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 | Snowfall delays Christmas getaway Snow and ice continue to disrupt travel and delay the Christmas getaway for thousands. |
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| Hutton admits 'PM disaster' jibe Ex-defence secretary John Hutton admits he was the cabinet minister who said Gordon Brown would be a "disaster" as PM. | |
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| New 'friendly fire' death probed A second UK soldier has died after being hurt in a suspected "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan, defence chiefs say. | |
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| Kercher killer's sentence reduced A man jailed for 30 years for murdering UK student Meredith Kercher has his sentence almost halved on appeal. | |
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| Woman's death was 'gross failure' A grandmother died after being given a chemical that was 10 times the recommended concentration, a coroner rules. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Iran's Mousavi loses public post Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is fired as head of Iran's Arts Institution, his only public post. |
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| US appoints cybersecurity chief The White House appoints former Microsoft executive Howard Schmidt as it cyber tsar, following a seven month search. | |
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| Big chill brings misery to Europe Europe faces continued transport chaos as a cold snap sweeps across the continent, causing at least 90 deaths. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ethiopia death sentences for plot An Ethiopian court sentences five people to death and 33 others to life in prison over a plot to kill government officials. |
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| Cash for Liberia whistle-blowers Liberia's president issues a decree to pay and protect whistle-blowers as part of her campaign to tackle corruption. | |
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| Sex intervention combats malaria Scientists believe it may be possible to combat malaria by interfering with the sex lives of the mosquitoes which spread the disease. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | CIA used Lithuania 'black sites' Lithuania hosted at least two secret CIA prisons for terror suspects until 2006, an official Lithuanian inquiry finds. |
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| FBI releases Michael Jackson file The FBI releases more than 300 pages of formerly classified documents relating to pop icon Michael Jackson. | |
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| Colombian governor seized in raid The governor of Caqueta province is kidnapped by armed men dressed in uniforms, in an attack officials blame on Farc rebels. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China rejects climate allegations Beijing dismisses claims by UK Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband that it blocked progress at the Copenhagen talks. |
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| Australian rains bring kangaroos Farmers in northern Australia say kangaroos are overrunning their land, as a cull is suspended further south. | |
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| Man jailed for eating rare tiger A man is jailed for 12 years for killing and eating an extremely rare Indochinese tiger in southern China. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Big chill brings misery to Europe Europe faces continued transport chaos as a cold snap sweeps across the continent, causing at least 90 deaths. |
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| Auschwitz sign theft 're-enacted' Polish police take three men who admitted stealing the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from Auschwitz back to the site to re-enact its theft. | |
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| Germany refuses Nefertiti return Germany has said an ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti is too fragile to return to Egypt - even temporarily. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Iran's Mousavi loses public post Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is fired as head of Iran's Arts Institution, his only public post. |
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| World 'failed Gaza over blockade' Aid agencies criticise the international community for failing to help end Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. | |
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| Iranian crowd frees condemned men A crowd in Iran frees two men just before they are executed, officials say, though the convicts are later captured. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan press club hit by bomber A suicide bomber kills at least three people outside a club for journalists in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar. |
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| Pakistan court orders ear cutting A Pakistani court orders that two men have their noses and ears cut off, after they did the same to a woman they abducted. | |
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| Bengali 'should be UN language' The assembly in India's West Bengal state passes a resolution backing Bangladesh's call for Bengali to be an official UN language. | |
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| UK | |
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| Snowfall delays Christmas getaway Snow and ice continue to disrupt travel and delay the Christmas getaway for thousands. |
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| New 'friendly fire' death probed A second UK soldier has died after being hurt in a suspected "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan, defence chiefs say. | |
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| Hutton admits 'PM disaster' jibe Ex-defence secretary John Hutton admits he was the cabinet minister who said Gordon Brown would be a "disaster" as PM. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Fugitive burglar updates Facebook Police hope a fugitive Suffolk prisoner's Facebook page will help them track him down after he leaves updates about his life on the run. |
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| Woman's death was 'gross failure' A grandmother died after being given a chemical that was 10 times the recommended concentration, a coroner rules. | |
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| Body found during search of lake A body is found by divers searching for two men who apparently entered a Northamptonshire lake to rescue a dog. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Disruption to flights continues Flights due into Northern Ireland from snowbound airports across the United Kingdom are still being hit by delays. |
