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 | Heavy snowfall causes disruption Heavy snowfall causes travel chaos, forces schools to close and cuts power supplies, as the bad weather continues. |
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| Last-ditch push on climate deal World leaders are locked in talks as they attempt to deliver a last-minute deal at the Copenhagen climate summit. | |
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| City 'will be hurt by bonus tax' London's role as a leading financial hub will be "damaged" by the new bonus tax, Barclays chief John Varley tells the BBC. | |
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| Ex-Pc held over Lawrence inquiry A retired police officer and a police worker are arrested over claims evidence was hidden in the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry. | |
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| GM to 'wind down' Saab business GM says talks have broken down to sell its Swedish business Saab and it will start winding the car brand down. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Last-ditch push on climate deal World leaders are locked in talks as they attempt to deliver a last-minute deal at the Copenhagen climate summit. |
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| Iran troops 'seize Iraq oil well' Iranian troops cross into Iraq and take control of an Iraqi oil well, reports say. | |
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| Auschwitz death camp sign stolen The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland has been stolen, officials there say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Madagascar leader dismisses PM Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina dismisses the prime minister he named in a power-sharing deal in October. |
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| Rwanda war crimes court extended The mandate of the UN tribunal for the Rwanda genocide is extended until 2012 - a decision condemned by Rwanda's government. | |
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| Dutch release Somalia 'pirates' A group of suspected Somali pirates held on a Dutch warship are freed because the EU cannot find a country to prosecute them. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Last-ditch push on climate deal World leaders are locked in talks as they attempt to deliver a last-minute deal at the Copenhagen climate summit. |
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| US 'to return Yemeni detainees' Six Yemeni men held in the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay will be repatriated, the Washington Post reports. | |
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| DNA frees US prisoner 35 years on A US man becomes the country's longest-serving prisoner to be freed after DNA evidence proves his innocence 35 years on. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Ex-Khmer Rouge leader is charged A UN-backed tribunal issues genocide charges against Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state of Cambodia. |
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| Massacre suspect in Manila court The chief suspect in the massacre of 57 people in the Philippines - the country's worst political killing - appears in court. | |
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| Chinese plan to meter net traffic China is seeking international agreement to let it meter net traffic that passes through its borders. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Last-ditch push on climate deal World leaders are locked in talks as they attempt to deliver a last-minute deal at the Copenhagen climate summit. |
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| Auschwitz death camp sign stolen The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland has been stolen, officials there say. | |
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| GM to 'wind down' Saab business GM says talks have broken down to sell its Swedish business Saab and it will start winding the car brand down. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran troops 'seize Iraq oil well' Iranian troops cross into Iraq and take control of an Iraqi oil well, reports say. |
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| Iran government 'will not last' Iran's government is being kept in power by force and will not last its four-year term, one of the opposition candidates predicts. | |
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| Dozens still missing off Lebanon Rescuers are still looking for 35 people missing after a ship carrying a cargo of livestock sank of the Lebanese coast. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Mumbai accused says he was framed The man alleged to be the sole surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks retracts a confession that he took part. |
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| Pakistan minister court summons A judge in Karachi summons the interior minister to appear before an anti-corruption court. | |
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| Sri Lanka campaigning heats up Sri Lanka's presidential election campaign begins in earnest, with the two main candidates addressing rallies. | |
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| UK | |
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| Heavy snowfall causes disruption Heavy snowfall causes travel chaos, forces schools to close and cuts power supplies, as the bad weather continues. |
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| City 'will be hurt by bonus tax' London's role as a leading financial hub will be "damaged" by the new bonus tax, Barclays chief John Varley tells the BBC. | |
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| Families' plea over Iraq hostages The families of two British men who were kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 make a Christmas appeal for their release. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Toys R Us accountant stole £3.6m A Toys R Us accountant who stole nearly £4m of the firm's money to spend on prostitutes is jailed for seven years. |
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| Ex-Pc held over Lawrence inquiry A retired police officer and a police worker are arrested over claims evidence was hidden in the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry. | |
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| Man jailed over £250k bus rampage A man who stole a bus and went on a "wicked, dangerous and reckless" joyride is jailed for at least three-and-a-half years. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Jail note planted claim examined An investigation is to be launched into claims that prison staff planted a note with the details of the governor in a cell. |
