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| Tuesday, 25 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Jackson 'had lethal drug levels' Pop star Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the drug propofol in his body when he died, court documents show. |
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| US launches probe into CIA abuses A special US prosecutor is appointed to investigate allegations of abuse of terror suspects as a key report is published. | |
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| 'Legal highs' set to be banned "Legal highs" such as dance drugs BZP and GBL and a cannabis substitute will be outlawed this year, the Home Office says. | |
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| Brown holds talks with Netanyahu Gordon Brown will hold talks with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on the future of the Middle East peace process. | |
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| Call for Libya to pay IRA victims Relatives of IRA victims have renewed their calls for compensation from Libya following the release of the Lockerbie bomber. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | US launches probe into CIA abuses A special US prosecutor is appointed to investigate allegations of abuse of terror suspects as a key report is published. |
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| Jackson 'had lethal drug levels' Pop star Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the drug propofol in his body when he died, court documents show. | |
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| S African athlete set for return South African runner Caster Semenya is to get a rapturous welcome home, despite being asked to take a gender test. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Kenya begins contentious census Officials are carrying out Kenya's first census since 1999, which controversially asks about people's ethnicity. |
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| Africa seeks climate change cash Ministers from 10 African countries meet to decide how to pursue their demand for compensation for global warming. | |
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| S African athlete set for return South African runner Caster Semenya is to get a rapturous welcome home, despite being asked to take a gender test. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| US launches probe into CIA abuses A special US prosecutor is appointed to investigate allegations of abuse of terror suspects as a key report is published. |
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| Jackson 'had lethal drug levels' Pop star Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the drug propofol in his body when he died, court documents show. | |
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| Bernanke set for second Fed term US President Barack Obama is to announce he is reappointing Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the US central bank, the Federal Reserve. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Koreas to discuss family reunion North and South Korea agree to hold talks through the Red Cross to help reunite families divided by war in the 1950s. |
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| China coal mine blast kills 11 Chinese state media says at least 11 people have died in a gas blast in a coal mine in northern Shanxi province. | |
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| Japan PM in gaffe on poor couples With a general election looming, Japan's Prime Minister says cash-strapped young people should not get married. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Wind lull aids Greek firefighters A break in strong winds helps Greek firefighters battling dozens of fierce wildfires across the country for the past four days. |
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| Russia accuses Ukraine on Georgia Ukrainian troops fought alongside Georgian forces in the brief conflict last August between Georgia and Russia, Russian prosecutors say. | |
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| Recession in Britain 'at an end' Confidence among British business professionals sees the biggest rise for two years, suggesting the recession is over. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Deadly bus bombs hit Iraqi town At least 11 people have been killed in bomb attacks on two buses near the southern Iraqi town of Kut, police say. |
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| Shots exchanged over Gaza border One Palestinian is killed and an Israeli soldier injured in an exchange of fire over the Gaza border. | |
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| Iran 'will co-operate with IAEA' Iran will continue to co-operate with the UN over its nuclear work, a foreign ministry spokesman says. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Journalist shot dead in Pakistan Unidentified gunmen shoot dead an Afghan journalist in an ambush near Peshawar in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
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| Recanting Sri Lanka medics bailed Four doctors detained for allegedly exaggerating civilian casualty figures in Sri Lanka's combat zone are bailed. | |
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| Encephalitis kills 200 in India At least 200 children have been killed in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in northern India, health officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | 'Legal highs' set to be banned "Legal highs" such as dance drugs BZP and GBL and a cannabis substitute will be outlawed this year, the Home Office says. |
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| Loophole over selling banned DVDs Retailers who sell violent video games and 18-rated DVDs to children cannot be prosecuted because of a legal blunder. | |
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| Call for Libya to pay IRA victims Relatives of IRA victims have renewed their calls for compensation from Libya following the release of the Lockerbie bomber. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Payout ordered over river death An extreme sports company is ordered to pay compensation to the family of a British woman who died while river boarding in New Zealand. |
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| 1,000 cameras 'solve one crime' An internal police report reveals each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London solve just one crime per year. | |
