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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Find Bin Laden, PM tells Pakistan Gordon Brown tells the BBC that Pakistan must do more to "break" al-Qaeda and find Osama Bin Laden. |
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| US police 'shot dead in ambush' Four police officers have been shot dead in an ambush at a coffee shop in Washington State, US media report. | |
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| Woods hits out at 'false rumours' Tiger Woods hits out at "unfounded rumours" circulating since he was involved in a car accident early on Friday. | |
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| Swiss voters back ban on minarets More than 57% of Swiss voters back a referendum proposal to ban the building of minarets, official results show. | |
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| Iran 'plans new enrichment sites' Iran's government approves a big expansion in its uranium enrichment programme, after a rebuke from the UN watchdog. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Iran 'plans new enrichment sites' Iran's government approves a big expansion in its uranium enrichment programme, after a rebuke from the UN watchdog. |
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| Swiss voters back ban on minarets More than 57% of Swiss voters back a referendum proposal to ban the building of minarets, official results show. | |
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| Woods hits out at 'false rumours' Tiger Woods hits out at "unfounded rumours" circulating since he was involved in a car accident early on Friday. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Rwanda admitted to Commonwealth Rwanda is admitted as the 54th member of the Commonwealth group of nations. |
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| E Guinea holds presidential vote One of Africa's largest oil producers, Equatorial Guinea, holds a presidential poll, with the incumbent likely to be re-elected. | |
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| Second day of polling in Namibia The people of Namibia vote for a second day in presidential and parliamentary elections. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Woods hits out at 'false rumours' Tiger Woods hits out at "unfounded rumours" circulating since he was involved in a car accident early on Friday. |
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| Honduras voting for new president Presidential elections are under way in Honduras, with neither the ousted president nor interim president as candidates. | |
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| US police 'shot dead in ambush' Four police officers have been shot dead in an ambush at a coffee shop in Washington State, US media report. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Commonwealth backs climate fund Commonwealth leaders pledge backing for a multi-billion-dollar fund to help developing nations cope with climate change. |
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| Pirates jailed for yacht murder The wife of a yachtsman from East Sussex killed off the coast of Thailand welcomes sentences handed to his murderers. | |
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| Australia aims for 'green' sheep Australian scientists are hoping to breed sheep that burp less as part of efforts to tackle climate change. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Swiss voters back ban on minarets More than 57% of Swiss voters back a referendum proposal to ban the building of minarets, official results show. |
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| Russia steps up train blast probe Russian police appeal for witnesses following a bomb blast that derailed a high-speed train, killing 25 people. | |
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| Swedish 'murder' committed by elk A Swedish man arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife is cleared after police concluded an elk was to blame. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Iran 'plans new enrichment sites' Iran's government approves a big expansion in its uranium enrichment programme, after a rebuke from the UN watchdog. |
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| Yemeni rebels 'cleared' by Saudis Saudi Arabia says it has captured a strategic mountain area near its border with Yemen from Yemeni Shia rebels. | |
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| Dubai banks given extra liquidity The central bank of the United Arab Emirates says it is setting up a facility to provide banks with extra liquidity. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Bin Laden was 'within US grasp' The US failure to capture Bin Laden in Afghanistan in late 2001 inflamed regional insurgency, a US Senate report says. |
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| Indian nuclear plant leak probed Indian officials investigate the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an atomic power plant. | |
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| Nepal cabinet to meet on Everest Nepal will hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat global warming poses to Himalayan glaciers. | |
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| UK | |
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| Find Bin Laden, PM tells Pakistan Gordon Brown tells the BBC that Pakistan must do more to "break" al-Qaeda and find Osama Bin Laden. |
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| Dispute over NHS hospital ratings Twelve hospital trusts are "significantly underperforming", a report says, contradicting the official regulator's ratings. | |
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| BNP leader at climate conference Nick Griffin, who has said global warming is "essentially a hoax", will be at the Copenhagen climate conference. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Pirates jailed for yacht murder The wife of a yachtsman from East Sussex killed off the coast of Thailand welcomes sentences handed to his murderers. |
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| Fatal flat fire 'not suspicious' Police investigating the cause of a fire in a south-west London flat which killed a mother and her daughter say it is not suspicious. | |
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| People rescued as floods strike Motorists are rescued from their vehicles and homes are damaged after torrential rain causes flooding in Devon. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | 'Loyalist mob' blamed for trouble Disturbances in Portadown in which police were attacked are blamed on a "carefully-orchestrated loyalist mob" by an SDLP MLA. |
