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| Saturday, 27 February, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Tory focus on 'change' for polls The Conservatives will fight the coming general election under the slogan "vote for change", the party reveals. |
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| Pension fund worry for UK firms The collapse of Reader's Digest in the UK has reignited fears about the safety of pensions for millions on schemes with big deficits | |
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| Harman's husband to contest seat Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman's husband has been chosen to contest a Birmingham seat at the general election. | |
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| Schools careers advice 'patchy' Careers advice in schools in England is "patchy and inconsistent", according to the Institute of Career Guidance. | |
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| Tiger Woods dropped by Gatorade Drinks firm Gatorade ends deal with Tiger Woods in the wake of the golfer's admission of extra-marital affairs. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Uribe fails in Colombia term bid Constitutional judges in Colombia reject a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe to stand for a third term in office. |
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| Fresh charges over Turkey 'plot' Two retired generals are charged over an alleged plot in 2003 to overthrow the Turkish government, reports say. | |
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| Twitter permission for US troops US forces are to be allowed to use social networking websites following a review by the defence department. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ivorian opposition in new cabinet The opposition in Ivory Coast says it will join a unity government, ending a standoff threatening the peace process. |
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| 'Breakthrough deal' on Sudan poll The main parties in Sudan reach a deal giving the south enough seats in parliament to block constitutional changes. | |
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| Lesbianism 'shut SA school dorm' South African officials investigate reports that a girls' boarding school dormitory was closed because of lesbian relationships. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Uribe fails in Colombia term bid Constitutional judges in Colombia reject a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe to stand for a third term in office. |
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| Cuba dissidents 'to refuse food' Several Cuban dissidents say they will go on hunger strike in protest at the death of a jailed government opponent. | |
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| Tiger Woods dropped by Gatorade Drinks firm Gatorade ends deal with Tiger Woods in the wake of the golfer's admission of extra-marital affairs. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Thai court seizes Thaksin's cash Thailand's top court seizes $1.4bn from ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family, more than half the total demanded. |
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| Strong quake off southern Japan A powerful earthquake strikes off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, triggering a brief tsunami alert. | |
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| S Africa seizes 'N Korea weapons' South Africa confirms it seized banned military equipment on a ship sailing from North Korea to the Republic of Congo. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Fresh charges over Turkey 'plot' Two retired generals are charged over an alleged plot in 2003 to overthrow the Turkish government, reports say. |
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| Danish paper apology over cartoon A Danish newspaper apologises for reprinting a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban in 2008. | |
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| Berlusconi ire at legal 'Taliban' Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, mired in fraud charges, compares Italian prosecutors and judges to the Afghan Taliban. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | UN slams Libya anti-Swiss 'jihad' A top UN official condemns Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for a jihad against Switzerland, labelling it "inadmissible". |
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| W Bank clashes over heritage list Palestinians and Israeli security forces clash in the West Bank city of Hebron over Israeli plans for heritage sites. | |
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| Hezbollah chief meets Ahmadinejad The leader of the Lebanese Shia Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has made a rare public appearance in the Syrian capital, Damascus. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | US 'to rid Taliban from Kandahar' The US says it is planning a new offensive later this year to drive the Taliban from the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar. |
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| Court 'bans Taliban extradition' The Afghan Taliban's top military commander, recently detained in Pakistan, is not to be extradited, the Lahore High Court rules. | |
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| Sri Lanka pledges to save turtles The Sri Lankan government says that it is concerned about the welfare of sea turtles which live and breed on the island's southern coastline. | |
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| UK | |
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| Tory focus on 'change' for polls The Conservatives will fight the coming general election under the slogan "vote for change", the party reveals. |
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| Sats boycott vote date announced A vote on whether to boycott this year's Sats tests will be held on 15 March, two teaching unions announce. | |
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| Schools careers advice 'patchy' Careers advice in schools in England is "patchy and inconsistent", according to the Institute of Career Guidance. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Baby killed by lamppost is named A baby killed by a falling lamppost in a west London street would have celebrated his first birthday on Friday. |
