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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | UK casting general election votes Millions of people head to the polls as voters have their say in the most unpredictable UK general election for decades. |
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| Greek parliament backs hefty cuts Greece's parliament votes in favour of austerity measures, as police use tear gas to disperse protesters outside. | |
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| Neanderthal genes 'survive in us' Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to a landmark scientific study. | |
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| US markets plunge on debt concern US markets fall by more than 9% in New York trade on fears about the global recovery, before recovering slightly. | |
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| BP box reaches Gulf oil leak site A huge box arrives at the site of an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico as BP tries to stop the leak, with oil reaching the US shore for the first time. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Greek parliament backs hefty cuts Greece's parliament votes in favour of austerity measures, as police use tear gas to disperse protesters outside. |
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| Nigeria swears in new president Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as head of state following the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua. | |
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| Neanderthal genes 'survive in us' Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to a landmark scientific study. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigeria swears in new president Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as head of state following the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua. |
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| Zimbabwe leaders' sanction appeal Zimbabwe's three leading figures condemn international sanctions on the country at a World Economic Forum conference in Tanzania. | |
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| Africa's grannies debate HIV African grandmothers gather in Swaziland to discuss the impact of HIV/Aids on their lives. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US markets plunge on debt concern US markets fall by more than 9% in New York trade on fears about the global recovery, before recovering slightly. |
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| BP box reaches Gulf oil leak site A huge box arrives at the site of an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico as BP tries to stop the leak, with oil reaching the US shore for the first time. | |
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| Argentina incest-case father dies An Argentine man jailed over suspicions he fathered seven children with his daughter has died, prison officials say. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Burma democrats face dissolution The pro-democracy party of Aung San Suu Kyi is to disband when a registration deadline for Burma's elections expires at midnight. |
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| Divisions on Thai road-map emerge The Thai government suggests parliament could be dissolved in September, but both red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups are unhappy. | |
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| Dramatic rise in China syphilis Rapid social change has fuelled a sharp rise in the rate of syphilis infections in China, say US researchers. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Greek parliament backs hefty cuts Greece's parliament votes in favour of austerity measures, as police use tear gas to disperse protesters outside. |
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| UK casting general election votes Millions of people head to the polls as voters have their say in the most unpredictable UK general election for decades. | |
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| Former bank boss held in Iceland The former chief executive of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing is arrested on suspicion of embezzlement. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Mubarak calls to Egypt opposition Egypt's president challenges opposition reformers to present their plans for change without unleashing 'chaos'. |
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| Iran minister to host UN envoys Iran's foreign minister invites UN Security Council envoys to dinner amid the threat of new sanctions over nuclear moves. | |
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| 'Historic' day for web languages The web undergoes a "historic" change as a system that allows the first web addresses in non-Latin scripts is switched on. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Mumbai gunman sentenced to death A judge sentences the surviving gunman of the Mumbai attacks to death, saying he could not be rehabilitated. |
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| Tourists caught in Nepal strike Thousands of international tourists are caught up in the nationwide strike called by Nepal's Maoist party. | |
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| Afghans demonstrate against Iran Hundreds of Afghans demonstrate against alleged ill-treatment and executions of Afghan refugees by the Iranian authorities. | |
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| UK | |
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| UK casting general election votes Millions of people head to the polls as voters have their say in the most unpredictable UK general election for decades. |
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| Oil company claims Falklands find One of the oil and gas companies currently drilling off the coast of the Falkland Islands claims an oil strike. | |
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| Buggy maker agrees compensation British pushchair manufacturer Maclaren has agreed to compensate children in the UK who have been injured in buggies. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | UKIP's Farage hurt in plane crash Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage and the pilot are injured in a plane crash at an airfield in Northamptonshire. |
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| Labour candidate attacked by dog A Labour candidate has the tip of his finger bitten off by a dog while campaigning in his constituency. | |
