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 | Cameron offers deal to Lib Dems David Cameron makes a "big, open and comprehensive offer" to the Lib Dems to work in government with the Conservatives. |
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| Early Labour gains in local polls Labour makes several early gains as three-quarters of the results for the 164 council elections held in England on Thursday are now declared. | |
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| Clegg 'disappointed' at results Nick Clegg says the Lib Dems' election result was "a disappointment", and says the Tories must prove they are "capable" of governing. | |
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| Brown 'willing to talk' to rivals Gordon Brown says he is "willing to see" to rivals David Cameron and Nick Clegg to discuss how to proceed in government. | |
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| Inquiry after voters turned away An inquiry will be held after long queues led to hundreds of people across the country being prevented from voting. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Merkel eyes quick eurozone reform German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for an "acceleration" of efforts to regulate the eurozone finance sector. |
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| Global shares fall on Greece debt Shares in the US and Europe fall amid investor fears over Greek debt, as sterling slumps during the British general election count. | |
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| Funnel 'poised over' US oil spill A giant funnel is positioned above an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, before being lowered onto a well to try to contain oil gushing out. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigerians lobby for deputy leader Lobbying is underway to be Nigeria's new vice-president after Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as president. |
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| Two peacekeepers killed in Darfur Two Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed by gunmen in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, officials say. | |
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| SA queues to see World Cup trophy South Africans queue in their thousands to see the World Cup trophy as it starts a month-long tour of the country. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Funnel 'poised over' US oil spill A giant funnel is positioned above an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, before being lowered onto a well to try to contain oil gushing out. |
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| US watchdog to probe share drop The US financial watchdog says it will look into stock market activity which saw the Dow Jones share index plummet 9%. | |
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| US extends Mexico travel warning The US state department extends a warning on travel to three more Mexican states because of drug-related violence. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Kim Jong-il 'backs' nuclear talks North Korea's leader has told China's president he is committed to nuclear disarmament, Chinese state media reports. |
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| Japan PM rebuffed over base plan Officials from a Japanese island reject PM Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that they host US troops relocated from Okinawa. | |
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| Malay sultan 'held against will' Lawyers for an ill Malaysian sultan say he is being held in hospital against his will, in the latest twist in a royal power struggle. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Cameron offers deal to Lib Dems David Cameron makes a "big, open and comprehensive offer" to the Lib Dems to work in government with the Conservatives. |
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| Germany votes to bail out Greece Germany's parliament votes to approve a 22.4bn euro (£19bn) German contribution to bail out debt-ridden Greece. | |
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| Man jailed in mystery ship case A Moscow court jails a man for five years over the mysterious seizure of the cargo ship Arctic Sea last year. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | US envoy in Mid-East talks push US Middle East envoy George Mitchell is to meet Israeli and Palestinian officials, attempting to restart peace talks. |
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| Iran minister hosts UNSC envoys Iran's foreign minister hosts a dinner for UN Security Council members amid talks on new sanctions against Tehran. | |
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| Two peacekeepers killed in Darfur Two Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed by gunmen in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, officials say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Maoists call off strike in Nepal The Maoist party in Nepal ends a general strike after six days, but continue to call on the government to stand down. |
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| Court rules in Reliance gas feud An Indian court rules in favour of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries in a row with his brother over gas prices. | |
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| Fresh floods in north Afghanistan Fresh floods hit north Afghanistan, after a week of flooding across the country in which at least 65 people died. | |
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| UK | |
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| Cameron offers deal to Lib Dems David Cameron makes a "big, open and comprehensive offer" to the Lib Dems to work in government with the Conservatives. |
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| Early Labour gains in local polls Labour makes several early gains as three-quarters of the results for the 164 council elections held in England on Thursday are now declared. | |
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| UK cyclists hurt in car collision Five British female cyclists are injured in a collision with a car while training in Belgium. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Tories make gains across England Swathes of England turn blue with a 5.6% swing from Labour to the Conservatives in parliamentary seats across the country. |
