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 | Tories outline marriage tax plans The Tories outline plans to give four million married couples and civil partners an annual £150 tax break. |
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| Pope 'letter' reignites abuse row The Pope faces allegations he was responsible for delaying Church action against a paedophile priest - the first time he has been accused so directly. | |
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| Council reviews hanged girl case A council is carrying out a review into the care of a disabled girl found hanged in a faeces-covered bedroom. | |
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| Euro rebounds on Greece deal hope The euro rebounds and stocks rise as reports suggest EU leaders have agreed details of a plan to rescue debt-ridden Greece. | |
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| Killed soldier was father-to-be A British soldier shot dead by insurgents in a fire fight in southern Afghanistan was soon to become a father. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Pope 'letter' reignites abuse row The Pope faces allegations he was responsible for delaying Church action against a paedophile priest - the first time he has been accused so directly. |
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| Kyrgyz president 'fears for life' Kyrgyzstan's president tells the BBC he fears he may be killed, as the nation mourns the victims of this week's bloody uprising. | |
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| Clinton scorns 'entrenched' Cuba US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accuses Cuba's leaders of not wanting to normalise ties with the United States. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Terreblanche buried amid tension The funeral of murdered South African white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche takes place without major incident, amid tight security. |
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| Zimbabwe's Bishop Muzorewa dies Bishop Abel Muzorewa, one of the most prominent political figures in the years leading up to the independence of Zimbabwe, dies. | |
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| Somali Islamists ban BBC output The Somali Islamist movement al-Shabab bans the BBC and closes down transmitters broadcasting its Somali language service. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Clinton scorns 'entrenched' Cuba US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accuses Cuba's leaders of not wanting to normalise ties with the United States. |
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| US Supreme Court judge to retire Justice John Paul Stevens, the oldest member of the US Supreme Court, announces his retirement just days before his 90th birthday. | |
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| Brazil landslide death toll rises Search crews find more bodies buried by a massive landslide that hit a shantytown near the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Thai protest restores blocked TV Thousands of Thai protesters break into a key broadcasting compound, and reinstate an opposition TV channel. |
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| Kyrgyz president 'fears for life' Kyrgyzstan's president tells the BBC he fears he may be killed, as the nation mourns the victims of this week's bloody uprising. | |
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| Sherpas cancel Hillary ashes plan Nepalese Sherpas decide not to scatter Sir Edmund Hillary's ashes on Mt Everest after objections from Buddhist lamas. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Pope 'letter' reignites abuse row The Pope faces allegations he was responsible for delaying Church action against a paedophile priest - the first time he has been accused so directly. |
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| Euro rebounds on Greece deal hope The euro rebounds and stocks rise as reports suggest EU leaders have agreed details of a plan to rescue debt-ridden Greece. | |
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| Auschwitz suspect sent to Poland A Swedish man wanted over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz death camp is extradited to Poland. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran unveils 'faster' centrifuges Iran's president unveils new centrifuges that officials say can enrich uranium six times faster than the first generation. |
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| Netanyahu cancels US nuclear trip Israel's PM pulls out of a summit in the US after learning that the issue of Israel's nuclear status would be raised, officials say. | |
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| Bomb-scare diplomat to leave US A Qatari diplomat who sparked a security alert on on board a US plane is to leave the country, US officials say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Poll win for Sri Lanka government The party of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa wins a majority in parliamentary polls, election officials say. |
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| India's 3G auction gets underway Major mobile phone operators begin placing bids in India's multi-billion-dollar auction for third generation (3G) licences. | |
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| Sherpas cancel Hillary ashes plan Nepalese Sherpas decide not to scatter Sir Edmund Hillary's ashes on Mt Everest after objections from Buddhist lamas. | |
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| UK | |
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| Tories outline marriage tax plans The Tories outline plans to give four million married couples and civil partners an annual £150 tax break. |
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| British worker shot in Ethiopia A Briton shot dead in Ethiopia while working for an oil company has been named by the Foreign Office as Jason Read. | |
