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| Wednesday, 02 September, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | PM faces more Lockerbie questions The Tories urge Gordon Brown to be "straight" with the public about his government's role in the Lockerbie bomber's release. |
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| 'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop Afghan opium cultivation has decreased by more than a fifth in a year, with the biggest fall in Helmand, the UN says. | |
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| Experts urge wider folic acid use A rise in spina bifida cases in Scotland prompts experts to urge all women of childbearing age to take folic acid supplements. | |
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| Court hearing expat pensions case A case that could affect the pensions of thousands of Britons who have retired abroad is being heard in a European court. | |
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| Pay armed forces more, Clegg says The worst-paid members of the armed forces should get an immediate £6,000 pay rise to help boost morale, the Lib Dems say. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | 'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop Afghan opium cultivation has decreased by more than a fifth in a year, with the biggest fall in Helmand, the UN says. |
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| Pinochet purges arrests ordered A Chilean judge orders the arrest of nearly 130 agents accused of purging critics of General Augusto Pinochet. | |
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| PM faces more Lockerbie questions The Tories urge Gordon Brown to be "straight" with the public about his government's role in the Lockerbie bomber's release. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Libya marks Gaddafi anniversary Libya begins celebrations to mark 40 years since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi seized power, but Western leaders stay away. |
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| ANC: Canada refugee ruling racist South Africa's ANC condemns as "racist" a decision by Canada to grant a white South African man refugee status. | |
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| Kenyan anger over corruption job The reappointment of the head of Kenya's anti-corruption body is condemned by campaigners who say he has achieved nothing. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Pinochet purges arrests ordered A Chilean judge orders the arrest of nearly 130 agents accused of purging critics of General Augusto Pinochet. |
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| Crews 'hopeful' over LA wildfire California firefighters are optimistic they can control an intense wildfire, after slowing its spread overnight. | |
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| Many ignore Mexican storm alert Thousands of residents in Mexico's Baja California peninsula ignore pleas to flee Hurricane Jimena. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Fiji suspended from Commonwealth Military-led Fiji is suspended from the Commonwealth, after it refused to commit to holding elections in 2010. |
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| Dalai Lama holds Taiwan prayers The Dalai Lama holds a prayer ceremony in southern Taiwan in memory of the victims of last month's typhoon. | |
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| China pupils told to love nation Chinese children are being told that the first lesson they must learn this school year is "love your country". | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Poland angry at Soviet war role Poland's president criticises the Soviet role in World War II, during commemorations marking the beginning of the conflict. |
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| Bomb hits Athens stock exchange An explosion outside the Athens stock exchange causes minor damage to the building, Greek police say. | |
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| Protests over Slovak language law Thousands of ethnic Hungarians voice their anger over a new law they say is aimed at suppressing their culture. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran MPs back 1994 bomb suspect Iranian MPs strongly back Ahmad Vahidi for defence minister, despite a warrant for his arrest over a 1994 bomb in Argentina. |
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| PM faces more Lockerbie questions The Tories urge Gordon Brown to be "straight" with the public about his government's role in the Lockerbie bomber's release. | |
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| Iran 'has new nuclear proposal' Iran says it is ready to resume talks with world powers after drawing up a new nuclear plan, media reports say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| 'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop Afghan opium cultivation has decreased by more than a fifth in a year, with the biggest fall in Helmand, the UN says. |
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| Pakistan clashes 'kill militants' More than 50 suspected militants have been killed in clashes across Pakistan's north-west, as others surrendered, the army says. | |
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| India diarrhoea outbreak kills 26 An outbreak of diarrhoea in the eastern Indian state of Orissa claims 26 lives, the state health minister says. | |
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| UK | |
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| PM faces more Lockerbie questions The Tories urge Gordon Brown to be "straight" with the public about his government's role in the Lockerbie bomber's release. |
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| Pay armed forces more, Clegg says The worst-paid members of the armed forces should get an immediate £6,000 pay rise to help boost morale, the Lib Dems say. | |
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| Experts urge wider folic acid use A rise in spina bifida cases in Scotland prompts experts to urge all women of childbearing age to take folic acid supplements. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Brothers charged over shot driver Three brothers are charged with conspiracy to murder a takeaway delivery driver who was shot and killed in Sheffield. |
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| Sacked presenter to be sentenced Former BBC presenter Ashley Blake is to be sentenced for attacking a teenager with a pole outside a West Midlands bar. | |
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| Boy conceived using new test born The first baby conceived with the help of a new egg screening technique is born. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Woman dies on motorcycle holiday A woman from Northern Ireland has died and her husband has been injured in a motorcycle accident in Germany. |
