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| Saturday, 10 October, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | MPs face further expense queries Many MPs face a further challenge to their expense claims when Parliament resumes after the summer recess. |
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| Polish leader to ratify EU treaty Polish President Lech Kaczynski is set to sign the EU Lisbon Treaty, leaving the Czech Republic the last still to ratify it. | |
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| Brown optimistic over UK economy Prime Minister Gordon Brown paints an optimistic prediction for the economy, saying it is "simply not true" tough times are ahead. | |
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| UN plane crash kills 11 in Haiti A United Nations monitoring plane crashes in Haiti, killing all 11 people on board, according to UN officials. | |
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| Nobel prize win 'humbles' Obama Barack Obama says he is "humbled and deeply surprised" to win the Nobel Peace Prize just 10 months into his presidency. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Nations urge early N Korea talks Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan call for an early resumption of talks on North Korea's nuclear programme. |
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| Armenia to sign historic accord Armenia is set to normalise ties with Turkey after a century of division, despite protests by many Armenians. | |
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| 'Space clown' hosts global show Circus entrepreneur Guy Laliberte hosts a global performance from on board the International Space Station. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Kenyans not ready to leave camps Residents of camps for Kenyans displaced by election violence last year are reluctant to leave, as a deadline expires. |
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| Somali anger at Ethiopia 'raid' Somalia's Puntland region protests to Ethiopia after its forces carried out an undercover operation in its territory. | |
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| Louvre to return Egyptian frescos Paris' Louvre Museum bows to Egypt's demands and says it will return five ancient stone sculptures within weeks. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Nobel prize win 'humbles' Obama Barack Obama says he is "humbled and deeply surprised" to win the Nobel Peace Prize just 10 months into his presidency. |
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| UN plane crash kills 11 in Haiti A United Nations monitoring plane crashes in Haiti, killing all 11 people on board, according to UN officials. | |
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| Two die at US spiritual retreat Two people die and 19 others are taken ill after being overcome during a sauna-like experience at an Arizona retreat. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Nations urge early N Korea talks Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan call for an early resumption of talks on North Korea's nuclear programme. |
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| New Philippine floods kill dozens At least 160 people are killed in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain in the northern Philippines, say local officials. | |
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| GM agrees Chinese sale of Hummer General Motors agrees to sell its iconic Hummer brand to Chinese firm Sichuan Tengzhong for an undisclosed fee. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Armenia to sign historic accord Armenia is set to normalise ties with Turkey after a century of division, despite protests by many Armenians. |
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| Polish leader to ratify EU treaty Polish President Lech Kaczynski is set to sign the EU Lisbon Treaty, leaving the Czech Republic the last still to ratify it. | |
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| 'Al-Qaeda-link' Cern worker held France arrests a researcher at Europe's top particle physics lab who is suspected of links to al-Qaeda, officials say. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Fresh clashes mar al-Aqsa prayers Clashes break out in East Jerusalem, but Friday prayers at al-Aqsa mosque pass mainly peacefully despite high tensions. |
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| Louvre to return Egyptian frescos Paris' Louvre Museum bows to Egypt's demands and says it will return five ancient stone sculptures within weeks. | |
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| Service honours UK Iraq personnel Relatives of some of the 179 UK personnel killed in Iraq join senior royals at a service honouring those who served in the conflict. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Deadly blast hits Pakistan city At least 49 people are killed in a suspected suicide bomb blast at a market in north-western Pakistan, officials say. |
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| Sri Lanka military budget raised The Sri Lankan parliament approves an additional 20% budget for the country's military for the remainder of this year. | |
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| India in new anti-Maoist strategy The Indian government agrees on a new tactic to fight Maoists who are operating in several states across India. | |
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| UK | |
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| MPs face further expense queries Many MPs face a further challenge to their expense claims when Parliament resumes after the summer recess. |
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| Brown optimistic over UK economy Prime Minister Gordon Brown paints an optimistic prediction for the economy, saying it is "simply not true" tough times are ahead. | |
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| Du Beke on-air apology for remark Strictly Come Dancing performer Anton du Beke apologises on air for the first time after making a racist remark. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | YouTube 'police' shooting probed Metropolitan police investigate after a video emerges of a man who appears to be an officer in body armour allowing himself to be shot. |
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| Youths photographed rape of girl A gang of youths from Rochdale admit raping a teenage girl four times and taking pictures of the abuse on their mobile phones. | |
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| Schoolgirl killer driver jailed A public schoolgirl is jailed for more than two years after admitting being drunk when she crashed her car in Oxford, killing her friend. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Flooding on Belfast streets again The Department for Regional Development says complaints are being prioritised following flooding in Belfast. |
