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| Friday, 11 September, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Rover bosses took £42m from firm The executives who ran MG Rover before its collapse will face criticism in an official report to be published later, the BBC learns. |
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| Checks on children's club drivers New vetting rules mean parents who regularly drive children for sports or social clubs must undergo criminal checks, the Home Office says. | |
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| US urges caution on Afghan vote The US envoy to Afghanistan tells the BBC that critics of last month's presidential election should not "jump to conclusions". | |
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| New York to remember 9/11 victims New Yorkers are to commemorate the eighth anniversary on the attacks on the World Trade Center. | |
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| Mandelson positive over Vauxhall Business Secretary Lord Mandelson says he is upbeat about the future of the Vauxhall plants after they were taken over by Canadian firm Magna. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | US urges caution on Afghan vote The US envoy to Afghanistan tells the BBC that critics of last month's presidential election should not "jump to conclusions". |
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| US rejects Iran nuclear proposals The US says it is unhappy with the proposals submitted by Iran aimed at breaking the deadlock over its nuclear ambitions. | |
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| Clinton stresses key China goals The US sees ties with China as central to solving world problems, the US secretary of state tells a visiting China official. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Sacked SA troops return to work A South African court orders that some 1,300 soldiers dismissed after a strike turned violent be allowed to return to work. |
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| King's supporters riot in Uganda At least two people are killed in Uganda's capital Kampala in clashes between police and supporters of a traditional king. | |
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| Child mortality drop 'too slow' Mortality rates among the world's under-fives continue to fall but the UN children's agency Unicef says the decline is too slow. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Opel and Vauxhall to go to Magna Germany announces General Motors will sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canada's car parts manufacturer Magna. |
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| New York to remember 9/11 victims New Yorkers are to commemorate the eighth anniversary on the attacks on the World Trade Center. | |
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| Shuttle landing delayed for a day The landing of the space shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center is delayed for at least a day due to bad weather in Florida. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Clinton stresses key China goals The US sees ties with China as central to solving world problems, the US secretary of state tells a visiting China official. |
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| Nine held over Xinjiang syringes Chinese state media says nine people are arrested for mysterious syringe attacks in Xinjiang in western China. | |
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| Japan's space freighter in orbit Japan successfully launches its new unmanned cargo craft on a mission vital to the future of the space station. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Opel and Vauxhall to go to Magna Germany announces General Motors will sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canada's car parts manufacturer Magna. |
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| Rover bosses took £42m from firm The executives who ran MG Rover before its collapse will face criticism in an official report to be published later, the BBC learns. | |
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| Women rescued from Turkey TV scam Nine women are freed from a villa they entered two months ago thinking they were taking part in a reality TV show. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | US rejects Iran nuclear proposals The US says it is unhappy with the proposals submitted by Iran aimed at breaking the deadlock over its nuclear ambitions. |
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| Iran leader to make key sermon Iran's supreme leader is to lead Friday prayers - his first sermon since June when he defended President Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election. | |
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| Israel honours Entebbe operation Israel's foreign minister lays a wreath at Uganda's Entebbe airport, marking a 1976 operation by Israeli commandos. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| US urges caution on Afghan vote The US envoy to Afghanistan tells the BBC that critics of last month's presidential election should not "jump to conclusions". |
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| Court to probe Afghan war crimes The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he is gathering information about possible war crimes in Afghanistan. | |
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| Child mortality drop 'too slow' Mortality rates among the world's under-fives continue to fall but the UN children's agency Unicef says the decline is too slow. | |
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| UK | |
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| Rover bosses took £42m from firm The executives who ran MG Rover before its collapse will face criticism in an official report to be published later, the BBC learns. |
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| Unions confront Brown over jobs Gordon Brown will meet 15 trade union leaders later amid fears over the loss of thousands of public sector jobs. | |
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| Checks on children's club drivers New vetting rules mean parents who regularly drive children for sports or social clubs must undergo criminal checks, the Home Office says. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Rover bosses took £42m from firm The executives who ran MG Rover before its collapse will face criticism in an official report to be published later, the BBC learns. |
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| Buses cancelled as drivers strike Hundreds of bus services across Greater Manchester are cancelled as 800 drivers begin a 24-hour strike over pay. | |
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| Mandelson positive over Vauxhall Business Secretary Lord Mandelson says he is upbeat about the future of the Vauxhall plants after they were taken over by Canadian firm Magna. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Girl, 6, dies after fall in city A six-year-old girl dies after falling from a tree in the Ballymagroarty area of Londonderry. |
