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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Europe proposes new levy on banks Europe calls for new national taxes on banks to prevent taxpayers having to pay for future financial meltdowns. |
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| Man held over prostitute murders A man questioned after body parts were found in a river is arrested over the murder of three women in Bradford. | |
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| Facebook reveals privacy changes Social network Facebook says it will offer a "one simple control" privacy setting in response to user concerns. | |
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| Captive couple in plea to new PM A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates plead for Prime Minister David Cameron to clarify his position on their case. | |
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| Cable resigns as Lib Dem deputy Vince Cable stands down as Liberal Democrat deputy leader to concentrate on his job as business secretary. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | BP begins 'top kill' on oil spill BP says an attempt to plug its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico with mud and cement is under way. |
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| US seeks action over Korea crisis The international community must respond in the growing crisis over the sinking of a South Korean warship, the US says. | |
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| Facebook reveals privacy changes Social network Facebook says it will offer a "one simple control" privacy setting in response to user concerns. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Call for Ethiopia election rerun Two of Ethiopia's main opposition leaders call for a rerun of Sunday's elections, saying they were not free and fair. |
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| World Cup opera singer dies at 34 A South African opera star chosen by Nelson Mandela to sing at the opening of the World Cup has died from meningitis, his record company says. | |
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| Captive couple in plea to new PM A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates plead for Prime Minister David Cameron to clarify his position on their case. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| BP begins 'top kill' on oil spill BP says an attempt to plug its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico with mud and cement is under way. |
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| Jamaica death toll 'rises to 44' The anti-drug offensive in the Jamaican capital claims at least 44 lives as battles between police and gunmen continue. | |
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| Atlantis shuttle lands at Kennedy The Atlantis space shuttle touches down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after what looks to have been its final mission. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | US seeks action over Korea crisis The international community must respond in the growing crisis over the sinking of a South Korean warship, the US says. |
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| Monks mark Thai clashes a week on Thai monks lead ceremonies to mark one week since a military operation to end long-running anti-government protests. | |
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| Foxconn opens doors after deaths Tawian iPhone-maker Foxconn shows journalists around its Shenzhen factory after a series of suicides by its workers. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Europe proposes new levy on banks Europe calls for new national taxes on banks to prevent taxpayers having to pay for future financial meltdowns. |
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| Slovaks respond to Hungarian law The Hungarian parliament's approval of a dual citizenship law leads to retaliation from Slovakia. | |
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| Pellegrini sacked by Real Madrid Real Madrid sack coach Manuel Pellegrini, with the Spanish giants set to turn to Inter Milan's Jose Mourinho as his replacement. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraqi Airways declared bankrupt The Iraqi government says it plans to close the state-owned Iraqi Airways after declaring it bankrupt. |
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| Egypt rockslide officials jailed A deputy Cairo governor and seven other officials are jailed over a rockslide in a slum that left 119 people dead. | |
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| Rabbi bans women from elections The chief rabbi of a West Bank settlement prohibits women from standing in a local election, saying they must be heard through their husbands. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Many stranded by Air India strike A strike by Air India staff strands thousands of passengers, just days after one of the airline's planes crashed. |
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| ICRC trains Taliban in first aid The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has given first aid training to Taliban members in Afghanistan. | |
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| Pakistan 'eunuch wedding' stopped Police in the Pakistani city of Peshawar arrest a man for trying to marry a eunuch, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Man held over prostitute murders A man questioned after body parts were found in a river is arrested over the murder of three women in Bradford. |
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| Academy 'revolution' for schools Education Secretary Michael Gove hails a new era in schools as every school in England is invited to become an academy. | |
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| Captive couple in plea to new PM A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates plead for Prime Minister David Cameron to clarify his position on their case. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Man held over prostitute murders A man questioned after body parts were found in a river is arrested over the murder of three women in Bradford. |
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| Dumped boy killed sisters in fire A 15-year-old boy is found guilty of murdering his former girlfriend and her sister in a fire at their family home in south London. | |
