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| Monday, 11 January, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Brown to rally party on election Gordon Brown will issue a rallying call to Labour MPs, telling them they can beat the Tories in the general election. |
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| Iris Robinson receiving treatment The wife of the NI first minister is receiving "acute psychiatric treatment" amid claims about her private life and financial affairs. | |
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| Criminals passing the taxi driver test Criminals with convictions for offences such as indecent assault are knowingly being licensed to operate as taxi drivers, a BBC investigation reveals. | |
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| Service links 350 guns to crimes A firearms database has linked more than 350 guns to crimes in its first year of operation in England and Wales. | |
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| Schools urged to open for exams The schools secretary urges schools to do all they can to open in the cold snap so pupils can sit exams. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Israel to construct Egypt barrier Israel's government approves plans to build a barrier along its border with Egypt in a bid to keep out illegal migrants and militants. |
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| Chavez warns price 'speculators' Venezuela's President Chavez says troops will seize control of any business raising prices after the country's currency was devalued. | |
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| Togo leave as Nations Cup begins Togo fly home from the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola following the attack on their team bus. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Togo leave as Nations Cup begins Togo fly home from the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola following the attack on their team bus. |
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| US warns of attacks on Air Uganda The US embassy in Khartoum warns of a possible attack on Air Uganda flights between Juba in Sudan and Kampala. | |
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| Angola 4-4 Mali Mali pull off a stunning fightback to draw 4-4 with Angola after trailing 4-0 with 11 minutes left in the opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Chavez warns price 'speculators' Venezuela's President Chavez says troops will seize control of any business raising prices after the country's currency was devalued. |
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| US Senate leader 'won't resign' US senator Harry Reid says he won't resign, despite calls for him to quit over racially insensitive remarks about Barack Obama. | |
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| Detroit motor show goes electric Electric cars are set take centre stage as Detroit tries to reinvent itself as a centre for automotive technologies. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China 'becomes largest exporter' Chinese exports rose 17.7% in December, suggesting it has overtaken Germany as the world's largest exporter, say reports. |
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| 'Allah' church fire attacks grow More churches in Malaysia have been attacked, in a growing dispute over the use of the word Allah by non-Muslims. | |
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| Sunk WWII hospital ship glimpsed An Australian WWII hospital ship, the Centaur, is seen for the first time since it was torpedoed more than 60 years ago. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Josipovic elected Croatia leader The opposition Social Democrat, Ivo Josipovic, wins Croatia's presidential election by a wide margin. |
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| Germany suffers more snow misery More than 160 people are trapped in their cars on a German motorway as heavy snow continues to cause misery in Europe. | |
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| Overseas French reject autonomy Referendums in French Guiana and Martinique reject increased autonomy for the French overseas departments. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Israel to construct Egypt barrier Israel's government approves plans to build a barrier along its border with Egypt in a bid to keep out illegal migrants and militants. |
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| Air strike kills Gaza militants Three Palestinian militants have been killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli air strike, Palestinian and Israeli sources say. | |
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| UAE sheikh cleared over torture A member of the UAE's ruling family is cleared of torturing a business associate, in an incident which was captured on video. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | S Lanka 'to keep rebel suspects' Thousands of Tamil Tiger suspects in government custody will not be released soon, a Sri Lankan minister has said. |
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| 'CIA bomber' shown vowing revenge Video of a suicide bomber who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan shows him vowing revenge for a Pakistani Taliban chief's death. | |
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| Afghan bomb kills Mirror reporter The Sunday Mirror's defence correspondent is killed, along with a US Marine, by a blast in Afghanistan's Helmand province. | |
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| UK | |
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| Brown to rally party on election Gordon Brown will issue a rallying call to Labour MPs, telling them they can beat the Tories in the general election. |
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| Service links 350 guns to crimes A firearms database has linked more than 350 guns to crimes in its first year of operation in England and Wales. | |
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| Criminals passing the taxi driver test Criminals with convictions for offences such as indecent assault are knowingly being licensed to operate as taxi drivers, a BBC investigation reveals. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Islamists scrap war protest plan Islam4UK says it has cancelled plans for an anti-war march through Wootton Bassett, where dead UK soldiers are honoured. |
