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| Sunday, 16 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Deaths take UK Afghan toll to 201 Two British soldiers die after explosions in Afghanistan, taking the number of UK troops killed since 2001 to 201. |
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| Dozens die in Kuwait wedding fire Thirty-six women and children are killed by a fire in a tent at a wedding ceremony in Kuwait, officials say. | |
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| Tories plan league tables review Tory plans could see schools in England move up league tables by getting more students through "harder" exams like maths. | |
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| US man's Burma departure awaited Burma is expected in the next few hours to deport the US man whose visit to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi led to her trial. | |
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| Darling vow on City bonus rules The government is ready to tighten laws on City bonuses to stop bankers taking excessive risks, the chancellor says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | US man's Burma departure awaited Burma is expected in the next few hours to deport the US man whose visit to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi led to her trial. |
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| Dozens die in Kuwait wedding fire Thirty-six women and children are killed by a fire in a tent at a wedding ceremony in Kuwait, officials say. | |
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| Row over US Bollywood 'detention' Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan expresses anger at his treatment at a US airport but US customs deny he was detained. | |
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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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| 'Ransom demand' for missing ship Finnish police say a ransom demand has been made for a missing Russian-manned cargo vessel, the Arctic Sea. | |
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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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| US man's Burma departure awaited Burma is expected in the next few hours to deport the US man whose visit to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi led to her trial. |
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| Obama attacks insurance premiums US President Barack Obama steps up his drive for healthcare reform, attacking excessive insurance company premiums. | |
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| Row over US Bollywood 'detention' Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan expresses anger at his treatment at a US airport but US customs deny he was detained. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| US man's Burma departure awaited Burma is expected in the next few hours to deport the US man whose visit to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi led to her trial. |
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| Taiwan leader in typhoon apology Taiwan's president apologises for the slow official response to Typhoon Morakot which has killed at least 120 people. | |
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| Japanese ex-PMs visit war shrine Two Japanese former prime ministers visit a controversial World War II shrine, as the current PM stays away. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | 'Ransom demand' for missing ship Finnish police say a ransom demand has been made for a missing Russian-manned cargo vessel, the Arctic Sea. |
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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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| French minister urges burka ban A ban on the burka in France would help stem the spread of the "cancer" of radical Islam, a female Muslim minister says. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Hamas says Gaza now under control Hamas says that it has restored order in southern Gaza after a bloody crackdown on a radical Islamist group. |
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| Dozens die in Kuwait wedding fire Thirty-six women and children are killed by a fire in a tent at a wedding ceremony in Kuwait, officials say. | |
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| Iran appoints new judiciary head Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appoints the cleric Sadeq Larijani to be the new head of the judiciary. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Karzai condemns Kabul Nato blast Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemns a suicide bombing outside Nato's headquarters in Kabul, which killed seven people. |
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| Row over US Bollywood 'detention' Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan expresses anger at his treatment at a US airport but US customs deny he was detained. | |
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| Deaths take UK Afghan toll to 201 Two British soldiers die after explosions in Afghanistan, taking the number of UK troops killed since 2001 to 201. | |
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| UK | |
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| Deaths take UK Afghan toll to 201 Two British soldiers die after explosions in Afghanistan, taking the number of UK troops killed since 2001 to 201. |
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| Tories plan league tables review Tory plans could see schools in England move up league tables by getting more students through "harder" exams like maths. | |
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| Girl escapes car's cliff plunge An 11-year-old girl escapes with minor injuries after jumping out of a car seconds before it plunges down a cliff face into the sea. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | New theory over £40m jewel raid Police investigating a robbery at a London jewellery shop now believe the raid was planned to take place two days earlier. |
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| Woman diver's helicopter rescue A female diver believed to be suffering from the bends is airlifted by Royal Navy helicopter to a hyperbaric chamber in Plymouth. | |
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| Call to limit taxi drivers' hours Road safety charity Brake calls on the government to limit the number of hours taxi drivers can work before they take a break. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Woman punched during pub robbery A woman is punched twice in the face during a robbery at a pub in Ardglass, County Down. |
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| Man attacked during home burglary A 64-year-old man is assaulted during an aggravated burglary at his home in Lurgan, County Armagh. | |
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| Glentoran player attacked by fan Glentoran matchwinner Gary Hamilton is attacked by a Portadown supporter at the end of the Premiership match at Shamrock Park. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Bomber 'treated like a celebrity' A leading defence lawyer accuses the Scottish Government of treating the Lockerbie bomber like a celebrity. |
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| Canadians take world piping title More than 8,000 pipers and drummers from around the world compete in the world championships 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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 | Girl escapes car's cliff plunge An 11-year-old girl escapes with minor injuries after jumping out of a car seconds before it plunges down a cliff face into the sea. |
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| Flight delay after window cracked The cockpit window of a plane flying from Turkey to Cardiff cracked during the flight forcing it to be diverted, an inquiry shows. | |
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| Minority councillors help urged Positive discrimination should be used in Wales to increase councillors from ethnic minority backgrounds says a panel. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Tories plan league tables review Tory plans could see schools in England move up league tables by getting more students through "harder" exams like maths. |
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| Darling vow on City bonus rules The government is ready to tighten laws on City bonuses to stop bankers taking excessive risks, the chancellor says. | |
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| Deaths take UK Afghan toll to 201 Two British soldiers die after explosions in Afghanistan, taking the number of UK troops killed since 2001 to 201. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Darling vow on City bonus rules The government is ready to tighten laws on City bonuses to stop bankers taking excessive risks, the chancellor says. |
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| Bereaved families hit by tax hike The interest charged on inheritance tax will rise to 3% from next month, HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed. | |
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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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 | Michael 'sober' at crash arrest Singer George Michael says he was "stone cold sober" when he was arrested after a car crash in Berkshire. |
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| U2 brand green criticism 'unfair' The Edge defends the size and cost of their 360 Degrees world tour, as the band play to a record 88,000 people at Wembley Stadium. | |
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| Festivals battle web ticket scams Music festivals believe they are winning the fight against online ticket fraud after joining forces with police to close suspected scam sites. | |
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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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 | Moderate drinking 'boosts bones' Women who drink moderate amounts of beer may be strengthening their bones, according to Spanish researchers. |
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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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| EDUCATION | |
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| Tories plan league tables review Tory plans could see schools in England move up league tables by getting more students through "harder" exams like maths. |
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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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| 'No benefit' from tuition fees Students are not benefiting from the extra money brought in by tuition fees, according to a leading academic. | |
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| 1952: Flood devastates Devon village Twelve bodies are recovered and 24 people are missing feared dead in the flood which has swept through Lynmouth in north Devon. | |||
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| 2004: Dozens stranded in Cornish floods Flash floods devastate a north Cornwall coastal village after the area's average August rainfall fell in just two hours. | |||
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| 1977: Rock and roll 'king' Presley dies Elvis Presley, whose singing and style revolutionized popular music in the 1950s, dies after collapsing at his home. | |||
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