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| Monday, 19 October, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Last-ditch post strike talks due Last-ditch talks aimed at halting planned strikes by postal workers are due to be held on Monday. |
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| PM warns of climate 'catastrophe' The UK faces a "catastrophe" of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change, the prime minister will warn. | |
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| BNP debate 'illegal', warns Hain The BBC could face legal action over BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain warns. | |
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| 'Too early' to declare recovery It is premature to call the beginnings of an economic recovery in the UK, an economic forecasting group finds. | |
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| MPs snub choice for child supremo MPs challenge the suitability of a woman picked by the government to be the next children's commissioner. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Pakistan clashes enter third day Pakistan's army is engaged in fierce fighting for the third day running as its anti-Taliban drive continues in South Waziristan. |
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| Iran accuses Pakistan over attack Iran's president claims Pakistani agents were involved in a suicide attack that targeted a group of elite Revolutionary Guards. | |
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| US balloon boy case 'was a hoax' Colorado police say the incident where a US boy was believed swept away in a hot air balloon was a hoax. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Top UN official arrives in Guinea The head of a UN investigation into the killing of more than 150 opposition demonstrators in Guinea has arrived in the country. |
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| Kidnapped Darfur aid staff freed Two kidnapped aid workers are released after more than three months in captivity in the Sudanese region of Darfur. | |
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| Wanted Rwanda doctor denies claim A Rwandan doctor suspended in France after he was discovered to be wanted on genocide charges protests his innocence. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US decision after Afghan result The US says it will take no decision on more troops to Afghanistan until it decides its government is a "true partner". |
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| 'Ethical' stem cell crop boosted US researchers have found a way to dramatically increase the harvest of stem cells from adult tissue. | |
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| US balloon boy case 'was a hoax' Colorado police say the incident where a US boy was believed swept away in a hot air balloon was a hoax. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China jails five over chef death A court in central China gives five people prison sentences following riots that broke out after the death of a chef. |
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| Thailand covers Hitler billboard Museum officials in Thailand cover up a billboard depicting Adolf Hitler saluting after complaints from Germany and Israel. | |
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| China honoured in Central Africa China pursues soft power in a 'China Week' held in the Central African Republic capital, Bangui. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Iceland reaches savers' agreement Iceland says it has reached a new agreement over the repaying of $5bn (£3bn) lost by Dutch and UK savers. |
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| Kidnapped Darfur aid staff freed Two kidnapped aid workers are released after more than three months in captivity in the Sudanese region of Darfur. | |
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| Brilliant Button clinches title Jenson Button seals the drivers' championship with a superb recovery drive at a dramatic Brazilian GP won by Red Bull's Mark Webber. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran accuses Pakistan over attack Iran's president claims Pakistani agents were involved in a suicide attack that targeted a group of elite Revolutionary Guards. |
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| Talks for deal on Iranian uranium Russia, France and the US are to hold talks with Iran to try to finalise an agreement on sending Iran's uranium abroad. | |
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| Iraq cabinet ratifies oil deals Iraq's cabinet ratifies a deal with a British and a Chinese energy company to develop the giant southern oilfield in Rumaila. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Pakistan clashes enter third day Pakistan's army is engaged in fierce fighting for the third day running as its anti-Taliban drive continues in South Waziristan. |
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| US decision after Afghan result The US says it will take no decision on more troops to Afghanistan until it decides its government is a "true partner". | |
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| Iran accuses Pakistan over attack Iran's president claims Pakistani agents were involved in a suicide attack that targeted a group of elite Revolutionary Guards. | |
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| UK | |
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| Last-ditch post strike talks due Last-ditch talks aimed at halting planned strikes by postal workers are due to be held on Monday. |
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| PM warns of climate 'catastrophe' The UK faces a "catastrophe" of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change, the prime minister will warn. | |
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| BNP debate 'illegal', warns Hain The BBC could face legal action over BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain warns. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Airport stops scans on children Manchester Airport bans full-body "naked" security scans of children, because of child protection concerns. |
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| Power station demonstration ends Campaigners end protests at a Nottinghamshire power station where dozens were arrested and several people were hurt. | |