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| Adams' brother in abuse inquiry The Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says his brother should hand himself over to the authorities to answer allegations of sexual abuse. | |
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| Suspected human remains examined The discovery of suspected human remains in Portstewart, County Londonderry, is investigated by police. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Arrest over radio presenter death A 28-year old man is arrested in connection with the death of a radio presenter, who was killed in Glasgow last week. |
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| Failed airline 'badly let down' Finance Secretary John Swinney said collapsed airline Flyglobespan was "badly let down" by a company handling its bookings. | |
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| 'No new cases' in anthrax scare Health officials say no new cases of anthrax have emerged 48 hours after two heroin users in Glasgow tested positive. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Wales seeks organ opt-out powers Wales may become the first part of the UK to introduce an opt-out system of organ donation under assembly government plans. |
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| Ex-council workman had child porn A former council workman is convicted of possessing indecent images of children, after being caught by an IT manager. | |
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| Bank robber to pay back £26,000 A bank robber who was jailed after a witness remembered his personalised number plate is ordered to pay-back £26,000. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Obama's warning on climate deal US President Barack Obama warns leaders that time is running out to strike a deal at the Copenhagen summit. |
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| Shadow cabinet must repay £24,782 The Tory shadow cabinet must repay an extra £24,782 after Sir Thomas Legg's expenses audit, the party reveals. | |
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| Lib Dems keep tuition fees pledge Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg keeps the party's pledge to axe tuition fees - saying they would be phased out over six years. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | City 'will be hurt by bonus tax' London's role as a leading financial hub will be "damaged" by the new bonus tax, Barclays chief John Varley tells the BBC. |
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| GM to 'wind down' Saab business GM says talks have broken down to sell its Swedish business Saab and it will start winding the car brand down. | |
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| Public borrowing hits record high The UK's public sector net borrowing hit a record high of £20.3bn in November, official figures show. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Jackson UK tribute gig in doubt A Michael Jackson tribute concert in London next year is in doubt after the Austrian company organising it dissolves. |
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| Whittle's arrest 'not an issue' Strictly Come Dancing finalist Ricky Whittle says he does not think his brush with the law last month has affected his chances in the show. | |
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| Sir Terry bids farewell to show Sir Terry Wogan hosts his final Radio 2 breakfast show after 27 years spent presenting the programme. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| Last-ditch push on climate deal World leaders are locked in talks as they attempt to deliver a last-minute deal at the Copenhagen climate summit. |
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| Data to expose 'ghost mountains' Scientists who have mapped one of the most enigmatic mountain ranges on Earth give a first glimpse of their data. | |
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| The first glimpse of dark matter? US scientists have reported detecting signals that could indicate the presence of dark matter. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | 'Iranian cyber army' hits Twitter Micro blogging service Twitter has suffered another embarrassing security breach. |
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| Chinese plan to meter net traffic China is seeking international agreement to let it meter net traffic that passes through its borders. | |
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| Fine for Google over French books A French court fines Google 300,000 euros and tells it to remove some titles from the archive of digital books it is creating. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| Wales seeks organ opt-out powers Wales may become the first part of the UK to introduce an opt-out system of organ donation under assembly government plans. |
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| CJD victim 'had different gene' Scientists say a 30-year-old British man thought to have died from vCJD had a different genotype from previous cases. | |
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| Non-urgent health number trialled Trials of a new three-digit telephone number for patients seeking non-emergency medical care in England will be launched in 2010. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | 36,000 pupils take new Diplomas Official figures show more teenagers are taking new Diploma courses in England. |
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| Ofsted chief in 'myths' attack Christine Gilbert, head of Ofsted, defends her inspectors' emphasis on raw exam results and dismisses "inspection myths". | |
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| MPs question reading scheme basis MPs have questioned research evidence behind the Reading Recovery Scheme introduced in England's schools. | |
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| 1974: Compensation for Bloody Sunday victims The Government says it will pay £42,000 compensation to relatives of the 13 men killed in the Bloody Sunday riots in Londonderry nearly three years ago. | |||
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| 1997: Dawn of Scottish parliament Scottish Secretary Donald Dewer unveils a blueprint for Scotland's new parliament. | |||
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| 1985: Drug traffickers' appeal rejected Two Australians are facing the death penalty after their appeal against a conviction for smuggling heroin was rejected by a Malaysian court. | |||
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