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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Belgian passenger trains collide Two Belgian commuter trains collide outside Brussels, with 18 people confirmed dead, although the death toll could rise. |
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| Afghan blast kills UK bomb expert A soldier who specialised in tackling roadside bombs dies in a blast in Afghanistan's Helmand province. | |
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| Firearms Pc told 'keep gun down' A firearms officer who fatally shot a colleague in the chest had been told to keep his gun pointed down during the training exercise, an inquest hears. | |
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| Taliban 'forced from strongholds' Nato and Afghan troops are succeeding in pushing militants from their strongholds in Helmand province, officials say. | |
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| Tory 'worker co-operatives' plan David Cameron bids to woo Labour voters with a pledge to give public sector workers the chance to run services. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Belgian passenger trains collide Two Belgian commuter trains collide outside Brussels, with 18 people confirmed dead, although the death toll could rise. |
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| Taliban 'forced from strongholds' Nato and Afghan troops are succeeding in pushing militants from their strongholds in Helmand province, officials say. | |
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| Pope meets Irish bishops on abuse Ireland's Roman Catholic bishops meet Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican over the Irish child sex abuse scandal. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Kenya PM urges Annan intervention Kenya's Raila Odinga wants former UN chief Kofi Annan to intervene in his power struggle with the president. |
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| Somali minister survives bombing Somalia's State Minister for Defence Yusuf Mohamed Siyad survives a suicide attack, amid rising tension in Mogadishu. | |
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| Vodafone launch 'cheapest phone' Vodafone launches what it says is the "lowest cost mobile phone on Earth", aimed at people in developing countries. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Taliban 'forced from strongholds' Nato and Afghan troops are succeeding in pushing militants from their strongholds in Helmand province, officials say. |
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| US warns on Iran 'dictatorship' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Iran is 'becoming a military dictatorship', during a tour of the Gulf. | |
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| Child Rio Carnival queen in tears A seven-year-old breaks down crying as she takes the controversial lead of a Rio de Janeiro carnival parade. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Sydney terror plotters sentenced Five men convicted of a terrorist conspiracy in Sydney, Australia, are given jail sentences of 23 to 28 years. |
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| UN envoy meets Burma opposition UN human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana visits Burma in what he says will be a "critical" year for the country. | |
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| China charges tycoon over fraud One of China's richest men, founder of the Gome electronics chain Huang Guangyu, is charged with bribery and insider trading. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Belgian passenger trains collide Two Belgian commuter trains collide outside Brussels, with 18 people confirmed dead, although the death toll could rise. |
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| Pope meets Irish bishops on abuse Ireland's Roman Catholic bishops meet Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican over the Irish child sex abuse scandal. | |
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| Libya bars Europeans in Swiss row Libya stops issuing visas to citizens from many European nations, in the latest development in a row with Switzerland. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | US warns on Iran 'dictatorship' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Iran is 'becoming a military dictatorship', during a tour of the Gulf. |
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| '11 Europeans' wanted in Dubai Police in Dubai investigating the killing of a Hamas militant say the suspects are 11 people with European passports. | |
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| Yemen rebels free Saudi soldier Rebels in Yemen reportedly hand over one Saudi soldier, captured during cross-border fighting, as part of a ceasefire agreement. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Taliban 'forced from strongholds' Nato and Afghan troops are succeeding in pushing militants from their strongholds in Helmand province, officials say. |
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| More protests for new India state Students clash with police as fresh protests break out in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh over the creation of a new state. | |
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| S Lanka blast kills two children At least two children are killed and seven others injured in an explosion in the northern Jaffna peninsula, police officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Firearms Pc told 'keep gun down' A firearms officer who fatally shot a colleague in the chest had been told to keep his gun pointed down during the training exercise, an inquest hears. |
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| Afghan blast kills UK bomb expert A soldier who specialised in tackling roadside bombs dies in a blast in Afghanistan's Helmand province. | |
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| Ex-officer denies abuse knowledge A former Army officer tells the inquiry into the death of Iraqi Baha Mousa he knew nothing about alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees by his men. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | EuroMillions £56m win 'amazing' A self-confessed "white van man" and his estate agent partner are named the winners of Britain's biggest ever lottery jackpot. |
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| Firearms Pc told 'keep gun down' A firearms officer who fatally shot a colleague in the chest had been told to keep his gun pointed down during the training exercise, an inquest hears. | |
