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| Saturday, 15 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Hamas crackdown on radical group Hamas launches a bloody crackdown on a radical Islamist group after it declared Gaza an "Islamic emirate". |
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| Tories want end of bonus culture The Tories would seek to stop the payment of large bonuses across the banking system, the shadow chancellor says. | |
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| Explosion targets Afghan capital A large explosion is heard in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, less than a week before elections. | |
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| Parent debt 'damaging education' Parents who do not settle school bills for care of their children out of hours are forcing some schools into cuts, head teachers warn. | |
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| 'Colombia-US base accord reached' Colombia says it has struck a deal to allow the US to use its military bases, despite concerns in some South American nations. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Hamas crackdown on radical group Hamas launches a bloody crackdown on a radical Islamist group after it declared Gaza an "Islamic emirate". |
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| Mystery remains over cargo vessel The fate of the missing Russian-manned cargo ship, Arctic Sea, is still unresolved with a sighting off Africa still to be confirmed. | |
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| Explosion targets Afghan capital A large explosion is heard in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, less than a week before elections. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Court gives bail to Congo's Bemba The war crimes court orders the release of DR Congo's former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba ahead of his war crimes trial. |
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| Mystery remains over cargo vessel The fate of the missing Russian-manned cargo ship, Arctic Sea, is still unresolved with a sighting off Africa still to be confirmed. | |
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| School pupil, 90, dies in Kenya Kimani Nganga Maruge, who held the world record for being the oldest person to start primary school, dies in Kenya. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | 'Colombia-US base accord reached' Colombia says it has struck a deal to allow the US to use its military bases, despite concerns in some South American nations. |
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| US TV 'focused on health anger' US President Barack Obama accuses the media of focusing on healthcare forums when "tempers flare". | |
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| US 'fight club' worker sentenced An ex-worker at a Texas school for mentally disabled people is jailed for three years for causing injury during orchestrated fights. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Hopes fade for Taiwan survivors Hopes fade that rescuers will be able to save hundreds trapped by mudslides and floods in Taiwan, six days after Typhoon Morakot. |
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| US senator in landmark Burma trip Senator Jim Webb arrives in Burma to meet military ruler Than Shwe, the most senior US politician to do so. | |
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| Seoul in arms cut plea to North South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urges talks with North Korea on cutting conventional weapons on the peninsula. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Mystery remains over cargo vessel The fate of the missing Russian-manned cargo ship, Arctic Sea, is still unresolved with a sighting off Africa still to be confirmed. |
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| Gang kills seven in Russian sauna Russian police hunt gunmen who killed seven women at a sauna and four policemen in the southern region of Dagestan. | |
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| Mass Polish reburial of war dead The remains of 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave from World War II are reburied in a military cemetery. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Hamas crackdown on radical group Hamas launches a bloody crackdown on a radical Islamist group after it declared Gaza an "Islamic emirate". |
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| Iranian ex-MPs challenge Khamenei A group of former Iranian MPs appeals to a powerful clerical panel to investigate if the supreme leader is fit to rule. | |
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| Iraqi protest at media censorship Some 200 Iraqi media workers protest in Baghdad at what they say is growing state interference in their work. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Explosion targets Afghan capital A large explosion is heard in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, less than a week before elections. |
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| Pakistan to reform tribal areas Pakistani President Zardari announces reforms to integrate the country's war-torn tribal areas into the country's mainstream. | |
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| Pakistan-Turkey rail trial starts Pakistan is launching its first international freight train service from Islamabad to Istanbul, covering 6,500km. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Tories want end of bonus culture The Tories would seek to stop the payment of large bonuses across the banking system, the shadow chancellor says. |
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| Parent debt 'damaging education' Parents who do not settle school bills for care of their children out of hours are forcing some schools into cuts, head teachers warn. | |
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| 'Oldest' golden eagle found dead The oldest known wild golden eagle in Britain is found dead on the Scottish island of Jura at the age of 22. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | £1m reward offered over gems raid The biggest ever reward following a robbery is offered as police hunt the criminals behind a £40m jewellery raid in London. |
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| George Michael quizzed over crash Singer George Michael is arrested and held by police for five hours after his Land Rover and a lorry collide in Berkshire. | |
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| Skydiver falls onto hangar roof A skydiver reportedly falls about 1,000ft onto the roof of an aircraft hangar in Shropshire and survives. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | 81-year-old beaten by masked man An 81-year-old man is assaulted in his County Down home by a masked man who ransacked rooms. |