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| Policing talks 'make progress' The first and deputy first minister are to brief their parties after further talks on the devolution of policing and justice. | |
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| Hopes fade for Donegal fisherman Hopes are fading for a 22-year-old man who fell overboard from a fishing boat about 12 miles west of Orkney. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Allergies cost NHS Scotland £130m One-in-three of the Scottish population is affected by allergies at some point in their lives - higher than in England, according to a new study. |
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| Suffragette march marks centenary Up to 4,000 people are to take part in a parade marking a key suffragette demonstration which took place 100 years ago. | |
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| Cities in big Solar System model Cities and towns in Scotland are to represent planets, moons and asteroids in a large-scale model of the Solar System. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Baby girl died after brain injury A baby girl who died of a brain injury probably suffered a trauma in the care of her mother's partner, a coroner says. |
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| Men jailed over heroin shipment Six people are sentenced for their roles in the shipment and supply of the Class A drug heroin. | |
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| Officials deny wage row talk ban A council says its elected members are not barred from talking to staff about a controversial equal pay deal. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| MPs face further expense queries Many MPs face a further challenge to their expense claims when Parliament resumes after the summer recess. |
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| Brown optimistic over UK economy Prime Minister Gordon Brown paints an optimistic prediction for the economy, saying it is "simply not true" tough times are ahead. | |
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| Clegg urges PM to act over hacker Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg calls on the prime minister to "do the right thing" and stop the extradition of British hacker Gary McKinnon. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Brown optimistic over UK economy Prime Minister Gordon Brown paints an optimistic prediction for the economy, saying it is "simply not true" tough times are ahead. |
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| GM agrees Chinese sale of Hummer General Motors agrees to sell its iconic Hummer brand to Chinese firm Sichuan Tengzhong for an undisclosed fee. | |
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| Fear of steep energy bill rises Domestic energy bills in the UK could rise by 60% by 2016 in a worst-case scenario, the energy regulator says. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Du Beke on-air apology for remark Strictly Come Dancing performer Anton du Beke apologises on air for the first time after making a racist remark. |
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| Amy Winehouse album 'due in 2010' Singer Amy Winehouse's new album is expected to be completed next year, according to her record label Island. | |
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| Parents warned over drama schools Parents are being warned not to waste money on sending their children to unrecognised drama schools. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Nasa team scours Moon crash data Nasa scientists outline preliminary results after crashing two spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect water-ice. |
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| UN climate talks split on treaty The latest round of UN climate talks in Bangkok ends with divisions between nations over the shape of a new global treaty. | |
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| How 'superswarms' of krill gather Scientists have found out how trillions of individual krill gather together into gigantic 'superswarms' in the Southern Ocean. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Superfast broadband extends reach BT says that its superfast broadband will be available to 2.5m homes by 2012, rather than its original 1m target. |
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| Google hits back at book critics Google's plans for the world's largest virtual library will not create a monopoly, argues co-founder. | |
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| One billion a day turn to YouTube Video website YouTube says it now handles over a billion video requests a day, three years after being bought out by Google. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Children can 'imagine away' pain Children can be taught to use their imagination to tackle frequent bouts of stomach pain, research shows. |
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| Juggling increases brain power Scientists at Oxford University have seen for the first time that a complex skill like juggling causes changes in the white matter of the brain. | |
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| ME virus discovery raises hopes US research suggests a single virus may play a role in the development of chronic fatigue syndrome. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Tories warn student loan minister The Conservatives' university spokesman says ministers cannot duck responsibility in student loans fiasco. |
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| 'Suitable' home education review The government is to review what a "suitable" and "efficient" education means for home educated children in England. | |
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| One-to-one maths help for pupils Thousands of six and seven year old pupils in England who struggle with maths are to be offered one-to-one specialist teaching. | |
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| 1980: Thousands feared dead in Algerian quake Two earthquakes strike the northern Algerian city of El Asnam and up to 20,000 are thought to have died. | |||
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| 1970: Canadian minister seized by gunmen Quebec separatists kidnap Labour and Immigration Minister Pierre Laporte. | |||
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| 1975: Liz Taylor and Richard Burton remarry Actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor secretly remarry in Africa only 16 months after getting divorced. | |||
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