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| Thursday, 10 September, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Obama urges action on healthcare US President Barack Obama calls on Congress to resolve its differences and act to reform the country's healthcare system. |
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| Plinth spot for death row Briton A British grandmother on death row in America is set to use the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square to appeal to Gordon Brown. | |
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| DNA fingerprinting 25 years old The scientist behind DNA fingerprinting calls for a change to databases on 25th anniversary of his discovery. | |
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| Freed reporter says road 'safe' The journalist whose rescue in Afghanistan left a British soldier dead, says the road on which he was kidnapped "appeared to be safe". | |
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| Japan death row 'breeds insanity' Japan's harsh death row conditions are driving many inmates towards insanity, Amnesty International warns. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Obama urges action on healthcare US President Barack Obama calls on Congress to resolve its differences and act to reform the country's healthcare system. |
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| Afghan election process 'biased' Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah tells the BBC the election commission is biased towards President Hamid Karzai. | |
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| Mexican police end hijack drama Mexican police free more than 100 passengers after a plane is hijacked by a religious fanatic on an internal flight. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Africa MPs cheer Lockerbie bomber Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi appears in public for the first time since his hero's welcome in Libya. |
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| Deadly capsize off Sierra Leone A boat with about 150 people on board capsizes off Sierra Leone, with eight confirmed dead and many missing. | |
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| Malawi defends tobacco expulsions Malawi's president defends his decision to deport four senior foreign tobacco buyers for flouting minimum-price rules. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Obama urges action on healthcare US President Barack Obama calls on Congress to resolve its differences and act to reform the country's healthcare system. |
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| Mexican police end hijack drama Mexican police free more than 100 passengers after a plane is hijacked by a religious fanatic on an internal flight. | |
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| Uruguay allows same-sex adoption Uruguay becomes the first Latin American country to allow same sex couples to adopt children as a controversial bill passes. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Japan death row 'breeds insanity' Japan's harsh death row conditions are driving many inmates towards insanity, Amnesty International warns. |
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| Australia to probe E Timor deaths Australia opens a war crimes investigation into the killing of five journalists during Indonesia's invasion of East Timor in 1975. | |
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| China unveils high-speed railways China announces plans to build 42 new high-speed railway lines and thousands of kilometres of new track by 2012. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Turks swept away in flash floods At least 23 people are killed and more are missing after the heaviest rain in 80 years triggers sudden floods in Turkey. |
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| 'Israel link' in Arctic Sea case Israel was linked to the interception of the missing ship Arctic Sea, a source close to Israeli intelligence tells the BBC. | |
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| Europe backs Obama foreign policy European support for Barack Obama's foreign policy is four times greater than that given to George W Bush, a new survey suggests. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Israel 'understated' Gaza deaths An Israeli rights group says many more Palestinian civilians died in the Israeli military's campaign in Gaza than the army admits. |
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| Truck blast in Iraqi Kurdish town A truck bomber sets off explosives in a Kurdish village near Mosul in northern Iraq, killing at least 17 people. | |
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| 'Israel link' in Arctic Sea case Israel was linked to the interception of the missing ship Arctic Sea, a source close to Israeli intelligence tells the BBC. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Afghan election process 'biased' Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah tells the BBC the election commission is biased towards President Hamid Karzai. |
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| Afghan sceptics alarm Nato chief Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he is concerned by growing scepticism about the war in Afghanistan. | |
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| Kashmir activist discovered dead A member of a committee leading protests over the deaths of two women in Indian-administered Kashmir is found dead. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Freed reporter says road 'safe' The journalist whose rescue in Afghanistan left a British soldier dead, says the road on which he was kidnapped "appeared to be safe". |
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| Plinth spot for death row Briton A British grandmother on death row in America is set to use the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square to appeal to Gordon Brown. | |
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| Shutters down on more newsagents Independent newsagents across the UK are closing down at a rate of more than one a day, the BBC reveals. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Fromelles grave excavation ends The remains of 250 World War I soldiers are recovered following a four month excavation at Fromelles. |
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| Shields speaks of 'living hell' Liverpool football fan Michael Shields, who has been freed after serving four years for attacking a Bulgarian barman, speaks of his "living hell". | |
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| Bar offered 'most drunk' reward Police and alcohol campaigners condemn a bar in Newcastle for planning to reward its most drunk customers. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Trio guilty of possessing mortar Three men admit possessing an improvised mortar bomb found two years ago near Lurgan, County Armagh. |
