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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Brown to repay £12,415 expenses Prime Minister Gordon Brown will repay £12,415 after an independent audit of all MPs' expenses claims since 2004. |
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| Nursery abuser admits acts 'vile' A nursery worker who sexually abused children told police her crimes were "disgusting" but would still not name her victims. | |
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| Scientist on French terror charge French magistrates file preliminary charges against a particle physicist accused of links to al-Qaeda. | |
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| Brown unveils £16bn assets sale Gordon Brown announces plans to sell off £16bn worth of government assets in an attempt to shore up public finances. | |
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| MP's arrest 'not proportionate' Conservative MP Damian Green's arrest during a Home Office leak inquiry was "not proportionate", a report says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Pakistan reels from fresh attack At least 41 people are killed in a suspected suicide car bombing in north-west Pakistan, in the latest in a string of militant attacks. |
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| Scientist on French terror charge French magistrates file preliminary charges against a particle physicist accused of links to al-Qaeda. | |
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| India 'behind schedule' for Games The Indian capital, Delhi, is warned it faces a major challenge to be ready to host next year's Commonwealth Games. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Guinea 'facing new dictatorship' People in Guinea face a new dictatorship, a regional leader warns, as talks on the military-ruled country's crisis begin. |
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| Sudanese to hang over US killing A Sudanese court upholds a death sentence against four Islamists who killed a US envoy in 2008. | |
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| Scientist on French terror charge French magistrates file preliminary charges against a particle physicist accused of links to al-Qaeda. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | First woman wins economics Nobel American Elinor Ostrom becomes the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics since it began in 1968. |
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| Mexico shuts troubled energy firm The Mexican government closes a state-run energy distribution firm, blaming the scale of its losses for the move. | |
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| Inquiries into 'sweatbox' deaths Investigations continue into the deaths of two people who fell ill during a sauna-like experience at an Arizona spiritual retreat. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Death sentences for China rioters Six people are sentenced to death in China over the riots in Xinjiang in July, Chinese state media report. |
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| N Korea 'test-fires five rockets' North Korea test-fires five short-range missiles off its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports. | |
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| Chinese city begins gang trials Thirty-one people go on trial in south-west China's Chongqing accused of involvement in organised crime. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Brown to repay £12,415 expenses Prime Minister Gordon Brown will repay £12,415 after an independent audit of all MPs' expenses claims since 2004. |
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| Scientist on French terror charge French magistrates file preliminary charges against a particle physicist accused of links to al-Qaeda. | |
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| Clinton to press Russia on Iran US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Moscow, where Iran's nuclear programme is expected to dominate talks. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Abbas seeks vote on Gaza report The Palestinian leader seeks a UN vote on a report on the Gaza war, reversing his heavily-criticised support for deferring the debate. |
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| Israelis flatten Palestinian home Israeli authorities demolish two Palestinian-owned structures in East Jerusalem, in defiance of calls to stop such actions. | |
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| Iranians demand loan of treasure Iran is threatening to cease cultural co-operation with the British Museum if an ancient artefact is not loaned to the country. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Pakistan reels from fresh attack At least 41 people are killed in a suspected suicide car bombing in north-west Pakistan, in the latest in a string of militant attacks. |
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| Afghan quits election fraud panel An Afghan member of a UN-backed panel investigating fraud in the presidential election resigns, blaming "interfering foreigners". | |
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| India 'behind schedule' for Games The Indian capital, Delhi, is warned it faces a major challenge to be ready to host next year's Commonwealth Games. | |
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| UK | |
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| Brown to repay £12,415 expenses Prime Minister Gordon Brown will repay £12,415 after an independent audit of all MPs' expenses claims since 2004. |
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| Nursery abuser admits acts 'vile' A nursery worker who sexually abused children told police her crimes were "disgusting" but would still not name her victims. | |
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| Met Pcs deny racial abuse claims Six Met Police officers go on trial amid allegations of racial abuse and assault relating to three London teenagers. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Six men jailed for 'vile' kidnap Three men are found guilty of kidnapping two shop workers in west London and holding them hostage for a week. |
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| Woman charged over abuse images A Hampshire woman is charged with child sex offences, following inquiries into child abuse at a Plymouth nursery. | |
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| Fine as art pupil loses fingers A school is fined after a 16-year-old pupil was left badly disfigured while trying to make a plaster of Paris cast of her hands. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | US 'won't meddle' pledges Clinton US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the devolution of policing and justice powers is an issue for the NI Assembly alone. |
