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 | Cameron visit after gun killings Prime Minister David Cameron is to meet police in Cumbria investigating the 12 gun killings carried out by Derrick Bird. |
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| Dozens killed in Bangladeshi fire More than 100 people die in a fire in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, with others feared trapped in buildings. | |
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| Mars rocks point to wetter past Mars harbours rocks rich in carbonate minerals, suggesting there was more water there in the past than previously thought. | |
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| BP set to lower US oil-spill cap BP is to lower a cap on to the Gulf of Mexico leaking well - the second phase of its latest attempt to stem the flow. | |
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| Turkey mourns dead Gaza activists Turkey holds funerals for nine activists killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Dozens killed in Bangladeshi fire More than 100 people die in a fire in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, with others feared trapped in buildings. |
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| BP set to lower US oil-spill cap BP is to lower a cap on to the Gulf of Mexico leaking well - the second phase of its latest attempt to stem the flow. | |
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| Japan's DPJ chooses Kan as leader Japan's governing party chooses Naoto Kan as its new leader, making him likely to become the next prime minister. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | DR Congo activist discovered dead Congolese rights activist Floribert Chebeya is found dead in his car after having been summoned to a meeting with the police chief. |
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| US genocide lawyer 'suicide bid' A US genocide defence lawyer arrested in Rwanda tried to commit suicide, officials say, but his daughter doubts the claim. | |
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| Heavy fighting in Somali capital Heavy fighting between government forces and Islamist militants in Mogadishu kills at least 17 leaves scores wounded. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | BP set to lower US oil-spill cap BP is to lower a cap on to the Gulf of Mexico leaking well - the second phase of its latest attempt to stem the flow. |
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| New 'Dirty War' case in Argentina Five Argentine former military and intelligence officials go on trial charged with murdering 65 people under military rule. | |
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| Golden Girl McClanahan dies at 76 US actress Rue McClanahan, star of TV show The Golden Girls, dies of a stroke at the age of 76, her manager announces. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Japan's DPJ chooses Kan as leader Japan's governing party chooses Naoto Kan as its new leader, making him likely to become the next prime minister. |
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| Pacific islands 'are not sinking' A new geological study finds that many low-lying Pacific islands are growing, not sinking. | |
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| US senator cancels visit to Burma US Senator Jim Webb cancels a visit to Burma over concerns it is working with North Korea on a nuclear programme. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Turkey mourns dead Gaza activists Turkey holds funerals for nine activists killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. |
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| Sarkozy faces 'arms deal' claims France's leader is challenged over possible links to suspected arms commissions allegedly used to fund political campaigns. | |
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| Ukraine abandons Nato ambitions A bill is approved by the Ukrainian parliament that effectively ends any ambitions to join Nato. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Turkey mourns dead Gaza activists Turkey holds funerals for nine activists killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. |
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| Egypt opposition 'back ElBaradei' The Muslim Brotherhood announces it will back Mohamed ElBaradei in a campaign for change after failing in this week's elections. | |
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| Libya bans Algeria, Egypt games Libya says its national sports teams can no longer compete against neighbouring Algeria and Egypt. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Dozens killed in Bangladeshi fire More than 100 people die in a fire in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, with others feared trapped in buildings. |
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| Pakistan rules out Punjab action Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik says there are no plans for military action against militants in the Punjab province. | |
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| India is 'gripped by bureaucracy' A new report confirms what many Indians have long suspected - their country's bureaucracy is one of the most stifling in the world. | |
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| UK | |
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| Cameron visit after gun killings Prime Minister David Cameron is to meet police in Cumbria investigating the 12 gun killings carried out by Derrick Bird. |
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| Flotilla Britons 'accounted for' All the Britons held after Israel's raid on the aid flotilla heading for Gaza have been accounted for, William Hague says | |
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| Spending database to be opened up Previously unreleased details about government spending will be published on Friday as part of a drive to open up data. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Cameron visit after gun killings Prime Minister David Cameron is to meet police in Cumbria investigating the 12 gun killings carried out by Derrick Bird. |
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| Death house victim seen screaming A woman stabbed to death was seen screaming in her house where another adult and a toddler were found fatally injured. | |
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| Sextuplet babies still 'critical' The five surviving sextuplets born at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford remain in a "critical" condition. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Shankill vigil held for Moffett Hundreds of people attend a vigil for the murdered loyalist Bobby Moffett ahead of his funeral on Friday. |
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| Bail refused over toddler death Some of the injuries on a toddler allegedly murdered in County Fermanagh last December were at least a week old, the High Court hears. | |
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| Apartment built without consent A social housing scheme funded mostly by the taxpayer was built without planning permission and remains empty. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | CBI 'not representing businesses' One of Scotland's top businessmen accuses industry body CBI Scotland of misrepresenting members. |
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| Union questions 'super college' Scotland's largest teaching union questions the "educational rationale" behind plans to create a "super college" in Glasgow. | |
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| Stolen mining memorial replaced A replacement is unveiled for a statue stolen only weeks after it was erected in memory to one of Scotland's worst mining disasters. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. |
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| BA 'worst for baggage problems' UK air travellers experience the most baggage problems when flying with British Airways, a survey claims. | |
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| JP Morgan gets record £33m fine City regulator fines JP Morgan a record £33m for putting its clients' money at risk by failing to keep it separate from its own. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Golden Girl McClanahan dies at 76 US actress Rue McClanahan, star of TV show The Golden Girls, dies of a stroke at the age of 76, her manager announces. |
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| Stars turn out for Hopper funeral Jack Nicholson and Val Kilmer attend Dennis Hopper's funeral, which took place in New Mexico on Wednesday. | |
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| EastEnders to re-film Lucas scene EastEnders is to re-shoot a scene involving an attack on a prostitute in the wake of the Bradford murders. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. |
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| Mars rocks point to wetter past Mars harbours rocks rich in carbonate minerals, suggesting there was more water there in the past than previously thought. | |
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| 'Final warning' over UK pollution The European Commission threatens to take the UK to the European Court of Justice if the air quality in the country does not improve. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Google close to handing over data The search giant says it is close to resolving issues that prevented it from passing wi-fi data it gathered to German authorities. |
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| Facebook clickjack prank spreads Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have been caught out by a mischievous attack, says security experts. | |
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| Apple boss defends iPhone factory Steve Jobs has defended conditions at a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer producing Apple products, following a spate of suicides. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Low-dose HRT patches are 'safer' Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be safer when given as low-dose patches than as pills, a study suggests |
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| Gene test hope for cancer therapy NHS patients are to be offered personalised cancer treatment under a pilot scheme to carry out genetic tests on individuals' tumours. | |
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| Drug hope for sepsis uncovered Scientists have uncovered a potential new treatment for blood poisoning. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Adult education 'saved my mother' Business Secretary Vince Cable says in a key speech that his mother's mind was saved by adult education. |
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| 1,000 schools want academy status More than 1,000 schools in England have expressed an interest in becoming an academy, says the government. | |
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| Teachers' disciplinary body axed The General Teaching Council for England - a body set up to investigate alleged misconduct - is to be axed, says education secretary Michael Gove. | |
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| 1940: Dunkirk rescue is over - Churchill defiant As the last Allied soldier leaves Dunkirk, the British Prime Minister vows his forces "shall never surrender". | |||
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| 1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square The Chinese army storms a mass demonstration in Tiananmen Square, killing several hundred people. | |||
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| 1977: Greece releases UK plane-spotters Five British plane-spotters imprisoned in Greece for spying are released after 10 weeks in jail. | |||
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