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 | Obama pushes new bank regulation US President Barack Obama proposes sweeping new rules to curb the size and risk-taking of big banks. |
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| Iraq my 'hardest choice' - Straw Jack Straw says the decision to back the Iraq invasion was the "most difficult decision" he had ever taken. | |
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| Haiti to relocate quake homeless Haiti is planning to house 400,000 earthquake survivors in tented villages outside the capital, officials announce. | |
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| Torture boys' 'toxic' upbringing Two brothers who attacked two boys in Edlington had a "toxic home life" and witnessed domestic violence against their mother, their sentencing judge hears. | |
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| Peace scheme mooted for Taliban Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells the BBC he envisages a foreign-funded peace scheme to win over Taliban moderates. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Obama pushes new bank regulation US President Barack Obama proposes sweeping new rules to curb the size and risk-taking of big banks. |
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| Haiti to relocate quake homeless Haiti is planning to house 400,000 earthquake survivors in tented villages outside the capital, officials announce. | |
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| Peace scheme mooted for Taliban Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells the BBC he envisages a foreign-funded peace scheme to win over Taliban moderates. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Mass funerals after Nigeria riots Mass funerals are held in the Nigerian city of Jos, where fighting between Muslims and Christians has left hundreds dead. |
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| Kenya 'expels hate-cleric again' Kenya tries to deport Jamaican hate-cleric Abdullah al-Faisal for the second time this month, a government lawyer tells court. | |
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| Cameroon 2-2 Tunisia Cameroon scrape through to the quarter-finals after a tight 2-2 draw with Tunisia in Lubango, which assure them passage to the last eight. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Haiti to relocate quake homeless Haiti is planning to house 400,000 earthquake survivors in tented villages outside the capital, officials announce. |
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| Obama pushes new bank regulation US President Barack Obama proposes sweeping new rules to curb the size and risk-taking of big banks. | |
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| Edwards admits campaign lovechild John Edwards admits fathering an illegitimate child while he ran for the White House and his wife battled incurable cancer. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | US calls for China Google probe Hillary Clinton urges Beijing to investigate cyber attacks on Google which prompted it to threaten to leave China. |
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| China economy sees strong growth China's economy grew by 8.7% in 2009, setting it on course to become the world's second-largest, behind that of the US. | |
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| HK alarm as China jails dissident Hong Kong human rights advocates react with alarm as a Chinese dissident arrested in the city is jailed on the mainland. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | GM confirms Belgian plant closure General Motors confirms it will close a Belgian plant belonging to its European unit Opel, with the loss of 2,300 jobs. |
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| Knox may face charges of slander Amanda Knox, convicted of killing British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, could now face slander charges. | |
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| Auschwitz entrance sign returned The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign from the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland is returned a month after it was stolen. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | West Bank Muslim graves damaged Damaged graves and racist graffiti are found in a Palestinian village in the West Bank after Jewish pilgrims visit the area. |
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| Iran nuclear plant set to open Iran's first nuclear power plant will be operating by mid-2011, Iranian and Russian officials say. | |
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| Yemen 'halts visas at airports' Yemen is to stop issuing visas to foreigners arriving at international airports, state media reports. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Peace scheme mooted for Taliban Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells the BBC he envisages a foreign-funded peace scheme to win over Taliban moderates. |
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| Pakistan snubs US over militants Pakistan's army rules out new offensives against militants any time soon, as the US defence secretary arrives for talks. | |
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| South Asia foes row over cricket A row breaks out between India and Pakistan after no Pakistani cricketers are chosen to play in this year's Indian Premier League. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Tories back US banking reform George Osborne tells the BBC that if the Conservatives win the general election they would work to follow US plans to reform banks. |
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| Iraq my 'hardest choice' - Straw Jack Straw says the decision to back the Iraq invasion was the "most difficult decision" he had ever taken. | |
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| Torture boys' 'toxic' upbringing Two brothers who attacked two boys in Edlington had a "toxic home life" and witnessed domestic violence against their mother, their sentencing judge hears. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Torture boys' 'toxic' upbringing Two brothers who attacked two boys in Edlington had a "toxic home life" and witnessed domestic violence against their mother, their sentencing judge hears. |
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| Heroin killer mother files appeal A mother convicted of murdering her brain-damaged son by injecting him with heroin launches an appeal. | |
