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| Tuesday, 02 March, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Ashcroft admits 'non-dom' status Conservative donor and deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft admits he does not pay UK tax on his earnings outside of Britain. |
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| Troops deployed amid Chile unrest Thousands of Chilean troops head to the devastated earthquake zone as reports emerge of survivors turning to looting. | |
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| BBC presenter found dead in flat The BBC daytime television presenter Kristian Digby is found dead at his flat in east London, police say. | |
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| Princess visits UK Afghan troops The Princess Royal has made a surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan, Buckingham Palace says. | |
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| Bosnian war leader arrested in UK A former member of Bosnia's wartime presidency is held at Heathrow Airport over alleged war crimes. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Troops deployed amid Chile unrest Thousands of Chilean troops head to the devastated earthquake zone as reports emerge of survivors turning to looting. |
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| Niger appoints interim government The military in Niger names a transitional government with renewed promises of elections, 10 days after taking over in a coup. | |
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| US 'ready to help' on Falklands Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US "stands ready to help" resolve the UK-Argentinian dispute over the Falklands. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Niger appoints interim government The military in Niger names a transitional government with renewed promises of elections, 10 days after taking over in a coup. |
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| Nigeria police held over deaths A "significant number" of Nigerian police officers are arrested over the alleged extra-judicial killing of members of a religious sect. | |
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| Nkunda seeks end to Rwanda arrest Congolese rebel chief Laurent Nkunda goes to court in a bid to end 14 months of house arrest in Rwanda. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Troops deployed amid Chile unrest Thousands of Chilean troops head to the devastated earthquake zone as reports emerge of survivors turning to looting. |
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| US plans 'dramatic' nuclear cuts US President Barack Obama is planning "dramatic reductions" in the country's nuclear arsenal, a senior US administration official says. | |
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| US 'ready to help' on Falklands Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US "stands ready to help" resolve the UK-Argentinian dispute over the Falklands. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Pru shares hit by $35bn Asia deal Prudential shares tumble after the insurer unveils $35.5bn (£23bn) deal to buy one of Asia's biggest insurance firms. |
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| Toyota boss apologises in China The president of Toyota apologises in China, the world's largest auto market, for a safety recall over faults. | |
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| China fires police over 'torture' Two senior Chinese police officers are dismissed and four disciplined over the alleged fatal torture of a man in custody. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Karadzic calls Serb cause 'holy' Former leader Radovan Karadzic says the Serb cause in the Bosnian war was "just and holy", as his genocide trial resumes. |
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| Walls blamed for storm disaster Blame is being laid on France's aged sea defences after violent storms left some 50 dead and thousands homeless along the country's Atlantic coast. | |
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| Irish town rapped for Israel snub Ireland's foreign minister criticises the decision of a town council to remove the Israeli ambassador's signature from its guestbook. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran 'not co-operating' says IAEA The UN's nuclear watchdog says it cannot confirm all Iran's nuclear activities are peaceful as Tehran is not being co-operative enough. |
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| Reformist papers banned in Iran The authorities in Iran close down the biggest-circulation reformist newspaper Etemaad, saying it breached media laws. | |
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| Irish town rapped for Israel snub Ireland's foreign minister criticises the decision of a town council to remove the Israeli ambassador's signature from its guestbook. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Afghan teenagers risk life for Europe United Nations aid agencies are increasingly concerned about the number of children from Afghanistan migrating across Europe alone. |
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| Nato soldiers die in Afghanistan Nato says four of its troops have been killed in three separate attacks in western and southern Afghanistan. | |
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| India beat Pakistan in hockey cup India win their opening match in the men's field hockey World Cup in Delhi - against arch-rival Pakistan. | |
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| UK | |
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| Ashcroft admits 'non-dom' status Conservative donor and deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft admits he does not pay UK tax on his earnings outside of Britain. |
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| Financiers 'discuss Man Utd bid' A group of financiers - dubbed the "Red Knights" - meet for the first time to discuss taking over Man Utd, BBC Sport understands. | |
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| BBC presenter found dead in flat The BBC daytime television presenter Kristian Digby is found dead at his flat in east London, police say. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Double fatal fire was 'homicide' A fire which claimed the lives of an elderly man and woman in Warwickshire is being treated as murder or manslaughter. |
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| BBC presenter found dead in flat The BBC daytime television presenter Kristian Digby is found dead at his flat in east London, police say. | |
