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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Charges for cartoonist 'attacker' A Somali man denies trying to kill the Danish cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked uproar. |
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| Cameron seeks 'year for change' Tory leader David Cameron says the UK cannot go on with a "weak" leader and needs a change of direction in 2010. | |
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| Dead bomb disposal expert named A UK bomb disposal expert who was killed on New Year's Eve by an explosion in Afghanistan is named as Sapper David Watson. | |
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| Motorists face £15 'victims levy' Motorists in England and Wales fined for minor offences may have to pay an extra £15 under a scheme to support victims of crime. | |
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| Karzai cabinet nominees rejected Afghan MPs deal President Hamid Karzai a big political setback rejecting 17 of 24 nominees for his new cabinet. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Karzai cabinet nominees rejected Afghan MPs deal President Hamid Karzai a big political setback rejecting 17 of 24 nominees for his new cabinet. |
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| Charges for cartoonist 'attacker' A Somali man denies trying to kill the Danish cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked uproar. | |
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| Obama links al-Qaeda to jet plot Barack Obama for the first time publicly accuses an al-Qaeda offshoot of planning the alleged Christmas Day jet bomb plot. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| Charges for cartoonist 'attacker' A Somali man denies trying to kill the Danish cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked uproar. |
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| Uganda army 'kills senior rebel' The Ugandan army says it has killed a Lord's Resistance Army commander inside the Central African Republic. | |
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| Volcano erupts in eastern Congo Lava from an erupting volcano in a sparsely populated area of DR Congo threatens rare chimpanzees, officials say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Obama links al-Qaeda to jet plot Barack Obama for the first time publicly accuses an al-Qaeda offshoot of planning the alleged Christmas Day jet bomb plot. |
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| Brazil mudslide death toll rises At least 19 people are dead and more are missing after a mudslide at a tourist resort close to the resort of Angra dos Reis. | |
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| Teen depression 'linked to sleep' Going to bed earlier protects teenagers against depression and suicidal thoughts, research suggests. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea urges 'end to hostility' North Korea issues a New Year message calling for an end to hostile relations with the US, and peace on the Korean peninsula. |
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| Cambodia in Rainsy arrest warrant The Cambodian government issues an arrest warrant against opposition leader Sam Rainsy over a border dispute. | |
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| Pirates hijack chemicals tanker Somali pirates hijack a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden - the third vessel seized in waters around Somalia this week. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Charges for cartoonist 'attacker' A Somali man denies trying to kill the Danish cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked uproar. |
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| Major criticises Blair over war Former Prime Minister Sir John Major criticises Tony Blair's presentation of the case for the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. | |
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| Sweden culls its resurgent wolves Swedish hunters begin culling wolves for the first time in 45 years after parliament calls for numbers to be controlled. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Mousavi 'ready to die' for reform Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he is ready to die for Iranian reform, days after his nephew was killed in protests. |
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| Obama links al-Qaeda to jet plot Barack Obama for the first time publicly accuses an al-Qaeda offshoot of planning the alleged Christmas Day jet bomb plot. | |
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| Iraq attacks US Blackwater move Iraq angrily criticises the dismissal of charges against five guards from US security firm Blackwater accused of killing 17 civilians. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Karzai cabinet nominees rejected Afghan MPs deal President Hamid Karzai a big political setback rejecting 17 of 24 nominees for his new cabinet. |
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| Pakistan volleyball bomb toll up The toll from a suicide attack on a volleyball match in north-west Pakistan rises to 93, as rescuers search for bodies. | |
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| CIA bomber 'courted as informant' The bomber who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan was invited to the base as a potential informant, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Cameron seeks 'year for change' Tory leader David Cameron says the UK cannot go on with a "weak" leader and needs a change of direction in 2010. |
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| Dead bomb disposal expert named A UK bomb disposal expert who was killed on New Year's Eve by an explosion in Afghanistan is named as Sapper David Watson. | |
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| Increase in rail fares criticised Rail passenger watchdog Passenger Focus has criticised a rise in fares averaging 1.1, which have come into force. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Islamic group plans Wootton march An Islamic group plans to march through Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire to highlight Muslim victims of the war in Afghanistan. |
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| Dead bomb disposal expert named A UK bomb disposal expert who was killed on New Year's Eve by an explosion in Afghanistan is named as Sapper David Watson. | |
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| Police investigate baby's death Northumbria Police are investigating the unexplained death of an 11-month-old boy in North Tyneside. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Cardinal lies in state in Belfast |
