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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | MI5 record on detainee 'dubious' MI5 officers have a "dubious record" over the treatment of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed, a senior judge says. |
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| US killer whale show to restart SeaWorld Orlando's killer whale show is to reopen on Saturday without staff in the water after a whale kills one of the trainers. | |
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| Administrator vows to save Pompey Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou pledges to save the club and says all its finances will be "reviewed and scrutinised". | |
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| Baby killed by lamppost is named A baby killed by a falling lamppost in a west London street would have celebrated his first birthday on Friday. | |
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| British Afghan casualties named Two servicemen killed in Afghanistan are named by the Ministry of Defence. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Thai court seizes Thaksin's cash Thailand's top court seizes $1.4bn from ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family, more than half the total demanded. |
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| Colombia awaits third term ruling Colombia's Constitutional Court begins final deliberations on whether to allow President Uribe to seek a third consecutive term. | |
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| US killer whale show to restart SeaWorld Orlando's killer whale show is to reopen on Saturday without staff in the water after a whale kills one of the trainers. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Deadly crush at Timbuktu mosque Twenty-six people are killed in a crush at the famous Djinguereber mosque in Timbuktu, sources tell the BBC. |
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| 'Breakthrough deal' on Sudan poll The main parties in Sudan reach a deal giving the south enough seats in parliament to block constitutional changes. | |
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| Lesbianism 'shut SA school dorm' South African officials investigate reports that a girls' boarding school dormitory was closed because of lesbian relationships. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US economy sees upward revision Official figures show the US economy grew at an annualised rate of 5.9% in the last three months of 2009. |
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| Colombia awaits third term ruling Colombia's Constitutional Court begins final deliberations on whether to allow President Uribe to seek a third consecutive term. | |
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| US killer whale show to restart SeaWorld Orlando's killer whale show is to reopen on Saturday without staff in the water after a whale kills one of the trainers. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Thai court seizes Thaksin's cash Thailand's top court seizes $1.4bn from ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family, more than half the total demanded. |
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| Australia green minister demoted Australian environment minister Peter Garrett is demoted over a home insulation programme linked to four deaths. | |
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| S Africa seizes 'N Korea weapons' South Africa confirms it seized banned military equipment on a ship sailing from North Korea to the Republic of Congo. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Fresh detentions in Turkey 'plot' Turkish authorities detain 18 more suspects over an alleged plot to create chaos and provoke a military coup, local media say. |
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| Danish paper apology over cartoon A Danish newspaper apologises for reprinting a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban in 2008. | |
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| UN slams Libya anti-Swiss 'jihad' A top UN official condemns Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for a jihad against Switzerland, labelling it "inadmissible". | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | UN slams Libya anti-Swiss 'jihad' A top UN official condemns Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for a jihad against Switzerland, labelling it "inadmissible". |
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| W Bank clashes over heritage list Palestinians and Israeli security forces clash in the West Bank city of Hebron over Israeli plans for heritage sites. | |
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| Hezbollah chief meets Ahmadinejad The leader of the Lebanese Shia Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has made a rare public appearance in the Syrian capital, Damascus. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Suicide attack on Afghan capital Explosions and gunfire in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, leave at least 17 people dead, officials say. |
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| Court 'bans Taliban extradition' The Afghan Taliban's top military commander, recently detained in Pakistan, is not to be extradited, the Lahore High Court rules. | |
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| Sri Lanka pledges to save turtles The Sri Lankan government says that it is concerned about the welfare of sea turtles which live and breed on the island's southern coastline. | |
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| UK | |
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| MI5 record on detainee 'dubious' MI5 officers have a "dubious record" over the treatment of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed, a senior judge says. |
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| Baby killed by lamppost is named A baby killed by a falling lamppost in a west London street would have celebrated his first birthday on Friday. | |
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| Administrator vows to save Pompey Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou pledges to save the club and says all its finances will be "reviewed and scrutinised". | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Baby killed by lamppost is named A baby killed by a falling lamppost in a west London street would have celebrated his first birthday on Friday. |
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| Woman jailed for sex with boy, 12 A woman aged 36 is jailed for nine years after admitting having sex with a 12-year-old boy nearly 200 times. | |
