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| Friday, 23 October, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Griffin attacks Islam on BBC show BNP leader Nick Griffin uses his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan. |
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| UK expected to exit its recession Latest GDP figures to be published on Friday will show the UK is no longer in recession, many analysts believe. | |
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| Officials seize cocaine submarine Guatemalan and US authorities seize a makeshift submarine loaded with Colombian cocaine with a US street value of $200m. | |
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| Pakistan suicide bomber kills six A suspected suicide bomber kills six people outside Pakistan's main air force maintenance facility, police say. | |
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| Second 24-hour mail strike starts Delivery and collection staff at Royal Mail start a 24-hour strike, as part of a nationwide dispute over modernisation. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | N Korea food shortage 'desperate' The food situation in North Korea is desperate, with only one-third of the hungry receiving aid, the UN says. |
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| Pakistan suicide bomber kills six A suspected suicide bomber kills six people outside Pakistan's main air force maintenance facility, police say. | |
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| Officials seize cocaine submarine Guatemalan and US authorities seize a makeshift submarine loaded with Colombian cocaine with a US street value of $200m. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ethiopia asks for urgent food aid Ethiopia calls for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, as it prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1984 famine. |
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| British torture in Kenya alleged Evidence allegedly showing government authorisation of torture of Kenyans in the 1950s and 60s has been served in a compensation claim. | |
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| Darfur gunmen kidnap aid worker The Red Cross says one of its aid workers has been taken hostage by gunmen near the capital of western Darfur. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US raids hit Mexican drug cartel More than 300 suspects are arrested in a series of drug raids targeting a Mexican drug cartel operating in the US. |
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| Officials seize cocaine submarine Guatemalan and US authorities seize a makeshift submarine loaded with Colombian cocaine with a US street value of $200m. | |
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| Nasa 'should scrap Ares rocket' A White House panel suggests that Nasa should abandon investment in its Ares rocket, just days before its maiden test flight. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| N Korea food shortage 'desperate' The food situation in North Korea is desperate, with only one-third of the hungry receiving aid, the UN says. |
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| Koreas silent on reported meeting Officials refuse to comment publicly on a reported secret meeting between North and South Korea last week. | |
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| Asian leaders arrive for summit Asian heads of state converge on the Thai beach resort of Cha-Am for a summit amid fresh tensions and heavy security. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Karadzic plans to boycott trial Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic tells The Hague he will boycott the start of his trial on Monday. |
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| Sarkozy son pulls out of job bid French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son says he is withdrawing from a bid to run the Paris business district. | |
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| Sweden church allows gay weddings The synod of Sweden's largest church votes overwhelmingly to conduct same-sex marriages from next month. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | White House urges Mid-East push The White House urges both sides in the Middle East conflict to press forward to re-launch a deadlocked peace process. |
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| Israel 'met Iran' at atomic talks Israeli and Iranian representatives met in face-to-face talks in Cairo and discussed nuclear arms proliferation, Israeli officials say. | |
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| Rights group denies Israel bias Human Rights Watch has rejected accusations by its founder, Robert Bernstein, that it is biased against Israel. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan suicide bomber kills six A suspected suicide bomber kills six people outside Pakistan's main air force maintenance facility, police say. |
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| Thousands leave Sri Lankan camp Some 6,000 Tamils are freed from Sri Lanka's main camp for people displaced by war, the largest group since the conflict ended. | |
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| Congress leading in India states India's Congress party is ahead in all three states which held assembly elections this month. | |
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| UK | |
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| Griffin attacks Islam on BBC show BNP leader Nick Griffin uses his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan. |
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| Second 24-hour mail strike starts Delivery and collection staff at Royal Mail start a 24-hour strike, as part of a nationwide dispute over modernisation. | |
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| British torture in Kenya alleged Evidence allegedly showing government authorisation of torture of Kenyans in the 1950s and 60s has been served in a compensation claim. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Child services 'facing criticism' Children's services in Cornwall are expected to be heavily criticised by Ofsted inspectors, after serious concerns were raised. |
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| Man denies sawing off wife's head A man accused of stabbing to death his Vodafone executive wife denies trying to saw her head off. | |
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| Rams approve tribute to legends Derby County officially approves a proposal to honour legends Brian Clough and Peter Taylor with a stature at Pride Park. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | More assembly expenses revealed Many MLAs claimed the full office cost allowance for a period of time when the assembly was suspended. |