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| Runaway motorway greyhound found A racing greyhound which went on the run for eight days after escaping from a race track is found safe and well. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Call for Libya to pay IRA victims Relatives of IRA victims have renewed their calls for compensation from Libya following the release of the Lockerbie bomber. |
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| Six killed in weekend accidents A woman injured in a road accident in Tempo, County Fermanagh, on Sunday dies in hospital. | |
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| Erosion may have caused collapse A preliminary report into the collapse of part of a railway line says seabed erosion may have been the cause. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Minister stands by bomber release Scotland's justice secretary defends his decision to free the Lockerbie bomber, saying he will "live with the consequences". |
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| Alternative plan for Diageo jobs A business plan to save the Diageo plant in Kilmarnock from closure will be handed to the Scottish Government later. | |
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| Families £11 a week 'better off' Scottish families are better off than last year but spending power still lags behind the UK average, a study suggests. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Brothers jailed for armed robbery Two brothers are jailed for 10 years after admitting an armed robbery, and their getaway driver is jailed for three years. |
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| Disgruntled driver 'killed boss' A lorry driver murdered his boss and tried to kill three colleagues in a "terrifying ordeal" at their office, a jury hears. | |
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| Couple's killer to release book One of two men jailed for the murder of a Welsh couple who were house hunting in Spain is to publish a book about his life. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Brown holds talks with Netanyahu Gordon Brown will hold talks with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on the future of the Middle East peace process. |
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| Minister stands by bomber release Scotland's justice secretary defends his decision to free the Lockerbie bomber, saying he will "live with the consequences". | |
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| Legal action over BNP membership The equality watchdog begins legal action against the BNP over concerns about ethnic restrictions on its membership. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Recession in Britain 'at an end' Confidence among British business professionals sees the biggest rise for two years, suggesting the recession is over. |
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| CBI calls for youth job subsidies The UK government should spend more money to tackle youth unemployment, says the CBI employers' group. | |
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| Oil prices rise to 10-month highs Global oil prices rise to 10-month highs on fresh signs that the global economic recovery is gathering pace. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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| Jackson 'had lethal drug levels' Pop star Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the drug propofol in his body when he died, court documents show. |
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| Liam sorry as Oasis miss festival Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher apologises to fans after the band pulled out of the V Festival in Essex. | |
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| Katona cautioned for possession Reality TV personality Kerry Katona has been cautioned by police for possessing a controlled substance. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Shuttle to deliver 'hot and cold' The Discovery shuttle is set for launch on a mission to deliver an oven and a freezer to the International Space Station. |
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| Broken hearts mend with 'patch' Scientists have developed a "muscle patch" that could potentially repair damage from heart attacks. | |
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| DNA clue to honey bee deaths Scientists reveal how viruses thought to be behind the mass deaths of honey bees wreak their damage inside cells. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Nokia announces netbook offering Mobile phone giant Nokia has entered the PC market with Booklet, its 3G and wi-fi connected netbook. |
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| Apple schedules OS update release Apple has confirmed a release date of 28 August for the update of its operating system, dubbed Mac OS X Snow Leopard. | |
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| Loophole over selling banned DVDs Retailers who sell violent video games and 18-rated DVDs to children cannot be prosecuted because of a legal blunder. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Broken hearts mend with 'patch' Scientists have developed a "muscle patch" that could potentially repair damage from heart attacks. |
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| Apple-shaped women's asthma risk A study suggests apple-shaped women with a waist bigger than 88cm have a higher risk of developing asthma - even if they have a normal body weight. | |
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| Low-carb diets 'damage arteries' Low-carb sliming diets may clog arteries, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a study suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Student place scramble continues Teenagers who failed to get their first choices for university have been 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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| 1944: Paris is liberated as Germans surrender General Charles de Gaulle enters the capital of France after French and US troops force a German surrender. | |||
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| 2003: Bombay rocked by twin car bombs Two powerful bomb blasts hit the Indian city of Bombay within minutes of each other, killing at least 44 and injuring nearly 150. | |||
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| 1997: East German leader guilty of Berlin Wall deaths A court in Berlin sentences the former East German leader, Egon Krenz, to six-and-a-half years in prison. | |||
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