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| Sunday, 23 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Ministers defend Megrahi release The Scottish government has again defended its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid mounting criticism. |
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| MoD budgeting 'harms' UK missions The way the Ministry of Defence buys equipment is "harming our ability" to conduct operations, a leaked report says. | |
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| S Korean head meets North envoys South Korea's president receives senior envoys from the North who bring a message from North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. | |
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| US 'names secret terror suspects' The US military starts notifying the Red Cross of terror suspects at secret detention camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, US reports say. | |
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| Chemist warning on drug shortages Pharmacists are warning that patients are suffering because of a shortage of some branded medicines. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | S Korean head meets North envoys South Korea's president receives senior envoys from the North who bring a message from North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. |
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| Ministers defend Megrahi release The Scottish government has again defended its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid mounting criticism. | |
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| US 'names secret terror suspects' The US military starts notifying the Red Cross of terror suspects at secret detention camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, US reports say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigeria rebels hand over weapons A number of militant leaders in Nigeria's Delta region hands over weapons under a government amnesty programme. |
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| Ministers defend Megrahi release The Scottish government has again defended its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid mounting criticism. | |
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| Mali protest against women's law Tens of thousands of Malians have been protesting against a new law which gives women equal rights in marriage. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Ministers defend Megrahi release The Scottish government has again defended its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid mounting criticism. |
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| New education clash in Venezuela Rival groups of protesters clash in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, over controversial plans to reform the education system. | |
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| Breast implants yield murder data Los Angeles police identified the mutilated body of a murdered model through her breast implants, prosecutors say. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| S Korean head meets North envoys South Korea's president receives senior envoys from the North who bring a message from North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. |
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| China officials in smelter probe Two Chinese government officials are being investigated after 1,300 children got lead poisoning, the local government says. | |
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| Taiwan mourns for Morakot victims Three days of mourning begin in Taiwan for the hundreds believed to have been killed as a result of Typhoon Morakot. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Wildfires break out across Greece More than 70 wildfires start across Greece over the last 24 hours - the worst blazes in the country since 2007. |
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| Hungary far-right event broken up Hungarian police break up a meeting of a banned paramilitary group accused of inciting fear and threatening order. | |
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| Top Italian lottery prize is won A winning ticket is found in Italy's massive state lottery draw - worth 146.9m euros, reportedly Europe's biggest-ever jackpot. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Row over Iran's women ministers Conservative clerics in Iran criticise President Ahmadinejad's decision to include women in his proposed cabinet. |
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| Rafsanjani in 'conciliatory' move Former Iranian President Rafsanjani urges political factions to follow the supreme leader, in an apparent conciliatory move. | |
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| US 'names secret terror suspects' The US military starts notifying the Red Cross of terror suspects at secret detention camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, US reports say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan Taliban name new chief The Pakistani Taliban appoint a successor to Baitullah Mehsud, the militant leader reported killed in a US air strike. |
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| Afghan polling 'marked by fraud' Afghanistan's presidential poll was marred by intimidation and vote fraud, but generally fair, election monitors say. | |
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| US 'names secret terror suspects' The US military starts notifying the Red Cross of terror suspects at secret detention camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, US reports say. | |
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| UK | |
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| Ministers defend Megrahi release The Scottish government has again defended its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid mounting criticism. |
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| Britons die in Bulgaria car crash A British woman and a boy have been killed in a car crash in the Bulgarian resort of Varna. | |
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| Chemist warning on drug shortages Pharmacists are warning that patients are suffering because of a shortage of some branded medicines. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Two held over footballer stabbing Two men are arrested over the stabbing of West Ham United footballer Calum Davenport and his mother, police say. |
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| Skydiver dies after airfield fall A skydiver plunges to his death at an airfield in north Lincolnshire, police say. | |
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| Man charged over town stabbings A 19-year-old man is charged with seven counts of attempted murder following a number of stabbings in Keighley, police say. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Boy's body found in Antrim river The body of a boy has been recovered from the River Bush by teams searching for missing schoolboy James Elliott. |