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| Youth arrested over laser attack A 17-year-old boy is arrested in west Belfast for allegedly shining a laser at the pilot of the police helicopter. | |
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| Second day of postal strike in NI Royal Mail delivery and collection staff in Northern Ireland take part in the second day of a nationwide strike. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Post delivery staff set to strike Thousands more postal workers in Scotland are set to walk out later in support of a national strike over jobs, pay and modernisation. |
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| Court ruling on minimum pricing The whisky industry claims the Scottish government's plans to introduce minimum alcohol pricing has been dealt a major blow. | |
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| Scottish poppy appeal launched An advertising campaign, with the theme "Help heal the scars", is launched for the 2009 Scottish Poppy Appeal. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Two more swine flu-related deaths A further two people in Wales with swine flu are confirmed to have died, taking the total number of deaths to six. |
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| NHS 'spends £1bn of budget badly' A fifth of the £5bn annual budget for the Welsh NHS is not spent efficiently with "expensive" mistakes, finance officials say. | |
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| Jenkins faced 'terrifying' attack Welsh classical singer Katherine Jenkins tells of her "terrifying" ordeal when she was attacked as a student. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Griffin attacks Islam on BBC show BNP leader Nick Griffin uses his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan. |
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| Brown urges end to postal strike The prime minister calls on Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union to "get round the table" to bring an end to industrial action. | |
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| DPP views 'stray into politics' The Conservatives accuse the Director of Public Prosecutions of exceeding his role and straying on to political ground. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | UK expected to exit its recession Latest GDP figures to be published on Friday will show the UK is no longer in recession, many analysts believe. |
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| Second 24-hour mail strike starts Delivery and collection staff at Royal Mail start a 24-hour strike, as part of a nationwide dispute over modernisation. | |
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| Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, says it is suing Apple for infringing its patents with the iPhone. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Goody family wins legal damages Jade Goody's family settle a High Court action over photographs taken of the reality star's private burial. |
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| Robbie to get lifetime Brit award Pop star Robbie Williams will receive the prestigious outstanding contribution to music award at next year's Brit Awards in London. | |
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| Cocker to host Sunday music show Musician Jarvis Cocker is to present BBC 6 Music's Sunday afternoon show from the New Year, the network announces. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Secrets of frog killer laid bare Scientists unravel the mechanism by which the lethal frog disease sweeping the world kills its victims. |
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| Panel supports commercial space Experts asked to review the US human spaceflight programme give strong support to the use of commercial services to launch astronauts. | |
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| Leaping wolf snatches photo prize A captivating image of a wolf wins the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, says it is suing Apple for infringing its patents with the iPhone. |
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| Microsoft bets on Windows success More than 500 people queue outside a computer store in central London to be the first to get their hands on Windows 7 at midnight. | |
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| Real-time search rivalry hots up All public Twitter message streams will soon be searchable via the Microsoft and Google search sites. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | New way to 'stop' premature birth A drug used to treat cancer can stop contractions and may prevent premature labour, researchers say. |
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| Low dose radiation 'harms heart' Mathematicians at Imperial College say they have worked out that low radiation doses can cause cardiovascular disease. | |
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| NHS told to brace itself over flu The NHS has been told to brace itself after a steep rise in swine flu infections. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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| Child services 'facing criticism' Children's services in Cornwall are expected to be heavily criticised by Ofsted inspectors, after serious concerns were raised. |
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| Fears strike could hit admissions Parents worried about missing school admissions deadline are being given extra advice. | |
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| Faith schools warned on RE texts Independent faith schools must ensure all resources used to teach other religions are accurate and unbiased, says Ofsted. | |
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| 1956: Hungarians rise up against Soviet rule Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Hungary to demand an end to Soviet rule. | |||
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| 1983: Beirut blasts kill US and French troops At least 146 American marines and 27 French servicemen have been killed after two separate bomb attacks on military headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut. | |||
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| 2001: IRA begins decommissioning weapons The Northern Ireland peace process reaches an historic breakthrough as the IRA announce they are decommissioning their weapons. | |||
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