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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | UK sends 500 more to Afghanistan Gordon Brown says the UK plans to send 500 more forces personnel to Afghanistan - if key conditions are met. |
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| Growth in UK unemployment slows The latest UK unemployment figure totals 2.47 million after a smaller rise than expected, official figures show. | |
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| Child deaths couple 'had split' A father arrested on suspicion of murdering his two children in Manchester was estranged from his wife, police say. | |
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| Hammer attack father-to-be jailed A father-to-be is jailed for 25 years after being found guilty of trying to murder his pregnant partner and their unborn baby. | |
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| Global hunger worsening, warns UN Targets to cut numbers of hungry people in the world will not be met without more international effort, UN food agencies warn. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Global hunger worsening, warns UN Targets to cut numbers of hungry people in the world will not be met without more international effort, UN food agencies warn. |
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| Clinton: Russia sees Iran threat US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells the BBC that Russia now recognises the threat posed by Iran. | |
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| UN urges Gaza war crime follow-up Israel and the Palestinians must carry out 'credible' investigations into alleged war crimes in the Gaza conflict, the UN chief says. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Zimbabwe MDC man returned to jail A senior aide to Zimbabwe's PM, Roy Bennett, is ordered back to prison until his terrorism trial starts, a court official says. |
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| Guinea ruler 'must face charges' Guinea's military leader should be tried for the brutal suppression of an opposition rally, an EU official says. | |
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| Mandela notes show 'grave error' A new collection of Nelson Mandela's writings reveals candid moments including him admitting a "grave error" in 1994. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Dow Jones breaks through 10,000 The Dow Jones index tops the 10,000 mark for the first time in a year, boosted by better-than-expected results from JP Morgan. |
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| Kidnap victim Dugard speaks out US kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard speaks publicly for the first time since being found living with her alleged abductors for 18 years. | |
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| US city to start giant 'mapathon' Atlanta aims to become the world's most digitally mapped city with a project that will map every road, trail, bike path and tree. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Decline in Chinese trade slowing The decline in Chinese exports slows in September, suggesting improvements in economies elsewhere in the world. |
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| Tsunami drill across Indian Ocean Eighteen countries around the Indian Ocean hold an exercise to evaluate the region's tsunami early warning systems. | |
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| Manila seeks help to find priest The Philippines government asks Muslim rebels to help it locate an Irish priest allegedly kidnapped by pirates. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Russian MPs make election protest Russian opposition parties walk out of parliament and threaten mass protests over local elections they say were rigged. |
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| Diplomatic coup at football match Armenia's president is in Turkey to attend a football match, in a new step towards reconciliation between the two nations. | |
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| Auschwitz launches Facebook site The Polish authorities in charge of Auschwitz launch an official site for the former Nazi death camp on the social networking website Facebook. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | UN urges Gaza war crime follow-up Israel and the Palestinians must carry out 'credible' investigations into alleged war crimes in the Gaza conflict, the UN chief says. |
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| Clinton: Russia sees Iran threat US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells the BBC that Russia now recognises the threat posed by Iran. | |
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| Iraq says 85,000 violently killed More than 85,000 Iraqis were killed between 2004 and 2008, says Iraq's first official estimate since the conflict began. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | 'No change' to Pakistan aid bill A top US senator behind a major aid package to Pakistan says its conditions do not "impinge" on Pakistan's sovereignty. |
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| India rejects Mother Teresa claim India rejects a demand by Albania for the return of the remains of Mother Teresa, currently buried in Calcutta. | |
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| UK sends 500 more to Afghanistan Gordon Brown says the UK plans to send 500 more forces personnel to Afghanistan - if key conditions are met. | |
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| UK | |
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| UK sends 500 more to Afghanistan Gordon Brown says the UK plans to send 500 more forces personnel to Afghanistan - if key conditions are met. |
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| Growth in UK unemployment slows The latest UK unemployment figure totals 2.47 million after a smaller rise than expected, official figures show. | |
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| Leona Lewis 'punched' at signing Police arrest a man in connection with an alleged assault on 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis at a book signing in London. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Child deaths couple 'had split' A father arrested on suspicion of murdering his two children in Manchester was estranged from his wife, police say. |
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| Woman, 70, held over PM hate mail Police investigating the source of dozens of hate letters, including one to Gordon Brown, arrest a 70-year-old woman and a man. | |
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| Edmonds pictured using bus lanes Television presenter Noel Edmonds admits driving his personal taxi in Bristol bus lanes. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Publish NI police deal - Robinson DUP leader Peter Robinson says he would welcome the publication of plans outlining the devolution of policing and justice. |
