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| Friday, 01 January, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | PM orders airport security review Gordon Brown has ordered an airport security review after the "wake-up call" of the alleged failed US plane attack. |
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| Obama lauds CIA after bomb strike Barack Obama praises the CIA after seven staff were killed by an Afghan bomber - one of the worst attacks in its history. | |
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| Revellers mark the start of 2010 Hundreds of thousands of UK revellers greet the new year against a backdrop of musical events and firework displays. | |
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| Alcohol toll 'could cripple NHS' The cost of treating increasing numbers of people drinking heavily threatens to cripple NHS hospitals, warn experts. | |
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| Williams urges suffering action The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on people to respond to the suffering of those in distant countries as if it involved a member of their own family. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Obama lauds CIA after bomb strike Barack Obama praises the CIA after seven staff were killed by an Afghan bomber - one of the worst attacks in its history. |
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| N Korea urges 'end to hostility' North Korea issues a New Year message calling for an end to hostile relations with the US, and peace on the Korean peninsula. | |
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| New Year seen in around the world Thousands of people around the world hold celebrations and fireworks displays to welcome the 2010 new year. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ethiopia rejects hunger warning An Ethiopian minister denies reports that millions of people need urgent food aid after years of drought. |
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| Nigeria doctor 'sold own babies' Police in south-eastern Nigeria arrest a doctor suspected of impregnating girls and selling their babies. | |
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| Senegal apology for Christ 'slur' Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade apologises after comparing a controversial statue to Jesus Christ. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Obama lauds CIA after bomb strike Barack Obama praises the CIA after seven staff were killed by an Afghan bomber - one of the worst attacks in its history. |
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| Obama briefed on plane bomb probe US President Obama is briefed on security lapses that allegedly allowed a Nigerian man to smuggle a bomb onto a plane. | |
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| Montana rules on assisted suicide The Supreme Court in the US state of Montana rules that doctor-assisted suicide does not clash with state law. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea urges 'end to hostility' North Korea issues a New Year message calling for an end to hostile relations with the US, and peace on the Korean peninsula. |
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| China and Asean trade deal begins A new free trade area incorporating China and the six founding Asean members is coming into effect. | |
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| New Year seen in around the world Thousands of people around the world hold celebrations and fireworks displays to welcome the 2010 new year. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Finland shootings leave six dead Police in Finland find the body of a man who killed five people in a shooting rampage in the southern city of Espoo. |
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| Lithuania shuts nuclear generator Lithuania shuts down Ignalina, its only nuclear power station - a condition of its European Union membership. | |
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| French online piracy law in force The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Judge dismisses Blackwater case A US judge dismisses all charges against five guards from US security firm Blackwater over the killing of 17 Iraqis in 2007. |
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| Freed hostage tells of captivity Freed Briton Peter Moore says he was roughly treated after being kidnapped in Iraq but conditions improved in the last few months. | |
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| Protests against blockade of Gaza Several hundred people join protests in Gaza, Israel and Egypt against the blockade of the Gaza Strip. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| CIA chief confirms Afghan deaths The CIA chief confirms seven officers - reportedly including a mother-of-three who was station chief - were killed in Afghanistan. |
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| US men face court in Pakistan Pakistan police say they are seeking to charge five Americans arrested in the country in December with terrorism. | |
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| Delhi resumes Pakistan sport ties India sends its first sports team to Pakistan since the November 2008 Mumbai (Bombay) bombings which killed 174 people. | |
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| UK | |
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| PM orders airport security review Gordon Brown has ordered an airport security review after the "wake-up call" of the alleged failed US plane attack. |
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| Alcohol toll 'could cripple NHS' The cost of treating increasing numbers of people drinking heavily threatens to cripple NHS hospitals, warn experts. | |
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| Revellers mark the start of 2010 Hundreds of thousands of UK revellers greet the new year against a backdrop of musical events and firework displays. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Fireworks show attracts thousands More than 200,000 people line the banks of the River Thames in London to welcome in 2010 with a fireworks display. |