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| BNP loses 12 London council seats The British National Party loses all 12 of its seats in east London's Barking and Dagenham Council. | |
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| Sheryl Gascoigne in libel victory Paul Gascoigne's ex-wife Sheryl wins damages after a newspaper suggested she lied about violence he inflicted on her. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Robinson loses East Belfast seat Peter Robinson loses his East Belfast seat to the Alliance deputy leader Naomi Long in a bad night for unionist leaders. |
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| Man for trial over Nairac killing A man who allegedly confessed to reporters about his involvement in the disappearance of Robert Nairac is to stand trial for murder. | |
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| Bail refused in 'dissident' case A pipe bomb found in Armagh was for use in a dissident republican attack, possibly against police, a court hears. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Salmond rules out coalition deals SNP leader Alex Salmond rules out taking part in any coalition with the main parties in the hung parliament. |
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| Police probe teenage boy's murder Detectives are investigating the murder of a teenage boy who was attacked in the Mossneuk area of East Kilbride. | |
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| Officer admits dealing in cocaine The son of a former chief of the Scottish Police Federation admits dealing drugs while he himself served as a police officer. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Plaid leave Tory talk option open Plaid Cymru have left their options open to do a deal with the Conservatives. |
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| Swings, roundabouts and see-saws? Election results provide ups and downs in Wales but the Conservatives are only party to make serious gains. | |
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| Man who stole car and baby jailed A man who stole a car without realising a one-year-old girl was asleep in the back has been jailed. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Pound see-saws on hung parliament The pound was volatile on Thursday after the UK general election proved inconclusive but showed signs of recovery. |
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| BA cabin crew reject 'new offer' BA cabin crew "overwhelmingly" reject an offer aimed at ending a long-running row over pay and conditions, Unite says. | |
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| New high in personal insolvencies A new record high has been recorded for the number of people being declared insolvent in England and Wales. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Scissor Sisters axed entire album Pop band The Scissor Sisters reveal they scrapped an album they had been working on for 18 months. |
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| Bird to direct fourth Impossible Brad Bird, director of Pixar hit The Incredibles, will helm the fourth Mission: Impossible film, star Tom Cruise confirms. | |
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| 'Second chance' for Bret Michaels Bret Michaels says he has been given a second chance and will "continue to rock the world" after being told he will recover from a brain haemorrhage. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Oil slick reaches wildlife refuge Oil from a sprawling slick washes ashore on a wildlife refuge off Louisiana, as workers try to cap the well with a giant funnel. |
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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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| Rats top invasive mammals table Brown rats are among the most invasive mammals in Europe, according to a wide-ranging assessment. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Demand grows for electronic polls Some commentators argue that polling chaos might be prevented if the UK embraced e-voting systems used by other countries. |
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| iPad global launch date confirmed Apple announces that its much hyped tablet computer, the iPad, will go on sale in nine more countries on the 28 May. | |
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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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| HEALTH | |
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 | Doctors 'raise blood pressure' The 'white-coat' effect - where blood pressure rises during a check by a doctor - is even worse in someone whose level is already high, researchers say |
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| New blood fat heart disease link A type of blood fat different from cholesterol may play a key role in heart disease, a study suggests. | |
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| New clue to fighting dengue fever Research into how the body fights off the tropical disease dengue fever could help in the search for a vaccine. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Eton would back boarding academy Eton College could sponsor a state-funded boarding academy, says its head master. |
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| 'Best' children's books revealed Publisher Puffin compiles a list of 70 titles said to be the best children's books of all-time. | |
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| Teachers make 'ditch or fix' plea The controversial new school curriculum needs to be either "fixed or ditched", a union warns the Scottish government. | |
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| 1945: Germany signs unconditional surrender Germany signs an unconditional surrender ending six years of war in Europe. | |||
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| 1976: More bodies found after Italy quake Italy's worst earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 550 people and leaves 80,000 homeless. | |||
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| 1965: Huge Rhodesia election win for Smith White voters in the African colony of Rhodesia back Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front which is demanding independence from the UK. | |||
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