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| Saturday, 24 October, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Post workers return after strikes Postal staff are returning to work after two 24-hour strikes that have left Royal Mail facing a backlog of millions of letters. |
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| Afghan run-off campaigning begins Two weeks of campaigning for Afghanistan's controversial presidential election run-off is due to officially get under way. | |
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| US balloon mother 'admits hoax' Court documents suggest that the mother of the boy believed swept away in a helium balloon has confessed to making it up | |
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| Anglicans ponder Rome invitation About 600 Church of England priests are meeting to discuss the Pope's offer for them to join their own section of the Roman Catholic Church. | |
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| Protesters urge end to Afghan war Organisers hope thousands of people will join a protest march in London against UK military operations in Afghanistan. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Afghan run-off campaigning begins Two weeks of campaigning for Afghanistan's controversial presidential election run-off is due to officially get under way. |
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| US balloon mother 'admits hoax' Court documents suggest that the mother of the boy believed swept away in a helium balloon has confessed to making it up | |
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| US bank failures top 100 for year The number of US bank failures this year surpasses 100 after US federal regulators shut down a trio of Florida banks. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Bishops castigate African leaders More than 200 Roman Catholic bishops from across Africa tell corrupt political leaders in the continent to repent or step down. |
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| Mungiki sect head freed in Kenya Crowds welcome the release from prison of a notorious gang leader in Kenya after murder charges against him are dropped. | |
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| Uganda rebukes Somali Islamists Uganda's president says Somali Islamists will "pay" if they carry out a threat to attack the Ugandan capital, Kampala. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US balloon mother 'admits hoax' Court documents suggest that the mother of the boy believed swept away in a helium balloon has confessed to making it up |
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| US bank failures top 100 for year The number of US bank failures this year surpasses 100 after US federal regulators shut down a trio of Florida banks. | |
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| Fire engulfs Puerto Rico fuel hub An explosion with the strength of an earthquake shakes an oil refinery near the capital of Puerto Rico, triggering a huge fire. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea human rights 'abysmal' A UN envoy criticises the rights situation in North Korea as "abysmal", saying a third of the population was going hungry. |
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| Asian leaders launch rights group Asian leaders at a regional summit in Thailand officially launch a new human rights watchdog that critics say is toothless. | |
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| Thai king makes public appearance Thailand's King Bhumibol makes his first public appearance since being admitted to hospital more than a month ago. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | US asks for Polanski extradition The US formally asks Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski on sex charges, Swiss officials say. |
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| Major French smear trial closes The trial of ex-French PM Dominique de Villepin, accused of conspiring to damage Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential bid, ends. | |
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| Pirate Bay back in the courtroom Filesharing website The Pirate Bay has been ordered to remove all links to the copyright material of a Netherlands-based group. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran delays reply on nuclear plan Iran says it will respond to a proposed deal on its controversial nuclear programme next week, missing a UN deadline. |
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| Abbas sets Palestinian polls date Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says polls will be held on 24 January in the West Bank and Hamas-run Gaza. | |
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| Europe criticised on Iraqi asylum The UN High Commissioner for Refugees criticises European countries for sending asylum seekers back to central Iraq. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Afghan run-off campaigning begins Two weeks of campaigning for Afghanistan's controversial presidential election run-off is due to officially get under way. |
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| Aid agency seeks Pakistan access The Red Cross says relief workers are being kept out of Pakistan's South Waziristan, amid evidence of growing civilian casualties. | |
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| Bangladesh Islamist group banned The Islamist organisation, Hizb-ut Tahrir is banned in Bangladesh, the home ministry announces. | |
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| UK | |
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| Post workers return after strikes Postal staff are returning to work after two 24-hour strikes that have left Royal Mail facing a backlog of millions of letters. |
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| Protesters urge end to Afghan war Organisers hope thousands of people will join a protest march in London against UK military operations in Afghanistan. | |
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| Banker bonuses minute, says duke The Duke of York defends bonuses paid to bankers, telling a newspaper they are "minute" in the scheme of things. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Crews walk out in second strike Fire crews in South Yorkshire begin a second 24-hour walk out in a row over shift patterns after talks with their employer fail. |
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| UK soldier killed in blast named A British soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan is named as Corporal James Oakland of the Royal Military Police. | |
