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| Thursday, 20 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Lockerbie bomber to be told fate The terminally-ill Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is expected to learn later he is being freed from prison. |
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| Stakes high as Afghans go to vote Millions of Afghans begin casting their ballots in presidential polls amid tight security over threatened Taliban attacks. | |
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| Improved A-level results expected Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are receiving their A-level grades, as the results are expected to rise again. | |
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| Two arrested over £40m gems raid Two people are arrested over an armed raid at a London jewellery store in which £40m worth of goods were stolen. | |
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| Rail staff 'quote higher fares' Many rail staff are giving out poor advice, meaning some passengers are paying more than necessary for tickets, a magazine investigation claims. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Stakes high as Afghans go to vote Millions of Afghans begin casting their ballots in presidential polls amid tight security over threatened Taliban attacks. |
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| N Korea sends US 'good signals' North Korea is "sending good signals" over restarting nuclear dialogue with the US, a senior US politician says. | |
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| Manager jailed for Argentina fire The former manager of a nightclub in Argentina is sentenced to 20 years in jail for a fire that killed 194 people in 2004. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Arrest threat for Nigeria debtors People who owe billions of dollars to troubled Nigerian banks have been given five days to pay the money, or face arrest. |
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| Sudanese foes sign new peace deal The US envoy to Sudan hails a deal signed by former foes from the north and south as promising a "brighter future". | |
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| Somali town cleared of radicals Islamists fighting Somalia's UN-backed government lose control of a border town - the second such loss in recent days. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US agrees Swiss tax deal over UBS The US and Switzerland sign an agreement designed to end a tax evasion dispute over Swiss banking giant UBS. |
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| Manager jailed for Argentina fire The former manager of a nightclub in Argentina is sentenced to 20 years in jail for a fire that killed 194 people in 2004. | |
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| Canada PM focuses on Arctic north Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits the Arctic region in a bid to promote Canada's sovereignty in the far north. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea sends US 'good signals' North Korea is "sending good signals" over restarting nuclear dialogue with the US, a senior US politician says. |
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| Suu Kyi intruder returned to US John Yettaw, the man jailed in Burma for visiting opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, returns home to the US. | |
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| China web addict 'beaten' at camp A teenage boy is repeatedly beaten at a boot camp to treat internet addicts in China, state media have said. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Hungary marks 1989 freedom event Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel thanks Hungary for its 1989 border opening which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
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| 'Ransom threat hit hijack ship' A group that hijacked the Arctic Sea threatened to blow up the ship if its ransom demand was not met, Russian officials say. | |
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| France worried by hornet invasion France is in the grip of an invasion by Chinese hornets which could hasten a mysterious decline in honeybee numbers, experts say. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraqi PM orders security review Iraq's prime minister orders a security review after a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad leave at least 95 people dead. |
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| Lebanon catches fugitive militant An Islamist militant is recaptured by the Lebanese army a day after he escaped from a high security prison. | |
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| Tunisia reporter move 'bodes ill' Pro-government journalists in Tunisia have taken control of a union, threatening press freedom before an election, activists say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Stakes high as Afghans go to vote Millions of Afghans begin casting their ballots in presidential polls amid tight security over threatened Taliban attacks. |
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| Senior Indian politician expelled India's Hindu nationalist BJP expels a senior leader, Jaswant Singh, after he praises Pakistani founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. | |
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| UK dealers 'sold ex-Soviet arms' UK dealers may have been selling ex-Soviet weapons to blacklisted countries, MPs warn in a report urging arms trade curbs. | |
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| UK | |
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| Lockerbie bomber to be told fate The terminally-ill Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is expected to learn later he is being freed from prison. |
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| Improved A-level results expected Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are receiving their A-level grades, as the results are expected to rise again. | |
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| Two arrested over £40m gems raid Two people are arrested over an armed raid at a London jewellery store in which £40m worth of goods were stolen. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Two arrested over £40m gems raid Two people are arrested over an armed raid at a London jewellery store in which £40m worth of goods were stolen. |
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| Milly police file Bellfield case Surrey Police investigating the murder of 13-year-old Milly Dowler are to submit evidence against jailed killer Levi Bellfield. | |
