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| Wednesday, 16 December, 2009, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Tobin convicted of McNicol murder Serial killer Peter Tobin is jailed for life for murdering teenager Dinah McNicol. |
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| Police battle climate protesters Police push back protesters trying to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen. | |
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| Experts crack cancer 'gene code' Scientists unlock the entire genetic code of two common cancers - skin and lung - a move they say could revolutionise cancer care. | |
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| BA and Unite in talks over strike BA boss Willie Walsh is meeting union leaders to try to resolve the dispute behind a planned strike by cabin crew. | |
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| Men guilty of post office murder Three men are found guilty of murdering a sub-postmaster's son during an armed raid at a village store in Worcestershire. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Police battle climate protesters Police push back protesters trying to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen. |
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| Iran test-fires advanced missile Iran says it has successfully test-fired an improved version of a medium-range missile, drawing Western protests. | |
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| Herschel captures birth of stars The European Space Agency has released the first scientific results from the recently launched Herschel Space Telescope. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Guinea aide admits Camara attack A Guinean soldier on the run from the authorities admits for the first time that he shot the country's military ruler. |
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| Somalis 'forced into Yemen war' Hundreds of Somali refugees are being forced at gunpoint to join rebel fighting in north Yemen, a Somali diplomat has told the BBC. | |
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| SA's HIV-row health minister dies South Africa's ex-Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who doubted the link between HIV and Aids, has died. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US jail to house Guantanamo men President Obama orders the government to buy a prison in Illinois to take a number of inmates from Guantanamo Bay. |
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| US interest rates remain on hold The Federal Reserve decides to keep US interest rates on hold at between 0% and 0.25%, as widely expected. | |
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| Fifty needles found in Brazil boy A Brazilian toddler has up to 50 sewing needles inside him, which doctors suspect were deliberately inserted. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Suu Kyi meets NLD party leaders Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is allowed a rare meeting with elderly officials of her NLD party. |
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| Obama writes to N Korea's leader US President Barack Obama sends a personal letter to North Korea's Kim Jong-il, apparently about nuclear talks. | |
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| Key Abu Sayyaf member 'arrested' Officials in the Philippines say they have arrested one of the founders of the militant Islamic group Abu Sayyaf. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Police battle climate protesters Police push back protesters trying to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen. |
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| Credit Suisse to pay $536m fine Swiss banking group Credit Suisse says it will pay $536m for violating US sanctions against Iran. | |
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| Swiss minaret ban goes to court An appeal against a decision by Swiss voters to ban minarets is submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran test-fires advanced missile Iran says it has successfully test-fired an improved version of a medium-range missile, drawing Western protests. |
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| Palestinians extend Abbas's term The term of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is extended until new polls can be held, the Palestine Liberation Organisation rules. | |
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| Reporters held for six days freed Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and two Afghan journalists held hostage for six days in Afghanistan are released. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan court voids amnesty law Pakistan's top court invalidates an amnesty on corruption, opening the way for allies of the president to be prosecuted. |
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| Mumbai prosecution concludes case Prosecutors close their case in the trial of the man alleged to be the sole surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks. | |
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| Reporters held for six days freed Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and two Afghan journalists held hostage for six days in Afghanistan are released. | |
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| UK | |
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| Tobin convicted of McNicol murder Serial killer Peter Tobin is jailed for life for murdering teenager Dinah McNicol. |
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| Commuters braced for heavy snow Commuters are braced for travel chaos after forecasters predict significant snowfall over south east England. | |
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| Boys aged 10 facing rape charges Two boys aged 10 are charged with raping an eight-year-old girl in a park in Hayes, west London. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Men guilty of post office murder Three men are found guilty of murdering a sub-postmaster's son during an armed raid at a village store in Worcestershire. |
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| Passengers injured as bus toppled Three people are seriously hurt and another 12 injured when a lorry carrying steel girders collides with a double-decker bus in London. | |
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| Boys aged 10 facing rape charges Two boys aged 10 are charged with raping an eight-year-old girl in a park in Hayes, west London. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Youth convicted of 'axe' murder A 16-year-old boy is found guilty of murdering a man who was hacked to death in front of his daughter and heavily pregnant wife. |
