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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Lib Dems back Clegg on Tory talks The Lib Dem leadership "fully endorse" Nick Clegg's decision to talk to the Conservatives first - after the UK election resulted in a hung parliament. |
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| Transatlantic flights hit by ash Hundreds of transatlantic flights are cancelled by a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifting south over Western Europe. | |
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| Al Fayed sells off Harrods store Department store Harrods is sold to Qatar Holdings for about £1.5bn, after being owned by Mohammed Al Fayed for 25 years. | |
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| NY ferry in collision with pier A Staten Island ferry in New York crashes into a pier and injures 37 people on board, though none seriously, officials say. | |
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| Prince leads tributes on VE Day The Prince of Wales leads veterans in a service marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Transatlantic flights hit by ash Hundreds of transatlantic flights are cancelled by a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifting south over Western Europe. |
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| PLO backs new 'talks' with Israel Palestinian leaders in the West Bank back indirect negotiations with Israel, more than a year since peace talks broke off. | |
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| NY ferry in collision with pier A Staten Island ferry in New York crashes into a pier and injures 37 people on board, though none seriously, officials say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Prosecutor seeks justice in Kenya A top international prosecutor has flown into Kenya to investigate the country's post-election violence. |
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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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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Oil spill crew describes accident A deadly blast on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by exploding methane gas, US media reports. |
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| Venezuelan ex-minister is jailed Former Venezuelan defence minister Raul Baduel is sentenced to almost eight years in prison for corruption in office. | |
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| NY ferry in collision with pier A Staten Island ferry in New York crashes into a pier and injures 37 people on board, though none seriously, officials say. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Attacks target Thailand policemen Two Thai policemen are killed and six are injured in attacks near an encampment of opposition protesters in Bangkok. |
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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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| EUROPE | |
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| Transatlantic flights hit by ash Hundreds of transatlantic flights are cancelled by a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifting south over Western Europe. |
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| Lib Dems back Clegg on Tory talks The Lib Dem leadership "fully endorse" Nick Clegg's decision to talk to the Conservatives first - after the UK election resulted in a hung parliament. | |
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| Pope accepts bishop's resignation Pope Benedict accepts the resignation of German Bishop Walter Mixa, who has been accused of hitting children. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | PLO backs new 'talks' with Israel Palestinian leaders in the West Bank back indirect negotiations with Israel, more than a year since peace talks broke off. |
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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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| Arrests over Lebanon mob lynching Lebanese police arrest two men over the lynching of an Egyptian accused of killing a local couple and their grandchildren. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | US warns of terror 'consequences' Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns of "severe consequences" if a terror attack against the US were ever traced to Pakistan. |
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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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| UK | |
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| Lib Dems back Clegg on Tory talks The Lib Dem leadership "fully endorse" Nick Clegg's decision to talk to the Conservatives first - after the UK election resulted in a hung parliament. |
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| Al Fayed sells off Harrods store Department store Harrods is sold to Qatar Holdings for about £1.5bn, after being owned by Mohammed Al Fayed for 25 years. | |
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| Prince leads tributes on VE Day The Prince of Wales leads veterans in a service marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Farage 'luckiest man' after crash The former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader says he is "the luckiest man alive" after surviving a light aircraft crash. |
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| Family yacht hits ocean iceberg Members of a Derbyshire family are rescued after their yacht hit a low-lying iceberg in the south Atlantic. | |
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| Cathedral prayers for sea cadet Prayers are said at Rochester Cathedral for a sea cadet who died after falling from the rigging of a training ship into the Solent. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man in court over strangle murder A man appears in court charged with murdering former prisoner Stanley Close in Belfast 23 years ago. |
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| DUP non-committal on deal talks DUP MP Ian Paisley Jnr says his party will support a government "which is prepared to do the best deal for Northern Ireland". | |
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| Sea search for man after capsize A search is being carried out for a man missing after a boat capsized in the sea near Larne in County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Motive sought for schoolboy death Detectives are working to establish a motive for the murder of a 16-year-old schoolboy in East Kilbride. |
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| SNP urges Westminster 'alliance' The SNP calls on the Liberal Democrats to join a "progressive alliance" involving Labour, the SNP and Plaid Cymru. | |
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| City homecoming parade for troops Troops parade in Edinburgh after returning from a six-month Afghanistan tour in which the battlegroup lost 30 members. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Lib Dems 'to look at big picture' A top Welsh Lib Dem says they could go into power with no deal on voting reform, as Plaid Cymru fail to rule out talking to the Tories. |
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| Funeral for murdered care worker Hundreds attend the funeral of murdered care worker Ffion Wyn Roberts, 22, in her home town, and some shops close in respect. | |
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| Man in 60s dies in mountain fall A man aged in his 60s has died after falling around 300ft (90m) in Snowdonia. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Al Fayed sells off Harrods store Department store Harrods is sold to Qatar Holdings for about £1.5bn, after being owned by Mohammed Al Fayed for 25 years. |
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| Pound see-saws on hung parliament The pound is volatile after the UK general election proves inconclusive but later shows signs of recovery. | |
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| 'Astronomical' rise in rail fares Some train operators are being accused of major fare rises, as a result of extending peak-time hours. | |
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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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 | 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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| Neanderthal genes 'survive in us' Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to a landmark scientific study. | |
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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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| 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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| Nokia sues Apple over technology Nokia files another lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPad 3G and iPhone infringe five of its patents. | |
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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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 | Meningitis C vaccine 'wears off' Three-quarters of children vaccinated against meningitis C lose their protection by their early teens, research suggests. |
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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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| 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: Rejoicing at end of war in Europe The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, officially announces the end of the war with Germany | |||
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| 1984: Moscow pulls out of US Olympics Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the USSR announces it is boycotting them. | |||
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| 1968: Krays held on suspicion of murder The Kray twins, Reginald and Ronnie and their brother Charlie are arrested after dawn raids by police in London. | |||
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