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 | Queen to honour UK Iraq personnel Relatives of some of the 179 UK personnel killed in Iraq are to join the Queen at a service honouring those who served in the conflict. |
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| Dannatt explains Cameron approach Gen Sir Richard Dannatt says he accepted a Tory defence role after being told the party lacked expert understanding. | |
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| US spacecraft set for Moon crash Nasa is set to crash two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect the presence of water-ice. | |
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| New students still without funds Up to 175,000 students in the UK may still be waiting to receive their student loans and grants - a week after most courses started. | |
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| Policing talks 'make progress' Downing Street talks over devolving policing powers to Stormont end with Sinn Fein reporting "massive progress". | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | New Philippine floods kill dozens Dozens of people are killed in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain in the northern Philippines, say local officials. |
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| Burma's Suu Kyi in diplomat talks Burma's ruling generals allow democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Western diplomats for talks in Rangoon. | |
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| French 'boy sex' minister defiant A French politician says he will not resign over comments that he enjoyed paying for "young boys" in Thailand. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | 'Thousands' disarmed in Nigeria Nigeria's government says as many as 15,000 militants active in the Niger Delta surrendered during a two-month amnesty. |
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| Guinea to probe rally shootings Guinea's military government announces a commission to investigate the shooting of protesters last week. | |
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| Mbeki delivers AU Darfur report South Africa's ex-leader Thabo Mbeki presents a report to the AU aimed at finding peace in Sudan's Darfur region. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US deficit 'hits record $1.4tn' The annual US budget deficit hits $1.4 trillion estimates say - equal to 9.9% of GDP, more than treble the 2008 level. |
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| NY socialite heir guilty of theft The 85-year-old son of late US philanthropist Brooke Astor is convicted of plundering his mother's fortune. | |
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| US spacecraft set for Moon crash Nasa is set to crash two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect the presence of water-ice. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| New Philippine floods kill dozens Dozens of people are killed in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain in the northern Philippines, say local officials. |
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| Burma's Suu Kyi in diplomat talks Burma's ruling generals allow democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Western diplomats for talks in Rangoon. | |
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| China mine lift collapse kills 26 An accident involving lift cages at a mine in the central Chinese province of Hunan kills 26 people, official media say. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Talks aim to end Bosnia deadlock The EU and US bring together Bosnian delegates to try to end the country's political deadlock and reform government. |
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| French 'boy sex' minister defiant A French politician says he will not resign over comments that he enjoyed paying for "young boys" in Thailand. | |
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| Nobel Peace Prize to be announced One of the world's top accolades, the Nobel Peace Prize, is to be announced in Oslo from a record field said to reach 205. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | UN body to debate Gaza 'crimes' The UN brings forward a Security Council session on the Middle East after Libya demands a Gaza war crimes debate. |
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| Peace an illusion, says Israel FM Israel's foreign minister declares there is no chance of solving the Mid-East conflict and tells people to "learn to live with it". | |
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| Queen to honour UK Iraq personnel Relatives of some of the 179 UK personnel killed in Iraq are to join the Queen at a service honouring those who served in the conflict. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | UN urges stronger Afghan mission The UN Security Council calls for a stronger force in Afghanistan amid key talks in the US on additional troops. |
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| UN Afghan envoy denies cover-up The head of the UN's Afghan mission rejects his deputy's allegations that he tried to cover up electoral fraud. | |
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| Maoists 'kill 17 Indian police' At least 17 policemen are killed in a gun battle with Maoist insurgents in the Indian state of Maharashtra, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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| Queen to honour UK Iraq personnel Relatives of some of the 179 UK personnel killed in Iraq are to join the Queen at a service honouring those who served in the conflict. |
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| New students still without funds Up to 175,000 students in the UK may still be waiting to receive their student loans and grants - a week after most courses started. | |
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| Dannatt explains Cameron approach Gen Sir Richard Dannatt says he accepted a Tory defence role after being told the party lacked expert understanding. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Mother of Rhys murderer appeals Lawyers for the mother of Rhys Jones's killer bid to challenge her three-year jail sentence for lying to police. |
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| Girl drowned 'as father kissed' A two-year-old girl died after her pushchair fell into the sea while her married father kissed his girlfriend, an inquest hears. | |
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| Waste firm ban in cyanide probe A waste company is banned from discharging industrial effluent into sewers after a cyanide leak in the River Trent. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Policing talks 'make progress' Downing Street talks over devolving policing powers to Stormont end with Sinn Fein reporting "massive progress". |
