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| Thursday, 05 November, 2009, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London |
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 | Tory EU stance will 'castrate' UK The Conservatives' new policy on the EU is "pathetic" and will "castrate" UK influence in Europe, a French minister says. |
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| Iran and Syria deny arms claims Iran and Syria deny Israeli claims that a ship seized in the Mediterranean was carrying weapons for Hezbollah militants. | |
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| GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs General Motors confirms that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across European car unit Opel, prompting German unions to call a strike. | |
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| Five gun attack dead named by MoD The five British soldiers killed in an attack by an Afghan police officer have been named by the Ministry of Defence. | |
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| MPs' mortgage claims 'should end' MPs should be banned from claiming towards mortgages and employing relatives, a review of expenses rules says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs General Motors confirms that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across European car unit Opel, prompting German unions to call a strike. |
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| Iran and Syria deny arms claims Iran and Syria deny Israeli claims that a ship seized in the Mediterranean was carrying weapons for Hezbollah militants. | |
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| US officers 'failed kidnap girl' Parole officers in California missed many chances to stop the alleged abductor of Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Pardoned Briton's joy at return Former British soldier Simon Mann, jailed for a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, says it is "wonderful" to be back in the UK. |
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| Banned Kenya official 'to sue US' Kenya's attorney general admits the US has imposed a travel ban on him, and threatens legal action for defamation. | |
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| SA 'to miss land reform deadline' South Africa will miss a 2014 deadline to redistribute a third of its farmland to the black majority, the government says. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap An Italian judge convicts 23 Americans and two Italian secret agents over the CIA kidnap of an Egyptian cleric in 2003. |
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| US officers 'failed kidnap girl' Parole officers in California missed many chances to stop the alleged abductor of Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years. | |
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| New row over Colombia-US accord Colombian opposition groups react angrily after details of a controversial military deal with the US are made public. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | US diplomats meet Burmese leaders US envoys meet both Burma's PM and detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the highest level bilateral contact in over 10 years. |
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| Vietnam floods leave dozens dead About 90 people are now known to have died in severe flooding triggered by a tropical storm, Vietnamese officials say. | |
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| Malaysia withholds 'Allah Bibles' The Malaysian government refuses to release 10,000 Bibles it seized because they use the word Allah to refer to God. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs General Motors confirms that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across European car unit Opel, prompting German unions to call a strike. |
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| CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap An Italian judge convicts 23 Americans and two Italian secret agents over the CIA kidnap of an Egyptian cleric in 2003. | |
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| Tory EU stance will 'castrate' UK The Conservatives' new policy on the EU is "pathetic" and will "castrate" UK influence in Europe, a French minister says. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran and Syria deny arms claims Iran and Syria deny Israeli claims that a ship seized in the Mediterranean was carrying weapons for Hezbollah militants. |
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| Wide support for UN Gaza report Dozens of nations support a UN resolution calling for inquiries by Israel and the Palestinians on alleged war crimes in Gaza. | |
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| Iran police clash with protesters Police clash with opposition supporters during a rally in the Iranian capital, Tehran, witnesses and state media say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Taliban link to shootings probed The Taliban could have infiltrated the Afghan police to kill five British soldiers in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown says. |
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| Afghan election victory 'illegal' Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah says Hamid Karzai's re-election 'has no legal basis'. | |
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| Gold hits new high on India deal The price of gold reaches an all-time high after a large sale of the precious commodity by the International Monetary Fund to India. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Five gun attack dead named by MoD The five British soldiers killed in an attack by an Afghan police officer have been named by the Ministry of Defence. |
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| MPs' mortgage claims 'should end' MPs should be banned from claiming towards mortgages and employing relatives, a review of expenses rules says. | |
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| Tory EU stance will 'castrate' UK The Conservatives' new policy on the EU is "pathetic" and will "castrate" UK influence in Europe, a French minister says. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Rhys murderer stabs Mizen killer The teenager who shot dead Rhys Jones stabs the killer of former altar boy Jimmy Mizen in an attack at a Doncaster prison. |
