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| Wednesday, 12 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Unemployment poised to rise again The number of people out of work is expected to rise again when the latest official unemployment figures are released later. |
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| Brazil TV host 'ordered killings' Police in Brazil accuse a TV presenter of ordering killings to get rid of drug trafficking rivals and boost his show's ratings. | |
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| 'Alien scene' of tadpoles feast "Alien-like" scenes of tadpoles feasting on eggs from the mountain chicken frog are caught on camera. | |
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| Video captures £40m jewel heist Amateur video shows the moment when an armed robber fires a shot outside a jewellery store in central London. | |
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| Texas 'fight club' trial begins A former worker at a Texas state school for mentally disabled people goes on trial for organising fights between the residents. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Taiwan mudslide hundreds 'alive' About 700 people missing in southern Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot have been found alive, say army officials. |
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| Indonesia confirms militant alive Indonesian police confirm a militant killed in a weekend siege was not the most-wanted militant, Noordin Mohammed Top. | |
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| Brazil TV host 'ordered killings' Police in Brazil accuse a TV presenter of ordering killings to get rid of drug trafficking rivals and boost his show's ratings. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Clinton to meet Nigerian leaders US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Nigeria on the fifth leg of her seven-nation tour of Africa. |
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| South Sudan in independence threat A senior politician in South Sudan says the south will declare independence if it does not get a fair referendum on the issue. | |
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| Niger opposition leader abducted Niger opposition activist, Marou Amadou, is abducted, hours after being freed by a court on charges of breaching state security. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Obama tackles healthcare critics US President Barack Obama accuses opponents of his healthcare proposals of trying to "scare the heck" out of people. |
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| Brazil TV host 'ordered killings' Police in Brazil accuse a TV presenter of ordering killings to get rid of drug trafficking rivals and boost his show's ratings. | |
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| Texas 'fight club' trial begins A former worker at a Texas state school for mentally disabled people goes on trial for organising fights between the residents. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Taiwan mudslide hundreds 'alive' About 700 people missing in southern Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot have been found alive, say army officials. |
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| Indonesia confirms militant alive Indonesian police confirm a militant killed in a weekend siege was not the most-wanted militant, Noordin Mohammed Top. | |
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| China charges Rio Tinto workers China charges employees of mining firm Rio Tinto with stealing trade secrets and taking bribes, which the company denies. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Nazi war criminal jailed for life A 90-year-old former Nazi officer is jailed for life over the killing of 14 civilians in an Italian village during World War II. |
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| Activist found dead in Chechnya The head of a Russian charity and her husband are found dead in Chechnya a day after being abducted, officials say. | |
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| Jewellery raid haul put at £40m Armed men steal £40m of items from a central London jewellery store in what is said to be Britain's second biggest robbery. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Car bombs kill eight in Baghdad At least eight people have been killed and many injured in two car bomb attacks in east Baghdad, Iraq, police say. |
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| Kuwait 'foils US army base plot' Kuwait says it has arrested six members of an al-Qaeda-linked cell who were planning to attack a US military base. | |
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| Iran admits 4,000 June detentions Iran admits 4,000 people were detained in protests after June's disputed presidential poll - many more than previously stated. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Ex-Nepal PM urges anti-US unity Ex-Nepalese Prime Minister Prachanda says Asian countries should co-operate to combat US influence in South Asia. |
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| US urges Sri Lanka reconciliation A senior US diplomat warns that Sri Lanka's failure to share power with minority Tamils could lead to renewed violence. | |
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| Pakistan drone attack 'kills 10' At least 10 suspected militants die in a strike by a US drone in north-west Pakistan, local intelligence officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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| Unemployment poised to rise again The number of people out of work is expected to rise again when the latest official unemployment figures are released later. |
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| Science questions baffle parents Four in five parents in the UK have been stumped by a science question posed by their children, a survey suggests. | |
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| Video captures £40m jewel heist Amateur video shows the moment when an armed robber fires a shot outside a jewellery store in central London. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Dozens hurt in Big Dipper crash More than 30 people receive injuries including broken bones when two rollercoaster cars crash at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. |
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| Video captures £40m jewel heist Amateur video shows the moment when an armed robber fires a shot outside a jewellery store in central London. | |
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| Sir Bobby's son moved by tributes One of the sons of the late Sir Bobby Robson has spoken of how overwhelmed the family has been at the response to his death. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Baggott appointed new PSNI chief Matt Baggott is appointed as chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, replacing Sir Hugh Orde. |
