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| Wednesday, 07 October, 2009, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Obama aware of Afghan differences US President Barack Obama acknowledges that his decision on a new strategy in Afghanistan will not please everyone. |
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| Osborne gambles with cuts plans George Osborne says "we're all in this together" as he puts a public sector pay freeze at the heart of his planned spending cuts. | |
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| Mantel named Booker prize winner Author Hilary Mantel is named this year's Man Booker Prize winner for her historical novel Wolf Hall. | |
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| Warning over River Trent cyanide A quantity of the deadly chemical cyanide and raw sewage is flowing along a thirty-mile stretch of the River Trent in Staffordshire, it is revealed. | |
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| Keep trafficking unit, Met urged Plans by the Metropolitan Police to disband its specialist human trafficking team are attacked by leading charities. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Obama aware of Afghan differences US President Barack Obama acknowledges that his decision on a new strategy in Afghanistan will not please everyone. |
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| Somalia minister held in Uganda Somalia's junior minister for defence has been detained during a visit to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, the Ugandan army says. | |
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| Kenya clans 'set for 2012 riots' Rival Kenyan clans, who fought after the 2007 election, are rearming for the next vote due in 2012, a BBC investigation finds. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Somalia minister held in Uganda Somalia's junior minister for defence has been detained during a visit to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, the Ugandan army says. |
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| Kenya clans 'set for 2012 riots' Rival Kenyan clans, who fought after the 2007 election, are rearming for the next vote due in 2012, a BBC investigation finds. | |
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| Madagascar unity cabinet 'agreed' Madagascar's rivals have agreed on cabinet posts in a new unity government, officials at power-sharing talks say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Obama aware of Afghan differences US President Barack Obama acknowledges that his decision on a new strategy in Afghanistan will not please everyone. |
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| US 'to cut immigrant detention' US officials are to announce plans that would allow non-criminal illegal immigrants to be housed outside jails, reports say. | |
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| Jail ruling for 'dirty war' pilot A pilot held over his alleged role in the Argentine "death flights" will remain in custody, a Spanish judge rules. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | North Korea 'may return to talks' North Korea tells China it is willing to return to six-party nuclear talks, dependent on bilateral negotiations with the US. |
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| Sumatra relief effort increased Aid teams try to reach remote Indonesian villages, and provide shelter and food in Padang city, after a deadly earthquake. | |
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| France secures $6bn Kazakh deals France and Kazakhstan sign energy and business deals worth $6bn (£3.8bn) during a visit to Astana by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Court weighs Berlusconi immunity Italy's top court begins a hearing on whether Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has immunity from prosecution while in office. |
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| Switzerland denies Polanski bail Film-maker Roman Polanski is denied bail ahead of his possible extradition to the US, the Swiss Justice Ministry says. | |
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| Demjanjuk trial set for November The German trial of alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk on 27,900 counts of accessory to murder will start next month. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Senior Israeli Muslim leader held A leader of Israel's Islamic Movement, Raed Salah, is arrested for alleged incitement amid rising tension in Jerusalem. |
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| 'Nine dead' in Iraq market blast A car bomb in a market near the Iraqi city of Falluja kills at least nine people and wounds dozens more, police say. | |
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| Dollar falls on oil plan report The dollar falls after a report that Gulf states are in secret talks to replace the greenback as the main oil currency. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | UK to cut Sri Lanka camp funding The UK says it will withdraw all but emergency funding for the camps where 250,000 displaced Tamils are confined in Sri Lanka. |
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| Air India speaks on cabin scuffle A mid-air scuffle between pilots and cabin crew on an Air India flight did not endanger the 106 passengers on board, the company says. | |
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| UK to cut Pakistanis' visa wait Britain's home secretary pledges to tackle a backlog in processing visa applications by Pakistanis after thousands are hit by delays. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Osborne gambles with cuts plans George Osborne says "we're all in this together" as he puts a public sector pay freeze at the heart of his planned spending cuts. |
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| Most 'remain against Afghan war' Most people in the UK continue to oppose Britain's military operations in Afghanistan, a BBC survey suggests. | |
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| Keep trafficking unit, Met urged Plans by the Metropolitan Police to disband its specialist human trafficking team are attacked by leading charities. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Keep trafficking unit, Met urged Plans by the Metropolitan Police to disband its specialist human trafficking team are attacked by leading charities. |
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| Lover denies self-poisoning claim A woman rejects claims she poisoned herself while pregnant to implicate her doctor lover in a plot to induce an abortion. | |
