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| Sunday, 13 September, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | TV product placement 'approved' A lifting of the ban on product placement on British TV shows is expected to be announced next week, but it will stay for the BBC. |
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| PM says UK recovering but fragile Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to tell the TUC that Britain is recovering from recession but the country faces "tough choices". | |
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| Protests over Obama health reform Tens of thousands protest in the US against healthcare proposals as President Obama seeks to boost support for his plan. | |
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| Officials knew of E.coli outbreak Health officials knew about an E.coli outbreak at a farm in Surrey days before it was closed to the public, it emerges. | |
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| Queen Mother war letter released Buckingham Palace releases a letter written by the Queen Mother about the bombing of Buckingham Palace in WWII. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Protests over Obama health reform Tens of thousands protest in the US against healthcare proposals as President Obama seeks to boost support for his plan. |
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| Mugabe hails landmark EU meeting President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe's first high-level talks with the EU in seven years have gone well. | |
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| French unease at telecom suicides France's labour minister is to meet the head of France Telecom to discuss a number of suicides among its staff. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Mugabe hails landmark EU meeting President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe's first high-level talks with the EU in seven years have gone well. |
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| Ugandan king postpones town rally The king of Uganda's largest ethnic group postpones a rally in a town in his kingdom following violent protests. | |
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| SAS training Libya, paper claims An SAS team has been training Libyan special forces in counter-terrorism techniques, according to the Daily Telegraph. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Protests over Obama health reform Tens of thousands protest in the US against healthcare proposals as President Obama seeks to boost support for his plan. |
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| Powerful quake rattles Venezuela A 6.4-magnitude quake off Venezuela shakes buildings in Caracas and leaves at least seven injured in the north-west. | |
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| Cuban revolutionary Almeida dies One of the leaders of the Cuban revolution, Juan Almeida Bosque, has died of heart failure, aged 82, state media say. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Oil threat to Australia wildlife An oil slick coats beaches and wildlife along Australia's east coast, after a cargo ships spills its load in stormy seas. |
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| US ready for N Korea direct talks The US says it is prepared to hold direct talks with North Korea to encourage the state to resume stalled nuclear discussions. | |
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| Chinese syringe attackers jailed A court in China's Xinjiang region passes the first sentences on defendants over a series of hypodermic needle attacks. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | French unease at telecom suicides France's labour minister is to meet the head of France Telecom to discuss a number of suicides among its staff. |
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| Gazprom concern at Ukraine bill The head of Russian gas giant Gazprom expresses concern Ukraine might not be able to pay its gas bills beyond 2010. | |
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| Elton says he wants to adopt boy Singer Elton John says he has "lost his heart" to a 14-month-old Ukrainian orphan and now wants to adopt him. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | US open to Iran's offer of talks The US says it will accept Iran's offer for wide-ranging talks but insists the nuclear issue will be on the agenda. |
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| Top Venice award for Israeli film The Israeli war film Lebanon, about the 1982 invasion, wins the top Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. | |
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| Israeli President Peres collapses Israeli President Shimon Peres is treated by medical staff after collapsing at a ceremony, reports say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Afghan leader closer to victory Afghan President Hamid Karzai remains on track to be re-elected, with ballots from 95% of polling stations counted. |
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| Deadly car bomb blast in Kashmir A car bomb explosion kills at least three people in the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, Srinagar. | |
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| India airline pilots end strike Pilots for India's second-largest private airline, Jet Airways, end a five-day strike which led to the cancellation of some 800 flights. | |
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| UK | |
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| TV product placement 'approved' A lifting of the ban on product placement on British TV shows is expected to be announced next week, but it will stay for the BBC. |
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| PM says UK recovering but fragile Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to tell the TUC that Britain is recovering from recession but the country faces "tough choices". | |
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| Officials knew of E.coli outbreak Health officials knew about an E.coli outbreak at a farm in Surrey days before it was closed to the public, it emerges. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Officials knew of E.coli outbreak Health officials knew about an E.coli outbreak at a farm in Surrey days before it was closed to the public, it emerges. |
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| Teenager dies after pub stabbing Three men are arrested after a teenage boy is stabbed to death and a man suffers knife wounds outside a Bristol pub. | |
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| Shields watches Liverpool victory Michael Shields attends a Liverpool match at Anfield for the first time since he was pardoned and released from jail. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man remanded on child sex charge A 44-year-old man appears in court charged with the grooming, abduction and sexual assault of a child. |
