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 | Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| BNP votes to change race rules The BNP votes to scrap its whites-only membership rules after an extraordinary general meeting. | |
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| Author Dick Francis dies aged 89 Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89, his family has said. | |
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| River girl loses fight for life A girl who was inside a car which plunged into the River Avon in Worcestershire on Thursday dies in hospital. | |
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| Parties clash over elderly care Attempts at reaching a deal on paying for elderly care in England fall apart amid exchanges on BBC One's Politics Show. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| US warns Iran not to 'build bomb' Hillary Clinton says the US would welcome peaceful engagement with Iran but not "while they are building their bomb". | |
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| Kenyan leader lifts suspensions Kenya's president revokes the prime minister's suspension of two government ministers linked to corruption allegations. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Kenyan leader lifts suspensions Kenya's president revokes the prime minister's suspension of two government ministers linked to corruption allegations. |
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| Egypt Coptic murder trial opens A court in Egypt adjourns the trial of three Muslim men charged with killing six Coptic Christians and a policeman. | |
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| Ten die as cable hits Nigeria bus Ten people have been killed by an electric cable falling on a bus in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt, police say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| Alabama suspect 'killed brother' A biology professor charged with killing three staff at an Alabama university shot dead her brother 24 years ago, it is alleged. | |
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| Waves hit surf contest spectators Thirteen spectators at a surfing contest in California are injured after large waves hit the seawall where they were standing. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Burma frees NLD leader Tin Oo Burma frees the vice-chairman of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy from prison, ahead of elections. |
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| 'Airport activist' home in China A Chinese dissident who lived at Tokyo's Narita airport for three months after China stopped him returning home is allowed back into the country. | |
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| Australian woman, 60, beats shark An Australian grandmother survives a shark attack after punching the animal, despite losing more than three pints of blood. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Ukraine's Tymoshenko in poll vow Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko vows to challenge the results of the recent presidential elections in court. |
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| Greece calls EU rescue plan timid Greek PM George Papandreou criticises the European Union's response to Greece's financial crisis as timid and too slow. | |
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| Italian police seize counterfeits Police in Italy seize tonnes of fake goods, in the latest in a series of counterfeit scams there. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Lebanon marks Hariri anniversary Thousands mark the fifth anniversary of the killing of former PM Rafik Hariri, which changed Lebanon's political landscape. |
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| Air crash 'kills 10 Yemen troops' Ten Yemeni soldiers are feared dead after a helicopter crash in a Shia insurgent stronghold in the north of the country. | |
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| US warns Iran not to 'build bomb' Hillary Clinton says the US would welcome peaceful engagement with Iran but not "while they are building their bomb". | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| Pakistan crisis fear over judges Pakistan faces fresh political uncertainty after the Supreme Court blocks a move by the president to appoint two judges. | |
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| India restaurant bomb kills nine A bomb blast at a restaurant popular with tourists in India's western city of Pune kills nine and injures 57, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | UK Afghan mission 'going to plan' The first stage of a Nato offensive in south Afghanistan, which involves more than 1,000 British soldiers, has "gone to plan", the MoD says. |
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| BNP votes to change race rules The BNP votes to scrap its whites-only membership rules after an extraordinary general meeting. | |
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| Author Dick Francis dies aged 89 Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89, his family has said. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | River girl loses fight for life A girl who was inside a car which plunged into the River Avon in Worcestershire on Thursday dies in hospital. |
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| Abducted girl returns from Libya A girl from Wigan who spent two years in Libya after being abducted by her father returns home. | |
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| £2m drugs found in NI and England Police arrest nine people after drugs worth an estimated £2m are seized by officers in Northern Ireland and England. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | £2m drugs found in NI and England Police arrest nine people after drugs worth an estimated £2m are seized by officers in Northern Ireland and England. |
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| Three released over sex assault Three youths who were arrested over a sex attack on a young woman in Toombridge are released pending further inquiries. | |
