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 | US defends weapons sale to Taiwan The US defends a proposed $6.4bn weapons sale to Taiwan after China angrily announced a series of retaliatory moves. |
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| Murdered woman 'drowned in bath' A 30-year-old woman who was found murdered at her flat in South Yorkshire was drowned in the bath, detectives believe. | |
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| FA refuses to comment over Terry The Football Association will not comment on allegations surrounding John Terry's future as England captain. | |
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| US lottery winner was 'murdered' The dead body of a barely-literate lottery winner is found buried under a concrete slab in a backyard in Florida. | |
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| UK to ship iron to Haiti victims The government purchases all of the UK's available corrugated iron sheets to provide shelters for victims of the Haiti earthquake. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| US defends weapons sale to Taiwan The US defends a proposed $6.4bn weapons sale to Taiwan after China angrily announced a series of retaliatory moves. |
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| US halts Haiti victim evacuations Military flights taking injured Haitian earthquake victims to the US are halted, amid a reported dispute over medical costs. | |
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| Togo given Africa Nations Cup ban Togo are banned from the next two Africa Cup of Nations following their withdrawal from this year's tournament. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Togo given Africa Nations Cup ban Togo are banned from the next two Africa Cup of Nations following their withdrawal from this year's tournament. |
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| Nigeria group 'ends Delta truce' A Nigerian militant group ends a ceasefire in the oil-rich Niger Delta, warning companies to prepare for an "all-out onslaught". | |
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| Tunisian journalist loses appeal A Tunisian journalist critical of the country's leader loses his appeal against a controversial six-month prison sentence. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US halts Haiti victim evacuations Military flights taking injured Haitian earthquake victims to the US are halted, amid a reported dispute over medical costs. |
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| Translator kills two US soldiers Two US soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Friday were shot dead by an Afghan interpreter, it has emerged. | |
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| Lula 'perfect' after health tests Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he is in "perfect" condition following hospital tests for a health scare. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| US defends weapons sale to Taiwan The US defends a proposed $6.4bn weapons sale to Taiwan after China angrily announced a series of retaliatory moves. |
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| Japan deflation hits record pace Prices in Japan fell at a record level in December, heightening concerns about deflation, figures show. | |
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| Kazakh protest over Chinese lease Several hundred people gather in Almaty to protest against a proposal to lease farmland in Kazakhstan to China. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | WWI soldiers reburied in France The first of 250 First World War soldiers who were killed in the 1916 Battle of Fromelles is reburied with full military honours. |
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| Russia announces Libya arms deal Russia is to supply Libya with weapons to the value of $1.8bn, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announces. | |
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| Snow causes German traffic chaos Heavy snowfall causes traffic chaos across Germany with 300 accidents in one region alone and three deaths nationwide. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran tries 16 for recent protests Iran puts 16 people on trial over the Ashura Day opposition protests in December, when eight people were killed. |
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| I'd do it again - Blair on Iraq A defiant Tony Blair tells the Iraq inquiry it was right to remove Saddam and says he would take the same decision again. | |
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| Yemen rebels in ceasefire offer Shia rebels in north Yemen say they will accept government ceasefire conditions if an army offensive against them stops. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Blast hits Pakistani checkpoint A suicide bomber kills 16 people at a market checkpoint in an area of north-western Pakistan declared militant-free last year. |
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| Translator kills two US soldiers Two US soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Friday were shot dead by an Afghan interpreter, it has emerged. | |
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| Gandhi ashes scattered into sea Some of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes, kept for decades by a family friend, are scattered into the Indian Ocean off South Africa. | |
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| UK | |
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| WWI soldiers reburied in France The first of 250 First World War soldiers who were killed in the 1916 Battle of Fromelles is reburied with full military honours. |
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| UK acts on student visa increase The UK Border Agency temporarily suspends student visa applications from northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh after a jump in numbers. | |
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| FA refuses to comment over Terry The Football Association will not comment on allegations surrounding John Terry's future as England captain. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Murdered woman 'drowned in bath' A 30-year-old woman who was found murdered at her flat in South Yorkshire was drowned in the bath, detectives believe. |
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| Mother remanded over child deaths The mother of two toddlers found dead in holdalls in the boot of a car in East Sussex appears in court charged with their murders. | |
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| Homeopathy 'overdose' demo staged Campaigners gather outside Boots in Liverpool, staging a protest against the sale of homeopathic remedies. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Sixth day of NI talks continuing Talks aimed at resolving the NI devolution impasse are continuing at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast. |