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| Fiancee identifies mind loss man A smartly-dressed man with memory loss found unconscious on Brighton beach is identified by his fiancee. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | UVF supergrass 'becomes Catholic' Two UVF brothers are to testify against nine men charged with murdering a UDA member, a Belfast court is told. |
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| Pair jailed after £4.5m tax fraud A Dungannon couple are jailed over the biggest ever case of tax fraud in Northern Ireland, amounting to more than £4.5m. | |
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| Ritchie to fight South Down seat SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie will seek her party's nomination to succeed Eddie McGrady as MP for South Down. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Rangers keeper quizzed by police Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor is quizzed by police over alleged "inconsistencies" in his claim he was attacked. |
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| Snow leaves homes without power Severe weather continues to disrupt Scotland and thousands of householders are left without power. | |
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| 85-year-old jailed for stabbing A 85-year-old man who stabbed a 74-year-old woman after she rejected his romantic advances is jailed. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Five years for student who killed An A-level student who killed the boyfriend a judge says she "genuinely loved" is sentenced to five years in a young offenders' institute. |
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| £1.9m for thalidomide survivors Thalidomide-impaired people in Wales will share £1.9m to improve their care, nearly 50 years after the drug was withdrawn. | |
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| Canal section drained after leak A section of canal is drained following a leak, affecting the first week of the visitor season. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Growth encouraging, says Darling The chancellor welcomes the upward revision in economic growth figures, but the Tories urge ministers to deal with debt. |
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| 'Health tourists' face crackdown Visitors to the UK may have to hold health insurance before they can enter the country, under government proposals. | |
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| Young 'exposed to sexual imagery' Children are being over-exposed to sexual imagery and tighter media controls are needed, a report for the Home Office says. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | UK economic growth revised upward The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of last year, faster than previously thought, figures show. |
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| Bad debts of £24bn knock Lloyds Lloyds Banking Group lost £24bn on bad loans in 2009, forcing the bank heavily into the red, annual results show. | |
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| Jaguar Land Rover back into black The upmarket carmaker heads back into the black thanks to cost-cutting and new models, according to new owners Tata Motors. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | BBC 'axing 6 Music' report claims The BBC is to close two radio stations and scale back its web presence to make £600m in savings, claims The Times. |
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| Star Trek actor's son found dead The actor son of Star Trek veteran Walter Koenig is found dead in a wood after apparently taking his own life. | |
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| Batman debut comic sells for $1m A 1939 comic which saw Batman make his debut has sold for more than $1m (£655,000) at an auction in the US. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Whaling 'worsens carbon release' A century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, scientists say. |
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| Lasers lift dirt of ages from art Physicists have applied the same laser techniques commonly used for tattoo removal to clean several famous works of art, including wall paintings. | |
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| Huge iceberg 'threatens sea-life' A vast iceberg that broke off eastern Antarctic earlier this month could disrupt marine life in the region, scientists warn. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Tiny ear listens to hidden worlds A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible. |
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| Frauds website organiser jailed A man who created a website trading in stolen financial information linked to tens of millions of pounds in losses is jailed for nearly five years. | |
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| 'Broadband grants' for homes plea Rural homes that cannot get broadband should get a grant to pay for cables to be laid, says a countryside lobby group. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | 'Health tourists' face crackdown Visitors to the UK may have to hold health insurance before they can enter the country, under government proposals. |
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| Death charge hospital is guilty An Essex hospital where a disabled man died after his head became trapped between bars admits health and safety breaches. | |
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| Slimming sixties not a myth Despite fewer visits to gyms and a love of high fat foods, people in the 1960s were slimmer simply because they were more active, figures show. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Government 'to miss Neet target' The government is predicted to miss its target on reducing the number of teenagers out of education, employment or training. |
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| Young 'exposed to sexual imagery' Children are being over-exposed to sexual imagery and tighter media controls are needed, a report for the Home Office says. | |
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| Bad teachers 'not being reported' A report suggests local councils in England are failing to report poor teachers to their disciplinary body. | |
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| 1991: Iraqi troops flee Kuwait City The Kuwaiti capital is liberated by the Gulf War Allies after 208 days of Iraqi occupation. | |||
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| 1984: US troops withdraw from Beirut The last of the remaining American forces occupying Beirut have pulled out of the Lebanese capital. | |||
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| 1993: World Trade Center bomb terrorises New York A suspected car bomb explodes underneath the World Trade Center in New York killing at least five people. | |||
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