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| Elderly women targeted by robbers Two women aged in their 80s are held down by robbers during burglaries at their homes in County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Man killed in second fatal blaze A 55-year-old man dies in a flat fire in Ayrshire, a day after another man died in a Paisley tenement, the fire service says. |
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| Fire services given extra funding Scotland's fire and rescue services are to receive an extra £24.6m from the Scottish government. | |
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| Cox chosen as university rector Actor Brian Cox, who began his career in Dundee, is elected by students as as the new rector of Dundee University. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Rugby star's golf buggy arrest Wales flanker Andy Powell and another man are questioned for allegedly taking and driving away a golf buggy from the team hotel. |
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| Author Dick Francis dies aged 89 Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89, his family has said. | |
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| Ice climber survives 100ft fall A 19-year-old student ice climbing in Snowdonia survives a 100ft fall and suffers face and arm injuries. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Parties clash over elderly care Attempts at reaching a deal on paying for elderly care in England fall apart amid exchanges on BBC One's Politics Show. |
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| BNP votes to change race rules The BNP votes to scrap its whites-only membership rules after an extraordinary general meeting. | |
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| Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Economists push for deficit cut The government must act more quickly to cut Britain's huge budget deficit, a group of economists says. |
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| Barclays to pay £2bn in bonuses Barclays is to pay staff bonuses adding up to more than £2bn, the BBC learns - two days ahead of the bank's annual results. | |
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| MPs to quiz Kraft on Cadbury deal MPs are to question senior officials from US food giant Kraft next month over its takeover of Cadbury. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Haiti charity single tops chart Everybody Hurts, recorded to help Haiti's earthquake victims, sells more than 453,000 copies in its first week of release. |
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| Sir Terry makes return to radio Sir Terry Wogan returns to BBC Radio 2 with a new live programme, two months after leaving the breakfast show. | |
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| Author Dick Francis dies aged 89 Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89, his family has said. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Tiger's ancient ancestry revealed As the Chinese Year of the Tiger begins, scientists say the world's biggest cat may be more ancient and unique than we thought. |
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| Do speedy elephants walk or run? Scientists answer the weighty question of whether fast-moving elephants walk or run. | |
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| Climate data 'not well organised' Phil Jones, the professor behind Climategate affair, has admitted some of his decades-old weather data was not well enough organised. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Pirate boss to make the web pay One of the founders of the Pirate Bay site is planning to help websites make money from their content. |
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| Net attack hits Australian sites A hacktivist group plans to keep up with attacks aimed at Australian government websites | |
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| Iceland to be 'journalism haven' Icelandic MPs and whistle-blowing website Wikileaks propose to turn Iceland into a 'journalism haven'. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Lung sufferers offered sex advice People with breathing problems have been offered some timely Valentine's Day advice to help them enjoy a fulfilling love life. |
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| Archbishop attacks NHS over care The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales criticises what he sees as a lack of compassion in the NHS. | |
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| Obesity 'set' before age of two The "tipping point" that sets children on the way to a lifetime of obesity often occurs before the age of two, say US researchers. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | US actress 'in Tory school talks' The Tories are in talks with foreign education groups - including one run by actress Goldie Hawn - to set up state schools in England. |
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| Mandelson in university dispute Lord Mandelson is pushed into a dispute over university job cuts because of his titular role as Lord President of the Privy Council. | |
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| Universities warn on budget cuts Thousands of job losses could push higher education into crisis, the university lecturers' union has warned. | |
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| 1945: Thousands of bombs destroy Dresden British and US bombers pound the ancient German city of Dresden with high explosives and incendiaries. | |||
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| 1993: Missing two-year-old found dead Police confirm a body found on a railway embankment in Merseyside is that of missing toddler James Bulger. | |||
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| 1984: British ice couple score Olympic gold British figure skating couple Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate off with a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo after dancing to Ravel's Bolero. | |||
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