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| PM leads celebrations for Button Prime Minister Gordon Brown has led the UK in congratulating Jenson Button for winning the Formula One world title. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Trust 'regrets' swine flu delay The Western Health Trust is to review how delays occurred confirming that a 14-year-old girl's death was swine-flu related. |
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| Thieves use digger to steal ATM A cash machine is stolen from a petrol station in Warrenpoint, County Down, by thieves using a digger. | |
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| Gang shoots teenage boy in legs A 17-year-old boy is shot in both legs in a paramilitary-style attack in Londonderry's Gobnascale estate. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Nurses 'too busy' for proper care More than half of nurses working in Scotland are "too busy" to provide patients with the standard of care they would like to, a union claims. |
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| Hopes of move to growth by 2011 Most Scottish businesses expect to see the economy to grow within 18 months, a survey suggests. | |
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| 'Huge' education postcode lottery A huge education "postcode lottery" remains between Scotland's wealthiest and poorest areas despite investment aimed at closing it, a study claims. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Swine flu victim 'loved by all' The family of a 29-year-old man from north Wales who died on holiday in Spain after contracting swine flu pay tribute to him. |
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| Man in wheelchair left on Snowdon Rescuers criticise a group who left a man in a wheelchair on his own on Snowdon as they continued their climb. | |
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| TV choir top of classical chart Only Men Aloud!, winners of the BBC's Last Choir Standing contest, top the classical chart with their new album. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | MPs snub choice for child supremo MPs challenge the suitability of a woman picked by the government to be the next children's commissioner. |
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| BNP debate 'illegal', warns Hain The BBC could face legal action over BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain warns. | |
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| Bosses call for £120bn extra cuts The government must cut its spending plans by an extra £120bn in an effort to "balance the books" by 2015/16, business leaders say. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | 'Too early' to declare recovery It is premature to call the beginnings of an economic recovery in the UK, an economic forecasting group finds. |
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| Last-ditch post strike talks due Last-ditch talks aimed at halting planned strikes by postal workers are due to be held on Monday. | |
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| Iceland reaches savers' agreement Iceland says it has reached a new agreement over the repaying of $5bn (£3bn) lost by Dutch and UK savers. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Burke beats Williams to top chart X Factor winner Alexandra Burke beats Robbie Williams to the top spot in the UK singles chart. |
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| Loney voted off latest X Factor Scottish singer Rikki Loney has become the second contestant to be voted off ITV talent show, the X Factor. | |
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| Tories could 'rip up' BBC charter A Conservative government could "rip up" the BBC's royal charter, the shadow culture secretary has said. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | PM warns of climate 'catastrophe' The UK faces a "catastrophe" of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change, the prime minister will warn. |
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| 'Ethical' stem cell crop boosted US researchers have found a way to dramatically increase the harvest of stem cells from adult tissue. | |
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| LHC gets colder than deep space The Large Hadron Collider experiment has reached its operating temperature, colder even than deep space. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay Uruguay has given 362,000 primary children laptops which run on a Linux desktop. |
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| Millions tricked by 'scareware' Online criminals are making millions of pounds by convincing computer users to download fake anti-virus software, security experts say. | |
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| Crystals hold super computer key Tiny crystals could hold the key to creating new super computers with massive memories, scientists believe. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Pre-diabetes 'timebomb' warning Up to nine million people in the UK have early warning signs of diabetes, a charity has warned. |
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| Nurses call for safer staffing Four out of ten nurses say that staff shortages compromise patient care at least once a week, according to the Royal College of Nurses. | |
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| 'Cash for care' abuse warning The direct payment system for social care is putting vulnerable people at risk, campaign groups warn. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Stark divides in education levels The qualifications gap between the most and least educated areas of Britain is growing wider, reports the UCU lecturers' union. |
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| MPs snub choice for child supremo MPs challenge the suitability of a woman picked by the government to be the next children's commissioner. | |
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| Delay formal lessons 'to age six' A major review of primary education calls for children's formal learning to be delayed until they reach the age of six. | |
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| 1989: Guildford Four released after 15 years The Guildford Four are released after the Court of Appeal quashes their convictions. | |||
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| 2004: British aid worker kidnapped in Iraq A senior aid worker for Care International, Margaret Hassan, is kidnapped on her way to work in Iraq. | |||
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| 1987: Shares plunge after Wall Street crash The UK stock market bottoms out after shares on Wall Street plummet following a wave of panic selling. | |||
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