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| Customs raid illegal diesel plant A diesel laundering plant is raided and 15,000 litres of fuel seized by HM Revenue & Customs officers in County Tyrone. | |
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| Receiver in pledge over city bars The receiver appointed to run a chain of Belfast pubs says they will trade as normal for the next few days. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Boyfriend 'numbed' by body find The boyfriend of a missing woman says he felt "numb" after being told her remains had been found in an Edinburgh garden. |
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| Man in 80s detained over attack An 85-year-old man is detained by police in connection with the stabbing of an elderly woman in Edinburgh. | |
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| Rise in benefit claimants slows The latest unemployment figures show the increase in people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in Scotland has slowed. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Hammer attack father-to-be jailed A father-to-be is jailed for 25 years after being found guilty of trying to murder his pregnant partner and their unborn baby. |
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| Two more women with swine flu die A new mother and a woman with underlying health problems who both had swine flu have died, bringing the total fatalities in Wales to three. | |
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| Aberfan cemetery homes rejected A plan to build houses near the cemetery where victims of the Aberfan disaster are buried is rejected. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| UK sends 500 more to Afghanistan Gordon Brown says the UK plans to send 500 more forces personnel to Afghanistan - if key conditions are met. |
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| Clegg wants more expenses repaid Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg calls for the retrospective expenses audit that has angered MPs to be widened. | |
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| Growth in UK unemployment slows The latest UK unemployment figure totals 2.47 million after a smaller rise than expected, official figures show. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Growth in UK unemployment slows The latest UK unemployment figure totals 2.47 million after a smaller rise than expected, official figures show. |
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| Dow Jones breaks through 10,000 The Dow Jones index tops the 10,000 mark for the first time in a year, boosted by better-than-expected results from JP Morgan. | |
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| PM: Strike will damage Royal Mail Royal Mail will suffer long term damage if the planned national postal strike goes ahead, Gordon Brown has warned. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Leona Lewis 'punched' at signing Police arrest a man in connection with an alleged assault on 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis at a book signing in London. |
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| Clooney to launch film festival George Clooney is due on the red carpet to launch the London Film Festival - but his Fantastic Mr Fox co-star Meryl Streep has flu. | |
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| Gately funeral set for Saturday Boyzone singer Stephen Gately's funeral will take place on Saturday in Dublin, a lawyer speaking for the family says. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | 'Magnetic electricity' discovered Researchers discover a magnetic equivalent to electricity: single magnetic "charges" that behave and interact like electrical ones. |
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| Gene tweak boosts fly sex appeal Removing chemical signals can make fruitflies 'irresistible' to other flies - regardless of gender or species, scientists find. | |
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| New flying reptile fossils found Fossils of a new type of flying reptile which lived 160 million years ago are found in China, bridging an evolutionary gap. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Youth 'cannot live' without web According to a survey released on Wednesday, 75% of 16- to 24-year-olds say they cannot live without internet access. |
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| US city to start giant 'mapathon' Atlanta aims to become the world's most digitally mapped city with a project that will map every road, trail, bike path and tree. | |
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| Berners-Lee 'sorry' for slashes The forward slashes in web addresses could have been avoided says world wide web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Complete retirement 'bad for you' Giving up work completely on retirement could be bad for your health, US research suggests. |
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| Move to cut child diarrhoea death An international initiative has been launched to cut the number of children who die from diarrhoea around the world. | |
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| False waiting time figures probed An investigation is under way after records of hundreds of patients' waiting times were altered at a Nottinghamshire hospital. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Troubleshooters lead loan review The government has appointed two troubleshooters to lead a review of the problems over student loans. |
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| Home educators' worry at register Groups representing families who home educate tell MPs they would resist calls to register annually with local authorities. | |
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| Tesco boss raps school standards Standards in many state schools are "woefully low", leaving employers to "pick up the pieces", the boss of Tesco says. | |
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| 1994: Israelis and Arafat share peace prize Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and two Israelis - the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres - are the winners of this year's Nobel peace prize. | |||
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| 1983: Parkinson quits over lovechild scandal The Trade and Industry Secretary resigns after fresh details about his affair with a former secretary are revealed. | |||
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| 1973: Thai army shoots protesters Dozens of people are killed in the Thai capital of Bangkok in street battles between government troops and demonstrators. | |||
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