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| Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Lockerbie bomber 'to be released' The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is likely be freed on compassionate grounds next week, the BBC learns. |
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| 'Too many' young offenders jailed Children as young as 12 are being imprisoned unjustly in England and Wales, breaking government guidelines, Barnardos says. | |
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| Mob kills UK gems expert in Kenya A leading Scottish gemstone expert and mine owner is killed in Kenya by a gang armed with home-made weapons. | |
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| Asylum staff 'are intimidating' Illegal immigrants are failing to be removed from the UK because escort staff are "intimidating", says a report. | |
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| 'Tipping point' for pension plans Nearly a quarter of the biggest firms on the UK stock market will be unable to pay off their pension deficits, a report says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Lockerbie bomber 'to be released' The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is likely be freed on compassionate grounds next week, the BBC learns. |
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| Philippines clashes leave 43 dead At least 23 soldiers and 20 militants are killed in clashes in the southern Philippines, an army commander says. | |
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| 'Dirty war' general found guilty An Argentine court sentences a former general to life in prison for human rights abuses during the country's military rule. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| Lockerbie bomber 'to be released' The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is likely be freed on compassionate grounds next week, the BBC learns. |
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| Pakistanis shot at Somali mosque At least five Pakistanis are gunned down in a dawn attack on a mosque on the border of Somalia's Puntland region. | |
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| Clinton ready for Liberia visit US Secretary State Hillary Clinton is due in Monrovia for talks with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and to address parliament. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Lockerbie bomber 'to be released' The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is likely be freed on compassionate grounds next week, the BBC learns. |
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| 'Dirty war' general found guilty An Argentine court sentences a former general to life in prison for human rights abuses during the country's military rule. | |
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| Ousted Honduran leader presses US Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya urges the US to take tougher action to help restore him to power. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Philippines clashes leave 43 dead At least 23 soldiers and 20 militants are killed in clashes in the southern Philippines, an army commander says. |
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| Extra troops for Taiwan rescue Taiwan sends more than 4,000 extra soldiers to speed up rescue efforts after last weekend's deadly typhoon. | |
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| Australia emissions plan rejected Australia's Senate votes down a plan to introduce a carbon trading scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Lockerbie bomber 'to be released' The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is likely be freed on compassionate grounds next week, the BBC learns. |
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| Russian navy joins hunt for ship Russia's navy is deployed to find a ship reportedly hijacked three weeks ago in the Baltic Sea. | |
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| French pool bans 'burkini' swim French officials ban a Muslim woman from swimming in a public pool while wearing a swimsuit that covers her entire body. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran jail rape claims 'baseless' The speaker of Iran's parliament dismisses claims that opposition protesters have been raped in detention. |
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| Deaths mount amid Yemen offensive The Yemen army is continuing a major offensive against rebels in the north, with at least 15 people killed in two days of fighting. | |
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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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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | India's water use 'unsustainable' Parts of India are on track for severe water shortages. according to results from Nasa's gravity satellites. |
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| Mumbai closes schools in flu fear India's commercial capital, Mumbai, closes schools, colleges and cinemas in a bid to limit the spread of swine flu. | |
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| US 'video terrorist' found guilty A US court finds a man guilty of aiding terrorist groups by videoing Washington landmarks and sending the tapes abroad. | |
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| UK | |
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| Lockerbie bomber 'to be released' The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is likely be freed on compassionate grounds next week, the BBC learns. |
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| Asylum staff 'are intimidating' Illegal immigrants are failing to be removed from the UK because escort staff are "intimidating", says a report. | |
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| Mob kills UK gems expert in Kenya A leading Scottish gemstone expert and mine owner is killed in Kenya by a gang armed with home-made weapons. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Body exhumed in 1979 murder probe Police investigating the rape and murder of a woman in Southampton 30 years ago exhume the body of a suspect. |
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| Rail strike on after talks falter Strike action on some railway lines into London begins after talks fail between unions and National Express. | |
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| Video footage of Biggs released Video footage of the 80-year-old Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is released showing a "very sick man", his lawyer says. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Jobs offer for redundant workers Thirty-five workers who lost their jobs at Central Group Services in east Belfast last week are offered alternative employment. |