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| Torture murder DNA progress made DNA evidence provides new clues to the murder of an elderly woman bludgeoned to death in her Hampshire home. | |
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| Boy faces Halloween murder charge A 17-year-old male is charged with murdering a man in a row over a Halloween hat in south London. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Iris Robinson receiving treatment The wife of the NI first minister is receiving "acute psychiatric treatment" amid claims about her private life and financial affairs. |
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| NI man hurt in Afghan bomb attack A newspaper photographer from Larne is seriously hurt in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan. | |
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| Winter weather closes NI schools A number of schools are expected to be closed on Monday as Northern Ireland remains in the grip of severe winter weather. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Most schools to open amid freeze Thousands of pupils are expected to return to schools across Scotland on Monday despite the freezing weather. |
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| Woman found outside church dies A woman aged in her 30s dies after being found lying on a path outside a church in South Lanarkshire. | |
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| Scots economic recovery 'weakens' The recovery in the Scottish economy weakened last month and manufacturing output fell, according to a survey. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Brown to rally party on election Gordon Brown will issue a rallying call to Labour MPs, telling them they can beat the Tories in the general election. |
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| Clegg to set out election fight Nick Clegg will accuse Labour and the Conservatives of election campaigns based on "playground politics and make-believe economics". | |
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| Iris Robinson receiving treatment The wife of the NI first minister is receiving "acute psychiatric treatment" amid claims about her private life and financial affairs. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Finance sector 'sees weak growth' Activity in the UK's financial services sector rose less than expected in the last three months of 2009, a report warns. |
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| Shock at credit card mortgage use Housing charity Shelter says it is shocked by the number of people using credit cards to help pay mortgages. | |
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| Retailers face 'very tough' 2010 Retailers face a difficult 2010, despite posting upbeat Christmas sales figures, the British Retail Consortium warns. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Evans eager to start Wogan slot Chris Evans says he "can't wait" to start BBC Radio 2's breakfast show which he takes over on Monday. |
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| Lythgoe suggests US job for Ross American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe, who was involved in Jonathan Ross's early career, says he plans to contact him about opportunities in the US. | |
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| Cowell insists Idol will flourish American Idol judge Simon Cowell says the hit reality TV show "will flourish" with or without him - as talks continue over his future. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | UN 'wake-up call' on nature loss The UN launches a Year of Biodiversity, warning that the on-going loss of species affects human well-being worldwide. |
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| Neanderthal 'make-up' discovered Scientists claim to have the first evidence that Neanderthals wore "body paint" 50,000 years ago. | |
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| Science body sued over job loss The former director of the UK's Royal Institution (RI) is to sue for sexual discrimination after losing her job. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | 3D TV to be 'saviour' of industry TV manufacturers hammered by the recession pin their hopes on 3D tv as a way to boost sales |
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| Privacy threatened by online life Online exhibitionists who share intimate photos and life stories affect the privacy of everyone, claims an academic. | |
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| France considers Google tax plan A report, commissioned by the French government, seeks ways to counteract digital dominance over content. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Concern over prostate cancer test One in eight men screened for prostate cancer will test positive when they do not have the disease, a major European study shows. |
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| Why light can worsen migraines The visual pathway that underlies a migraine sufferers sensitivity to light has been uncovered by Harvard scientists. | |
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| Hope for spine-fusing arthritis Scientists in Oxford have identified two genes that have strong connections to with a spine-fusing type of arthritis. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Schools urged to open for exams The schools secretary urges schools to do all they can to open in the cold snap so pupils can sit exams. |
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| Most schools to open amid freeze Thousands of pupils are expected to return to schools across Scotland on Monday despite the freezing weather. | |
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| Fewer schools hold 'excess' funds The number of schools in England holding more money than they should has fallen below a third - but more are in deficit. | |
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| 1962: Thousands killed in Peru landslide At least 2,000 people are feared dead after a huge avalanche in the Peruvian Andes engulfs nine villages. | |||
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| 1998: 100 die in massacre in Algeria Islamic extremists are blamed for the deaths of 100 people in two villages in Algeria. | |||
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| 2000: Seven missing in Irish Sea Seven young fishermen are feared drowned off the Scottish coast after the disappearance of their scallop dredger in force nine gales. | |||
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