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| Jail for man who abused 'brother' A Belfast man who repeatedly abused a boy who was "like a brother" to him has been jailed for five years. | |
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| Drugs worth £500k seized in town Drugs worth £500,000 are seized from a storage facility by the police in Ballymena, County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | MSPs to debate bomber's release The Scottish Parliament is expected to vote to condemn the Holyrood government's handling of the Lockerbie bomber's case. |
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| Soldiers killed in Helmand named Two British soldiers who were killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in Afghanistan are named by the Ministry of Defence. | |
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| Experts urge wider folic acid use A rise in spina bifida cases in Scotland prompts experts to urge all women of childbearing age to take folic acid supplements. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Baby girl drowned in bath water A one-year-old child drowns after climbing the stairs as her mother slept and getting into a bath, an inquest hears. |
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| Murder 'followed Facebook change' A mother-of-four was murdered by her partner after she changed her relationship status to "single" on Facebook, a court hears. | |
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| Owner is fined over 70kg Labrador A dog owner is fined nearly £1,200 after a court hears that his Labrador suffered because it was "grossly overweight". | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| PM faces more Lockerbie questions The Tories urge Gordon Brown to be "straight" with the public about his government's role in the Lockerbie bomber's release. |
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| Pay armed forces more, Clegg says The worst-paid members of the armed forces should get an immediate £6,000 pay rise to help boost morale, the Lib Dems say. | |
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| Mayor condemns hedge fund plans The Mayor of London says EU plans to regulate hedge funds are a "blatant attack" on the city's role as a financial centre. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Personal debt dips for first time The amount of personal debt in the UK has fallen for the first time since records began in 1993, the Bank of England says. |
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| Mayor condemns hedge fund plans The Mayor of London says EU plans to regulate hedge funds are a "blatant attack" on the city's role as a financial centre. | |
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| eBay reaches deal to sell Skype Online auction site eBay agreeds to sell the majority of internet phone company Skype for about $2bn (£1.2bn). | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Voting change for best film Oscar The voting system, which will determine the winner of the best picture at this year's Oscars is being changed, it has been announced. |
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| Carradine film comes to Raindance One of the final on-screen performances from the late David Carradine will be shown at this year's Raindance Film Festival. | |
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| Final Destination tops UK chart 3D horror movie The Final Destination goes straight to number one in the UK and Ireland box office chart. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Engineering Earth 'is feasible' Geo-engineering projects could retard climate change but are no substitute for cutting emissions, a Royal Society report concludes. |
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| Strange jellies of the icy depths Details emerge of the strange jelly-like animals that inhabit the deep oceans of the Arctic. | |
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| Spaceship passes critical review The Orion spacecraft, which Nasa is developing to replace the shuttle, passes a critical development milestone. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Inventor urges patent law change Stealing patented ideas should be made a criminal offence, according to one of Britain's major inventors Trevor Baylis. |
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| Service outage hits Gmail users Google's Gmail service is hit by an outage affecting the "majority" of its 150 million users. | |
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| eBay reaches deal to sell Skype Online auction site eBay agreeds to sell the majority of internet phone company Skype for about $2bn (£1.2bn). | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | 'Bubble' children treatment hope The lives of children seriously ill because of genetic flaws in their immune systems may be saved with a safer form of bone marrow transplant, doctors say. |
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| Boy conceived using new test born The first baby conceived with the help of a new egg screening technique is born. | |
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| Experts urge wider folic acid use A rise in spina bifida cases in Scotland prompts experts to urge all women of childbearing age to take folic acid supplements. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | UK teenage girls 'worst drunks' An international report finds young teenagers in the UK, particularly girls, have high rates of drunkenness. |
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| More Diploma courses are launched The number of Diploma vocational courses available to students in England doubles from five to 10. | |
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| ADHD 'queue jumpers' spark debate Allowing children with attention-deficit disorders to "queue jump" at theme parks could be doing them more harm than good, one expert suggests. | |
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| 1945: Japan signs unconditional surrender Japanese officials sign the act of unconditional surrender, finally bringing to an end six years of world war. | |||
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| 1979: Ripper suspected of 12th murder Police discover the body of a young woman - thought to be the 12th victim of the "Yorkshire Ripper" - in an alleyway near the centre of Bradford. | |||
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| 1984: Seven killed in Sydney biker shootings A 14-year-old girl and six bikers are killed in a gun battle between rival gangs in a suburb of Sydney, Australia. | |||
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