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| Man took his life over legal bill A man hanged himself at his Salford home after e-mailing a suicide note to government lawyers over a 'mistaken' £3,000 legal bill. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Probe call into republican event Sports Minister Nelson McCausland calls on the GAA to investigate a hunger strike commemoration held at one of its grounds at the weekend. |
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| Firm pays tribute to Afghan guard The private security firm a County Londonderry man was working for when he was killed in Afghanistan pays tribute to him. | |
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| Cash machine stolen in crash raid A cash machine is stolen from a County Tyrone pub by a gang who used a stolen car to force open its front doors. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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| Lockerbie bomber to be told fate The terminally-ill Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is expected to learn later he is being freed from prison. |
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| Tesco to create 800 finance jobs Tesco Personal Finance is expected to announce plans to create up to 800 jobs in Glasgow as part of an expansion in Scotland. | |
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| Cash machine raid image released Police release a CCTV image of a car which was used in an £80,000 raid on a cash machine in southern Scotland. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Doctors suspended over exam error Four junior hospital doctors are suspended from their posts after they had been wrongly told they had passed all their final exams. |
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| Steel plant restarts production Fresh orders mean production at a mothballed steel mill is to begin again, but the move will not reverse any of its job losses. | |
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| Giant lobster saved from hot pot A giant crustacean, believed to be 100 years old, is found in a catch in Lancashire. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Tories are party of NHS - Cameron David Cameron bids to recover from criticism of the Conservative Party stance on the NHS by setting out his vision of reform. |
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| Tory MP claims DNA record victory Damian Green says police have agreed to delete his DNA records - and calls for all innocent people to be given the same right. | |
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| Minister denies Army chief 'plot' Defence Minister Kevan Jones denies claims he is involved in a smear plot against the head of the British army. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Bank split over money injection Bank of England Governor Mervyn King wanted to pump more money into the economy but was outvoted by fellow policymakers. |
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| Lloyds to 'review' closure of C&G Lloyds Banking Group is to review its decision to close all 164 branches of its Cheltenham & Gloucester subsidiary. | |
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| Obama debuts in female power list Michelle Obama makes her debut in a list of the World's most powerful women - which is again topped by Angela Merkel | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | X Factor 'exploits', says Equity Performers union Equity claims reality shows like The X Factor are guilty of "cheap exploitation" for not paying contestants. |
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| Piracy officers probe Leona leak An investigation is launched after a yet-to-be released track by Leona Lewis is leaked onto the internet. | |
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| Jackson doctor 'told the truth' The doctor at the centre of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death issues a public statement on YouTube. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Snorkel rice could feed millions A new "super" rice plant is developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods, Nature journal reports. |
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| Autonomous tech 'requires debate' The Royal Academy of Engineering says the rise of autonomous, robotic technology raises legal and ethical issues. | |
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| How a flying fox keeps his harem Flying foxes with high levels of testosterone are better able to maintain a "harem" of females, say researchers. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | UK games market being 'strangled' The UK games market is being strangled by big name retailers, says German Developer Koch Media. |
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| MySpace to acquire music service MySpace says it will buy iLike. the top music application used on the rival social networking website Facebook. | |
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| Autonomous tech 'requires debate' The Royal Academy of Engineering says the rise of autonomous, robotic technology raises legal and ethical issues. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Primary liver cancers 'soaring' Cases of primary liver cancer, an often preventable disease, have trebled in the last 30 years, figures suggests. |
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| Tories are party of NHS - Cameron David Cameron bids to recover from criticism of the Conservative Party stance on the NHS by setting out his vision of reform. | |
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| 'Simple' endometriosis test hope Scientists develop a quick and simple way to diagnose endometriosis, without requiring surgery. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Improved A-level results expected Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are receiving their A-level grades, as the results are expected to rise again. |
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| Strike 'will not delay A-levels' Students awaiting A-level results are assured they will not be affected by industrial action by postal workers. | |
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| Youth drop-out rate hits new high Chancellor Alistair Darling vows to avoid creating a "lost generation" as figures show record numbers in England not in work or training. | |
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| 1989: Marchioness river crash 'kills 30' At least 30 people die after a pleasure cruiser and a barge collided on the River Thames. | |||
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| 1992: Duchess of York in photos row Intimate photographs of the Duchess of York and a Texan businessman are published in a tabloid newspaper. | |||
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| 1978: Two dead after El Al crew ambushed Two people die during an attack on a bus carrying Israeli airline staff in central London. | |||
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