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| Two more on father murder charge Two men are charged with murdering a father-of-five who died from multiple injuries after being hit by a vehicle in Kent. | |
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| Major rescue after trawler fire Four crewmen from a Cornish trawler are airlifted to hospital after their fishing boat caught fire off the Isles of Scilly. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Irish cardinal Cahal Daly dies Cardinal Cahal Daly, the former Primate of All Ireland, has died in Belfast at the age of 92, it has been announced. |
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| Shots are fired at police station A number of shots are fired at Crossmaglen police station in south Armagh on Wednesday night. | |
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| Medical staff 'at breaking point' Medical staff at Antrim Area Hospital are at breaking point because of a lack of resources, a doctor there claims. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Crowds enjoy Hogmanay fireworks Thousands of people defy sub-zero temperatures to attend new year street parties in Edinburgh and Glasgow. |
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| Recession 'threat' to education Teachers' leaders claim education funding is under a "very real" threat amid the recession. | |
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| Domestic abuse warning for fans Police are to send football fans text messages urging them to avoid violent behaviour after major matches. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| PM orders airport security review Gordon Brown has ordered an airport security review after the "wake-up call" of the alleged failed US plane attack. |
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| Ministers attacked over Bovine TB The NFU accuses ministers of doing nothing to stop thousands of cattle being slaughtered because of Bovine TB. | |
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| Straw sparks row over police work Justice Secretary Jack Straw says he is "sceptical" about police claims they are overworked saying some prefer staying "in the warm". | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Stock markets recover in 2009 Stock markets recover in 2009, with Shanghai among the best performers as the index rises 80% over the course of the year. |
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| Tiger Woods loses AT&T as sponsor Golf star Tiger Woods' fall from grace continues as the US phone giant becomes the latest to end its sponsorship. | |
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| China and Asean trade deal begins A new free trade area incorporating China and the six founding Asean members is coming into effect. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Parfitt and Rossi appointed OBEs Status Quo rockers Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi are appointed OBEs for services to music and charity. |
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| Singer Morrison denies baby story Veteran singer Van Morrison denies reports he has become a father again, saying they are "utterly without foundation". | |
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| U2 tour hottest US ticket of 2009 Irish rock band U2 had the most successful North American tour of 2009, according to music trade publication Pollstar. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Devil cancer source 'identified' Researchers say they have identified the genetic source of fatal tumours that are driving Tasmanian devils towards extinction. |
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| DNA analysed from early European Scientists have analysed DNA extracted from the remains of a 30,000-year-old European hunter-gatherer. | |
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| 'Lifeless' prions can 'evolve' Scientists show for the first time that 'lifeless' prion proteins, devoid of DNA and RNA, can evolve like higher forms of life. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | New Year Honours for game makers Four veterans of the UK's computer game industry have been given New Year Honours. |
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| 'Start-up' visas to boost US tech Plans to create "start-up" visas in the US for foreign entrepreneurs with hi-tech business ideas will be debated in 2010. | |
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| French online piracy law in force The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Alcohol toll 'could cripple NHS' The cost of treating increasing numbers of people drinking heavily threatens to cripple NHS hospitals, warn experts. |
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| 'Lifeless' prions can 'evolve' Scientists show for the first time that 'lifeless' prion proteins, devoid of DNA and RNA, can evolve like higher forms of life. | |
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| Eye damage from pet tarantulas A man suffered severe eye inflammation after cleaning out his pet tarantula spider's cage, doctors say. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | UCL rejects bomb suspect reports A London university rejects claims the Christmas Day airline bomb suspect was radicalised while studying there. |
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| Assaults by young pupils 'rising' Assaults by children aged five or under led to 2,600 suspensions from schools in England in 2007-8, figures show. | |
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| Recession 'threat' to education Teachers' leaders claim education funding is under a "very real" threat amid the recession. | |
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| 1995: Serial killer West found hanged Fred West, the Gloucestershire builder charged with 12 murders, is found dead in his prison cell. | |||
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| 2000: World celebrates New Millennium Billions of people around the world welcome in the New Millennium with some of the most spectacular celebrations ever seen. | |||
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| 1973: Britain joins the EEC The United Kingdom becomes a fully-fledged member of the European Economic Community. | |||
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