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| Friday, 19 February, 2010, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Repentant Woods sorry for affairs A tearful Tiger Woods makes a frank apology for cheating on his wife, saying he does not know when he will return to competitive golf. |
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| 'Brother' held after boy killed A man is held on suspicion of murder after a nine-year-old boy and his 18-year-old sister are stabbed in Bradford. | |
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| James Purnell to stand down as MP Former cabinet minister James Purnell announces he will stand down as an MP at the general election. | |
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| Experts back spending cuts delay More than 60 economists sign two open letters backing the government's decision to delay spending cuts until 2011. | |
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| Talks back levy for care funding The government has been told to back a compulsory fee to pay for social care after holding a day of talks. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Repentant Woods sorry for affairs A tearful Tiger Woods makes a frank apology for cheating on his wife, saying he does not know when he will return to competitive golf. |
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| Iran leader denies nuclear claims Iran's supreme leader denies it is developing nuclear weapons, after a new UN report sparks an international outcry. | |
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| Niger's coup leaders lift curfew Niger's new military leaders lift a curfew and reopen borders, a day after they seized power promising to restore democracy. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Niger's coup leaders lift curfew Niger's new military leaders lift a curfew and reopen borders, a day after they seized power promising to restore democracy. |
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| Several dead in Ivory Coast riots Several people are killed in Ivory Coast during clashes between security forces and demonstrators. | |
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| ElBaradei greeted by Egypt crowds Mohammed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is welcomed home by hundreds of people outside Cairo's airport. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Repentant Woods sorry for affairs A tearful Tiger Woods makes a frank apology for cheating on his wife, saying he does not know when he will return to competitive golf. |
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| Falklands drilling 'to go ahead' Oil drilling off the Falkland Islands will begin next week despite Argentine opposition, the UK territory's government insists. | |
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| Brazil sea rescue for Canadians More than 60 people aboard a Canadian sailing ship that sank in high winds are rescued off the coast of Brazil. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China anger at Dalai Lama visit President Obama's talks with the Dalai Lama in Washington have "seriously undermined" US-China relations, Beijing says. |
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| N Korea declares sea firing zones North Korea declares a naval firing zone near its disputed sea border with South Korea, amid efforts to re-start nuclear talks. | |
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| Pope to canonise first Australian Pope Benedict confirms Australia is to get its first saint - an outspoken nun, Mother Mary MacKillop, who died in 1909. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Russia policeman guilty of murder A Russian ex-police officer who shot dead two people at random in a supermarket gets life in jail for murder. |
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| Greece 'needs European support' Greece's Prime Minister says his country needs European support to cut debt levels effectively, but adds it does not need a bail-out. | |
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| Spain to recognise civil war poet Spain's government says it will formally recognise one of the country's best-known poets as a victim of General Franco's dictatorship. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran leader denies nuclear claims Iran's supreme leader denies it is developing nuclear weapons, after a new UN report sparks an international outcry. |
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| ElBaradei greeted by Egypt crowds Mohammed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is welcomed home by hundreds of people outside Cairo's airport. | |
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| Dubai chief in Mossad arrest call Dubai's police chief calls for the head of Mossad to be arrested if Israel's spy agency was behind the killing of a Hamas boss. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Afghan police deployed to warzone Hundreds of Afghan police officers are sent to areas captured by Nato-led forces in an offensive against the Taliban. |
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| Taliban chiefs 'held in Pakistan' Two senior members of the Afghan Taliban are detained in Pakistan, reports say - but there is confusion over the details. | |
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| India row over Jesus beer image The Indian state of Meghalaya confiscates textbooks showing pictures of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette and a can of beer. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Talks back levy for care funding The government has been told to back a compulsory fee to pay for social care after holding a day of talks. |
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| 'Brother' held after boy killed A man is held on suspicion of murder after a nine-year-old boy and his 18-year-old sister are stabbed in Bradford. | |
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| Falklands drilling 'to go ahead' Oil drilling off the Falkland Islands will begin next week despite Argentine opposition, the UK territory's government insists. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Plane spotters detained in India Two plane spotters from Bristol are detained in India on suspicion of spying after taking pictures of a plane at an airport in New Delhi. |
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| 'Brother' held after boy killed A man is held on suspicion of murder after a nine-year-old boy and his 18-year-old sister are stabbed in Bradford. | |
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| 'Psychopathic' baby killer jailed A father who "used his baby as a tool to avoid deportation" after overstaying his visa is jailed for life for her violent murder. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Mortar bomb near police station A viable mortar bomb abandoned near a police station in County Armagh had the potential to kill, detectives say. |
