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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Tories step up bid for new votes The Conservatives are to woo Lib Dem voters and target Labour heartlands as their rivals focus on green issues and the NHS. |
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| Indian cricket suspends IPL chief India's cricket board suspends IPL chief Lalit Modi over corruption allegations in the worst scandal to hit the game since 2000. | |
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| Rooney is PFA player of the year Wayne Rooney beats off competition from Didier Drogba, Carlos Tevez and Cesc Fabregas to be voted the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year. | |
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| Call to cut child heart op units The future of all paediatric heart centres in England is being reviewed, as experts call for a rationalisation of services. | |
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| Minister fined over mobile in car Children's Secretary Ed Balls has been issued with a £60 fine for driving while using a mobile phone, it is disclosed. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Environmental fears over US spill Oil continues to leak at the rate of 1,000 barrels a day after a rig sank off Louisiana in what US officials call "a very serious spill". |
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| Indian cricket suspends IPL chief India's cricket board suspends IPL chief Lalit Modi over corruption allegations in the worst scandal to hit the game since 2000. | |
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| Historic Iraq-UK flight completed The first passenger flight between Iraq and the UK for 20 years lands at Gatwick after flying from Baghdad, via Sweden. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Sudan fighting 'leaves 55 dead' A Darfuri tribe says 55 of its members died in a clash with south Sudanese soldiers, but the south accuses the north of attacking. |
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| Zuma reveals he is HIV-negative South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says he is HIV-negative, as he launches an Aids testing programme. | |
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| Germans held in Nigeria are freed Two German men are freed six days after being seized while swimming in Nigeria's oil-producing south-east | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Environmental fears over US spill Oil continues to leak at the rate of 1,000 barrels a day after a rig sank off Louisiana in what US officials call "a very serious spill". |
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| Search after Mississippi tornado Rescuers fan out to search isolated rural homes in Mississippi after a devastating tornado which killed at least 10 people. | |
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| Ladies in White harassed in Cuba Government supporters in Cuba confront wives of political prisoners, the Ladies in White, blocking their march. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Thai PM warns Bangkok protesters Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva threatens to retake a camp set up by protesters in Bangkok, without giving a timeframe. |
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| Massive fire engulfs Manila slum Firefighters tackle a blaze which has destroyed hundreds of homes in shanty town outside the Philippines capital. Manila. | |
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| Geothermal energy summit in Bali Indonesia is hosting what is being called the world's biggest Geothermal energy conference, with 80 countries attending. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Greek talks with IMF 'going well' Greece's talks with the IMF on emergency loans to finance its debt are going well, its finance minister says. |
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| 'Landslide win' for Hungary party Hungary's conservative opposition party Fidesz wins a two-thirds general election victory, second round results show. | |
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| Apology over Pope 'condom' memo The Foreign Office apologises for a "foolish" document suggesting the Pope could launch "Benedict" condoms during his UK visit. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Israel blasts new Shalit cartoon Hamas releases another animated cartoon depicting captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in an move condemned by Israel's prime minister. |
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| Lebanese press for secular reform Crowds of Lebanese rally in the capital Beirut to press for the abolition of the country's divisive sectarian system. | |
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| Historic Iraq-UK flight completed The first passenger flight between Iraq and the UK for 20 years lands at Gatwick after flying from Baghdad, via Sweden. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Indian cricket suspends IPL chief India's cricket board suspends IPL chief Lalit Modi over corruption allegations in the worst scandal to hit the game since 2000. |
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| 'Mass illness' hits Afghan girls Scores of schoolgirls in northern Afghanistan are taken sick in what authorities allege is mass poisoning by insurgents | |
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| Amitabh Bachchan has cirrhosis Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan reveals he has cirrhosis of the liver as a result of a previous blood transfusion. | |
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| UK | |
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| Tories step up bid for new votes The Conservatives are to woo Lib Dem voters and target Labour heartlands as their rivals focus on green issues and the NHS. |
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| Call to cut child heart op units The future of all paediatric heart centres in England is being reviewed, as experts call for a rationalisation of services. | |
