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 | Union offers to cancel BA strike The Unite union offers a deal to stop the latest British Airways strike, with a five-day walkout due to start at midnight. |
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| Cash claims 'devastate' duchess The Duchess of York is "regretful" following claims she offered to sell access to ex-husband Prince Andrew, her spokeswoman says. | |
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| Thai film pulls off Cannes shock British director Mike Leigh loses out on the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or to a surprise winner from Thailand. | |
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| Icelandic volcano 'cooling off' The Icelandic volcano disrupting air traffic for weeks is showing a marked drop in activity, new findings suggest. | |
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| US warns it may 'push BP aside' A top US official says BP may be "pushed" aside if it fails to perform in the Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | US warns it may 'push BP aside' A top US official says BP may be "pushed" aside if it fails to perform in the Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up. |
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| Icelandic volcano 'cooling off' The Icelandic volcano disrupting air traffic for weeks is showing a marked drop in activity, new findings suggest. | |
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| Cuban prisoners 'win concessions' Cuba reportedly relaxes the prison regime for its political detainees after talks with Church leaders and pressure from a hunger striker. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ethiopia votes in crunch election Polls close for Ethiopia's first election since 2005 when disputes left 200 dead, and the opposition is alleging fraud. |
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| Somali leader's palace attacked Al-Shabab militants fire mortars at Somalia's presidential palace, sparking deadly battles. | |
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| SA opens World Cup final stadium More than 74,000 South African football fans attend the first match at Soccer City - venue for the World Cup final. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| US warns it may 'push BP aside' A top US official says BP may be "pushed" aside if it fails to perform in the Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up. |
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| Cuban prisoners 'win concessions' Cuba reportedly relaxes the prison regime for its political detainees after talks with Church leaders and pressure from a hunger striker. | |
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| Iran looks for swap for 'hikers' An Iranian minister urges the US to propose a prisoner swap to secure the release of three US nationals arrested last year. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Seoul to respond to warship loss South Korea's president is to outline his country's response to the sinking of the warship Cheonan, blamed on North Korea. |
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| Japan PM apologises over Okinawa Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama apologises for not keeping his promise to move a US military base from Okinawa. | |
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| Thai film pulls off Cannes shock British director Mike Leigh loses out on the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or to a surprise winner from Thailand. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Icelandic volcano 'cooling off' The Icelandic volcano disrupting air traffic for weeks is showing a marked drop in activity, new findings suggest. |
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| Union offers to cancel BA strike The Unite union offers a deal to stop the latest British Airways strike, with a five-day walkout due to start at midnight. | |
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| Thai film pulls off Cannes shock British director Mike Leigh loses out on the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or to a surprise winner from Thailand. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran looks for swap for 'hikers' An Iranian minister urges the US to propose a prisoner swap to secure the release of three US nationals arrested last year. |
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| UN camp for Gaza children torched Masked gunmen attack a summer camp being set up for children in the Gaza Strip, UN officials say, burning tents and equipment. | |
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| Iraqi car bomb toll rises to 30 The death toll from a car bomb which exploded at a market in Iraq's northern Diyala province, rises to 30, officials say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | India crash jet's recorder found Investigators in southern India find the cockpit voice recorder in the wreckage of the Air India Express jet. |
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| Ministers 'united' on Afghanistan UK ministers insist they are committed to reconstruction in Afghanistan, on their first official visit to Kabul. | |
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| Afghan insurgents hit Nato base Insurgents attack Nato's main base in south Afghanistan, the second assault on a major site in recent days. | |
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| UK | |
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| Union offers to cancel BA strike The Unite union offers a deal to stop the latest British Airways strike, with a five-day walkout due to start at midnight. |
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| Cash claims 'devastate' duchess The Duchess of York is "regretful" following claims she offered to sell access to ex-husband Prince Andrew, her spokeswoman says. | |
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| Blackpool promotion boosts resort Blackpool Football Club's elevation to the Premier League is said to be worth "tens of millions" of pounds to the resort. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Man held over body find at house A man is arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a woman's body at a house in Milton Keynes. |
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| Couple hurt in drive-by shooting A couple are injured in a drive-by shooting in Moss Side, Manchester, police say. | |
