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| Friday, 07 May, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London |
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 | Conservatives head for big gains David Cameron says Labour "has lost its mandate to govern" as the Conservatives look set to be the biggest party in a hung parliament. |
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| Brown 'proud of Labour's record' Gordon Brown says he is proud of Labour's record as he delivers his winning speech in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. | |
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| Voters turned away as polls close There are calls for an inquiry and angry scenes after long queues lead to hundreds of people being stopped from voting. | |
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| Voting frustrations: Your stories Voters have been expressing their anger at the queues and problems that have seen hundreds unable to vote in the 2010 general election. | |
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| Robinson loses East Belfast seat Peter Robinson loses his East Belfast seat to the Alliance deputy leader Naomi Long in a bad night for unionist leaders. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Greek parliament backs hefty cuts Greece's parliament votes in favour of austerity measures, as police use tear gas to disperse stone-throwing protesters outside. |
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| Oil slick reaches wildlife refuge Oil from a sprawling slick washes ashore on a wildlife refuge off Louisiana, as workers try to cap the well with a giant funnel. | |
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| Conservatives head for big gains David Cameron says Labour "has lost its mandate to govern" as the Conservatives look set to be the biggest party in a hung parliament. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigeria swears in new president Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as head of state following the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua. |
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| Zimbabwe leaders' sanction appeal Zimbabwe's three leading figures condemn international sanctions on the country at a World Economic Forum conference in Tanzania. | |
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| New clue to fighting dengue fever Research into how the body fights off the tropical disease dengue fever could help in the search for a vaccine. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Oil slick reaches wildlife refuge Oil from a sprawling slick washes ashore on a wildlife refuge off Louisiana, as workers try to cap the well with a giant funnel. |
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| US markets plunge on debt concern US markets fall by more than 9% in New York trade on fears about the global recovery, before closing down by more than 3%. | |
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| Argentina incest-case father dies An Argentine man jailed over suspicions he fathered seven children with his daughter has died, prison officials say. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Asia shares fall over Greece debt Shares in Asia fall sharply on opening, amid investor fears that Greece's debt crisis could halt the global economic recovery. |
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| Burma democrats face dissolution The pro-democracy party of Aung San Suu Kyi is to disband when a registration deadline for Burma's elections expires at midnight. | |
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| Divisions on Thai road-map emerge The Thai government suggests parliament could be dissolved in September, but both red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups are unhappy. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Conservatives head for big gains David Cameron says Labour "has lost its mandate to govern" as the Conservatives look set to be the biggest party in a hung parliament. |
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| Greek parliament backs hefty cuts Greece's parliament votes in favour of austerity measures, as police use tear gas to disperse stone-throwing protesters outside. | |
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| Former bank boss held in Iceland The former chief executive of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing is arrested on suspicion of embezzlement. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Mubarak calls to Egypt opposition Egypt's president challenges opposition reformers to present their plans for change without unleashing 'chaos'. |
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| Iran minister to host UN envoys Iran's foreign minister invites UN Security Council envoys to dinner amid the threat of new sanctions over nuclear moves. | |
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| 'Historic' day for web languages The web undergoes a "historic" change as a system that allows the first web addresses in non-Latin scripts is switched on. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Mumbai gunman sentenced to death A judge sentences the surviving gunman of the Mumbai attacks to death, saying he could not be rehabilitated. |
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| Tourists caught in Nepal strike Thousands of international tourists are caught up in the nationwide strike called by Nepal's Maoist party. | |
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| Afghans demonstrate against Iran Hundreds of Afghans demonstrate against alleged ill-treatment and executions of Afghan refugees by the Iranian authorities. | |
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| UK | |
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| Conservatives head for big gains David Cameron says Labour "has lost its mandate to govern" as the Conservatives look set to be the biggest party in a hung parliament. |
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| Voters turned away as polls close There are calls for an inquiry and angry scenes after long queues lead to hundreds of people being stopped from voting. | |
