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 | Gun victims 'targeted and random' Cumbria gun killer Derrick Bird targeted his first three victims before randomly shooting others, police believe. |
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| 'Mistakes' led to Nickell killing The Metropolitan Police missed opportunities to catch the killer of Rachel Nickell before her death, a report says. | |
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| Anger as Turkey buries its dead Turkey mourns nine people killed in the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. | |
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| BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. | |
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| Witness 'smashed train's window' A policeman waiting on Potters Bar station platform smashed the window of a derailed train with a chunk of concrete, an inquest hears. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Anger as Turkey buries its dead Turkey mourns nine people killed in the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. |
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| BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. | |
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| Volunteers begin a 'Mars exile' Six men lock themselves into a mock spaceship in Moscow to simulate an 18-month mission to Mars. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | DR Congo activist discovered dead Congolese rights activist Floribert Chebeya is found dead in his car after having been summoned to a meeting with the police chief. |
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| US genocide lawyer 'suicide bid' A US genocide defence lawyer arrested in Rwanda tried to commit suicide, officials say, but his daughter doubts the claim. | |
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| Lion kills SA women in Zimbabwe A lion attacks and kills a South African woman working at a wildlife orphanage in Zimbabwe. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. |
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| Blagojevich fraud trial begins Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appears in court, accused of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. | |
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| Golden Girl McClanahan dies at 76 US actress Rue McClanahan, star of TV show The Golden Girls, dies of a stroke at the age of 76, her manager announces. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Kan emerges as Japan front-runner Finance Minister Naoto Kan emerges as the front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister, after Yukio Hatoyama's resignation. |
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| Pacific islands 'are not sinking' A new geological study finds that many low-lying Pacific islands are growing, not sinking. | |
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| US senator cancels visit to Burma US Senator Jim Webb cancels a visit to Burma over concerns it is working with North Korea on a nuclear programme. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Anger as Turkey buries its dead Turkey mourns nine people killed in the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. |
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| Sarkozy faces 'arms deal' claims France's leader is challenged over possible links to suspected arms commissions allegedly used to fund political campaigns. | |
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| Ukraine abandons Nato ambitions A bill is approved by the Ukrainian parliament that effectively ends any ambitions to join Nato. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Anger as Turkey buries its dead Turkey mourns nine people killed in the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. |
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| Egypt opposition 'back ElBaradei' The Muslim Brotherhood announces it will back Mohamed ElBaradei in a campaign for change after failing in this week's elections. | |
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| Libya bans Algeria, Egypt games Libya says its national sports teams can no longer compete against neighbouring Algeria and Egypt. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Bangladesh housing blaze kills 70 A blaze in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka kills at least 70 people and injures dozens, with fears of others trapped in buildings. |
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| Pakistan rules out Punjab action Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik says there are no plans for military action against militants in the Punjab province. | |
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| India is 'gripped by bureaucracy' A new report confirms what many Indians have long suspected - their country's bureaucracy is one of the most stifling in the world. | |
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| UK | |
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| Cameron warns over gun law action David Cameron says there should not be a "knee-jerk reaction" to changing gun laws after the killings in Cumbria. |
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| 'Mistakes' led to Nickell killing The Metropolitan Police missed opportunities to catch the killer of Rachel Nickell before her death, a report says. | |
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| Flotilla Britons 'accounted for' All the Britons held after Israel's raid on the aid flotilla heading for Gaza have been accounted for, William Hague says | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Gun victims 'targeted and random' Cumbria gun killer Derrick Bird targeted his first three victims before randomly shooting others, police believe. |
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| Death house victim seen screaming A woman stabbed to death was seen screaming in her house where another adult and a toddler were found fatally injured. | |
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| Sextuplet babies still 'critical' The five surviving sextuplets born at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford remain in a "critical" condition. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | UVF sanctioning of murder probed Police are investigating whether the murder of Bobby Moffett was sanctioned by the UVF leadership. |
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| Bail refused over toddler death Some of the injuries on a toddler allegedly murdered in County Fermanagh last December were at least a week old, the High Court hears. | |
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| Apartment built without consent A social housing scheme funded mostly by the taxpayer was built without planning permission and remains empty. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | NHS to lose nearly 4,000 'posts' The NHS in Scotland is forecasting it could lose the equivalent of almost 4,000 full time staff over the next year. |
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| VisitScotland chief stands aside The chief executive of tourist body VisitScotland is standing down from his post while he considers his future. | |
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| CBI 'not representing businesses' One of Scotland's top businessmen accuses industry body CBI Scotland of misrepresenting members. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | City centre attack soldier dies A 31-year-old soldier from Pembrokeshire who was attacked outside a Newcastle city centre nightclub dies from head injuries. |
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| Store bags' 7p levy set for 2011 A mandatory 7p charge for shop plastic bags will be introduced in Wales from next spring, the BBC understands. | |
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| Woman stole dead baby's identity A mother whose dead baby's identity was stolen to commit fraud says the case has made her re-live her loss again. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | JP Morgan gets record £33m fine City regulator fines JP Morgan a record £33m for putting its clients' money at risk by failing to keep it separate from its own. |
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| 'Outrage' at Crozier's £2.4m pay The main postal union is "outraged" former Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier was paid £2.42m in his final year with the group. | |
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| BA strike hits passenger numbers The number of passengers British Airways carried in May fell 14.2% from a year ago, as the impact of cabin crew strikes hit the airline. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Golden Girl McClanahan dies at 76 US actress Rue McClanahan, star of TV show The Golden Girls, dies of a stroke at the age of 76, her manager announces. |
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| Stars turn out for Hopper funeral Jack Nicholson and Val Kilmer attend Dennis Hopper's funeral, which took place in New Mexico on Wednesday. | |
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| EastEnders to re-film Lucas scene EastEnders is to re-shoot a scene involving an attack on a prostitute in the wake of the Bradford murders. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. |
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| Mars rocks point to wetter past Mars harbours rocks rich in carbonate minerals, suggesting there was more water there in the past than previously thought. | |
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| 'Final warning' over UK pollution The European Commission threatens to take the UK to the European Court of Justice if the air quality in the country does not improve. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Google close to handing over data The search giant says it is close to resolving issues that prevented it from passing wi-fi data it gathered to German authorities. |
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| Facebook clickjack prank spreads Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have been caught out by a mischievous attack, says security experts. | |
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| Apple boss defends iPhone factory Steve Jobs has defended conditions at a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer producing Apple products, following a spate of suicides. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Gene test hope for cancer therapy NHS patients are to be offered personalised cancer treatment under a pilot scheme to carry out genetic tests on individuals' tumours. |
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| Cancer fund cash 'will run out' A BBC investigation discovers that the government will need more money to meet the promises made for its new fund for cancer drugs. | |
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| Parents warned on honey in babies Parents are being warned not to feed honey to babies after three cases of botulism in the past year. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Adult education 'saved my mother' Business Secretary Vince Cable says in a key speech that his mother's mind was saved by adult education. |
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| 1,000 schools want academy status More than 1,000 schools in England have expressed an interest in becoming an academy, says the government. | |
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| Teachers' disciplinary body axed The General Teaching Council for England - a body set up to investigate alleged misconduct - is to be axed, says education secretary Michael Gove. | |
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| 1962: 130 die in Paris air crash An Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport killing all but two of those on board. | |||
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| 1991: IRA men shot dead by British army Three members of the IRA are ambushed and killed by soldiers in Northern Ireland acting on intelligence information. | |||
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| 1982: Israeli ambassador shot in London Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to Britain, is critically ill in hospital after being shot on a London street. | |||
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