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| Schoolboy swine flu victim dies A 12-year-old boy who died in the Ulster Hospital is the latest victim of swine flu in Northern Ireland, the health minister says. | |
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| Man tried to kill doctor's family A man is convicted of attempting to murder a doctor's family in an arson attack at their east Belfast home. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Unions to meet over 600 job cuts Unions will hold special meetings and could stage protests, over job cuts announced by Aberdeen City Council. |
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| Obesity and mental health linked People with mental health problems are likely to avoid gyms and physical exercise due to embarrassment and fear of being judged, a survey finds. | |
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| Trafalgar union jack up for sale The only surviving union jack from the Battle of Trafalgar could fetch £15,000 at auction after it was found in a drawer. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Call for anti-Islamic marches ban Calls are made for two protests planned by a group against Islamic fundamentalism to be banned. |
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| Cement dust cloud 'coats' village A dust cloud which leaked from a cement works is being investigated by Environment Agency Wales. | |
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| Cage fighters' stag night web hit Cage fighters picked on because they were dressed as women for a stag night, say they are surprised at becoming an internet hit. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Dannatt explains Cameron approach Gen Sir Richard Dannatt says he accepted a Tory defence role after being told the party lacked expert understanding. |
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| Policing talks 'make progress' Downing Street talks over devolving policing powers to Stormont end with Sinn Fein reporting "massive progress". | |
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| I'm up to the test, Cameron says David Cameron says he is "ready to be tested" if the Tories win power, in his last conference speech ahead of an election. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Legal risk to property investors Investors who do not complete property deals in the downturn can be forced to buy after a court injunction, lawyers warn. |
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| World financial crisis 'not over' The US economist widely credited with predicting the financial crisis warns we are already "planting the seeds of the next crisis". | |
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| Royal Mail workers vote to strike Postal workers vote to take national strike action over job security, but the union says it will work to avoid action. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Forsyth says 'Du Beke was wrong' Bruce Forsyth says he does not "condone" racist language, following his recent comments about the Strictly Come Dancing race row. |
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| Jay Sean ends Peas US chart reign British R&B singer Jay Sean ends the Black Eyed Peas' six-month reign at the top of the US singles chart. | |
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| Mueller wins Nobel literary prize German author Herta Mueller is announced as the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | US spacecraft set for Moon crash Nasa is set to crash two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect the presence of water-ice. |
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| Monkey mothers 'coo' over babies The way that rhesus macaque mothers bond with their babies bears a remarkable resemblance to human behaviour. | |
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| Royal blood disorder identified DNA analysis reveals the identity of the "cursed blood" disorder that afflicted the British Royal Family | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Tiny 'nuclear batteries' unveiled A team of researchers in the US has demonstrated a tiny battery powered by the decay of radioactive isotopes. |
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| IBM 'in anti-competition probe' IBM is being investigated by the US Department of Justice over allegations of anti-competitive behaviour, a trade body says. | |
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| Napster offers cut-price service Napster relaunches its service, offering unlimited music streaming plus five MP3 downloads for a £5 monthly fee. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Doubts raised over MRSA screening The wisdom of screening all hospital patients for MRSA in England is being questioned by a leading expert. |
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| Cards 'can support mentally-ill' People should consider sending cards and gifts to friends and family suffering with mental health problems, experts say. | |
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| Hair loss advice project extended Hairdressers are to receive more training to help cancer patients deal with hair loss and to learn how to style wigs to look natural. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Europe strong in university table An annual table of 100 leading universities shows European and Asian universities are catching up with American institutions. |
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| School cash 'not getting results' Spending on education in Scotland could be cut by up to £680m without affecting standards, a study suggests. | |
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| Private school pupils 'dominate' Forty-two per cent of the UK's top scientists and scholars were privately educated and the trend is set to continue, a report says. | |
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| 1988: Latvia cries freedom from Moscow Thousands of Latvians start a mass movement to press Moscow for greater independence from the Soviet Union. | |||
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| 1967: Che Guevara 'shot dead' Marxist revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is reportedly killed during a battle between army troops and guerillas in the Bolivian jungle. | |||
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| 1975: Man killed in Piccadilly bomb blast One man dies and at least 20 people are injured in the latest bomb attack on London. | |||
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