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 | Travellers facing snow disruption Commuters are braced for severe travel problems as forecasters predict significant snowfall over much of eastern England. |
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| UK banking sector 'more stable' The UK's financial system has become 'significantly more stable over the past six months', the Bank of England reports. | |
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| Progress gives climate deal hope A deal at the UN climate summit looks more likely after a frantic day of diplomacy, as China offers to make concessions. | |
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| Murdered mother failed by police Greater Manchester Police failed in its dealings with a woman who was murdered by her jealous ex-partner, an IPCC report finds. | |
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| Travel ban for Pakistani minister Pakistan's defence minister says he has been stopped from leaving the country as a result of a corruption inquiry. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Progress gives climate deal hope A deal at the UN climate summit looks more likely after a frantic day of diplomacy, as China offers to make concessions. |
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| Travel ban for Pakistani minister Pakistan's defence minister says he has been stopped from leaving the country as a result of a corruption inquiry. | |
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| Deepest volcano caught on video Extraordinary video is obtained in the Pacific Ocean of the deepest undersea volcano eruption ever recorded. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigeria drops big corruption case A Nigerian judge quashes 170 charges against ex-state governor James Ibori, who was accused of massive corruption. |
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| Saharan activist sent to hospital A Western Sahara independence activist who has been on hunger strike for more than a month is taken to hospital in Lanzarote. | |
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| Guinea leader 'should face trial' Guinea's leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara could be held responsible for September's massacre, says a report. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Air France jet 'black box' call Experts probing June's Air France disaster over the Atlantic recommend flight recorders emit signals for longer. |
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| Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones' Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say. | |
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| Urgent op for Brazil needle boy A Brazilian toddler found with 40 sewing needles inside him has been airlifted to hospital for urgent surgery. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Philippine volcano 'still a risk' A major eruption of the volatile Mount Mayon in the Philippines is still likely, and could be just weeks away, scientists warn. |
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| Beijing 'now has 4m vehicles' The Chinese capital Beijing is expected to pass the four million vehicle mark sometime during the next few days. | |
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| Deepest volcano caught on video Extraordinary video is obtained in the Pacific Ocean of the deepest undersea volcano eruption ever recorded. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Progress gives climate deal hope A deal at the UN climate summit looks more likely after a frantic day of diplomacy, as China offers to make concessions. |
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| Court blocks BA Christmas strike British Airways has won a High Court injunction blocking the 12-day strike that had been planned for Christmas. | |
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| Air France jet 'black box' call Experts probing June's Air France disaster over the Atlantic recommend flight recorders emit signals for longer. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Search as ship sinks off Lebanon A rescue operation is under way after a ship carrying 83 people and a cargo of livestock sinks off the north Lebanese coast. |
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| Yemen forces 'foil al-Qaeda plot' Yemeni security forces kill 34 suspected al-Qaeda militants and arrest 17 who were planning multiple suicide attacks, officials say. | |
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| Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones' Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Travel ban for Pakistani minister Pakistan's defence minister says he has been stopped from leaving the country as a result of a corruption inquiry. |
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| US diplomats in Pakistan visa row US diplomats complain that Pakistan is delaying the extension of visas of more than 100 US officials. | |
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| French launch major Afghan attack More than 1,100 troops - 800 of them French - have launched a major operation in Afghanistan, the AFP news agency reports. | |
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| UK | |
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| Travellers facing snow disruption Commuters are braced for severe travel problems as forecasters predict significant snowfall over much of eastern England. |
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| UK banking sector 'more stable' The UK's financial system has become 'significantly more stable over the past six months', the Bank of England reports. | |
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| Murdered mother failed by police Greater Manchester Police failed in its dealings with a woman who was murdered by her jealous ex-partner, an IPCC report finds. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Murdered mother failed by police Greater Manchester Police failed in its dealings with a woman who was murdered by her jealous ex-partner, an IPCC report finds. |
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| Father jailed for 'honour' murder A father is jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years for murdering his daughter, 15, in a so-called honour killing. | |