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| 20 homes targeted in drugs raid About 20 addresses in County Antrim are targeted in a major police operation against drug dealers. | |
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| Woman rescued from burning home A woman is in hospital after being rescued by neighbours from a fire at her home in Crumlin, County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Hero awards for Arbroath troops Bravery honours go to 15 marines and one soldier from Arbroath-based 45 Commando for their actions in Afghanistan. |
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| Obama tackles UK PM on Lockerbie US President Barack Obama voices his disappointment directly to UK PM Gordon Brown over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. | |
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| Scots project extended in Malawi A project backed by a Scottish council aimed at improving life for women in Malawi is to be rolled out across the African country. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Furnace to restart at steel plant A blast furnace at the Corus plant in Port Talbot is to be restarted, 10 months after it was mothballed due to the recession. |
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| Partner guilty of Facebook murder A man who stabbed his partner to death after she changed her Facebook status to "single" is sent to jail for life. | |
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| New force chief is 'good copper' The new chief constable of North Wales Police, replacing Richard Brunstrom, is named as 46-year-old Mark Polin. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Unions confront Brown over jobs Gordon Brown will meet 15 trade union leaders later amid fears over the loss of thousands of public sector jobs. |
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| Obama tackles UK PM on Lockerbie US President Barack Obama voices his disappointment directly to UK PM Gordon Brown over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. | |
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| Opel and Vauxhall to go to Magna Germany announces General Motors will sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canada's car parts manufacturer Magna. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Rover bosses took £42m from firm The executives who ran MG Rover before its collapse will face criticism in an official report to be published later, the BBC learns. |
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| Household wealth 'falls by £31k' UK households see their wealth drop by nearly £31,000 each last year because of the recession, a survey suggests. | |
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| Opel and Vauxhall to go to Magna Germany announces General Motors will sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canada's car parts manufacturer Magna. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Boyle is 'edging closer' to Porno Robert Carlyle has told the BBC that director Danny Boyle is "edging closer" to making Porno, the follow-up to his 1996 hit film Trainspotting. |
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| Hammond recovery 'still ongoing' Top Gear's Richard Hammond says he is still recovering from the effects of a high-speed car crash while filming three years ago. | |
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| Jackson's sister breaks silence In her first interview following her brother's death in June, singer Janet Jackson says she has avoided watching any TV news coverage since. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | UK 'could face blackouts by 2016' The UK could face blackouts as green energy is not coming on stream fast enough, the government's new energy adviser has told the BBC. |
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| Japan's space freighter in orbit Japan successfully launches its new unmanned cargo craft on a mission vital to the future of the space station. | |
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| Shuttle landing delayed for a day The landing of the space shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center is delayed for at least a day due to bad weather in Florida. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | MoD withdraws £114m comms system Costly military equipment is pulled from the front line in Afghanistan and replaced by a cheaper off-the-shelf system. |
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| Japan's space freighter in orbit Japan successfully launches its new unmanned cargo craft on a mission vital to the future of the space station. | |
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| PM apology after Turing petition Gordon Brown releases a statement on World War II code breaker Alan Turing, recognising the "appalling" way he was treated for being gay. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Call for fewer hysterectomy ops Too many women may be undergoing hysterectomies for heavy periods when alternative treatments should be considered first, an study suggests. |
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| No change in health gap from 1900 The link between poverty and early death is as strong today as it was a century ago, a study shows. | |
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| Low self-esteem leads to obesity A new study claims that it's your low self-esteem that makes you fat rather than your fat lowering your self-esteem. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Assistants 'taking lessons alone' A new report finds some schools use untrained postmen, beauticians and driving instructors to take class for up to a term. |
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| Checks on children's club drivers New vetting rules mean parents who regularly drive children for sports or social clubs must undergo criminal checks, the Home Office says. | |
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| Problems hit 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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| 2001: US rocked by day of terror The United States is in a state of shock after a day of attacks which left thousands dead and the World Trade Center destroyed. | |||
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| 1973: President overthrown in Chile coup President Salvador Allende of Chile - the world's first democratically-elected Marxist head of state - dies in a revolt led by the armed forces. | |||
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| 2003: Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries The Swedish Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh, dies of her injuries after she is stabbed in a Stockholm department store. | |||
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