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| Man hit by lorry in Armagh dies A 76-year-old man dies following a road traffic accident in Armagh on Wednesday. | |
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| Maternity ward to go in new year A maternity ward at the Royal jubilee Maternity is to close a few months earlier than was expected, the BBC learns. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Major holiday airline goes bust Scotland's biggest airline, Flyglobespan, is placed in administration after it fails to find a new investor. |
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| Tobin convicted of McNicol murder Serial killer Peter Tobin is jailed for life for murdering teenager Dinah McNicol. | |
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| Men 'narrow' life expectancy gap Men in Scotland are narrowing the life expectancy gap with women, the country's top doctor says. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | 100 firefighters tackle lido fire Firefighters are tackling a blaze at the Afan Lido in Port Talbot as residents are warned to stay indoors. |
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| Soldiers died after 90mph crash Three soldiers died in a car which crashed after it travelled at speeds of more than 90mph, an inquest hears. | |
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| Life for rape re-enactment killer A man is jailed for life for raping a mother-of-five, when he re-enacted elements of a murder he committed 22 years ago. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Iraq violence 'was unprecedented' Britain may have had "second thoughts" about the Iraq invasion had the scale of violence been foreseen, the Iraq inquiry hears. |
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| Police battle climate protesters Police push back protesters trying to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen. | |
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| MP to fight expenses cash demand Lib Dem Jeremy Browne becomes the first MP to say he will appeal against a request to repay excessive expenses claims. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | BA and Unite in talks over strike BA boss Willie Walsh is meeting union leaders to try to resolve the dispute behind a planned strike by cabin crew. |
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| Cheques to be phased out in 2018 Cheques will be phased out by October 2018, but only if adequate alternatives are found, the Payments Council says. | |
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| UK jobless rise continues to slow The UK jobless total rises to 2.49 million, with youth unemployment now at the highest level since records began in 1992. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Rage's Morello praises chart race Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello says beating The X Factor single to number one will be a "wonderful dose of anarchy for Christmas". |
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| Abba set for Hall of Fame honour Abba are picked to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with artists including Genesis and Jimmy Cliff. | |
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| Everett would 'cancel' Olympics Actor Rupert Everett says if he had the power, he would 'cancel' the London Olympics in 2012. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | 'Coldest place' found on the Moon The coldest place in the Solar System yet measured by a spacecraft has been found to be on our Moon. |
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| Herschel captures birth of stars The European Space Agency has released the first scientific results from the recently launched Herschel Space Telescope. | |
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| Police battle climate protesters Police push back protesters trying to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Deal in Microsoft-EU browser war Microsoft reaches agreement with European Union anti-trust regulators to allow European users a choice of browsers. |
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| BBC HD service draws complaints The BBC has defended the quality of the pictures it broadcast on its high definition service after criticism from viewers. | |
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| Susan Boyle tops YouTube moments Singer Susan Boyle and a disorientated child recovering from dental work top the most popular videos on YouTube in 2009. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Experts crack cancer 'gene code' Scientists unlock the entire genetic code of two common cancers - skin and lung - a move they say could revolutionise cancer care. |
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| Swap success with 'salvaged' lung A man becomes the first UK patient to receive lungs that would normally be rejected as too damaged. | |
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| Women have 'more sensitive touch' The sense of touch is more sensitive among women than men because their fingers are smaller, a study suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | MPs back home educating families Parents who home educate their children should not be forced to register with their local council, MPs say. |
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| Jewish school loses places fight The Supreme Court finds a Jewish school guilty of race discrimination for refusing places to pupils it did not consider to be ethnically Jewish. | |
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| Protest over research funds plan University professors are to protest over planned changes in funding in England they say will threaten creative research. | |
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| 1984: Gorbachev visit to Britain a 'success' Mikhail Gorbachev, the man widely tipped as the next leader of the Soviet Union, holds five hours of talks with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. | |||
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| 1969: MPs vote to abolish hanging MPs vote by a big majority for the permanent abolition of the death penalty for murder. | |||
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| 1955: Queen opens London Airport terminal Her Majesty inaugurates "The Queen's Building", part of the new central terminal area built to accommodate increasing numbers of air passengers. | |||
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