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| Monday, 14 September, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Paedophile checks scheme defended The man in charge of the body overseeing vetting of those who work with children tells critics of the scheme to "calm down". |
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| Anger E.coli farm not shut sooner Parents whose children were hit by an E.coli outbreak at a Surrey petting farm express anger the farm did not close sooner. | |
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| Clijsters seals dream US Open win Kim Clijsters completes her incredible return to Grand Slam tennis with a straight-sets victory over Caroline Wozniacki to win the US Open. | |
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| Ban for NHS premium rate numbers The use of premium rate numbers by GP surgeries and hospitals is to be banned in England, the government says. | |
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| TUC rejects claims of UK recovery TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber rejects the government's claims that Britain is on its way out of the recession. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal Russia agrees to lend Venezuela over $2bn to buy weapons including tanks and anti-aircraft systems, President Chavez says. |
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| German poll rivals in TV debate Two weeks ahead of elections in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel faces her main rival in a live 90-minute TV debate. | |
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| 'Tighter grip on economy needed' Most people want governments to take more control over regulation and running of national economies, a BBC poll finds. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Zimbabwe's PM alleges persecution Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai accuses the Zanu-PF party of President Mugabe of persecuting his MDC group. |
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| Agriculture pioneer Borlaug dies US Nobel Peace laureate Norman Borlaug, who helped save millions of lives with the Green Revolution in food production, dies at 95. | |
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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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| AMERICAS | |
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| Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal Russia agrees to lend Venezuela over $2bn to buy weapons including tanks and anti-aircraft systems, President Chavez says. |
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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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| Clijsters seals dream US Open win Kim Clijsters completes her incredible return to Grand Slam tennis with a straight-sets victory over Caroline Wozniacki to win the US Open. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Chinese 'assault' concerns spread Pro-China figures in Hong Kong express concern about alleged Chinese police attacks on Hong Kong journalists. |
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| Dozens dead in Kazakhstan blaze A fire at a facility for drug addicts in the south-eastern Kazakh city of Taldykorgan has killed 38 people, officials say. | |
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| China and US in new trade dispute China launches an "anti-dumping and anti-subsidy" probe into imports of some US car products and chicken meat. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | German poll rivals in TV debate Two weeks ahead of elections in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel faces her main rival in a live 90-minute TV debate. |
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| Hague verdict for ex-spokeswoman The Hague tribunal is to give a verdict on an ex-spokeswoman, charged with revealing confidential information. | |
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| Clijsters seals dream US Open win Kim Clijsters completes her incredible return to Grand Slam tennis with a straight-sets victory over Caroline Wozniacki to win the US Open. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Fresh push for Middle East talks The US launches a new bid to set terms for resuming Mid-East peace talks, amid calls for a freeze on settlement building. |
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| Iraq shoe thrower to end sentence An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush reaches the end of his prison sentence. | |
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| Jet crash kills Israel hero's son An Israeli F-16 fighter jet crashes in the West Bank, killing the pilot, the son of the Israeli astronaut killed in the 2003 shuttle disaster. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Three killed in US drone attack At least three suspected militants are killed in a US drone attack in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
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| 'Bin Laden' message harangues US A taped message purportedly by Osama Bin Laden is released, days after the US marked eight years since 9/11. | |
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| Doubles joy for Paes and Dlouhy Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy come from a set down to win the US Open men's doubles crown. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Ban for NHS premium rate numbers The use of premium rate numbers by GP surgeries and hospitals is to be banned in England, the government says. |
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| Paedophile checks scheme defended The man in charge of the body overseeing vetting of those who work with children tells critics of the scheme to "calm down". | |
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| Labour to outline spending plans Business Secretary Peter Mandelson pledges Labour will be "wise spenders, not big spenders" of public money. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Anger E.coli farm not shut sooner Parents whose children were hit by an E.coli outbreak at a Surrey petting farm express anger the farm did not close sooner. |
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| 'Foolhardy' five in Channel scare Coastguards criticise five people who got lost in the Strait of Dover with four children on board their vessels. | |
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| Picture of abandoned Rosie issued Police release pictures of the baby girl who was found abandoned in a bag in Buckinghamshire. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Residents fears after tiles fall Residents living near Belfast City Airport say they fear that damage caused to a house was caused by a low-flying aircraft. |
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| Dissident threat remains 'severe' The threat from dissident republicans remains "severe", PSNI Acting Chief Constable Judith Gillespie has said. | |
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| Two 'critical' after bike crashes Two motorcyclists are in a critical condition in hospital following separate accidents in County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Boy, four, killed by sea scooter A four-year-old boy dies in hospital after being hit by a sea scooter while standing on a slipway in the Highlands. |
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| Criminalise tobacco supply call Scottish ministers are urged by MSPs to make it an offence for adults to buy cigarettes for underage smokers. | |
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| Law to care for dying 'supported' Proposed legislation to provide specialist care for the terminally ill has won a high level of public support, it is claimed. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Man dies after a chemical alert A street is evacuated and a man dies following the discovery of a chemical substance at a house. |
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| Police defend bike stop policy Motorcycle campaigners say a policy of stopping bikers is harassment but police say it is saving lives. | |
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| Two men die in separate crashes Police appeal for witnesses after a motorcyclist and elderly pedestrian die after separate road crashes. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Labour to outline spending plans Business Secretary Peter Mandelson pledges Labour will be "wise spenders, not big spenders" of public money. |
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| TUC rejects claims of UK recovery TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber rejects the government's claims that Britain is on its way out of the recession. | |
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| Paedophile checks scheme defended The man in charge of the body overseeing vetting of those who work with children tells critics of the scheme to "calm down". | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | 'Tighter grip on economy needed' Most people want governments to take more control over regulation and running of national economies, a BBC poll finds. |
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| 'False dawn' in UK housing market Economics forecasting group the Ernst & Young Item Club says house prices will not return to their 2007 peak for five years. | |
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| Asda launches Asian clothes range Supermarket chain Asda is to introduce a range of traditional Asian clothing in 21 of its stores, in response to customer demand. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Product placement for TV 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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| Evans 'messed up' Radio 1 stint Broadcaster Chris Evans reveals he "acted like a spoilt child" while presenting Radio 1's breakfast show and feared he had "messed up" his career. | |
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| Dame Vera Lynn tops album chart Singer Dame Vera Lynn becomes the oldest living artist to top the UK album chart with her greatest hits collection. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Cave dig unearths important finds Teeth and bones from late Ice Age animals, including hyenas, deer and woolly rhinos, are unearthed by archaeologists at a cave in Devon. |
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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 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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| 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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| Ban for NHS premium rate numbers The use of premium rate numbers by GP surgeries and hospitals is to be banned in England, the government says. |
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| Depression 'cuts cancer survival' Depression can damage a cancer patient's chances of survival, a review of research on nearly 10,000 patients suggests. | |
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| Key gene 'controls disease fight' A master gene that helps mobilise the immune system to fight disease has been discovered by UK scientists. | |
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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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| 1985: USSR expels 25 in tit-for-tat spy row Moscow retaliates two days after Britain expels 25 Soviet spies following the defection of KGB chief Oleg Gordievsky. | |||
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| 1982: Hollywood princess dead Princess Grace of Monaco dies of the injuries she sustained in a car crash near Monte Carlo yesterday. | |||
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| 1960: Violence follows army coup in Congo The army says it is in control of the West African state of Congo after a day of heavy fighting which left up to 70 people dead. | |||
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