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| Man dies in Down tractor accident A 37-year-old man has died following a tractor accident in Dromara, County Down | |
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| Armed pair attack couple at home A couple in their sixties are assaulted during an armed robbery at their home near Dungannon, County Tyrone on Friday night. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Murray in reach of historic win Murray-mania is building in Dunblane ahead of Andy Murray's appearance at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday. |
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| Probe after body found in house An investigation is under way after a man's body was found at a house in Fife by police responding to an emergency call. | |
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| Music fan injured in balcony fall A man is seriously hurt falling from a balcony during a concert in Dundee where dance music group The Prodigy were playing. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Sex attack on woman outside club An inquiry is under way after a 22-year-old woman is seriously sexually assaulted outside a nightclub in Newport. |
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| Labour's Don Touhig to stand down Labour backbencher Don Touhig, MP for Islwyn, announces he will stand down at the next general election. | |
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| Cardiff fans hold finance protest Cardiff City fans protest over chairman Peter Ridsdale's handling of club finances following Saturday's home game. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | I'd do it again - Blair on Iraq A defiant Tony Blair tells the Iraq inquiry it was right to remove Saddam and says he would take the same decision again. |
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| Sixth day of NI talks continuing Talks aimed at resolving the NI devolution impasse are continuing at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast. | |
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| Fears over free social care costs The government has "significantly underestimated" the cost of delivering free social care, council chiefs say. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Peugeot follows Toyota car recall Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second-biggest carmaker, is recalling cars made at a Czech plant with Toyota. |
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| IMF urges global reform agreement The head of the International Monetary Fund urges the US to join with other countries to reform banks. | |
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| Toyota recalls 'up to 1.8m' cars Toyota says it is recalling up to 1.8 million cars in Europe, including 220,000 in the UK, due to an accelerator problem. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Young celebrates charity honour Singer-songwriter Neil Young is honoured by the US Recording Academy at a special tribute in Los Angeles. |
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| Blues star Etta James in hospital Grammy-winning singer Etta James is being treated in hospital in California after suffering various ailments including a blood infection. | |
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| Reid wins Celebrity Big Brother Cage fighter Alex Reid wins the final series of Celebrity Big Brother with Dane Bowers coming second and Vinnie Jones in third place. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | How to whip up a frothy frog nest Scientists reveal how frogs perform the architectural feat of building floating foam "meringue" nests. |
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| Fusion energy hurdle swept aside A potential obstacle to producing energy by laser fusion is swept aside, along with the record for the highest-energy laser pulse. | |
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| Quakes 'decade's worst disasters' Almost 60% of the people killed by natural disasters in the past decade lost their lives in earthquakes, data shows. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Google phases out support for IE6 Google begins phasing out support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6, the browser identified as the weak link in a cyber attack. |
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| Law firm's piracy hunt condemned The way a UK law firm is pursuing alleged net pirates has been criticised with calls for the Information Commissioner to investigate. | |
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| Scammers exploit Apple iPad fever Cyber conmen are launching attacks that trade on surging interest in Apple's iPad tablet computer. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Fears over free social care costs The government has "significantly underestimated" the cost of delivering free social care, council chiefs say. |
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| Vaccine 'could cut HIV TB deaths' A vaccine could cut the number of cases of tuberculosis among HIV-positive Africans by almost two-fifths, researchers claim. | |
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| Misconduct GP to stay on register A doctor guilty of prescribing "potentially hazardous" levels of drugs to elderly patients escapes being struck off. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Grade fears prompt A-level checks Head teachers will join exam boards' grading meetings to assure schools there is no manipulation. |
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| Students protest at fees hearing Students have disrupted a hearing of the review into England's university tuition fees. | |
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| Music 'can boost wider learning' Learning a musical instrument in a group can have wide-ranging positive effects on a child's learning at school, a study says. | |
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| 1972: Army kills 13 in civil rights protest British troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the Bogside district of Londonderry in the worst day of the current crisis so far. | |||
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| 1965: Last farewell to Churchill Thousands of people pay their last respects to Britain's greatest wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill who is buried today after a full state funeral. | |||
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| 2003: 'Shoe bomber' jailed for life British-born Richard Reid is sentenced to life in jail for trying to bomb an American Airlines flight carrying 197 people. | |||
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