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| £3.5m spent on abandoned stadium The Department of Culture paid consultants more than £3m for their work on the abandoned Maze stadium project. | |
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| PSNI chief 'likes justice offer' Details of the financial package for the devolution of policing and justice have been seen by Chief Constable Matt Baggott, a Sinn Fein source has said. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Miliband admits Megrahi jail fear The UK government thought UK interests would be "damaged" if the Lockerbie bomber had died in prison, David Miliband says. |
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| Man and woman die from swine flu A further two people die in Scotland after contracting the swine flu virus, bringing the total number of deaths to 14. | |
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| Couple had sex in police car park An amorous couple are fined after they were stopped having sex in broad daylight - in a police station car park. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Aberfan bereaved fight homes plan A plan to build houses near the cemetery where victims of the Aberfan disaster are buried is opposed by families. |
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| Jury out in 'force-feeding' case The jury in the case of a Cardiff nurse accused of force-feeding medicine to two elderly patients, goes out. | |
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| 'Family escape' from house fire A family appears to have escaped uninjured as fierce flames spread through three terraced houses. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Brown to repay £12,415 expenses Prime Minister Gordon Brown will repay £12,415 after an independent audit of all MPs' expenses claims since 2004. |
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| Smith apology for expenses claims Ex-Home Secretary Jacqui Smith apologises to MPs over her expenses claims, after a standards investigation. | |
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| MP's arrest 'not proportionate' Conservative MP Damian Green's arrest during a Home Office leak inquiry was "not proportionate", a report says. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Mortgage lending dips in August The number of new mortgages granted fell back slightly in August to 53,000 from 56,000 in July, mortgage lenders say. |
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| FTSE 100 closes at one-year high The FTSE 100 reaches a one-year high, boosted by stronger commodity prices and optimism about US corporate earnings. | |
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| First woman wins economics Nobel American Elinor Ostrom becomes the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics since it began in 1968. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Boyzone death 'tragic accident' The family of Boyzone star Stephen Gately say his sudden death in Majorca at the age of 33 was a "tragic accident". |
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| BBC revisits Upstairs Downstairs Classic TV series Upstairs Downstairs is to return to TV, with roles for original stars Jean Marsh and Dame Eileen Atkins. | |
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| Andy Williams to play Glastonbury Veteran US singer Andy Williams says he will play next year's Glastonbury Festival. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | 'Veggie' spider shuns meat diet A spider that has an almost exclusively vegetarian diet is described by scientists. |
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| 'Big step' needed on UK landfill The UK's environment Secretary Hilary Benn tells the BBC a radical rethink is needed on how we dispose of waste. | |
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| Scientist on French terror charge French magistrates file preliminary charges against a particle physicist accused of links to al-Qaeda. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft readies bumper update October 13 will see Microsoft issue the biggest security update ever that aims to fix 34 vulnerabilities. |
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| Firms 'mishandle sensitive data' About a third of UK employees throw sensitive documents in the bin instead of shredding them, research suggests. | |
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| Sky offers digital music service Satellite giant challenges Apple's iTunes as it enters music download business. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Panorama nurse can return to work A nurse wins her battle against being struck off the register for secretly filming care for the elderly at a Brighton hospital. |
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| Doctor hours law 'harms patients' Patients' lives are being jeopardised by European rules that cut the working hours of doctors, experts say. | |
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| Children can 'imagine away' pain Children can be taught to use their imagination to tackle frequent bouts of stomach pain, research shows. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Childcare swaps 'outside rules' Childcare regulations should not apply to arrangements between friends, says Children's Secretary Ed Balls. |
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| Student loan firm explains delays Student Loans Company boss promises an internal inquiry into processing problems for grants and loans. | |
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| Fine as art pupil loses fingers A school is fined after a 16-year-old pupil was left badly disfigured while trying to make a plaster of Paris cast of her hands. | |
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| 2000: Suicide bombers attack USS Cole At least six American sailors die in what's thought to have been a suicide bomb attack on a US Navy destroyer in Yemen. | |||
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| 2002: Dozens killed in Bali nightclub explosion Reports from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali say more than 50 people have been killed in two explosions. | |||
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| 1984: Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast A bomb explodes at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton in a direct attack on the British Government. | |||
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