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 | UK ash cloud restrictions easing Flight restrictions are lifted at Heathrow, Gatwick and other airports after closures due to volcanic ash in UK airspace. |
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| Savings plan next week - Osborne Chancellor George Osborne says the government will announce next week how it will make £6bn of spending cuts this year. | |
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| Thai protesters defy troops order Thai protesters defy government orders to leave their fortified camp, amid tense scenes in Bangkok. | |
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| Afghan passenger plane 'crashes' An Afghan passenger plane carrying about 40 people crashes between Kunduz and Kabul, officials say. | |
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| BA in court bid to block strikes British Airways is go to the High Court later in a last-minute attempt to stop the latest strikes by its cabin staff. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Thai protesters defy troops order Thai protesters defy government orders to leave their fortified camp, amid tense scenes in Bangkok. |
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| Iran agrees Turkey nuclear deal Iran signs a deal on a nuclear fuel swap after talks involving Turkey and Brazil, officials say, but the details are unclear. | |
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| US unmoved by BP curb on oil leak The US says the success of a move by BP to curb a leak in the Gulf of Mexico is "not clear" and the technique is "no solution". | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigeria militant backs Jonathan Nigeria oil militant leader says President Goodluck Jonathan is the best person to solve the crisis in the Niger Delta. |
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| Rebels attack Somali parliament Islamist rebels mortar bomb the Somali parliament's first session this year, as MPs sack the assembly's speaker. | |
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| 'Legal threat' over Winnie film Production on Jennifer Hudson's film biography of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is to start despite threats of legal action, the film's producer says. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US unmoved by BP curb on oil leak The US says the success of a move by BP to curb a leak in the Gulf of Mexico is "not clear" and the technique is "no solution". |
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| Brazil fire destroys snake centre Fire destroys a leading collection of dead snakes, spiders and scorpions at a research centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | |
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| Mexico politician search widened Police in Mexico widen a search for an influential former presidential candidate missing since Friday. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Thai protesters defy troops order Thai protesters defy government orders to leave their fortified camp, amid tense scenes in Bangkok. |
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| Hong Kong activists regain seats Five activists who resigned from Hong Kong's Legislative Council to force a democracy debate win back their seats in a by-election. | |
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| Row over Philippines judge post The men set to be the new Philippines leader questions President Gloria Arroyo's appointment of a new Supreme Court judge. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| UK ash cloud restrictions easing Flight restrictions are lifted at Heathrow, Gatwick and other airports after closures due to volcanic ash in UK airspace. |
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| Experts depict future Nato vision Experts led by US politician Madeleine Albright present their findings on the future strategy Nato needs to adopt in Brussels. | |
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| Visiting Medvedev courts Ukraine Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is due in Ukraine for a visit Moscow hopes will boost improving bilateral ties. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran agrees Turkey nuclear deal Iran signs a deal on a nuclear fuel swap after talks involving Turkey and Brazil, officials say, but the details are unclear. |
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| Top Saudi Arabian editor resigns A leading Saudi Arabian journalist resigns from his post as editor-in-chief of one of the country's more progressive newspapers. | |
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| Baghdad election results upheld Iraq's electoral commission upholds parliamentary election results in and around Baghdad after a partial recount. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Afghan passenger plane 'crashes' An Afghan passenger plane carrying about 40 people crashes between Kunduz and Kabul, officials say. |
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| India Maoists kill six villagers The bodies of six villagers are found with their throats slit in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police say, blaming Maoist rebels. | |
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| Five hostages freed in Pakistan Five more people held by suspected militants in Pakistan's north-west are released, after a mass kidnapping on Saturday. | |
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| UK | |
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| UK ash cloud restrictions easing Flight restrictions are lifted at Heathrow, Gatwick and other airports after closures due to volcanic ash in UK airspace. |
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| Savings plan next week - Osborne Chancellor George Osborne says the government will announce next week how it will make £6bn of spending cuts this year. | |
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| Woman in court over MP stabbing A woman appears in court charged with the attempted murder of Labour MP Stephen Timms. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Air ban lifted but delays remain The ash cloud continues to cause disruption for England's air passengers despite the flight ban being lifted. |