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| Blackpool promotion boosts resort Blackpool Football Club's elevation to the Premier League is said to be worth "tens of millions" of pounds to the resort. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Gardai 'foiled dissident bombing' The Irish Justice Minister says Irish police who uncovered a bomb factory foiled a dissident attack in Northern Ireland. |
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| Man is shot and beaten in bedroom A 25-year-old man is shot and beaten, and his girlfriend assaulted, in the bedroom of a house in Strabane. | |
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| 50 gorse fires tackled in one day The fire service issues a warning after crews were called to more than 50 gorse fires across Northern Ireland on Saturday. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Anger over 'sterilisation offer' A woman claims she was offered £200 to be sterilised by three women who approached her near a health centre. |
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| Salmond defends deferral of cuts First Minister Alex Salmond defends the Scottish government's decision to defer its share of the UK spending cuts. | |
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| Man shot by Taser during incident A 20-year-old man is shot with a Taser stun gun by police after a disturbance in West Lothian, police confirm. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Escape in car's 270ft ravine fall Rescuers say two people had an "incredible" escape when their car plunged 270ft down a ravine and started sinking in a pool. |
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| Man dies after diving off coast A man from Cardiff dies after getting into difficulties while diving south of Portland Bill in Dorset. | |
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| Prince joins 20,000 at festival Prince William joins 20,000 pop fans at Radio 1's Big Weekend festival in Bangor, Gwynedd. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Union offers to cancel BA strike The Unite union offers a deal to stop the latest British Airways strike, with a five-day walkout due to start at midnight. |
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| Cuts will be painful, says Clegg Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says £6bn of spending cuts to be announced on Monday will be "painful" but "necessary". | |
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| Hague 'vindicated' by euro crisis William Hague says the euro is "in crisis" but it is not in the UK's interest for countries to pull out of the single currency. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Thai film pulls off Cannes shock British director Mike Leigh loses out on the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or to a surprise winner from Thailand. |
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| Rolling Stones return to top spot The Rolling Stones score their first number one album since 1994 with a reissue of Exile On Main Street. | |
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| JLS draw big crowd at Big Weekend The boy band attract a huge audience with their mid-afternoon set at this year's Radio 1 Big Weekend in Bangor, north Wales. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Ariane 5 rocket makes 50th flight Europe's Ariane 5 launch vehicle carries out its 50th mission, putting two large telecommunications satellites in orbit. |
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| Day of discovery for UK wildlife A wide range of activities take place across the UK to celebrate International Day for Biological Diversity. | |
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| Obama names oil-spill panel heads Two political veterans are to head an independent US body to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and BP's role. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Rivals line-up against Facebook The furore over Facebook's privacy policy has breathed new life into a range of projects aiming to develop alternatives. |
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| New death at Taiwan iPhone firm An employee falls to his death at Taiwan iPhone maker Foxconn, the ninth suicide at the firm this year. | |
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| 'Rogue' internet firm shut down A net firm that actively 'colluded' with many net criminal groups has been dismantled by US authorities. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Weight 'key' in kidney transplant Matching up the weight of donors and recipients boosts success in kidney transplants, suggests French research. |
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| Tesco backs alcohol price limits Supermarket chain Tesco says it wants to see curbs on the sale of cheap alcohol during this Parliament. | |
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| Heart attack survivors 'fear sex' Heart attack survivors are highly likely to avoid sex, fearing it could kill them, US researchers say. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Coalition agrees on free schools The new coalition government confirms it will press ahead with plans for "free schools" and a pupil premium. |
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| Scores of exams disrupted by snow A report reveals the scale of disruption to exams caused by last winter's heavy snow. | |
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| 'Family-friendly' policy pledges The coalition pledges to support families and maintain the goal of ending child poverty in the UK by 2020. | |
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| 1998: Leaders welcome 'yes' vote for N Ireland The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, welcomes the resounding "yes" vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland calling it "a day for joy". | |||
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| 1977: Dutch children held hostage More than 100 children and six teachers are taken hostage in a primary school in northern Holland. | |||
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| 1962: Ex-general escapes death sentence A military court in Paris imposes a life sentence on Raoul Salan, leader of an extremist group violently opposed to Algerian independence. | |||
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