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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Women win millions in equal pay Birmingham City Council may have to pay tens of millions of pounds to 5,000 women who have won equal pay claims. |
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| Spending cuts 'deepest since 70s' The UK faces the deepest spending cuts since the 1970s, regardless of the election result, a leading think tank says. | |
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| Markets hit by Greece junk rating World markets slide as Greece's debt is downgraded to junk status amid fears over its economic crisis. | |
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| Peach 'died after police attack' A police officer is likely to have "struck the fatal blow" which killed a protester 31 years ago, a Scotland Yard report reveals. | |
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| Goldman Sachs attacked at hearing The chairman of a US inquiry into the causes of the financial crisis launches a stinging attack on the role of Goldman Sachs. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Markets hit by Greece junk rating World markets slide as Greece's debt is downgraded to junk status amid fears over its economic crisis. |
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| Goldman Sachs attacked at hearing The chairman of a US inquiry into the causes of the financial crisis launches a stinging attack on the role of Goldman Sachs. | |
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| Chaos as Ukraine votes on fleet Chaos erupts in Ukraine's parliament as members vote to extend the lease on a Russian naval base in Ukraine. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | South Sudan rival challenges poll Lam Akol, leader of Southern Sudan's second largest party, vows to challenge in court the "massive rigging" in the recent elections. |
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| Tunisia dissident reporter free Taoufik Ben Brik, a journalist critical of Tunisia's president, leaves prison after serving a six-month sentence for assault. | |
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| Dubai fury as Kenya expels rulers Kenyan officials are in the United Arab Emirates trying to end a row after four Dubai rulers were deported as terror suspects. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Goldman Sachs attacked at hearing The chairman of a US inquiry into the causes of the financial crisis launches a stinging attack on the role of Goldman Sachs. |
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| Detroit bomb suspect 'in video' New video apparently shows the Detroit jet bomb suspect at a militant camp as well as a fugitive US-Yemeni cleric. | |
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| France keeps Noriega in detention Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is to be held in French custody until his trial, a judge in Paris rules. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Australia shelves climate scheme Australia says a key emissions trading scheme will not start until 2013 at the earliest, after it was repeatedly blocked in the Senate. |
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| China lifts ban on HIV carriers China has lifted travel restrictions for foreigners who suffer from HIV and AIDS. | |
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| Woman claims highest peaks record A South Korean scales Annapurna to claim the record for being the first woman to climb the world's 14 highest peaks. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Markets hit by Greece junk rating World markets slide as Greece's debt is downgraded to junk status amid fears over its economic crisis. |
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| Chaos as Ukraine votes on fleet Chaos erupts in Ukraine's parliament as members vote to extend the lease on a Russian naval base in Ukraine. | |
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| France keeps Noriega in detention Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is to be held in French custody until his trial, a judge in Paris rules. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraq impasse 'heightens violence' Continuing political uncertainty in Iraq is contributing to a rise in the number of civilian deaths, Amnesty International warns. |
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| Israel army disciplines soldiers Israel's top military commander disciplines four officers involved in the deaths of four Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. | |
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| Egypt restaurants' 'meat strike' Cairo's top restaurants take meat off the table in solidarity with the poor as meat prices soar. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | India holds diplomat for 'spying' India arrests one of its diplomats on charges of spying for Pakistan as the two countries' leaders prepare for a regional summit. |
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| Briton is jailed in Afghanistan A British man found guilty of corruption is sentenced to two years in one of Afghanistan's most notorious prisons. | |
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| Woman claims highest peaks record A South Korean scales Annapurna to claim the record for being the first woman to climb the world's 14 highest peaks. | |
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| UK | |
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| Women win millions in equal pay Birmingham City Council may have to pay tens of millions of pounds to 5,000 women who have won equal pay claims. |
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| Peach 'died after police attack' A police officer is likely to have "struck the fatal blow" which killed a protester 31 years ago, a Scotland Yard report reveals. | |
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| Parties clash on family and crime Labour attack their rivals' plans as "cuts for children", while the Tories say "big government" has failed to fix British society. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Women win millions in equal pay Birmingham City Council may have to pay tens of millions of pounds to 5,000 women who have won equal pay claims. |
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| Wind farm 'harm' to autistic boys A wind farm plan in North Lincolnshire is rejected by the planning inspectorate over concerns about the effect it would have on autistic twin boys nearby. | |