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| Body found after flood on moors Police divers find a woman's body near a car which was swept away in flood waters on the North York Moors. | |
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| Fiancee identifies mind loss man A smartly-dressed man with memory loss found unconscious on Brighton beach is identified by his fiancee. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Family of shot man criticises MI5 The family of a man found shot dead near Londonderry on Wednesday night issue a statement denying that he was an informer or drug dealer. |
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| UVF supergrass 'becomes Catholic' Two UVF brothers are to testify against nine men charged with murdering a UDA member, a Belfast court is told. | |
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| Pair jailed after £4.5m tax fraud A Dungannon couple are jailed over the biggest ever case of tax fraud in Northern Ireland, amounting to more than £4.5m. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Protest at council chief's payout Protesters angered by the reported £250,000 pay-off given to the chief executive of Shetland Islands Council to set to gather in Lerwick. |
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| More jams as A80 works continue Motorists and football fans are warned to expect delays as work continues to lift beams into place on the M80 upgrade project. | |
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| Macmillan iconic images exhibited An exhibition of the photographs of Dundee-born photographer Iain Macmillan goes on display in his home city. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Tory focus on 'change' for polls The Conservatives will fight the coming general election under the slogan "vote for change", the party reveals. |
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| Growth encouraging, says Darling The chancellor welcomes the upward revision in economic growth figures, but the Tories urge ministers to deal with debt. | |
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| Harman's husband to contest seat Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman's husband has been chosen to contest a Birmingham seat at the general election. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Tiger Woods dropped by Gatorade Drinks firm Gatorade ends deal with Tiger Woods in the wake of the golfer's admission of extra-marital affairs. |
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| UK economic growth revised upward The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of last year, faster than previously thought, figures show. | |
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| Bad debts of £24bn knock Lloyds Lloyds Banking Group lost £24bn on bad loans in 2009, forcing the bank heavily into the red, annual results show. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | BBC 'axing 6 Music' report claims The BBC is to close two radio stations and scale back its web presence to make £600m in savings, claims The Times. |
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| Star Trek actor's son found dead The actor son of Star Trek veteran Walter Koenig is found dead in a wood after apparently taking his own life. | |
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| Batman debut comic sells for $1m A 1939 comic which saw Batman make his debut has sold for more than $1m (£655,000) at an auction in the US. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Whaling 'worsens carbon release' A century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, scientists say. |
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| Lasers lift dirt of ages from art Physicists have applied the same laser techniques commonly used for tattoo removal to clean several famous works of art, including wall paintings. | |
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| Huge iceberg 'threatens sea-life' A vast iceberg that broke off eastern Antarctic earlier this month could disrupt marine life in the region, scientists warn. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Tiny ear listens to hidden worlds A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible. |
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| Twitter permission for US troops US forces are to be allowed to use social networking websites following a review by the defence department. | |
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| Frauds website organiser jailed A man who created a website trading in stolen financial information linked to tens of millions of pounds in losses is jailed for nearly five years. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | NHS urged to buy Fairtrade tools A campaign is launched to encourage the NHS to buy more Fairtrade and ethically-sourced equipment. |
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| Specialist nurse role 'critical' The Royal College of Nursing calls for every patient with a long-term condition to be guaranteed specialist nursing care. | |
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| 'Health tourists' face crackdown Visitors to the UK may have to hold health insurance before they can enter the country, under government proposals. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Sats boycott vote date announced A vote on whether to boycott this year's Sats tests will be held on 15 March, two teaching unions announce. |
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| Schools careers advice 'patchy' Careers advice in schools in England is "patchy and inconsistent", according to the Institute of Career Guidance. | |
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| Government 'to miss Neet target' The government is predicted to miss its target on reducing the number of teenagers out of education, employment or training. | |
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| 2002: Hindus die in train fire A fire on a train in India results in the deaths of 57 Hindu pilgrims returning from the disputed holy site of Ayodhya. | |||
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| 1975: PC murder linked to IRA bomb factory Scotland Yard says the man who shot dead a police officer in London yesterday had been staying in a flat used as a "bomb factory" by the IRA. | |||
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| 1963: Argoud charged over de Gaulle plot Antoine Argoud, President De Gaulle's arch enemy and a former colonel in the French Army, is charged with an assassination attempt. | |||
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