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| Asbo skirt man guilty of breach A Northampton man accused of harassing his neighbours is found guilty of breaching an Asbo banning him from wearing a skirt. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Pair cleared over baby fire death A mother and her former partner are cleared of charges over the death of her baby daughter who died in a house fire nearly three years ago. |
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| Arrested man fails in bid to vote A Tyrone man being questioned about a suspected paramilitary style attack fails in a legal bid to be allowed to vote. | |
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| Voters head for polling stations Voters have been visiting the polls as the future make-up of Westminster is decided in the general election. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | City killing was 'pack violence' A judge describes the killing of a man in Glasgow as "pack violence" after three men pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. |
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| 'Multiple victims' in abuse probe Police in the Highlands are involved in what officers have described as a "large-scale" child abuse inquiry. | |
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| Voters going to polls in election Voters across the country go to the polls in the 2010 General Election, with a total of 59 seats being contested in Scotland. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Murder inquiry brother released Police investigating the murder of Ffion Wyn Roberts say a man, believed to be her brother, has been released after questioning in connection with the inquiry. |
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| Welsh voters cast their ballots Voting starts across Wales in what is widely seen as the closest general election for decades. | |
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| Inspection of 'haunted' day unit A council has called a maintenance team to inspect one of its day centres following claims from staff it is haunted. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| US markets plunge on debt concern US markets fall by more than 9% in New York trade on fears about the global recovery, before recovering slightly. |
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| 'Contagion risk' for Europe banks UK and European banks risk damage to credit ratings because of "contagion" from Greek's debt crisis, a rating agency warns. | |
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| Former bank boss held in Iceland The former chief executive of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing is arrested on suspicion of embezzlement. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Gyllenhaal 'ready' for franchise Actor Jake Gyllenhaal says he wants to be taken "a little less seriously" as an actor, and would love the Prince of Persia to become a franchise. |
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| Tarantino heads Venice film jury US director Quentin Tarantino is to head this year's Venice Film Festival jury, it has been announced. | |
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| 7/7 families seek boycott of film Families who lost relatives in the 2005 London bombings appeal to cinemas not to show a film about four bumbling suicide bombers. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Neanderthal genes 'survive in us' Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to a landmark scientific study. |
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| Images show volcano intensifying A series of images released by the Met Office clearly show Iceland's volcanic eruption intensifying. | |
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| Herschel pierces huge star bubble A colossal star many times the mass of our own Sun is seen growing in a bubble of excited gas just pictured by the Herschel space observatory. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | 'Historic' day for web languages The web undergoes a "historic" change as a system that allows the first web addresses in non-Latin scripts is switched on. |
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| Embarrassing Facebook bug exposed Facebook scrambles to fix a flaw that exploited the site's privacy settings and allowed users to eavesdrop on their friends' chats. | |
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| Decision urged on porn web domain The registry which has applied for a .xxx web address for porn sites has asked net regulator Icann to hurry up and make a decision. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Women under 50 'face stress risk' Stress at work raises the risk of heart disease for women under 50, according to a study of more than 12,000 nurses. |
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| Dramatic rise in China syphilis Rapid social change has fuelled a sharp rise in the rate of syphilis infections in China, say US researchers. | |
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| Buggy maker agrees compensation British pushchair manufacturer Maclaren has agreed to compensate children in the UK who have been injured in buggies. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Universities move to living wage London universities are under pressure to support a campaign to pay their cleaners a "living wage". |
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| Lecturers strike affects students Thousands of students preparing for exams have been disrupted by a walkout by lecturers over funding cuts. | |
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| Buggy maker agrees compensation British pushchair manufacturer Maclaren has agreed to compensate children in the UK who have been injured in buggies. | |
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| 1966: Moors murderers jailed for life Ian Brady and his lover Myra Hindley are sentenced to life imprisonment for the so-called Moors murders. | |||
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| 1976: Huge earthquake rocks Italy Italy's worst ever earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills at least 60 people and leaves thousands homeless. | |||
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| 1954: Bannister breaks four-minute mile Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student, becomes the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. | |||
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