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| Rooney is PFA player of the year Wayne Rooney beats off competition from Didier Drogba, Carlos Tevez and Cesc Fabregas to be voted the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Boy ruled out in fire death probe A 17-year-old arrested in connection with a fire that killed two children in Derbyshire is ruled out as a suspect, police say. |
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| Funeral for strangled schoolgirl The funeral of a schoolgirl who was found dead in Manchester will honour her "bubbly personality". | |
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| Call to cut child heart op units The future of all paediatric heart centres in England is being reviewed, as experts call for a rationalisation of services. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Quinn drops off NI 'richest list' Fermanagh insurance magnate Sean Quinn drops off the Sunday Times NI Rich List because of uncertainties over his finances. |
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| NI woman critical after US attack A 23-year-old woman from south Armagh remains critically ill in Chicago after being attacked with a metal baseball bat on Friday. | |
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| Man's body recovered from water A man's body has been recovered in a coastal area near Ballycastle in County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Teachers 'fears' over curriculum Only 25% of secondary teachers say they have had good training on the new curriculum for excellence, a study suggests. |
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| Campaigns entering last full week The main Scottish parties are heading on to the streets of key marginal seats in the last full week before the election. | |
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| Black Watch Afghan tour insight The Black Watch, 3 Scots, is publishing a new book which documents soldiers' frontline experiences in Afghanistan in their own words. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Greek talks with IMF 'going well' Greece's talks with the IMF on emergency loans to finance its debt are going well, its finance minister says. |
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| Many firms 'fear hung Parliament' Firms are becoming increasingly concerned about the potential impact of a hung Parliament on their business, a study suggests. | |
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| Farepak new payout 15p per pound Almost four years after the Christmas hamper firm Farepak collapsed, customers will get an improved offer of 15p for every pound lost. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Author Alan Sillitoe dies aged 82 The author Alan Sillitoe, one of the "Angry Young Men" of British fiction in the 1950s, has died aged 82, his family says. |
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| DJ Sonique given cancer all-clear DJ Sonique says she has been given the all-clear by doctors following her battle with breast cancer. | |
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| Norton trail angers Doctor fans Thousands of Doctor Who fans contact the BBC to complain that the ending of Saturday night's episode was ruined by a trailer for the next show | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| Environmental fears over US spill Oil continues to leak at the rate of 1,000 barrels a day after a rig sank off Louisiana in what US officials call "a very serious spill". |
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| Science enthusiasts chase dream Amateur scientists will investigate snails, clouds and gigs in the final of a BBC competition. | |
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| Geothermal energy summit in Bali Indonesia is hosting what is being called the world's biggest Geothermal energy conference, with 80 countries attending. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Adobe abandons iPhone code tools Software maker Adobe is giving up on making tools that put popular Flash programs onto the iPhone and iPad. |
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| Son's autism leads to innovation An autistic boy is given help to communicate as his father creates a visual system that helps to give him a voice. | |
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| Facebook's bid to rule the web Facebook tells developers it plans to unseat Google by putting itself at the heart of the web. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Call to cut child heart op units The future of all paediatric heart centres in England is being reviewed, as experts call for a rationalisation of services. |
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| 'NHS job cuts' in the spotlight NHS job cuts are top of the agenda as nurses gather in Bournemouth for their annual conference. | |
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| Nationwide heart tests 'wasteful' Heart screening tests to be offered to millions of adults across England could be a waste of resources, a study warns. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Social mobility 'lagging behind' Social mobility in England lags behind many developed countries - in terms of educational achievement, says a survey. |
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| Baby Peter sacking ruled lawful The High Court has ruled that the sacking of the head of children's services at Haringey after the death of Baby Peter was lawful. | |
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| Brown recalls cleaners' campaign Gordon Brown has told students about his own university campaigns - opposing apartheid in South Africa and supporting "decent pay" for cleaners. | |
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| 1962: First US rocket lands on Moon The American Moon rocket Ranger IV lands on the far side of the Moon but fails to send back pictures due a technical fault. | |||
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| 2005: Syrian troops leave Lebanon Syria says it has pulled all its troops out of Lebanon after 29 years as a military band sees off the last soldiers. | |||
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| 1984: Reagan arrives in China US President Ronald Reagan lands in China at the start of a six-day state visit, the first by an American president since 1972. | |||
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