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| Robinson loses East Belfast seat Peter Robinson loses his East Belfast seat to the Alliance deputy leader Naomi Long in a bad night for unionist leaders. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Voters turned away in poll delay Hundreds of people are denied the chance to vote as polling stations find they cannot cope with the high election turnout. |
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| UKIP's Farage too hurt for count Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage will stay in hospital and miss his election count after being injured in a plane crash. | |
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| Sunderland wins race to declare Houghton and Sunderland South has won the race to become the first to declare a constituency result in the 2010 UK general election. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Robinson loses East Belfast seat Peter Robinson loses his East Belfast seat to the Alliance deputy leader Naomi Long in a bad night for unionist leaders. |
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| Live: NI general election night Live coverage of Northern Ireland 2010 general election news, results and gossip from around the 18 constituencies. | |
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| Pipe bomb left at counting centre Police say that a device left outside an election count centre in Londonderry was viable. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | LIVE: Scotland's general election results Live coverage of the 2010 general election with results and analysis from across Scotland throughout the night. |
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| Labour vote holds up in Scotland Results show Labour's vote is holding up north of the border, despite an exit poll predicting the Tories as the largest UK party. | |
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| Teachers make 'ditch or fix' plea The controversial new school curriculum needs to be either "fixed or ditched", a union is to warn the Scottish government. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Asia shares fall over Greece debt Shares in Asia fall sharply on opening, amid investor fears that Greece's debt crisis could halt the global economic recovery. |
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| Ballot of BA cabin crew awaited British Airways could face a fresh threat of strikes by cabin crew when ballot results are announced later. | |
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| Former bank boss held in Iceland The former chief executive of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing is arrested on suspicion of embezzlement. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Gyllenhaal 'ready' for franchise Actor Jake Gyllenhaal says he wants to be taken "a little less seriously" as an actor, and would love the Prince of Persia to become a franchise. |
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| Tarantino heads Venice film jury US director Quentin Tarantino is to head this year's Venice Film Festival jury, it has been announced. | |
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| 'Best' children's books revealed Publisher Puffin compiles a list of 70 titles said to be the best children's books of all-time. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| Oil slick reaches wildlife refuge Oil from a sprawling slick washes ashore on a wildlife refuge off Louisiana, as workers try to cap the well with a giant funnel. |
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| Neanderthal genes 'survive in us' Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to a landmark scientific study. | |
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| Images show volcano intensifying A series of images released by the Met Office clearly show Iceland's volcanic eruption intensifying. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | 'Historic' day for web languages The web undergoes a "historic" change as a system that allows the first web addresses in non-Latin scripts is switched on. |
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| 'Third way' for net access in US US regulators announce a "third way" to salvage efforts to give every citizen access to high-speed internet. | |
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| Embarrassing Facebook bug exposed Facebook scrambles to fix a flaw that exploited the site's privacy settings and allowed users to eavesdrop on their friends' chats. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | New blood fat heart disease link A type of blood fat different from cholesterol may play a key role in heart disease, a study suggests. |
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| New clue to fighting dengue fever Research into how the body fights off the tropical disease dengue fever could help in the search for a vaccine. | |
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| Women under 50 'face stress risk' Stress at work raises the risk of heart disease for women under 50, according to a study of more than 12,000 nurses. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | 'Best' children's books revealed Publisher Puffin compiles a list of 70 titles said to be the best children's books of all-time. |
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| Teachers make 'ditch or fix' plea The controversial new school curriculum needs to be either "fixed or ditched", a union is to warn the Scottish government. | |
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| Universities move to living wage London universities are under pressure to support a campaign to pay their cleaners a "living wage". | |
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| 1945: Germany signs unconditional surrender Germany signs an unconditional surrender ending six years of war in Europe. | |||
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| 1976: More bodies found after Italy quake Italy's worst earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 550 people and leaves 80,000 homeless. | |||
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| 1965: Huge Rhodesia election win for Smith White voters in the African colony of Rhodesia back Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front which is demanding independence from the UK. | |||
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