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| Service for last Titanic survivor The ashes of the last survivor of the Titanic are to be scattered at the Southampton Docks berth from which the ship set sail. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Burning vessel goes down in lough A fishing boat which burst into flames and was drifting in Belfast Lough sinks as a fire control crew arrive. |
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| MLA expenses 'were not excessive' Expenses claimed by MLAs are not excessive, according to the most senior official at the assembly. | |
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| Church elder guilty of sex abuse A 66-year-old is convicted of indecently assaulting a woman who was still in primary school when the abuse began. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Environmental protest at Holyrood Environmental campaigners say they expect hundreds of protesters and drummers to form a human banner outside Holyrood. |
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| Hospital wins best design award A Glasgow hospital has been named the Best New Building outside London at a design awards ceremony. | |
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| Bat box move in city land protest A community group in Glasgow plans to install bat boxes on land which the city council aims to sell for a housing development. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Boss killer will serve 30 years A lorry driver who murdered his boss and tried to kill three other men after committing violent robbery in the US is jailed. |
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| Three arrested under Terror Act Three men, originally arrested as part of a drugs inquiry, are now being questioned on suspicion of terrorism offences. | |
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| Kyffin 'inspired' drawing winner The first winner of a drawing award in honour of the late Sir Kyffin Williams says he inspired her to be an artist. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Griffin complaint over BBC 'mob' BNP leader Nick Griffin is to complain to the BBC over his appearance on Question Time, saying he faced a "lynch mob". |
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| Protesters urge end to Afghan war Organisers hope thousands of people will join a protest march in London against UK military operations in Afghanistan. | |
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| Post workers return after strikes Postal staff are returning to work after two 24-hour strikes that have left Royal Mail facing a backlog of millions of letters. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Record recession for UK economy The UK economy unexpectedly shrank 0.4% between July and September, making the recession the longest since records began. |
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| Post workers return after strikes Postal staff are returning to work after two 24-hour strikes that have left Royal Mail facing a backlog of millions of letters. | |
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| US bank failures top 100 for year The number of US bank failures this year surpasses 100 after US federal regulators shut down a trio of Florida banks. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Columnist defends Gately comments The Daily Mail's Jan Moir regrets her column on singer Stephen Gately, but maintains aspects of his death were "sleazy". |
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| Griffin complaint over BBC 'mob' BNP leader Nick Griffin is to complain to the BBC over his appearance on Question Time, saying he faced a "lynch mob". | |
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| US asks for Polanski extradition The US formally asks Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski on sex charges, Swiss officials say. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Copenhagen 'backup' group meets Legislators from 16 major economies meet to hammer out climate policies ahead of December talks in Copenhagen. |
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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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| Epic humpback whale battle filmed The greatest of all animal battles is filmed in its entirety for the first time by a BBC crew. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Universal phone charger approved A new charger that will work with all handsets has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union. |
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| Europe backs down on piracy plans The European Parliament has dropped an amendment that required member states to get court orders before cutting people off from the net. | |
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| Pirate Bay back in the courtroom Filesharing website The Pirate Bay has been ordered to remove all links to the copyright material of a Netherlands-based group. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Genome analysis changes diagnosis A critically ill Turkish boy has had his life saved after scientists were able to read his genome quickly and work out that he had a wrong diagnosis. |
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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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| Diabetes drug 'trumps fat pill' A diabetes injection appears more effective at promoting weight loss than one of the leading obesity drugs, trials suggest. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Road map for universities awaited Mike Baker is wondering what has become of the promised New Framework for Higher Education. |
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| Loans firm tightens debt recovery The Student Loans Company tightens its debt recovery procedures as it writes off £29m | |
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| Child services are 'inadequate' Children's services in Cornwall have been ruled as "inadequate" in a detailed report by Ofsted inspectors. | |
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| 1945: United Nations Organisation is born Allies of World War II ratify the UN Charter at a ceremony in Washington DC. | |||
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| 2001: Swiss tunnel ablaze after head-on crash At least 10 people die after two lorries crash head-on and catch fire inside the Gotthard road tunnel in Switzerland. | |||
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| 1983: Nilsen 'strangled and mutilated' victims Civil servant Dennis Nilsen goes on trial accused of six murders and two attempted murders. | |||
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