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| Armed men mount illegal roadblock An illegal road block set up by armed and masked men in south Armagh is described as "sinister and unwelcome" by the SDLP. | |
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| Line collapse hits train service The Belfast-to-Dublin train service will be disrupted for weeks after part of the line on a viaduct collapsed on Friday. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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| Ministers defend Megrahi release The Scottish government has again defended its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid mounting criticism. |
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| Call to overhaul council system Scotland should consider cutting the number of local councils to save money, business leaders urge. | |
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| Man dies after car hits lamppost An 18-year-old man dies after a car left the road and crashed into a lamppost in Glasgow in the early hours of the morning. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Search called off for boy in sea The search is abandoned for a teenager washed off a harbour wall by a wave and swept out to sea at a holiday resort. |
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| Medal honour as troops come home An Elizabeth Cross is presented to the widow of a Royal Welsh soldier killed in Afghanistan after his comrades march in Cardiff. | |
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| Dramatic dash to debut by soprano A young opera singer makes a hasty trip to her Glyndebourne debut after the show's star tumbles into the orchestra pit. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Ministers defend Megrahi release The Scottish government has again defended its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid mounting criticism. |
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| Widdecombe attacks MP selection Ann Widdecombe says David Cameron's changes to the way Tory candidates are selected will mean more "second-class citizens" become MPs. | |
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| Anti-Kirkbride campaigner sacked A civil servant behind a campaign which led to Tory MP Julie Kirkbride stepping down over her expenses is sacked. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Pace of HBOS decline 'unexpected' The chairman of state-backed Lloyds Banking Group says it was taken by surprise by the level of losses at HBOS. |
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| Boss warns over airport strikes The chief executive of airport handling firm Swissport says strikes by union members will "ruin" people's holiday plans. | |
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| GM delays decision on Opel future The board of General Motors meets but does not make a decision on who should buy its Opel-Vauxhall division. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Michael Jackson's burial delayed The singer will be buried in Los Angeles on 3 September, not 29 August as had been announced, a family spokesman says. |
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| Dells singer Carter dies aged 75 Soul crooner Johnny Carter, who was a vocalist with groups The Dells and The Flamingos, dies in the US at the age of 75. | |
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| Public vote out Big Brother's Bea Bea Hamill becomes the latest contestant to be evicted from the Big Brother house. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Brighter idea for bendy displays Flexible and bright transparent displays based on inorganic LEDs outpace their organic LED cousins, researchers say. |
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| Glowing 'bomber worms' discovered Newly discovered glowing ocean worms release tiny green bombs to distract their predators, according to scientists. | |
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| Bizarre newt uses ribs as weapons Scientists discover how one amphibian deters attackers by unsheathing its bare rib bones, using them as poisonous spears. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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| Brighter idea for bendy displays Flexible and bright transparent displays based on inorganic LEDs outpace their organic LED cousins, researchers say. |
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| Microsoft previews new controller Microsoft allows the public to get their hands on its new, hands-free games controller, dubbed Natal, for the first time. | |
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| Tech giants unite against Google Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon will join a coalition to fight Google's efforts to create what could be the world's largest virtual library. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Chemist warning on drug shortages Pharmacists are warning that patients are suffering because of a shortage of some branded medicines. |
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| Poor 'lacking lung cancer help' The most deprived people in the UK are least likely to receive treatment when they get lung cancer, say researchers. | |
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| Flu drugs 'not needed' in healthy The World Health Organization has said healthy patients who catch swine flu do not need to be treated with Tamiflu. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Scramble for university places Teenagers who failed to get their first choices for university are rushing to find courses through clearing. |
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| Record top A-level grades awarded A record-breaking 26.7% of A-level entries for England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been awarded A grades. | |
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| Achievements mask school divide The proportion of A grades in this year's A-levels has risen the most in independent schools. | |
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| 1990: Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage show Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein appears on state television with western hostages, provoking a storm of outrage. | |||
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| 1991: Gorbachev punishes coup plotters Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev begins his purge of cabinet members and officials involved in the failed coup four days ago. | |||
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| 1961: Couple found shot in A6 lay-by Police launch a murder hunt after a man is found shot dead and his companion seriously wounded in a lay-by in Bedfordshire. | |||
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