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| Bank interested in mutual society Talks with a bank interested in taking over the PMS are at an advanced stage, Jeffrey Donaldson says. | |
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| Family held while woman gets cash Kidnappers force a woman to take cash from her work while holding her family hostage in their west Belfast home. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Snow chaos hit city rail station Thousands of commuters heading through Glasgow's central station were severely affected by major disruption due to the snow. |
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| 'Rally driver' caused fatal crash A teenager who drove "like a rally driver" admits causing a crash which killed his 16-year-old passenger. | |
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| Death cadet parents will sue MoD The parents of an army cadet who drowned on a boating exercise are to sue the Ministry of Defence for £500,000. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Ex-royal harpist 'was vulnerable' A former royal harpist was "vulnerable" to crime after a history of personal problems and drug addiction, a court hears. |
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| Ice-hit Severn bridges open again The second Severn crossing reopens after both motorways over to south Wales were closed because of falling ice. | |
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| Afan Lido blaze 'not suspicious' An investigation into the cause of a fire at the Afan Lido leisure complex finds it was not started deliberately. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Hutton admits 'PM disaster' jibe Ex-defence secretary John Hutton admits he was the cabinet minister who said Gordon Brown would be a "disaster" as PM. |
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| Legal threats to election debate The SNP and Plaid Cymru threaten legal action over plans for televised election debates between the main party leaders. | |
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| UK economy remains in recession The UK economy shrank by 0.2% between July and September, revised figures show, indicating it is still officially in recession. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Bank charges challenge is dropped The Office of Fair Trading has decided to drop its investigation into the fairness of bank overdraft charges. |
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| First-class stamp to rise to 41p The price of first and second class stamps will rise by 2p to 41p and 32p in April, Royal Mail confirms. | |
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| UK economy remains in recession The UK economy shrank by 0.2% between July and September, revised figures show, indicating it is still officially in recession. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Ronnie Wood cautioned for assault Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, 62, is cautioned by police for common assault following an incident in Surrey earlier this month. |
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| Probation fights Boy George plea Boy George barred from Celebrity Big Brother because the Probation Service fears a media attack, his lawyers say. | |
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| Avatar races to top of UK chart James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar tops the UKand Ireland box office in its first weekend of release. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Bird-like dinosaur was 'venomous' A bird-like dinosaur that prowled an ancient forest 125 million years ago used venom to subdue its prey, according to a new theory. |
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| 'Bumper year' for botanical finds Almost 300 species - including giant trees and tiny fungi - have been described for the first time by UK botanists in 2009. | |
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| China rejects climate allegations Beijing dismisses claims by UK Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband that it blocked progress at the Copenhagen talks. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Firefox for mobile ready to debut The first version of the Firefox web browser for mobile phones is "days away" from launch, the head of the project says. |
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| US appoints cybersecurity chief The White House appoints former Microsoft executive Howard Schmidt as it cyber tsar, following a seven month search. | |
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| BBC net TV plan gets green light The BBC has been tentatively given permission to participate in Project Canvas, a joint venture to develop net TV services. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Woman's death was 'gross failure' A grandmother died after being given a chemical that was 10 times the recommended concentration, a coroner rules. |
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| Fears over child fitness levels Sedentary lifestyles are making children less fit - even among those who are not obese, a study suggests. | |
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| Sex intervention combats malaria Scientists believe it may be possible to combat malaria by interfering with the sex lives of the mosquitoes which spread the disease. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Pair quit amid student loans row Two directors at the Student Loans Company have resigned in the wake of a damning report on payment delays, the company confirms. |
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| Pupil complaints service revised Pupils and parents in England can now complain about schools to an ombudsman service. | |
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| Balls' watchdog decision 'shabby' The children's secretary is accused of sidestepping Parliament by naming the Ofqual chief without involving MPs. | |
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| 1972: Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash The Chilean Air Force finds 14 survivors two months after their plane crashed in the Andes. | |||
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| 1989: Brandenburg Gate re-opens Berlin's most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate, opens for the first time in nearly 30 years. | |||
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| 1974: Heath's home is bombed Terrorists bomb the home of the Conservative leader and former Prime Minister Edward Heath. | |||
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