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| Court Service mulls staff verdict The Northern Ireland Court Service is considering the fate of two of its senior staff on suspension since 2005. | |
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| Tall ships to bring £10m windfall The four-day Tall Ships event in Belfast could boost the local economy by £10m, Lord Mayor Naomi Long says. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Concern over rising debt problems Debt is the biggest concern for those seeking help from Citizens Advice Scotland, with a 14% rise in debt related issuesr. |
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| Consultation on croft bill closes A period of public consultation on the government's planned Draft Crofting Reform Bill is drawing to a close. | |
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| Thousands of jobs 'under threat' New business opportunities must be grasped to offset thousands of possible job losses in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, it is warned. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Hartson discharged from hospital Former footballer John Hartson is discharged from hospital and is to continue treatment for cancer as an outpatient. |
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| Switch to digital starts in Wales The switch to digital television starts in Wales at midnight, with more than 130,000 homes affected in the first phase. | |
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| Inquiry after factory worker dies Police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigate the death of a 52-year-old man at a factory. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Mandelson dismisses Tory reforms The shadow chancellor's claims that the Conservatives are a progressive force in politics are a "joke", Lord Mandelson says. |
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| Brown and UN chief discuss Burma Aung San Suu Kyi's conviction by a Burmese court is "profoundly disappointing", Gordon Brown and Ban Ki-moon agree. | |
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| Tory MP Ancram is to stand down Former Conservative chairman and deputy leader Michael Ancram announces that he is to step down from Parliament. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Madoff finance boss pleads guilty Frank DiPascali, Bernard Madoff's former chief financial officer, pleads guilty for his role in his boss's $65bn fraud. |
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| Bank to update economic outlook The Bank of England will reveal later how it expects the UK economy to perform over the next two years. | |
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| Loans to homebuyers '23% higher' The number of mortgages for homebuyers granted in June rose by 23% compared with May, according to UK lenders. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Jackson's autopsy results sealed Michael Jackson's post-mortem results will not be released until after a police probe into his death. |
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| Radiohead 'to stop making albums' Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke says making another album straight away would "kill" the band. | |
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| Apprentice loser to host TV show Apprentice finalist Kate Walsh is to co-present a news magazine show on Five, the station announces. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | 'Alien scene' of tadpoles feast "Alien-like" scenes of tadpoles feasting on eggs from the mountain chicken frog are caught on camera. |
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| 'Taste test' for Neanderthal DNA DNA analysis of an ancient bone shows that the genetic variation responsible for differences in the ability to taste a bitter chemical in modern humans also existed in neanderthals. | |
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| Traces of planet collision found Nasa's Spitzer space telescope finds evidence of a high-speed collision between two burgeoning planets around a young star. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Facebook in challenge to Google Facebook turns up the heat on Google with an "11th hour" purchase of content-sharing service FriendFeed. |
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| Ideas sought for open government Ideas are being sought for ways to use the web to improve democracy or make government more transparent. | |
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| 'Crisis satellite' returns images The first pictures are returned from the latest UK satellite designed to image areas struck by natural disasters. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Family-friendly baby units urged Neonatal units looking after premature babies need redesigning to put parents at the heart of care, say campaigners. |
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| 'Shock' over stroke death rates Stroke death rates are three times higher in the poorest areas of England and Wales, a study shows. | |
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| Drink blamed for oral cancer rise Alcohol is largely to blame for an "alarming" rise in the rate of oral cancers among men and women in their forties, say experts. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | University entry shake-up call A fairer university admission system requires pupils to know their A-level grades before they apply, says a report. |
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| Science questions baffle parents Four in five parents in the UK have been stumped by a science question posed by their children, a survey suggests. | |
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| More pupils can claim free meals The number of pupils able to claim free school meals has risen, shows the annual census of schools in England. | |
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| 1985: Hundreds dead in Boeing crash A Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashes on a remote mountainside 70 miles from Tokyo in Japan. | |||
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| 1969: Police use tear gas in Bogside The Royal Ulster Constabulary uses tear gas for the first time in its history after nine hours of rioting in the Bogside area of Londonderry. | |||
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| 1964: Great Train Robber escapes from jail A massive manhunt is underway across Britain after one of the gang involved in the Great Train Robbery breaks out of a high-security prison in Birmingham. | |||
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