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 | No early swingeing cuts - Cameron A Conservative government would not make "swingeing cuts" to public spending during its first year, David Cameron says. |
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| UN begins major Haiti food push The UN begins distributing food aid to women in Haiti's capital, nearly three weeks after the deadly earthquake. | |
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| Yacht couple 'need urgent help' A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates have told the first journalist to see them in captivity they are in urgent need of help. | |
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| Short: Brown marginalised on Iraq Gordon Brown was "marginalised" by Tony Blair in the build-up to the Iraq war, Clare Short says. | |
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| Bank insurance levy gets backing An insurance levy on financial institutions to help bail out banks in any future financial crisis is gaining support. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | UN begins major Haiti food push The UN begins distributing food aid to women in Haiti's capital, nearly three weeks after the deadly earthquake. |
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| States renew carbon emissions vow Governments around the world reaffirm plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, as required by last month's climate accord. | |
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| Mexico partygoers die in attack Thirteen young people are killed as gunmen open fire at a student party in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ghana 0-1 Egypt Egypt secure a record seventh Africa Cup of Nations title, after beating Ghana 1-0 in a tense final in Angola. |
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| Gaddafi thwarted over AU position Libya's Muammar Gaddafi fails to extend his one-year term as AU president as Malawi's president takes over. | |
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| Yacht couple 'need urgent help' A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates have told the first journalist to see them in captivity they are in urgent need of help. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| UN begins major Haiti food push The UN begins distributing food aid to women in Haiti's capital, nearly three weeks after the deadly earthquake. |
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| Mexico partygoers die in attack Thirteen young people are killed as gunmen open fire at a student party in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez. | |
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| Key US bail-out targets 'not met' The US government bail-out programme has done little to prevent future financial crises, a key watchdog's report says. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China 'intensifies' media curbs China has recently intensified its efforts to control the media, says a report by the International Federation of Journalists. |
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| Houses collapse in Chinese quake A moderate earthquake destroys at least 100 homes and kills one person in Sichuan, in south-western China. | |
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| US defends weapons sale to Taiwan The US defends a proposed $6.4bn weapons sale to Taiwan after China angrily announced a series of retaliatory moves. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | 'Progress' being made at NI talks Talks aimed at ending the impasse over devolution in Northern Ireland have made "considerable progress", the government says |
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| Bank insurance levy gets backing An insurance levy on financial institutions to help bail out banks in any future financial crisis is gaining support. | |
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| Federer ends Murray's Slam dream Roger Federer beats Andy Murray in the Australian Open final to win his 16th Grand Slam and end the Briton's hopes of a first major title. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Ghana 0-1 Egypt Egypt secure a record seventh Africa Cup of Nations title, after beating Ghana 1-0 in a tense final in Angola. |
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| Yemen rejects rebel truce offer Yemen rejects a truce offer by northern rebels, insisting they must agree to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia, officals say. | |
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| Iran tries 16 for recent protests Iran puts 16 people on trial over the Ashura Day opposition protests in December, when eight people were killed. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Wife in Sri Lanka journalist plea The wife of a missing Sri Lankan journalist who favoured the loser in last week's presidential poll pleads he be freed. |
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| Pakistan Taliban leader 'buried' The row over the reported death of Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud deepens after reports of his burial. | |
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| Translator kills two US soldiers Two US soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Friday were shot dead by an Afghan interpreter, it has emerged. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Yacht couple 'need urgent help' A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates have told the first journalist to see them in captivity they are in urgent need of help. |
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| No early swingeing cuts - Cameron A Conservative government would not make "swingeing cuts" to public spending during its first year, David Cameron says. | |
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| Pratchett would test suicide law Author Terry Pratchett says he is ready to be a test case for assisted suicide "tribunals" which would provide assistance to those with incurable diseases wishing to end their lives. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Yacht couple 'need urgent help' A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates have told the first journalist to see them in captivity they are in urgent need of help. |
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| Holdall death toddlers remembered Prayers are said and candles lit in the communities affected by the deaths of two toddlers found dead in the boot of a car in East Sussex. | |
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| Beatles album raises Haiti funds A copy of the first Beatles LP Please Please Me is donated to a charity shop on Merseyside and sold to a collector in Hampshire for £1,300. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Talks progress made - McGuinness The deputy first minister says talks aimed at breaking the impasse over policing and justice have made "considerable progress". |
