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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Job cuts claim denied by Tories The Tories deny claims up to 40,000 public sector jobs could be lost as part of planned government spending cuts. |
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| Netanyahu cancels US nuclear trip Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a planned visit to a summit on nuclear security in Washington, Israeli officials say. | |
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| Sex Pistols manager McLaren dies Malcolm McLaren, former manager of punk group the Sex Pistols, has died aged 64 after being diagnosed with cancer. | |
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| Kyrgyz president refuses to quit Kyrgyzstan's president refuses to resign after the opposition takes control in a bloody uprising that forced him to flee. | |
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| Brazil in landslide rescue effort Rescue teams in Brazil are working for a second night to find 200 people believed to have been buried by a massive landslide. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Netanyahu cancels US nuclear trip Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a planned visit to a summit on nuclear security in Washington, Israeli officials say. |
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| Australia suspends asylum claims Australia halts all new asylum claims by people from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, citing "changing circumstances". | |
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| Apple reveals new iPhone features Apple gives a preview of some of the features included in a new iPhone operating system to be launched later this year. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | 'New human-like species' revealed The remarkable remains of two ancient human-like creatures (hominids) have been found in South Africa. |
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| Sudan leader predicts fair vote Sudan's president says forthcoming polls will be free and fair, as opposition parties pull out over alleged fraud. | |
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| Nigeria doctors in kidnap strike Doctors in southern Nigeria's Edo state go on strike after a colleague is kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Brazil in landslide rescue effort Rescue teams in Brazil are working for a second night to find 200 people believed to have been buried by a massive landslide. |
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| Diplomat sparks US jet bomb scare A Qatari diplomat is released from custody after allegedly causing a bomb scare on board a US domestic flight. | |
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| Apple reveals new iPhone features Apple gives a preview of some of the features included in a new iPhone operating system to be launched later this year. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Australia suspends asylum claims Australia halts all new asylum claims by people from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, citing "changing circumstances". |
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| Kyrgyz president refuses to quit Kyrgyzstan's president refuses to resign after the opposition takes control in a bloody uprising that forced him to flee. | |
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| Warrants ahead of Thai protests Thailand has issues arrest warrants for seven people involved in recent unrest, ahead of planned mass protests. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | US and Russia hail nuclear treaty The US and Russia sign a "historic" nuclear arms treaty, with Barack Obama promising further disarmament steps. |
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| BA-Iberia merger agreement signed British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia have signed a deal to merge and create one of the world's biggest airline groups. | |
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| Markets hit by Greek debt fears European financial markets have been hit by renewed fears over the state of Greece's debt-ridden economy. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Netanyahu cancels US nuclear trip Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a planned visit to a summit on nuclear security in Washington, Israeli officials say. |
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| World powers mull Iran sanctions Envoys from six world powers have begun talks at the UN on possible new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. | |
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| Diplomat sparks US jet bomb scare A Qatari diplomat is released from custody after allegedly causing a bomb scare on board a US domestic flight. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan to curb president powers The parliament of Pakistan votes unanimously to approve measures which limit key presidential powers. |
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| Sri Lanka legislative polls close Voting closes in Sri Lanka's general election, with the president seeking to strengthen his hold on power. | |
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| New US soldier video is released The Taliban release a new video which appears to show an American soldier who was captured in Afghanistan in June last year. | |
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| UK | |
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| Job cuts claim denied by Tories The Tories deny claims up to 40,000 public sector jobs could be lost as part of planned government spending cuts. |
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| Honesty urged over hospital cuts Politicians are "not being open and honest" about the issue of hospital closures, a coalition of charities and patient group says. | |
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| Sex Pistols manager McLaren dies Malcolm McLaren, former manager of punk group the Sex Pistols, has died aged 64 after being diagnosed with cancer. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Policemen jailed over 'cruelty' Two policemen are jailed for 18 months after inflicting "deliberate cruelty" on a 19-year-old woman in custody in Greater Manchester. |
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| Deadly 'rum' was liquid cocaine A man died after unwittingly drinking liquid cocaine concealed in a rum bottle given to him as a gift, a court hears. | |