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| Girl found in field 'smothered' A second post-mortem reveals a teenage girl found dead in a field in County Durham was smothered. | |
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| Poppy ban row firm makes U-turn A Lancashire-based toiletries store chain reverses its decision to ban poppies after a storm of protest. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Roadblock set up over flood fears Residents in Londonderry stop traffic driving along a main road in an effort to prevent their homes from flooding. |
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| Pensioner dies after road crash An 88-year-old man dies in hospital a week after his car is involved in a three vehicle collision in Londonderry. | |
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| Ex-IRA men 'helping dissidents' Some former PIRA members are helping dissident efforts to wreck the peace process, the paramilitary watchdog says. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Scots in 'biggest budget squeeze' Public spending in Scotland is facing the biggest squeeze since devolution, a report from Audit Scotland claims. |
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| Minimum pricing 'myth shattered' A drink price survey shows minimum pricing will target cheap products, the Scottish government claims. | |
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| 'Extinct' oysters return to Forth Live oysters are discovered in the Firth of Forth -- decades after they were declared extinct in the area, BBC Scotland can reveal. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Tory EU stance will 'castrate' UK The Conservatives' new policy on the EU is "pathetic" and will "castrate" UK influence in Europe, a French minister says. |
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| MPs' mortgage claims 'should end' MPs should be banned from claiming towards mortgages and employing relatives, a review of expenses rules says. | |
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| Afghan war 'controls immigration' Removing troops from Afghanistan would "significantly increase" the number of asylum seekers in the UK, a minister says. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs General Motors confirms that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across European car unit Opel, prompting German unions to call a strike. |
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| Intel in threats and bribery suit Intel is hit with an anti-competition lawsuit in the US, accused of using "illegal threats" to dominate microchip sales. | |
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| Shoppers' rights 'under threat' UK shoppers' rights to reject faulty goods could be weakened under new European rules, two Law Commissions say. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Robbie confirms Take That reunion Pop star Robbie Williams says there are plans for him to perform with Take That again some time in the future. |
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| Keisha denies Sugababes reunion The singer's manager says she definitely won't be getting the original Sugababes line up back together despite rumours of a reunion. | |
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| EMI sues Beatles download website Record company EMI is suing a US website which it says is offering unauthorised downloads of The Beatles' albums for sale. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Major quakes could be aftershocks Many earthquakes may be aftershocks of large quakes that occurred hundreds of years ago, say scientists. |
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| Messenger spies iron on Mercury The Nasa Messenger probe's observations of Mercury show the planet is even more of an "iron planet" than scientists thought. | |
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| Light down a wire for solar power A modification to commercial optical fibre could be a promising route to solar power without large arrays, say researchers. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Intel in threats and bribery suit Intel is hit with an anti-competition lawsuit in the US, accused of using "illegal threats" to dominate microchip sales. |
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| EMI sues Beatles download website Record company EMI is suing a US website which it says is offering unauthorised downloads of The Beatles' albums for sale. | |
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| Microsoft reveals new-look MSN Microsoft has announced a major redesign of its MSN.com web portal, designed to drive traffic to search engine Bing. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Tackle work stress, bosses told Employers need to pay more attention to the levels of stress and anxiety in the workplace, key NHS advisers say. |
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| Row erupts over state of the NHS A row has broken out between the government and the Tories about the state of the NHS. | |
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| NHS communication failure 'rife' Poor communication between hospital staff and with their patients is far too common and deeply damaging, experts warn. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | State school qualification ban An international GCSE, used by independent schools, will not be approved for use in state schools. |
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| Students still waiting for loans Thousands of students in England are still caught up in delays to the delivery of loans, according to the latest figures. | |
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| Universities 'worth £59bn to UK' Universities in the UK generate £59bn and 650,000 full-time jobs, says a report into their economic significance. | |
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| 1952: Landslide victory for Eisenhower General Dwight D Eisenhower sweeps to victory in the American presidential elections with the largest number of popular votes ever recorded for a presidential candidate. | |||
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| 1991: Publisher Robert Maxwell dies at sea The body of the millionaire newspaper publisher, Robert Maxwell, is found in the sea off the coast of Tenerife. | |||
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| 1967: Forty die in Hither Green rail crash At least 40 people are killed and 80 hurt after a train derails in south-east London. | |||
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