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| Families demand Saville release The Bloody Sunday commemoration has heard calls for the families of those killed to be given immediate access to the inquiry report. | |
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| Belfast hosts Haiti fundraisers A fun-run and a series of music events are being held in Belfast to raise funds for Haiti. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Murray misses out on Grand Slam Andy Murray fans are left disappointed after he fails to take his first Grand Slam tennis title in Australia. |
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| Talks go on ahead of budget vote Scottish government budget talks with rival parties are moving ahead in a "constructive" way, the finance secretary says. | |
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| Man and woman killed in car crash A man and a woman are killed and another man is in hospital following two separate road crashes in the north east. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Search for sex attacker continues Police are continuing to investigate a serious sex attack on a woman in the early hours of Saturday in Newport. |
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| Victims urged to report e-crime A police authority says a survey of e-crime victims found more than half did not report the incident to officers. | |
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| Six new schools 'to replace 13' Six new primary schools could be built in Swansea to replace 13 under plans being considered by the city council. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| No early swingeing cuts - Cameron A Conservative government would not make "swingeing cuts" to public spending during its first year, David Cameron says. |
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| Short: Brown marginalised on Iraq Gordon Brown was "marginalised" by Tony Blair in the build-up to the Iraq war, Clare Short says. | |
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| Talks progress made - McGuinness The deputy first minister says talks aimed at breaking the impasse over policing and justice have made "considerable progress". | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Bank insurance levy gets backing An insurance levy on financial institutions to help bail out banks in any future financial crisis is gaining support. |
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| Warning on tax return e-mail scam Thousands of fraudulent e-mails have been sent out ahead of Sunday's tax return deadline, Revenue & Customs says. | |
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| No early swingeing cuts - Cameron A Conservative government would not make "swingeing cuts" to public spending during its first year, David Cameron says. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Young celebrates charity honour Singer-songwriter Neil Young is honoured by the US Recording Academy at a special tribute in Los Angeles. |
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| Blues star Etta James in hospital Grammy-winning singer Etta James is being treated in hospital in California after suffering various ailments including a blood infection. | |
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| Reid wins Celebrity Big Brother Cage fighter Alex Reid wins the final series of Celebrity Big Brother with Dane Bowers coming second and Vinnie Jones in third place. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | States renew carbon emissions vow Governments around the world reaffirm plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, as required by last month's climate accord. |
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| Rotting fish yield fossil clues By watching fish rot, scientists discover patterns that could help interpret some of the most important fossils in the record. | |
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| Miliband defends climate science The climate change secretary denies that controversies over scientific data have undermined efforts to tackle global warming. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Tories plan super-fast broadband The Conservatives unveil plans to deliver a "nationwide super-fast broadband", partly funded by a portion of the BBC licence fee. |
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| Google phases out support for IE6 Google begins phasing out support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6, the browser identified as the weak link in a cyber attack. | |
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| Law firm's piracy hunt condemned The way a UK law firm is pursuing alleged net pirates has been criticised with calls for the Information Commissioner to investigate. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Shingles vaccine hope for elderly Millions of people in their 70s could be vaccinated against shingles after the government backs the stance of expert advisers. |
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| Fears over free social care costs The government has "significantly underestimated" the cost of delivering free social care, council chiefs say. | |
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| Vaccine 'could cut HIV TB deaths' A vaccine could cut the number of cases of tuberculosis among HIV-positive Africans by almost two-fifths, researchers claim. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Grade fears prompt A-level checks Head teachers will join exam boards' grading meetings to assure schools there is no manipulation. |
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| Students protest at fees hearing Students have disrupted a hearing of the review into England's university tuition fees. | |
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| Music 'can boost wider learning' Learning a musical instrument in a group can have wide-ranging positive effects on a child's learning at school, a study says. | |
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| 2000: Life for serial killer Shipman Family GP Dr Harold Shipman is jailed for life for murdering 15 of his patients, making him Britain's most prolific convicted serial killer. | |||
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| 1953: 130 die in ferry disaster A car ferry sinks in the Irish Sea in one of the worst gales of the winter, claiming the lives of up to 130 passengers and crew. | |||
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| 1996: Fifty dead in Sri Lanka suicide bombing A lorry carrying heavy explosives crashes into a bank in Colombo bank killing more than 50 people. | |||
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