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| Garage crash driver's river drama A Devon pensioner is injured when she accidentally drives her car through the back wall of a garage and into a river. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | PSNI examine Iris Robinson claims The police launch an investigation into allegations concerning Iris Robinson made in a BBC Spotlight programme. |
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| DUP wants premiers to intervene Acting First Minister Arlene Foster calls on the governments to intervene in talks between the DUP and Sinn Fein. | |
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| Man, 27, jailed for unlawful sex A 27-year-old man who travelled to Northern Ireland to have sex with a schoolgirl is jailed for nine months. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | MSP unveils assisted suicide bill Independent MSP Margo MacDonald's right-to-die bill for the terminally ill is published at the Scottish Parliament. |
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| Suspect package 'disruption aim' A suspicious package which caused major travel disruption in Aberdeen is declared safe but may have been malicious. | |
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| Youth guilty of dog walker murder A teenager is convicted of murder for repeatedly stabbing a 62-year-old man who was walking his dog. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Ex-car workers' pensions protest Former car plant workers who lost part of their pensions when a company folded last year have protested at the assembly. |
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| Neighbour on murder suspect row A man tells a court how he heard sounds of a woman apparently being strangled in a flat above his. | |
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| Two cats in bag thrown from car RSPCA appeal for information after two cats survive being put in a bag and thrown from a car. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Iraq my 'hardest choice' - Straw Jack Straw says the decision to back the Iraq invasion was the "most difficult decision" he had ever taken. |
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| Tories back US banking reform George Osborne tells the BBC that if the Conservatives win the general election they would work to follow US plans to reform banks. | |
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| UK defends counter-terror 'cuts' Ministers admit they have not been able to spend as much on counter-terrorism in Pakistan as hoped, but say spending is up. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Obama pushes new bank regulation US President Barack Obama proposes sweeping new rules to curb the size and risk-taking of big banks. |
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| China economy sees strong growth China's economy grew by 8.7% in 2009, setting it on course to become the world's second-largest, behind that of the US. | |
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| Probe into gold-buying companies The Office of Fair Trading launches an investigation into companies that offer cash for gold jewellery by post. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Avatar faces Education at Baftas British film An Education is battling Avatar and The Hurt Locker with eight nods each at the British Academy Film Awards. |
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| Talk show host gets $45m pay-off NBC reaches an agreement with Conan O'Brien over his departure from The Tonight Show, paving the way for Jay Leno to return. | |
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| Sir Ian slams anti-gay sport fans Actor Sir Ian McKellen has criticised the sports world for its lack of understanding toward homosexuality. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Dye turns fabric into a battery A method of creating energy storage devices using a carbon nanotube "ink" has been shown to work on ordinary fabrics. |
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| King-sized fast food for fur seal Antarctic fur seals have been filmed catching and eating king penguins in the open ocean, behaviour not seen before. | |
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| Technique 'tracks' spread of MRSA Cambridge researchers have developed a technique for precisely tracking the spread of the superbug MRSA in hospitals. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft patches Explorer hole Microsoft has released a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that is thought to have been exploited by Chinese hackers. |
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| Dye turns fabric into a battery A method of creating energy storage devices using a carbon nanotube "ink" has been shown to work on ordinary fabrics. | |
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| US calls for China Google probe Hillary Clinton urges Beijing to investigate cyber attacks on Google which prompted it to threaten to leave China. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Technique 'tracks' spread of MRSA Cambridge researchers have developed a technique for precisely tracking the spread of the superbug MRSA in hospitals. |
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| NHS 'inconsistent' on obesity ops Access to weight-loss operations on the NHS is "inconsistent and unethical", the Royal College of Surgeons says. | |
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| Top obesity drug being withdrawn A leading obesity drug is being withdrawn from use in the UK amid fears it increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Record university intake in 2009 More students than ever before were accepted for UK university courses in 2009. |
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| Training scheme was 'mismanaged' A £1.5bn government scheme to improve workers' skills is criticised by MPs as "mismanaged" and "unrealistically ambitious". | |
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| Children in care want more advice A study for Ofsted suggests sometimes children in care do not get enough information and advice on their own situation. | |
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| 1981: Tehran frees US hostages after 444 days The 52 American hostages held at the US embassy in Tehran for more than 14 months arrive in West Germany on their way home to the United States. | |||
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| 1992: UN threatens Libya with sanctions Libya has been served with a resolution to hand over intelligence agents accused of two airliner bombings. | |||
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| 1950: Acclaimed author George Orwell dies The British writer George Orwell dies after a three-year battle against tuberculosis. | |||
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