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| DUP causing 'justice train-wreck' Sinn Fein accuses the DUP of having a "train-wreck" strategy and no intention of backing the transfer of justice powers. | |
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| Bishop 'has questions to answer' A bishop criticised in the report on child abuse by priests in Dublin has "serious questions to answer", says a fellow bishop. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Drop independence plan, SNP urged Opposition parties urge Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond to shelve his planned independence referendum. |
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| Creche closed for police inquiry The creche at a council-owned sports centre in Glasgow is shut during a police investigation involving child protection. | |
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| Youngsters rescued from fair ride Fifteen young people are rescued by firefighters from a temporary fairground ride which got stuck 20ft off the ground. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Prescott sheds tears for ancestor John Prescott is moved to tears when he discovers one of his ancestors fathered children by his own daughter. |
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| Two men under arrest for murder Two men are in police custody in connection with the murder of a man aged 21 in the early hours. | |
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| Man's river body identity puzzle Police ask the public for help in finding out the identity of a man whose body was pulled from a city centre river. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Find Bin Laden, PM tells Pakistan Gordon Brown tells the BBC that Pakistan must do more to "break" al-Qaeda and find Osama Bin Laden. |
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| BNP leader at climate conference Nick Griffin, who has said global warming is "essentially a hoax", will be at the Copenhagen climate conference. | |
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| Drop independence plan, SNP urged Opposition parties urge Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond to shelve his planned independence referendum. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Dubai banks given extra liquidity The central bank of the United Arab Emirates says it is setting up a facility to provide banks with extra liquidity. |
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| Borders starts closing down sales The Borders bookshop chain in the UK has started a closing down sale in all of its 45 stores, the BBC has learned. | |
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| 'More pain' for Scottish economy A forecast uncovers "disturbing weaknesses" in Scotland's economy and says growth will continue to lag behind the UK. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Tribute concert for singer Gately A memorial concert will be held later in London to celebrate the life of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who died last month. |
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| Boyle album makes chart history Singer Susan Boyle's album is number one after it became the best-selling debut in UK chart history. | |
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| Cassidy eliminated from Strictly Ricky Whittle dances on BBC One's Strictly a day after his arrest and beats Natalie Cassidy in the show's dance-off. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| Commonwealth backs climate fund Commonwealth leaders pledge backing for a multi-billion-dollar fund to help developing nations cope with climate change. |
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| Herschel 'fingerprints' huge star The death throes of the biggest star known to science have been observed by Europe's new space telescope, Herschel. | |
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| Indian nuclear plant leak probed Indian officials investigate the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an atomic power plant. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Lawyers target 'pirates' for cash Around 15,000 suspected pirates may soon get letters accusing them of illegally sharing movies and games and asking for cash. |
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| Web 'threatens' public services The NHS and other public services must re-organise themselves around the needs of users, say social media activists. | |
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| Wikipedia denies editors' exodus The online encyclopaedia disputes claims that the numbers of people editing Wikipedia are in sharp decline. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Dispute over NHS hospital ratings Twelve hospital trusts are "significantly underperforming", a report says, contradicting the official regulator's ratings. |
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| Figures show 'obesity epidemic' Figures suggesting two-thirds of men and more than half of women in Scotland are overweight have been branded "appalling". | |
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| Cell discovery hope for jet lag Researchers find a group of cells that may hold the key to how the body clock works and could provide clues to fight jet lag. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | New teachers 'lack secure jobs' A survey suggests many newly trained teachers are struggling to find secure positions in England's schools. |
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| Faith schools 'good on cohesion' Faith group-run secondary schools are better at building community relations than non-religious ones, research suggests. | |
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| Drop in teachers 'unacceptable' The total number of teachers in Scotland falls by 1,348 over the past year, according to Scottish government statistics. | |
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| 1963: Canadian air disaster kills 118 More than 100 people are killed when a Canadian jet crashes into a field minutes after take-off. | |||
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| 1975: Graham Hill killed in air crash One of Britain's greatest motor racing drivers is killed in a plane crash in south-east England. | |||
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| 1993: Secret meetings with IRA revealed The government comes under attack in the Commons over revelations that it has had secret contacts with the IRA. | |||
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