Stone Says No Malice Intended in "W"
  • Inside Art: Metallica Drummer to Sell Basquiat ‘Boxer’
  • Brad Snaps Pic of Angie Breastfeeding

• Politics

  • Senate race in Georgia tops farm-district races
  • MoD computer hard drive missing
  • Lawyer appeals for freedom of Myanmar's Suu Kyi

• Science

  • Gut 'tasting' could beat poisons
  • CDC: 1 in 4 girls got cervical cancer shot
  • Testicles Provide Stem Cells

• Tech

  • Kazakh bloggers say can't access popular website
  • Mobile Gaming Firms Eye Nokia, Apple Boost In 2009
  • New machine prints sheets of light

• Sports

  • Alfredsson to miss two weeks for knee surgery
  • Winslow in hospital, may not play Monday night
  • Castroneves asks for OK to enter race in Australia

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by Reuters

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    A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    1 month ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

    1 month ago

    from Getty Images

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    Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.

    2 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

• Hot off the wire

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    US actress Meg Ryan reacts to cheers from film fans as she arrives for the opening night of the Middle East International Film Festival at a hotel in Abu Dhabi UAE, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.

    11 mins ago

    from AP Photo by Manuel Salazar

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    Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the closing ceremony for the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum in Sao Paulo October 10, 2008. Lula da Silva on Friday called for political responses from world governments to rein in market "anarchy" stemming from the global financial crisis.

    15 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    US President George W. Bush with First lady Laura Bush walks to Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington, DC. Bush was heading to Republican fundraisers in Florida and South Carolina on October 10, 2008.

    25 mins ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama arrives to pay a visit to Fireside Diner in Georgetown, Ohio, October 09, 2008.

    23 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    Afghan children wait on a hill to collect bullet casings of German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) near a shooting range in Kunduz October 7, 2008. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed on Tuesday to extend Germany's participation in a NATO peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and raise the number of troops it can send there by 1,000, a government official said.

    3 days ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Tennessee quarterback Nick Stephens (17) throws to a receiver during first half of an NCAA college football game against Northern Illinois Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn.

    6 days ago

    from AP Photo by Wade Payne

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    Bruce Irons (Kauai, Haw) wipes out on a 10ft (3-4 meter) wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti, 30 April 2007 during the Air Tahiti Nui Von Zipper Trials. Irons is considered one of the worlds most fearless surfers and is a specialist in barreling reef breaks like Teahupoo. Irons, brother of three times ASP world champion Andy, threw himself into the biggest waves that thundered across the reef 29 April in preparation for the Billabong Pro that runs from the 4-14 May. Irons will take on Chris Ward (USA) and Trent Munro (Aus) in round one when competition commences. The Billabong Pro is the third event on the Fosters Menos ASP World Tour and features the top 45 surfers in the world and three wildcards. The Billabong Pro takes place at the dangerous left hand breaking waveTeahupoo approximately 2 kmOs out to sea on a shallow reef pass

    17 months ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Our editor's pick, and topics with the most buzz in the last ten minutes.

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  Asif Ali Zardari
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  Barack Obama
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  John McCain
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  Saxby Chambliss
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  Sarah Palin

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