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| Baby outgrowing smallest mother Britain's smallest mother describes the difficulties of caring for a baby son who is already growing taller than her. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Men arrested over student attack Chicago police arrest two men in connection with a baseball bat attack in which a County Armagh student is critically injured. |
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| Flats buyer 'rushed by solicitor' A buyer who failed to complete on three apartments following the house price crash was not told by his former solicitor he could be held liable for the full amount, the High Court hears. | |
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| Trust admits baby case liability A health trust admits liability in an action brought by the family of a Tyrone woman left brain damaged at birth in a Belfast hospital in 1985. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Tory suspended over gay comments Conservative election candidate Philip Lardner is suspended for making "deeply offensive and unacceptable" comments about homosexuality. |
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| Rangers investigated on tax issue Rangers confirm that the club is under investigation by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs over payments made into offshore accounts. | |
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| SNP bid over TV debate adjourned The SNP's legal action over its exclusion from Thursday's prime ministerial debate on BBC One is adjourned. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Ex-soap star's suspended sentence Ex-Coronation Street star Bruce Jones, who played Les Battersby, receives a suspended prison sentence for dangerous driving. |
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| Tory win 'would derail recovery' Chancellor Alistair Darling says a Tory win would ruin the "fragile" recovery as the parties focus on the economy. | |
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| Gap student dies on college trip Tributes are paid to a gap year student from Australia who died on a school trip to Snowdonia. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Markets hit by Greece junk rating World markets slide as Greece's debt is downgraded to junk status amid fears over its economic crisis. |
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| Goldman Sachs attacked at hearing The chairman of a US inquiry into the causes of the financial crisis launches a stinging attack on the role of Goldman Sachs. | |
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| Spending cuts 'deepest since 70s' The UK faces the deepest spending cuts since the 1970s, regardless of the election result, a leading think tank says. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Allwright to stand in on One Show Presenter Matt Allwright and comedian Paul Merton will stand-in as hosts over the next two weeks for the BBC's One Show. |
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| Wood set for Eric and Ernie drama Comedian and actress Victoria Wood is to star as comedian Eric Morecambe's mother in a TV drama about the early years of Morecambe and Wise. | |
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| US dramas feature in poll race The director of US real-time TV drama 24 and the star of The Wire feature in the UK election campaign. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| Australia shelves climate scheme Australia says a key emissions trading scheme will not start until 2013 at the earliest, after it was repeatedly blocked in the Senate. |
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| New 'heart' for particle detector An anti-matter detector to be installed on the space station is to have a key component changed in order to help it spend longer in space. | |
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| Chimps 'feel death like humans' Chimpanzees deal with death in much the same way as humans, according to two studies. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Police investigate iPhone blogger The editor of gadget blog Gizmodo has his computers seized after obtaining an iPhone prototype left in a Californian bar. |
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| Nokia launches open source phone The first handset to use the Symbian operating system since it became open source is announced by Nokia. | |
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| UK seeks cyber security experts A government-backed competition has been launched to find Britons who can help protect the nation from cyber threats. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Patient expectations 'too high' Patients expect miracles and are too quick to launch legal action when they do not happen, nurses say. |
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| New pill for men to 'last longer' A drug to tackle the problem of premature ejaculation goes on sale in the UK. | |
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| Chocolate 'linked to depression' People who eat chocolate regularly are more depressive, experts discover. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Cameron tackled on special needs Tory leader David Cameron is tackled by the father of a boy with spina bifida over the inclusion of disabled children in schools. |
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| Primary schools places pressure Primary schools in some parts of England are facing a surge in demand for places this autumn. | |
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| Students threaten to swing seats Students campaigning against increasing tuition fees say they have the support of a thousand election candidates. | |
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| 1945: Russians and Americans link at Elbe Russian and American troops join hands at the River Elbe in Germany, bringing the end of the war a step closer. | |||
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| 1984: Libyan embassy siege ends The siege of the Libyan Embassy in London ends 11 days after the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the St James's Square building. | |||
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| 1961: Sierra Leone wins independence Sierra Leone becomes the latest West African state to win independence, after more than 150 years of British colonial rule. | |||
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