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| Warning over River Trent cyanide A quantity of the deadly chemical cyanide and raw sewage is flowing along a thirty-mile stretch of the River Trent in Staffordshire, it is revealed. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Burnt depot kept tyres illegally It's understood that a depot near Londonderry where a fire has been burning for more than 36 hours was storing tyres illegally. |
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| Man to face murder attempt charge A 39-year-old man arrested by officers from the Historical Enquiries Team is charged with attempted murder. | |
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| Policing talks end without a deal Talks between the first and deputy first minister and Gordon Brown on devolving policing powers break up without agreement. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Suicide target 'will not be met' Scotland's largest health authority, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, says it is unlikely to meet its target on suicide prevention. |
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| Fish workers to live on sea farms A company is proposing to farm salmon further offshore than it has done previously and to accommodate workers on barges. | |
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| Rare Purple Hairstreak is spotted A rare butterfly is spotted in Perthshire, hundreds of miles from its usual habits in England and Wales. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Osborne gambles with cuts plans George Osborne says "we're all in this together" as he puts a public sector pay freeze at the heart of his planned spending cuts. |
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| Anger over pay freeze 'politics' Public sector workers criticise plans to freeze their pay announced by both the government and the Tories. | |
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| Tories 'to end criminal privacy' The Tories pledge to end what they call the "automatic privacy" of criminals and protect the public. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | UK economy 'is still not growing' Contrary to expectations, the UK economy did not grow between July and September, an influential economic body predicts. |
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| Plastic card fraud falls by 23% The amount of fraud being committed on plastic cards fell in the first half of the year, according to industry figures. | |
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| Emergency meeting for BA unions Unions representing British Airways cabin crew plan an emergency meeting after the airline said it would cut 1,700 jobs and freeze pay. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Mantel named Booker prize winner Author Hilary Mantel is named this year's Man Booker Prize winner for her historical novel Wolf Hall. |
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| 'Legal issues' halt Sugababes gig The new Sugababes line-up pull out of what should have been their first live appearance because of "legal issues". | |
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| Grieving Lucas pulls out of play Little Britain star Matt Lucas pulls out of a play in the West End after the death of his ex-partner. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Downturn is 'climate opportunity' The recession provides a chance to build a low-carbon future, says the International Energy Agency, if governments act quickly. |
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| Nobel honours 'masters of light' The Nobel Prize for physics lauds the technology that underpins modern telecommunications and camera technology. | |
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| DNA sequencing in a holey new way IBM researchers announce an effort to trap DNA molecules in tiny holes in an effort to decode their genetic instructions. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Google targeted in e-mail scam Google confirms to BBC News that its e-mail system - Gmail - has been targeted as part of an "industry-wide phishing scheme". |
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| Legal threat closes postcode feed Websites that help people find jobs or hospitals have been hit by legal action threatened by the Royal Mail. | |
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| Microsoft launches Windows phones The first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones go on sale on Tuesday, alongside an application store and cloud backup service. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Psychiatric jabs for cash tested UK doctors are resorting to paying some psychiatric patients in the hope it will make them take their medication, under a trial. |
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| Patients warned over cancer delay Britons would put off seeing their GP with cancer symptoms for a variety of reasons, including fear, a survey suggests. | |
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| Convertibles 'bad for the ears' Driving a convertible car with the top down at speeds of between 50 and 70mph can seriously damage your ears, experts warn. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Degrees 'rely on private pupils' University courses important to the economy rely on private schools for many of their students, says research. |
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| UK to cut Pakistanis' visa wait Britain's home secretary pledges to tackle a backlog in processing visa applications by Pakistanis after thousands are hit by delays. | |
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| Children's commissioner nominated Maggie Atkinson has been nominated by the Children's Secretary, Ed Balls as the next Children's Commissioner for England. | |
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| 2001: US launches air strikes against Taleban The United States launches its military offensive against al-Qaeda and the Taleban in Afghanistan. | |||
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| 1985: Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner Palestinian militants hijack the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threaten to blow it up. | |||
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| 2004: British hostage feared dead in Iraq Fears are growing for the British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, abducted three weeks ago in Iraq. | |||
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