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| MP apologises for Twitter picture A Leicestershire MP apologises for taking a photograph during the state opening of parliament and posting it on the internet. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man charged with courthouse bomb A man appears in the same courthouse he is accused of bombing in a dissident republican attack in February. |
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| Dissidents remain dangerous - IMC Dissident republicans remain highly active and dangerous, according to the Independent Monitoring Commission. | |
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| Man convicted of attempted rape A Ballymena councillor has been convicted at Antrim Crown Court of trying to rape a woman in August 2008. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Man guilty of head-in-bag murder A man is found guilty of murdering his fiancee, dismembering her body and dumping her remains in bags around Edinburgh |
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| New rules could see Buckfast ban Scottish Labour wants a legal limit on the caffeine content of alcoholic drinks which would effectively ban Buckfast. | |
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| Life term for cross-dress killer A 50-year-old man is jailed for at least 20 years for killing a young woman at her home in Ayr, South Ayrshire. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Call to end referendum public row Ministers must stop arguing about a referendum on more law-making powers for Wales, the assembly's presiding officer says. |
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| Family's abuse plea after murder The family of a woman murdered by her partner urge domestic abuse victims to "not suffer in silence" after he is jailed. | |
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| New body to control AMs' expenses Decisions over assembly members' pay and expenses are to be taken out of their hands after a vote in the Senedd. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Europe proposes new levy on banks Europe calls for new national taxes on banks to prevent taxpayers having to pay for future financial meltdowns. |
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| Talks reopen in BA crew dispute British Airways and the Unite union have resumed talks on the third day of the latest cabin crew strike. | |
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| Kraft rapped over Cadbury pledge US food giant Kraft is criticised by the UK's Takeover Panel for pledges it made during its takeover of Cadbury. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Sherlock Holmes takes first gong Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes takes the first trophy at this year's National Movie Awards, which is taking place at London's Royal Festival Hall. |
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| Gorillaz in for U2 at Glastonbury Damon Albarn's virtual pop band Gorillaz are to replace U2 at the Glastonbury Festival next month, organisers announce. | |
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| Comic Manford named One Show host Comedian Jason Manford is announced as Adrian Chiles' replacement on BBC teatime programme The One Show. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Atlantis shuttle lands at Kennedy The Atlantis space shuttle touches down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after what looks to have been its final mission. |
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| Dinos 'island-hopped' to Europe Horned dinosaurs previously considered native only to Asia and North America might also have roamed the lands of prehistoric Europe, say scientists. | |
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| Alaotra grebe confirmed extinct The Alaotra grebe of Madagascar is extinct, according to the latest assessment of the world's rarest birds. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Facebook reveals privacy changes Social network Facebook says it will offer a "one simple control" privacy setting in response to user concerns. |
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| Google faces German data deadline Google has not yet handed over sensitive wi-fi data it collected, despite being requested by German authorities by 26 May. | |
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| iPlayer debuts social functions The BBC launches a revamp of its iPlayer that allows people to share content via social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Quick access to cancer fund call Patients have asked for quicker access to the £200m cancer drug fund after the NHS refused to pay for a new liver cancer treatment. |
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| Births to older mothers 'trebled' The number of births to older mothers almost trebled in 20 years and is continuing to rise, figures show. | |
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| Alcohol prescriptions on the rise The number of prescriptions given out to treat alcohol dependency has increased, figures for England from the NHS Information centre show. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Academy 'revolution' for schools Education Secretary Michael Gove hails a new era in schools as every school in England is invited to become an academy. |
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| '250,000' denied university place Almost a quarter of a million people applying for university this year are going to miss out on a place, university leaders are forecasting. | |
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| Family time down to '49 minutes' Parents spend on average 49 minutes together with their children a day, according to a survey. | |
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| 2000: Hezbollah celebrates Israeli retreat The Hezbollah leader is greeted by thousands of supporters during a victory rally to celebrate the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon. | |||
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| 1998: Veterans reject Japanese 'sorrow' Emperor Akihito of Japan speaks of his "pain" over the suffering inflicted by his country during World War II, but war veterans feel he does not go far enough. | |||
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| 1981: Italy in crisis as cabinet resigns The entire Italian coalition cabinet under Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani steps down in the wake of a scandal over freemasonry. | |||
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