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 | Afghan election goes to run-off Afghanistan will hold a deciding round of its fraud-mired election on 7 November, pitching Hamid Karzai against his main rival. |
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| UK postal strike 'self-defeating' A nationwide postal strike would be "totally self-defeating", Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says. | |
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| BNP hits back at generals' attack BNP leader Nick Griffin has attacked a group of generals who criticised "extremists" for using military symbols. | |
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| Bank regulation plan 'a delusion' The Bank of England governor says that plans to reform UK banking through regulation may be insufficient. | |
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| Girl's 'frantic' call from blaze An inquest into the deaths of a family of seven in a fire hears a frantic phonecall for help from a teenage girl caught in the blaze. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Afghan election goes to run-off Afghanistan will hold a deciding round of its fraud-mired election on 7 November, pitching Hamid Karzai against his main rival. |
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| Blasts rock Pakistan university Suicide bombers kill at least four people at a Pakistani university, as troops press on with their offensive against militants. | |
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| No jail request for French ex-PM French prosecutors demand an 18-month suspended sentence for former PM Dominique de Villepin, but no jail time. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Africa trade bloc suspends Niger West Africa trade group Ecowas suspends Niger after President Mamadou Tandja held a disputed election. |
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| SA farmers to rent land in Congo The Republic of Congo signs an agreement to lease 200,000 hectares of land to South African farmers. | |
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| US arms Mali to battle al-Qaeda The US hands Mali $5m of military hardware to help fight al-Qaeda's North Africa branch. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US top court to hear Uighur case The US Supreme Court is to consider whether Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at Guantanamo can be released into the US. |
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| Nicaragua court backs re-election Nicaragua's Supreme Court lifts a ban on re-election, clearing the way for President Daniel Ortega to run in 2011. | |
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| US arms Mali to battle al-Qaeda The US hands Mali $5m of military hardware to help fight al-Qaeda's North Africa branch. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| US top court to hear Uighur case The US Supreme Court is to consider whether Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at Guantanamo can be released into the US. |
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| Kazakh activist appeal rejected A court in Kazakhstan rejects an appeal by a prominent human rights activist who was jailed in September for manslaughter. | |
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| Taiwan warns of China 'threat' Taiwan says China's military strength is far more than it needs for self-defence, and is a threat to the Asia-Pacific region. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | No jail request for French ex-PM French prosecutors demand an 18-month suspended sentence for former PM Dominique de Villepin, but no jail time. |
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| Turkish judge orders PKK release A judge in Turkey orders the release of five Kurdish rebels who crossed into the country from Iraq as part of a 34-strong "peace group". | |
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| Fury at Berlusconi 'sexist' jibe Nearly 100,000 Italian women sign a petition over a remark by Silvio Berlusconi to a female politician on live television. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran MPs demand action on Mousavi One-third of Iran's lawmakers demand that legal action be taken against opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. |
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| Goldstone rejects Israel protests UN human rights investigator Richard Goldstone dismisses Israeli claims his Gaza war crimes report could harm the peace process. | |
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| Iran mourns suicide bomb victims Revolutionary Guards members killed in Sunday's suicide bombing in Iran are buried after a funeral attended by thousands. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Afghan election goes to run-off Afghanistan will hold a deciding round of its fraud-mired election on 7 November, pitching Hamid Karzai against his main rival. |
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| Blasts rock Pakistan university Suicide bombers kill at least four people at a Pakistani university, as troops press on with their offensive against militants. | |
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| Pakistan boss asks Younus to stay The Pakistan Cricket Board rejects captain Younus Khan's resignation, insisting the 31-year-old will stay on until the 2011 World Cup. | |
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| UK | |
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 | UK postal strike 'self-defeating' A nationwide postal strike would be "totally self-defeating", Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says. |
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| BNP hits back at generals' attack BNP leader Nick Griffin has attacked a group of generals who criticised "extremists" for using military symbols. | |
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| Aphrodisiac attack wife convicted A woman who slit her husband's throat after giving him an aphrodisiac called horny goat weed is convicted of attempted murder. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Crash pilot 'flew 5ft above taxi' An RAF helicopter pilot was heard swearing as he flew his aircraft 5ft above a taxi on the day of a fatal crash, an inquest hears. |
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| Aphrodisiac attack wife convicted A woman who slit her husband's throat after giving him an aphrodisiac called horny goat weed is convicted of attempted murder. | |
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| Sauce attack boy on DNA register A 15-year-old boy is added to the national DNA database after "slamming" tomato ketchup on to a girl's head. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Girl's 'frantic' call from blaze An inquest into the deaths of a family of seven in a fire hears a frantic phonecall for help from a teenage girl caught in the blaze. |