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| Child 'terrified' by gun attack The mother of a six-year-old girl who was in the house during a gun attack in Londonderry said her daughter was left "terrified." | |
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| O'Loan's house damaged in attack The home of former police ombudsman Dame Nuala O'Loan and her SDLP assembly member husband Declan has been targeted in a sectarian attack. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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| Lockerbie bomber 'to be released' The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is likely be freed on compassionate grounds next week, the BBC learns. |
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| 'Biggles' tale saved crash pilot A pilot whose plane crashed into a tree on a golf course puts his escape down to a love of the "Biggles" adventure stories. | |
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| Mob kills UK gems expert in Kenya A leading Scottish gemstone expert and mine owner is killed in Kenya by a gang armed with home-made weapons. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Wales jobless down a second month Unemployment figures in Wales continue to buck the trend by dropping, despite rising in every other part of the UK. |
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| Majorca attack victim flown home A 16-year-old schoolboy left critically ill after an attack outside a nightclub in Majorca is flown home. | |
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| Hartson 'ignored signs of cancer' Former footballer John Hartson, who is receiving treatment for cancer, said he found a lump two years ago but ignored it. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | MP's rations remark 'offensive' Shadow Commons leader Alan Duncan is criticised by the former sleaze watchdog for saying MPs have had to "live on rations". |
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| UK jobless total climbs to 2.4m The number of people out of work in the UK has risen by 220,000 in the three months to June to the the highest level since 1995. | |
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| 'Fragile recovery' for UK economy The Bank of England warns that the UK economy still has some way to go before it recovers from the effects of the financial crisis. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | 'Tipping point' for pension plans Nearly a quarter of the biggest firms on the UK stock market will be unable to pay off their pension deficits, a report says. |
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| UK jobless total climbs to 2.4m The number of people out of work in the UK has risen by 220,000 in the three months to June to the the highest level since 1995. | |
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| 'Fragile recovery' for UK economy The Bank of England warns that the UK economy still has some way to go before it recovers from the effects of the financial crisis. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Strictly to abandon results show BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing will drop its Sunday night results programme when it returns in the autumn, it is announced. |
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| Plinth nudist ordered to cover up A man participating in Antony Gormley's fourth plinth art project is made to cover up by police after he strips off during his slot. | |
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| Singer Andre keen to 'move on' Pop star Peter Andre says he wants to "move on" after the split from model Katie Price as talking about it is "too draining". | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Meteor show reaches dazzling peak Skygazers are observing a dazzling sky show, as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. |
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| India's water use 'unsustainable' Parts of India are on track for severe water shortages. according to results from Nasa's gravity satellites. | |
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| New planet displays exotic orbit A team of astronomers discover the first planet that orbits in the opposite direction to the spin of its star. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Judge bans Microsoft Word sales Microsoft has been fined $290m (£175m) and barred from selling its program Word in the wake of a patent row. |
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| 'Facebook Lite' gets public debut Facebook lifts the lid on its new "Lite" mobile and dialup service, designed for markets where broadband access is limited. | |
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| New Google 'puts Bing in shade' Experts suggest Google's new "Caffeine" search engine has features which could overshadow Microsoft's Bing. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Child headache burden uncovered One in five young teenagers suffer headaches at least once a week, say researchers who called for better diagnosis and treatment. |
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| Surviving cancer ' baby impact' Women who underwent radiotherapy for cancer as children are at risk of having small babies, a study shows. | |
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| Charity warns over child drinkers Fewer children are drinking but those who do are downing more than every before, the charity Alcohol Concern warns. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Call for quango cull in education Two thirds of England's education quangos should be scrapped, a report from a think tank suggests. |
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| Heads 'swamped' by new guidance Head teachers in England and Wales are "inundated" with lengthy e-mail updates from government, the Tories say. | |
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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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| 1961: Berliners wake to divided city Troops in East Germany seal off the border between East and West Berlin, shutting off the escape route for thousands of refugees from the East. | |||
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| 1966: China announces Cultural Revolution China announces plans for a "new leap forward" after the first meeting in four years of the Communist Party's Central Committee. | |||
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| 1977: Violent clashes at NF march More than 200 protesters are arrested after demonstrations in Lewisham against a National Front march. | |||
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