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| Care home death resident arrested An 82-year-old man is arrested in connection with the death of a 92-year-old woman at a residential care home in Devon. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | PMs want to see early devolution The "generous financial settlement" for a devolved justice department will only be available if powers are devolved soon. |
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| McAleese UDA guns plan 'failed' It emerges that an intiative steered by the husband of the Irish president is being blamed for the UDA's failure to fully decommission. | |
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| Three people dead in crash named The names of three people who died in a car crash in County Down on Thursday have been released. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Anthrax found in dead heroin user A heroin user who died in hospital in Glasgow had traces of anthrax in their blood, a health board confirms. |
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| 550 jobs lost at failed airline The administrators for collapsed airline Flyglobespan say 550 workers have been made redundant with immediate effect. | |
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| CJD victim 'had different gene' Scientists say a 30-year-old British man thought to have died from vCJD had a different genotype from previous cases. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | 80 MPs fight expenses repayments More than 80 MPs say they will challenge an auditor's request to repay money claimed on expenses up to five years ago. |
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| Top town hall earners to be named The pay and perks of town hall officers earning more than £150,000 are expected to be fully disclosed under new rules. | |
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| Blair evidence 'will be public' The chairman of the Iraq Inquiry says Tony Blair will give evidence in public and rejects claims the panel is too secretive. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | UK banking sector 'more stable' The UK's financial system has become 'significantly more stable over the past six months', the Bank of England reports. |
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| Court blocks BA Christmas strike British Airways has won a High Court injunction blocking the 12-day strike that had been planned for Christmas. | |
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| Airbus trading case is dismissed France's financial watchdog clears 17 current and former bosses of Airbus parent company EADS of insider trading. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Gately's partner complains to PCC Stephen Gately's civil partner Andrew Cowles makes a formal complaint to the press watchdog over a Daily Mail article about his death. |
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| Wogan set for last breakfast show Sir Terry Wogan is to host his final Radio 2 breakfast show later, after 27 years spent presenting the programme. | |
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| 5 live sorry over Rage swearing The BBC apologises after Radio 5 live listeners hear Rage Against the Machine swearing in a live performance of Killing In The Name. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Deepest volcano caught on video Extraordinary video is obtained in the Pacific Ocean of the deepest undersea volcano eruption ever recorded. |
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| Progress gives climate deal hope A deal at the UN climate summit looks more likely after a frantic day of diplomacy, as China offers to make concessions. | |
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| Fossil is breakthrough of 2009 The discovery a "central character in the story of human evolution" is named the scientific breakthrough of 2009. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones' Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say. |
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| YouTube post leads to movie deal A producer from a small company in Uruguay is offered a $30m contract after Hollywood directors saw his YouTube film. | |
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| PCs enjoy end of year sales boost Mobile computers helped the PC market recover in the third quarter of 2009, ending almost a year of falling sales. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | CJD victim 'had different gene' Scientists say a 30-year-old man thought to have died from vCJD had a different genotype from previous cases. |
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| Fake blood product for soldiers Scientists say they have made a synthetic blood clotting agent that could help wounded troops and patients. | |
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| Early treatment hope for tinnitus Research has raised the possibility of successfully treating the ear ringing disorder tinnitus soon after its onset. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | No end to student loans delays The latest figures from the Student Loans Company suggest 28,000 people are still waiting to receive their loans. |
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| London set for Swedish schools Richmond Council in London approves plans for two of its schools to be run as Academies managed by a Swedish company. | |
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| Changes to exams 'destabilising' Constantly making changes to the exams system "destabilises" it, says qualifications watchdog Ofqual. | |
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| 1974: Compensation for Bloody Sunday victims The Government says it will pay £42,000 compensation to relatives of the 13 men killed in the Bloody Sunday riots in Londonderry nearly three years ago. | |||
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| 1997: Dawn of Scottish parliament Scottish Secretary Donald Dewer unveils a blueprint for Scotland's new parliament. | |||
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| 1985: Drug traffickers' appeal rejected Two Australians are facing the death penalty after their appeal against a conviction for smuggling heroin was rejected by a Malaysian court. | |||
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