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| Man held over Army base murders A 47-year-old man is arrested in connection with the Real IRA murders of two soldiers at an Army base in March. | |
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| Supercouncils plan 'to go ahead' Plans to cut the number of NI councils from 26 to 11 should go ahead, Stormont Minister Edwin Poots has said. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Man jailed over vandalism killing A man who killed a father-of-six who confronted him about damage to his car in Renfrewshire is jailed for eight years. |
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| Tenement searched after body find Police say a body has been found at a flat in Edinburgh's Nicholson Street on the south side of the city. | |
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| Swine flu claims 16th Scots death A 59-year-old woman from Fife who had been suffering from swine flu dies becoming the 16th to die from the virus in Scotland. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Harpist 'fraud after drug threat' A former royal harpist said she tried to forge a signature after someone threatened to tell newspapers about her drug use, a court hears. |
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| Cameras 'picked up prime suspect' Secret cameras on an area where police believed a missing woman was buried showed a murder defendant returning, a jury hears. | |
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| Man in hospital after house blast A man is taken to hospital with burns after an explosion and fire left a bungalow severely damaged. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Cameron 'plans all-women lists' Conservative leader David Cameron says his party could introduce women-only shortlists of election candidates. |
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| BNP hits back at generals' attack BNP leader Nick Griffin has attacked a group of generals who criticised "extremists" for using military symbols. | |
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| Bank regulation plan 'a delusion' The Bank of England governor says that plans to reform UK banking through regulation may be insufficient. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Bank regulation plan 'a delusion' The Bank of England governor says that plans to reform UK banking through regulation may be insufficient. |
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| UK postal strike 'self-defeating' A nationwide postal strike would be "totally self-defeating", Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says. | |
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| Summer lift in mortgage lending Mortgage lending has shown a late summer lift compared with earlier in the year, says the Council of Mortgage Lenders. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Cole set for singles chart record X Factor judge Cheryl Cole's first solo single is on course to become the year's biggest-selling single, the Official Charts Company says. |
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| Polanski appeal for bail rejected Director Roman Polanski loses an appeal to be released on bail from jail in Switzerland ahead of his possible extradition to the US. | |
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| Up stays afloat at top of chart Disney Pixar's latest animation Up holds on to top spot at the UK box office in its second week on the chart. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Nasa's rocket roll-out complete The US space agency rolls out its Ares 1-X rocket as it tests the design concept of a future astronaut launcher. |
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| Eagles filmed hunting reindeer Extraordinary camera footage taken by a BBC crew proves that golden eagles do hunt and kill reindeer. | |
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| 'Quick test' for airport liquids Scientists say they have come up with a quick technique for detecting liquids that could be used as explosives. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Big names support net neutrality Google, Ebay and Skype are among the big names to pledge support for a proposal to treat all internet traffic equally. |
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| BBC Trust turns down iPlayer plan A BBC plan to share the use of its iPlayer technology with other broadcasters is rejected by the BBC Trust. | |
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| Apple profits up on iPhone sales Apple shrugs off the recession with profits surging on demand for iPhones and both laptop and desktop computers. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | HIV vaccine trial was significant A review of a trial of a HIV vaccine in Thailand has concluded that it does show real signs of a protective effect. |
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| Experts back folic acid in bread Folic acid should be added to bread on a mandatory basis, the Food Standards Agency has advised government. | |
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| Condom 'rivals pill's popularity' The condom has now caught up with the pill as women's preferred method of contraception, latest figures suggest. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Truancy rate reaches record level The level of unauthorised absences in schools in England rises sharply to the highest recorded level. |
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| Mandelson backs consumer students Lord Mandelson calls for students to adopt a more consumer-led approach to their university education. | |
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| Training need for migrant pupils The number of children of migrant workers in Welsh schools reaches an all time high but staff need more training, say inspectors. | |
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| 1967: Thousands join anti-war movement Thousands of demonstrators in Oakland, California, hold the biggest protest yet against the Vietnam War. | |||
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| 1983: Grenada's prime minister 'assassinated' Eyewitnesses say the prime minister and seven of his colleagues have been killed during a hardline military coup. | |||
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| 2000: British activist freed from Burma Human rights activist James Mawdsley is released from prison in Burma where he has been held since 1999. | |||
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