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| Army removes firing range mosques The Army agrees to take down replica mosques being used on a firing range in Catterick, North Yorkshire. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Cowen plea over Quinn resolution The Irish Prime Minister says the independence of his country's regulator must "be respected" in the search for a Quinn Insurance resolution. |
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| Boy drowns after fleeing police The Police Ombudsman's Office appeals for witnesses to the drowning of a teenager in the River Faughan to come forward. | |
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| Life term for baby killer father A man convicted of murdering his baby daughter in a "vicious attack" is jailed for a minimum of 16 years. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Schools to explore going it alone Almost half of Scotland's councils are investigating the option of schools breaking away from total council control. |
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| Teenage canoeist body recovered Rescue teams recover the body of a teenage canoeist who died after capsizing on the River Tay. | |
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| WWII evacuees return to Glasgow Forty evacuees sent from the Channel Island of Guernsey to Glasgow during World War II return to the city. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Brown confirms election on 6 May Prime Minister Gordon Brown, flanked by members of his cabinet in Downing Street, calls the UK General Election for 6 May. |
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| Live: General election 2010 Live text and video coverage of all the latest developments as the 2010 general election campaign gets under way. | |
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| Election is 'not two-horse race' Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says the election will not be the usual "two-horse race" between Labour and Conservatives. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Price of petrol hits record high The average price of unleaded petrol has hit a record high of 119.9p a litre, beating the previous record set in 2008. |
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| Apple reveals new iPhone features Apple gives a preview of some of the features included in a new iPhone operating system to be launched later this year. | |
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| Markets hit by Greek debt fears European financial markets have been hit by renewed fears over the state of Greece's debt-ridden economy. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Sex Pistols manager McLaren dies Malcolm McLaren, former manager of punk group the Sex Pistols, has died aged 64 after being diagnosed with cancer. |
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| Aardman sweeps Animation board Aardman, the Oscar-winning company behind Wallace and Gromit, sweeps the board at the British Animation Awards . | |
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| Rare Kipling edition discovered A first edition of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, with a poignant handwritten note by the author to his young daughter, is found. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Climate deal fear as talks resume The first round of UN climate talks since the bitter Copenhagen summit face divisions and mistrust on key issues. |
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| 'New human-like species' revealed The remarkable remains of two ancient human-like creatures (hominids) have been found in South Africa. | |
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| First oxygen-free animals found Scientists find the first animals able to survive and reproduce entirely without oxygen, deep in the Mediterranean. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Apple reveals new iPhone features Apple gives a preview of some of the features included in a new iPhone operating system to be launched later this year. |
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| HP outlines memory of the future Researchers at Hewlett Packard show off a new class of computing devices that could allow faster, more efficient machines | |
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| Anger about digital 'stitch-up' Ministers are accused of a "stitch-up" to pass digital piracy laws but the measures are approved by MPs. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Honesty urged over hospital cuts Politicians are "not being open and honest" about the issue of hospital closures, a coalition of charities and patient group says. |
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| More frequent chlamydia test call Women should be tested for chlamydia every time they have a new sexual partner to cut their chances of pelvic disease, UK researchers say. | |
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| Childhood deafness gene uncovered A new genetic fault which may account for some cases of inherited deafness has been revealed by Dutch researchers. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Call to limit college bosses' pay A union calls for college principals' pay to be limited as thousands of jobs in further education colleges are threatened. |
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| Balls drops key education reforms Schools Secretary Ed Balls drops key reforms for England, including compulsory sex education, after the Conservatives refuse to back them. | |
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| Caine backs Tories' youth scheme Actor Sir Michael Caine backs David Cameron's plans for a voluntary "national citizen service" for all 16-year-olds. | |
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| 2003: Saddam statue topples with regime Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader, pulling down a statue and tearing it to pieces as US tanks roll into the centre of Baghdad. | |||
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| 1976: Young Liberal leader cleared of robbery The president of the Young Liberals, Peter Hain, has been acquitted of robbing a branch of Barclays bank. | |||
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| 2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla The Prince of Wales weds Camilla Parker-Bowles at a civil ceremony followed by a blessing. | |||
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