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| Woman in court over MP stabbing A woman appears in court charged with the attempted murder of Labour MP Stephen Timms. | |
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| Mountaineer sets Everest record A mountaineer from Gloucestershire scales Everest for the eighth time, breaking his own British record. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Ash clears for some NI flights Flight restrictions caused by the return of the volcanic ash cloud are due to lift at 1300BST at Belfast International airport. |
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| Blast bomb is thrown at police A blast bomb and petrol bombs are thrown at police dealing with a security alert in Lurgan, County Armagh. | |
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| Whiskey model sex assault charge An American actor who is one of the faces of a major ad campaign for Bushmills Whiskey has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Belfast. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Closed airports prepare to reopen A ban on flights imposed due to the danger posed by a cloud of volcanic ash is set to be lifted at most Scottish airports. |
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| Bowel disease units 'underfunded' The NHS is struggling to provide quality care for the growing number of Scots suffering from bowel disease, doctors say. | |
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| Police Taser gun trial 'unlawful' Amnesty International says Strathclyde Police has acted unlawfully in arming some beat officers with Taser stun guns. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | BA in court bid to block strikes British Airways is go to the High Court later in a last-minute attempt to stop the latest strikes by its cabin staff. |
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| Prudential in £14.5bn cash call Insurance giant Prudential announces plans to raise £14.5bn from shareholders in the UK's biggest rights issue to date. | |
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| Euro down to four-year dollar low The euro falls again on money markets as fears over the eurozone economies continue to undermine their currency. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Robin Hood misses cinema target Robin Hood fails to hit number one at the North America box office as Iron Man 2 retains the top spot. |
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| Heavy metal singer Dio dies at 67 US heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, has died at 67. | |
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| Michaels set for Apprentice final Rock singer Bret Michaels will appear in the live final of The Celebrity Apprentice in the US less than a month after suffering a brain haemorrhage. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| US unmoved by BP curb on oil leak The US says the success of a move by BP to curb a leak in the Gulf of Mexico is "not clear" and the technique is "no solution". |
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| 3D images of live honeybee colony A new non-invasive way to see into a live honeybee colony could help scientists find out more about why the insects are declining. | |
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| Atlantis to make first spacewalk Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis's latest, and probably, last mission to the space station make their first spacewalk on Monday. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | YouTube hits 2 bn daily downloads YouTube said it now gets over two billion hits a day - nearly double the number of people who tune into the US's three prime time TV stations combined. |
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| Google admits wi-fi data blunder Google admits its Street View cars have been wrongly gathering information from people's wi-fi activity for three years. | |
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| Phone-cancer link 'inconclusive' The largest study to date on links between mobile phone use and brain cancer proves inconclusive, WHO researchers say. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | NHS job concerns over change fund The NHS is bracing itself for a "brutal" round of cuts - with staff fearing they are in the firing line. |
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| Stress link to financial squeeze Work pressures during the recession have caused a big rise in mental health problems, according to the charity MIND. | |
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| Blood pressure 'higher in cities' City pollution, previously linked to poor respiratory health, has now been linked to raised blood pressure. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Top universities want higher fees Students should pay more to go to university, says the Russell Group of leading universities. |
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| Young carers 'bullied at school' Two out of three young carers are bullied at school, according to a study by children's charity. | |
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| Education overhaul gathering pace As the new education team is confirmed, work is under way to legislate on key changes within weeks. | |
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| 1943: RAF raid smashes German dams An audacious raid into the industrial heartland of Germany uses revolutionary bombs to flood the Ruhr valley. | |||
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| 1974: Bombs devastate Dublin and Monaghan Four car bombs explode in the Irish capital, leaving at least 23 dead and more than 100 injured. | |||
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| 1960: East-West summit in tatters after spy plane row The much-heralded Big Four summit in Paris fails after U2 spy plane recriminations. | |||
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