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| Killed soldier was father-to-be A British soldier shot dead by insurgents in a fire fight in southern Afghanistan was soon to become a father. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Council reviews hanged girl case A council is carrying out a review into the care of a disabled girl found hanged in a faeces-covered bedroom. |
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| Care home boss guilty of killing The former manager of a care home in Somerset is found guilty of the manslaughter of one of its elderly residents. | |
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| Frankie Boyle criticised for joke The mother of a five-year-old girl with Down's syndrome criticises comedian Frankie Boyle for jokes made during his live show. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Linfield boss Jeffrey is arrested The manager of Linfield Football Club, David Jeffrey, is arrested following an incident in Glengormley, County Antrim. |
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| 'Racist motive' in Pole's murder A Polish man was kicked about the head and had his throat stamped on during a suspected race-hate murder in Newry, a court hears. | |
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| Boy in court on day of drowning The Londonderry schoolboy who drowned while fleeing from police on Wednesday was in court that morning. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | PM to attack Tory economic plans The prime minister is to campaign in Scotland as the economy continues to dominate the early days of the election campaign. |
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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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| Scots tenor McKellar dies aged 82 Scottish tenor Kenneth McKellar dies at his daughter's home in the United States after a very short illness. | |
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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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 | Euro rebounds on Greece deal hope The euro rebounds and stocks rise as reports suggest EU leaders have agreed details of a plan to rescue debt-ridden Greece. |
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| Coke increases stake in Innocent Coca-Cola takes a majority stake in the British fruit smoothie maker Innocent, but says the firm's founders will remain in charge. | |
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| Reader's Digest finds new buyer Reader's Digest UK is bought out of administration, securing the immediate future of the company and its 100 employees. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Street farewell for actor Tarmey Bill Tarmey, who plays Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street, is leaving the ITV soap after more than 30 years. |
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| Frankie Boyle criticised for joke The mother of a five-year-old girl with Down's syndrome criticises comedian Frankie Boyle for jokes made during his live show. | |
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| Chilis star is modern guitar hero John Frusciante beats Slash and Matt Bellamy to be named the best guitarist of the last 30 years in a BBC 6 Music poll. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Greenfield sacking was 'unfair' Baroness Susan Greenfield says she believes that her sacking as director of the Royal Institution earlier this year was "unfair". |
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| Climate 'more urgent than ever' The need for a new global climate deal is "greater than ever", say developing country delegates at UN climate talks in Bonn. | |
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| Venus 'still volcanically active' Data from Europe's Venus Express spacecraft indicates that Earth's neighbour can still erupt volcanoes. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Colour e-readers shift to video A colour e-reader that supports video and potentially web browsing is shown off by Dutch researchers. |
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| Twitter predicts box office hits Micro-blogging service Twitter can be used to predict box-office takings of blockbuster films, according to computer scientists. | |
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| Apple reveals new iPhone features Apple previews features included in a new iPhone operating system - including mobile advertising - to be launched later this year. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Child brain cancer diagnosis call UK doctors are to get new guidelines on diagnosing brain tumours in children in order to tackle delays in treatment. |
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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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| First baby treated with xenon gas A newborn baby has become the first in the world to receive xenon gas treatment, pioneered in Bristol in a bid to prevent brain injury. | |
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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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| Pupils taught using violent game Pupils are turned away from violence in a scheme using stills from a violent video game. | |
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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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| 1998: Northern Ireland peace deal reached The Northern Ireland peace talks have ended with an historic agreement called the Good Friday Agreement. | |||
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| 1972: Earthquake kills thousands in Iran At least 4,000 people die in a massive earthquake in southern Iran which flattens entire towns and villages. | |||
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| 1968: Dozens die in NZ ferry disaster Fifty-one people die when a ferry capsizes in Wellington harbour, New Zealand, during one of the worst storms ever to hit the country. | |||
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