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| Tribute to river plunge daughter The mother of a five-year-old girl from Worcestershire pays tribute to her little "angel" who died when the car she was in plunged into the River Avon. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Devlin accused will not testify The defence team in the Thomas Devlin murder trial says it has no evidence to offer and the two accused won't take the stand. |
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| Property firm wins deposit case A Belfast property company wins a legal battle with a buyer seeking to win back the deposit he put down on an apartment. | |
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| Former boxer jailed for assault Former boxing champion Eamonn Magee is jailed for six months after being convicted of head-butting a man in north Belfast. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Highland avalanche kills climber Police say a climber has been killed by an avalanche in a remote area of the central Highlands. |
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| Child study says violence is fine A study of primary school children finds most of those questioned believe violence towards women can be justified. | |
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| Attack victim blinded in one eye A teenager describes how he was blinded in one eye during an 'appalling' attack by two men in Edinburgh. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Court hearing to stop port strike A port authority is going to court to try to have a planned strike involving 50 workers ruled illegal. |
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| Up to 4,000 council jobs at risk Local authorities could shed thousands of jobs over the next few years, the Welsh Local Government Association warns. | |
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| Town tribute to fallen soldier The Welsh flag is to be lowered in Cardigan to honour a soldier killed in Afghanistan whose family have businesses in the town. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Tory 'worker co-operatives' plan David Cameron bids to woo Labour voters with a pledge to give public sector workers the chance to run services. |
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| Banks sale 'may take five years' Taxpayers may have to wait until 2015 before they start getting back the £40bn lent to prop up failing banks, the BBC is told. | |
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| Griffin hails reporter's ejection BNP leader Nick Griffin says the ejection of a journalist from a meeting proved his party had not gone "soft". | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Jobs market 'still on the ropes' The UK economy is facing more redundancies, with substantial cuts expected in the public sector, a report says. |
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| Corus production to end 'in days' Production of steel at Teesside's Corus plant, where 1,700 jobs are under threat, will cease on Friday, says the firm. | |
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| Energy bill loophole 'will close' The government says it will amend a rule that allows energy firms more than two months to inform customers of price rises. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Radio 2 'must broaden its appeal' BBC Radio 2 must do more to attract ethnic minority listeners and those over 65, the BBC Trust says. |
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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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| Doctor struck off Dancing on Ice Dr Hilary Jones is the sixth celebrity to be given the boot on ITV1 show Dancing on Ice after losing out in the skate-off to actor Danny Young. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Fossils 'record past sea changes' Fossilised coral in the Great Barrier Reef could help scientists understand how sea levels have changed since the last Ice Age. |
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| Space station gets viewing deck The International Space Station has been fitted with its last major components, including the largest window ever sent into space. | |
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| Why love birds 'dance' to the Sun Male great bustards point their tail feathers towards the Sun during elaborate mating displays, scientists find. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft launch Windows Phone 7 Microsoft shows off the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, called Windows phone 7 series. |
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| Mobile firms unite to offer apps Twenty-four of the largest phone operators join together to make it easier to sell and distribute mobile phone apps. | |
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| Intel and Nokia merge platforms Intel and Nokia have merged their mobile operating systems in a bid to compete with more established mobile platforms. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Profit-led drug shortage exposed Drug wholesalers selling stock abroad to maximise profit means UK patients are missing out on essential medicines, experts say. |
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| Alcohol health warnings 'spurned' Most drink producers are failing to comply with a voluntary code of health warnings to tackle binge drinking, says a government report. | |
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| Grandparents 'boost obesity risk' Young children regularly looked after by their grandparents have an increased risk of being overweight, a UK study suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Poor children 'lag a year behind' Research says children from the poorest homes are almost a year behind middle class pupils in language skills by the age of five. |
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| Ads tackle teen domestic violence Teenage boys are urged not to violently abuse their girlfriends, or pressure them for sex, in a government advertising campaign. | |
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| US actress 'in Tory school talks' The Tories talk to foreign education groups - including one run by Goldie Hawn - to set up state schools in England. | |
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| 1961: Belgian jet crashes seconds before landing At least 73 people are killed when a Boeing 707 jet airliner crashes at Berg, near Brussels airport. | |||
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| 1971: D-Day delivers new UK currency The British Government launches a new decimal currency across the country. | |||
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| 1989: Soviet troops pull out of Afghanistan Soviet troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan, nine years after they invaded the country. | |||
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