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| 'Poor management' failed Metronet "Poor and inadequate" management of the failed Tube maintenance firm Metronet cost taxpayers up to £410m, a report says. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Police attacked with petrol bombs Police arrest a 14-year-old boy after two petrol bombs are thrown at their vehicles in west Belfast. |
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| Trust admits neglect over death Belfast Health and Social Care Trust admits negligence over the care of a south Belfast pensioner who died in hospital. | |
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| Extradition for Basque separatist A court in Belfast orders the extradition of a Basque separatist convicted of 25 murders in Spain to face charges of justifying terror. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | MSPs to hear slum inquiry calls MSPs will hear calls for an inquiry into slum housing in Scotland, amid concerns over rogue landlords and funding shortages. |
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| Jury resuming death deliberations The jury in the trial of two men accused of murder on an Orkney island is set to resume deliberations. | |
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| Call to end illegal bird killing Campaigners calling for a tougher line on the illegal killing of birds of prey will present a petition to the Scottish parliament. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Ashcroft admits 'non-dom' status Conservative donor and deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft admits he does not pay UK tax on his earnings outside of Britain. |
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| Mandelson wants tougher M&A rules The business secretary calls for tougher rules on takeovers to protect the long-term interests of employees and shareholders. | |
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| 'Poor management' failed Metronet "Poor and inadequate" management of the failed Tube maintenance firm Metronet cost taxpayers up to £410m, a report says. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Pru shares hit by $35bn Asia deal Prudential shares tumble after the insurer unveils $35.5bn (£23bn) deal to buy one of Asia's biggest insurance firms. |
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| No pay rise for '57% of workers' Sixteen million workers, or more than half the UK's workforce, do not expect to get a pay increase this year, a survey suggests. | |
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| Real top football rich list again Real Madrid beat Barcelona and Manchester United to head the 2008/09 list of the richest football clubs in the world. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | BBC presenter found dead in flat The BBC daytime television presenter Kristian Digby is found dead at his flat in east London, police say. |
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| Miranda show leads TV nominations BBC Two comedy Miranda leads the nominations for the 2009 prestigious Royal Television Society (RTS) awards. | |
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| Sir Paul unveils outdoor UK shows Sir Paul McCartney confirms four UK shows this summer, including his first Cardiff gig in three decades. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | New scan could nose out criminals Noses could be an even better method of identification than iris and fingerprint scanning, says a UK study. |
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| UK science 'must meet challenge' The UK government's top scientific advisory body urges ministers to maintain the upward trajectory in science spending to compete with other nations' research efforts. | |
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| MPs quiz 'climategate' scientist The climate scientist at the centre of the row over stolen e-mails faces his first public questioning. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft offers browser choices Microsoft is to ask millions of Europeans who use Windows if they want to switch to a rival web browser. |
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| PS3 owners should 'stop gaming' Sony tells owners of older models of its PlayStation 3 to stop using them until it can fix a problem with its online games network. | |
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| Government tackled on wi-fi plans Libraries and universities are protesting about plans to make them police those who use their free wi-fi networks. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Diet 'can help blocked arteries' Three diets - low-carbohydrate, low-fat diet and Mediterranean - are equally effective in helping reverse blocked arteries, say Israeli researchers. |
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| Bosses told ill staff need help More needs to be done by employers to help people with back and joint pain stay in work, experts say. | |
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| Pain 'should be seen as disease' Chronic pain needs to be recognised as a disease in its own right, experts say. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Third of city pupils miss place About a third of pupils in some of England's biggest cities miss out on a place at their first choice secondary school. |
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| Tories to reform academy system A Tory government would rush through a new law to allow more schools in England to become academies, Michael Gove says. | |
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| Qualifications 'to be scrapped' The government is set to scrap some of the 6,500 different qualifications that are offered by exam boards. | |
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| 1991: Sri Lankan hardliner among 19 killed in blast The Tamil Tigers are being blamed for the assassination of Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister, Ranjan Wijeratne. | |||
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| 1970: Ian Smith declares Rhodesia a republic Prime Minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith declares his country a republic, cutting its last link with the British Crown. | |||
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| 1969: Concorde flies for the first time The supersonic airliner Concorde makes a "faultless" maiden flight. | |||
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