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| Fat sex abuser 'should be jailed' The Attorney General challenges a court decision not to jail a child abuser from County Antrim because of his obesity. | |
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| Movie blamed for bomb fascination A man charged with having bomb-making information became curious after watching an action film, a court is told. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Murder hunt after brothers knifed Police launch a murder inquiry after a man was stabbed to death and his brother seriously injured at a flat in Glasgow. |
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| Soldier killed by single gunshot An inquest into the death of a soldier in Afghanistan hears he was killed by single enemy gunshot. | |
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| Cable thieves steal phone lines Police hunt thieves who left many BT customers in the western Highlands cut off by stealing telephone cable. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Review into methadone baby case Social services chiefs are to review the case of a mother who added methadone to her baby's bottle. |
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| Conman used woman's cash for car A man is jailed for conning a divorcee out of £53,000 which he then used to buy a Porsche sports car. | |
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| Woman found collapsed is critical A woman who was found collapsed in an area of Swansea is in a critical condition say police who are appealing for information. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Experts back spending cuts delay More than 60 economists sign two open letters backing the government's decision to delay spending cuts until 2011. |
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| James Purnell to stand down as MP Former cabinet minister James Purnell announces he will stand down as an MP at the general election. | |
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| WMD not reason I backed Iraq - PM Gordon Brown says the threat of weapons of mass destruction was not the reason he backed the invasion of Iraq. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Experts back spending cuts delay More than 60 economists sign two open letters backing the government's decision to delay spending cuts until 2011. |
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| Dollar rises on surprise Fed move The dollar rises against a basket of currencies after the US Federal Reserve increases interest rates for emergency bank loans. | |
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| Union loses fight to halt BA cuts The Unite union fails in a High Court bid to get last year's British Airways' cabin crew changes overturned. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Actor and director Jeffries dies Actor and film director Lionel Jeffries, best known for The Railway Children and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, dies at the age of 83. |
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| Lloyd Webber considers Abbey bid Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber expresses interest in buying the Abbey Road recording studios following reports its future is under threat. | |
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| Live EastEnders reveals whodunnit EastEnders celebrates its 25th anniversary with the soap's first live episode later, revealing who killed Archie Mitchell. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Shuttle crew to return to Earth Space shuttle astronauts have left the International Space Station and will undock early on Saturday to return to Earth. |
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| Dolphins have diabetes off switch A study in dolphins has revealed genetic clues that could help medical researchers to treat type 2 diabetes. | |
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| LHC set to re-start after break The Large Hadron Collider will be re-started next week after shutting down late last year for the holiday period. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft offers browser choice Millions of Internet Explorer users in Europe will get the chance to change their web browser from 1 March. |
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| US school accused of web spying Parents in the US have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on laptops. | |
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| Alex laptop aids computer novices A laptop called Alex aimed at people who are not regular computer users is being launched in the UK. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| Talks back levy for care funding The government has been told to back a compulsory fee to pay for social care after holding a day of talks. |
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| 'Myth-busting' pregnancy advice Pregnant women do not need to "eat for two", or even alter how much food they eat for the first six months, NHS experts say. | |
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| Cosmetic jab clampdown criticised An initiative to boost the safety of cosmetic treatments such as Botox does not go far enough, say surgeons. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | US school accused of web spying Parents in the US have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on laptops. |
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| Claim of U-turn on sex education The government is accused of doing a U-turn over compulsory sex education in faith schools. | |
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| Graduates sought for social work Graduates in England will receive at least £15,000 to retrain as children's social workers under a new government-funded scheme. | |
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| 2001: Foot-and-mouth scare at UK abbatoir A five-mile exclusion zone is placed around an abbatoir in Essex after a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is detected. | |||
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| 1997: China's reformist Deng Xiaoping dies China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping has died at the age of 92 after suffering from failing health for several years. | |||
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| 1961: Lumumba rally clashes with UK police Police battle with supporters of the murdered Congolese premier outside the Belgian embassy in London. | |||
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