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| 60 pigeons killed in arson attack Almost 60 birds are killed in a fire after arsonists targeted a pigeon fanciers' club on the outskirts of Belfast. | |
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| Giant's Causeway gift shop raided Jewellery and souvenirs worth several thousands of pounds are stolen during a burglary at a gift shop at the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Clinton urges no Megrahi release US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill not to free the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. |
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| Child critical after window fall A toddler is 'critically ill' in hospital after falling from an upper storey window of a a tenement in Glasgow. | |
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| 'Oldest' golden eagle found dead The oldest known wild golden eagle in Britain is found dead on the Scottish island of Jura at the age of 22. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Airbus loan 'helps Welsh firms' The UK government's £340m investment in Airbus will boost the firm's contractors in Wales, say politicians. |
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| War memorial vandalism 'insult' Vandalism of three war memorials in a south Wales community is being blamed on "despicable" scrap metal thieves. | |
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| Compassion plea after cycle death The family of a cyclist killed on the road ask a court for compassion before the driver involved is sentenced. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Tories want end of bonus culture The Tories would seek to stop the payment of large bonuses across the banking system, the shadow chancellor says. |
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| NHS attack by MEP 'unpatriotic' Labour steps up its attacks on a Tory MEP who criticised the NHS on US television, with the health secretary calling it unpatriotic. | |
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| MP defends Muslim wedding walkout Jim Fitzpatrick MP defends his decision to walk out of a Muslim wedding in east London after being segregated from his wife. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Tories want end of bonus culture The Tories would seek to stop the payment of large bonuses across the banking system, the shadow chancellor says. |
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| UK repossessions eased in spring UK repossessions have fallen but rising unemployment could mean other owners face losing their homes, lenders say. | |
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| Biggest US bank failure this year Colonial BancGroup becomes the biggest US bank to collapse this year and its assets are sold to rival BB&T, the regulator says. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Wembley record 'broken by U2 gig' U2's first UK gig on their current tour is expected to have set a new crowd record for Wembley Stadium, organisers say. |
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| George Michael quizzed over crash Singer George Michael is arrested and held by police for five hours after his Land Rover and a lorry collide in Berkshire. | |
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| Streets pull gigs over swine flu Mike Skinner of The Streets cancels all gigs this weekend, including a slot at a music festival in Leicester, because his bassist has swine flu. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | US probe captures Saturn equinox Raw images of the moment Saturn reached its equinox have been beamed back to Earth by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft. |
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| Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast' One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than 10 years ago, research seen by the BBC suggests. | |
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| Facial expressions 'not global' A new study suggests that people from different cultures might read facial expressions differently. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Alarm sounded over game futures Video game makers are under threat from spiralling licence costs and competition among consoles, warns analyst. |
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| Sony to support open ebook format Sony is dropping its own-brand standard for digital books in favour of an open format. | |
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| Microsoft backs long life for IE6 The venerable IE6 browser will be supported until 2014, despite a campaign to kill it, says Microsoft. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Deal 'close' over swine flu jabs Doctors' leaders are hopeful a deal can soon be reached in negotiations with government over the swine flu vaccination programme. |
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| Many women 'not on safest pill' Many women are not taking the safest brand of the pill, say researchers who found variation in the risk of blood clot. | |
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| NHS attack by MEP 'unpatriotic' Labour steps up its attacks on a Tory MEP who criticised the NHS on US television, with the health secretary calling it unpatriotic. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Teacher trainees 'lack A-levels' Too many teachers in key subjects such as science and maths are not well-qualified enough, a report says. |
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| Parent debt 'damaging education' Parents who do not settle school bills for care of their children out of hours are forcing some schools into cuts, head teachers warn. | |
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| England youth drop-out rate rises The number of young people in England not working or training has increased, with large rises in some areas, figures show. | |
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| 1945: Allied nations celebrate VJ Day Allied nations across the globe rejoice on Victory in Japan day that marks the end of World War II. | |||
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| 1998: Dozens die in Omagh bombing At least 27 people are feared dead after a massive car bomb in the town of Omagh in Northern Ireland. | |||
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| 1965: Los Angeles riot toll keeps rising At least 28 people die and hundreds are injured after a weekend of rioting in Los Angeles. | |||
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