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| Fortis to create 1,500 new jobs Financial services company Fortis is set to create 1,500 new jobs after agreeing a deal with the financial arm of Tesco. | |
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| Weeks of delay in atrocity report It will be several more weeks until a report on how police investigated the Loughinisland massacre is ready. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Megrahi's 'health deteriorating' The health of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has worsened, his brother and doctors say. |
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| Swinney calls for budget 'unity' The Scottish Government calls for political "unity" and warns of spending constraints ahead of publication of its third budget. | |
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| Plea to help stop jobs blackspot Former Scottish Secretary Des Browne calls for urgent action to be taken to stop Kilmarnock becoming a jobs blackspot. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Price warns of Tory 'war on poor' MP Adam Price tells Plaid Cymru's conference that the party's election "battlefield" will be against Tory ideas. |
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| Warning over lake algae outbreak Landowners and organisations near a large lake are warned about potentially toxic algae which can cause a rash or illness. | |
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| Inquiry into five arson attacks Police investigate after a number of fires were begun deliberately near a town centre during the early hours. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | PM says UK recovering but fragile Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to tell the TUC that Britain is recovering from recession but the country faces "tough choices". |
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| War of words over Rover collapse A row breaks out between the government and the ex-bosses of MG Rover over who was to blame for its collapse. | |
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| British Legion accepts BNP gift The British Legion has decided to accept a donation from the BNP after initially rejecting it - illustrating a wider dilemma for veterans' associations. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Bank boss wary of quick recovery RBS chief executive Stephen Hester warns that the UK must not seek an over-rapid recovery from recession. |
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| Rover bosses attacked over payout Bosses of MG Rover - whose collapse cost 6,500 jobs - gave themselves "unreasonably large" payouts, a report finds. | |
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| TV product placement 'approved' A lifting of the ban on product placement on British TV shows is expected to be announced next week, but it will stay for the BBC. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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| TV product placement 'approved' A lifting of the ban on product placement on British TV shows is expected to be announced next week, but it will stay for the BBC. |
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| Elton says he wants to adopt boy Singer Elton John says he has "lost his heart" to a 14-month-old Ukrainian orphan and now wants to adopt him. | |
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| Top Venice award for Israeli film The Israeli war film Lebanon, about the 1982 invasion, wins the top Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | US space shuttle returns to Earth Nasa's space shuttle Discovery lands in California, after bad weather made a Florida landing impossible. |
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| 'Lost seabird' returns to ocean The extremely rare Fiji petrel is spotted at sea in its natural habitat for the first time, by scientists working with Birdlife International. | |
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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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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Facebook strips down to Lite site Facebook launches a new Lite version of the site, first outlined in August, for users with poor internet connections. |
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| UK firm Spinvox 'put up for sale' UK voice-to-text firm Spinvox has been "put up for sale", according to one of its investors, Invesco Perpetual. | |
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| PM apology after Turing petition Gordon Brown says he is sorry for the "appalling" way World War II code-breaker Alan Turing was treated for being gay. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Antibiotic resistance clue found US scientists have uncovered a defence mechanism in bacteria that allows them to fend off the threat of antibiotics, raising the hope of making existing drugs more effective. |
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| School nurses overburdened - RCN A survey by the RCN suggests school nurses take care of an average of 2,590 pupils each and feel increasingly overstretched. | |
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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 UK study shows. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | School nurses overburdened - RCN A survey by the RCN suggests school nurses take care of an average of 2,590 pupils each and feel increasingly overstretched. |
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| Students demand action on loans Student finance firm promises a 50% increase in phone lines as worries mount over processing applications. | |
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| Assistants 'taking lessons alone' A report finds some schools using teaching assistants to take classes, without being supervised by qualified teachers. | |
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| 1993: Rabin and Arafat shake on peace deal The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, shake hands on the White House lawn in Washington. | |||
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| 1982: Dingo baby trial opens in Australia A mother who claims her nine-week-old daughter was killed by a dingo appears in court in Australia charged with her murder. | |||
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| 1988: Cubans blame shooting on 'CIA plot' A Cuban diplomat opened fire in a crowded London street because of an American plot to make him defect, his government says. | |||
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