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| New youth mental health hospital A new hospital for young people with mental health problems is to be built near Templepatrick, County Antrim. | |
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| N Ireland 0-2 Slovakia Northern Ireland's hopes of making the World Cup finals suffer a major blow after a 2-0 defeat by group leaders Slovakia. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Tuition fees reintroduction call A former Universities Scotland head calls for tuition fees to be introduced, partly for a scholarship fund for poorer students. |
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| Flat fire leads to huge drug haul Police discover drugs with an estimated street value of almost £2m following a fire at a flat in Dunbartonshire. | |
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| Scotland 0-1 Netherlands Eljero Elia's late goal gives the Dutch a victory that ends Scotland's hopes of World Cup qualification. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Jobs blow as retail park dropped A plan for a retail, leisure and office scheme on Anglesey is withdrawn by developers weeks before a public inquiry is due. |
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| Mortuary man cleared of groping A funeral worker is found not guilty of indecent assault of a female colleague at the mortuary of Wales' largest hospital. | |
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| Worn tyre theory for car deaths A worn tyre may have caused a teenager to lose control of his car killing him, a friend and an elderly driver. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Tories 'must learn from councils' A Conservative government will have much to learn from the way the party runs councils, shadow chancellor George Osborne says. |
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| Reverse VAT cut now, says Clegg The temporary VAT cut should be reversed immediately to pay for internships, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says. | |
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| Signs recession over - Mandelson Business Secretary Lord Mandelson says there are "signs" the UK economy is coming out of recession. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | FTSE breaks through 5,000 level Leading UK shares rise to their highest level for almost a year, with the FTSE index rising above 5,000 points. |
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| Market crisis 'will happen again' Former US central bank chief Alan Greenspan tells the BBC the global economy will experience another crash in the future. | |
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| Shutters down on more newsagents Independent newsagents across the UK are closing down at a rate of more than one a day, the BBC reveals. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Glasvegas wait on missing singer Glasvegas singer James Allan goes Awol for several days but gets in touch to tell bandmates he will turn up for their US tour. |
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| Houston's comeback tops US chart Whitney Houston's latest record enters the Billboard album chart at number one, having sold more than 300,000 copies. | |
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| Brown awaits Jackson gig ruling A US judge will decide whether R&B singer Chris Brown can perform at the Michael Jackson tribute gig in Vienna. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Superb vistas from reborn Hubble Astronomers celebrate the release of remarkable images from the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope. |
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| DNA fingerprinting 25 years old The scientist behind DNA fingerprinting calls for a change to databases on 25th anniversary of his discovery. | |
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| Killer genes cause potato famine Scientists publish the genome of the potato blight mould, a major cause of the Irish famine and still a big farming problem worldwide. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Steve Jobs lights up Apple show Apple's CEO Steve Jobs appears at a product launch, in his first public appearance since being treated for cancer. |
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| Websites 'breaking consumer laws' More than half of websites selling electronic goods and tested in an EU probe break European laws aimed at protecting consumers. | |
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| Smart tech reconnects Colombians Researchers are using "semantic web technology" to reconnect Colombians displaced in the country's civil conflict. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Many 'lacking first aid skills' Only one in 13 people feel confident they could carry out first aid on ill and injured people, a survey shows. |
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| Road noise link to blood pressure People living near noisy roads are at greater risk of developing high blood pressure, a Swedish study suggests. | |
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| Stem cell link to prostate cancer A newly identified type of stem cell may cause some cases of prostate cancer, research on mice suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Problems in student loans system Problems in the student loans system are being monitored closely, as administrators struggle to deal with a record number of applications. |
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| Poor language skills 'hamper UK' Campaigners say the UK needs more language graduates to help it emerge from the economic downturn. | |
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| Cricket 'has spin-off for pupils' Cricket can boost pupils' confidence, foster a team spirit and improve health in schools, research suggests. | |
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| 1973: Bomb blasts rock central London Scotland Yard hunts a teenage suspect after two bombs at mainline stations injure 13 people and bring chaos to central London. | |||
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| 2000: Daring rescue frees jungle hostages One British paratrooper is killed and 11 injured during a bold mission to rescue six hostages being held in the Sierra Leonean jungle. | |||
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| 1988: BBC presenters in helicopter crash The television presenters Mike Smith and Sarah Greene are seriously injured in a helicopter crash in Gloucestershire. | |||
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