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| Motorist injured in Down crash A motorist is seriously injured after a car leaves the road in Newry on Saturday morning. | |
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| Irish atheists challenge new law Irish atheists defy a blasphemy law by publishing quotes it considers anti-religious, including by the Pope, on its website. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Woman charged with OAP's murder A 28-year-old woman appears at a sherriff court over the murder of a pensioner at her Glasgow flat. |
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| Parents speak of 'needless death' The parents of a 23-year-old woman killed after being hit by a car in Dundee speak of her "utterly needless death". | |
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| Man killed in two-vehicle crash A man has been killed and six others injured in a serious car accident on Lewis, involving two vehicles, police confirm. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Motorist killed in crash with bus A driver is killed when her car is involved in a crash with a bus in the south Wales valleys. |
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| Drivers warned of icy roads risk Motorists are urged to take extra care, with warnings of icy roads, particularly in north Wales. | |
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| 'Dream' island job for sergeant A former police sergeant will leave his family for a year to take up a post on one of the world's most remote islands. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Cameron seeks 'year for change' Tory leader David Cameron says the UK cannot go on with a "weak" leader and needs a change of direction in 2010. |
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| Major criticises Blair over war Former Prime Minister Sir John Major criticises Tony Blair's presentation of the case for the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. | |
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| PM orders airport security review Gordon Brown has ordered an airport security review in the UK after the "wake-up call" of the failed US plane attack. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Stock markets recover in 2009 Stock markets recover in 2009, with Shanghai among the best performers as the index rises 80% over the course of the year. |
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| CBI head calls for deficit action The head of the CBI has urged ministers to bring forward plans to tackle the UK's £178bn state deficit. | |
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| Threat to chip-and-pin terminals Criminals are tampering with chip-and-pin terminals to steal bank card details, Radio 4's Money Box programme learns. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Doctor Who finale watched by 10m David Tennant's final outing as Doctor Who is watched by 10.4m viewers, according to overnight figures. |
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| Fry retreats to pen autobiography Stephen Fry announces he is "switching off his connections with the outside world" to concentrate on writing his autobiography. | |
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| La Plante criticises BBC dramas Prime Suspect writer Lynda La Plante says the BBC would rather see a script by "a little Muslim boy" than one of her own. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Sweden culls its resurgent wolves Swedish hunters begin culling wolves for the first time in 45 years after parliament calls for numbers to be controlled. |
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| DNA analysed from early European Scientists have analysed DNA extracted from the remains of a 30,000-year-old European hunter-gatherer. | |
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| Devil cancer source 'identified' Researchers say they have identified the genetic source of fatal tumours that are driving Tasmanian devils towards extinction. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | French online piracy law in force The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts. |
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| 'Start-up' visas to boost US tech Plans to create "start-up" visas in the US for foreign entrepreneurs with hi-tech business ideas will be debated in 2010. | |
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| New Year Honours for game makers Four veterans of the UK's computer game industry have been given New Year Honours. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Teen depression 'linked to sleep' Going to bed earlier protects teenagers against depression and suicidal thoughts, research suggests. |
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| Alcohol toll 'could cripple NHS' The cost of treating increasing numbers of people drinking heavily threatens to cripple NHS hospitals, warn experts. | |
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| 'Lifeless' prions can 'evolve' Scientists show for the first time that 'lifeless' prion proteins, devoid of DNA and RNA, can evolve like higher forms of life. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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| UCL rejects bomb suspect reports A London university rejects claims the Christmas Day airline bomb suspect was radicalised while studying there. |
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| Assaults by young pupils 'rising' Assaults by children aged five or under led to 2,600 suspensions from schools in England in 2007-8, figures show. | |
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| Recession 'threat' to education Teachers' leaders claim education funding is under a "very real" threat amid the recession. | |
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| 1971: Sixty-six die in Scottish football disaster Sixty-six football supporters are killed following a clash between Celtic and Rangers at the Ibrox Park stadium in Glasgow. | |||
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| 1993: Round table talks on peace for Bosnia Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia are meeting to discuss a peace plan aimed at ending nine months of fighting in the country. | |||
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| 1980: Steel workers strike over pay Steel workers are staging their first national strike for more than fifty years. | |||
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