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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Five dead in US power plant blast A huge explosion at a power plant in Connecticut killed five people and injured at least 12 others, the town's mayor says. |
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| Yanukovych heading to Ukraine win Viktor Yanukovych closes in on victory in Ukraine's presidential election, but his rival Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede. | |
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| Terror fight 'will take decades' The government's plan to tackle violent extremism will require decades to take effect, a top police officer warns. | |
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| Parties pledge privilege reform Opposition parties will try to change the law within days to stop MPs charged with expenses fraud using parliamentary privilege to evade prosecution. | |
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| Ainsworth warns of war casualties The defence secretary warns of casualties as UK troops prepare to take part in a major military offensive in Afghanistan. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Yanukovych heading to Ukraine win Viktor Yanukovych closes in on victory in Ukraine's presidential election, but his rival Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede. |
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| Five dead in US power plant blast A huge explosion at a power plant in Connecticut killed five people and injured at least 12 others, the town's mayor says. | |
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| Saints upset Colts in Super Bowl The New Orleans Saints win their first Super Bowl with an upset 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Miami. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Lebanon retrieves jet black box Lebanese searchers salvage a flight recorder from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean, killing 90 people. |
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| Swiss man cleared by Libyan court A court in Libya dismisses a case against a Swiss businessman who was accused of illegal business activities. | |
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| Zuma apologises over love-child South African President Jacob Zuma apologises for fathering an illegitimate child, after a national outcry. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Five dead in US power plant blast A huge explosion at a power plant in Connecticut killed five people and injured at least 12 others, the town's mayor says. |
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| Surgery for ex-Argentine leader The former president of Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, has emergency surgery to remove a blockage in his carotid artery. | |
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| Saints upset Colts in Super Bowl The New Orleans Saints win their first Super Bowl with an upset 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Miami. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Australia in huge China coal deal An Australian firm signs a $60bn deal to supply coal to Chinese power stations from a mine to be built in Queensland. |
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| Freed US man leaves North Korea US activist Robert Park arrives in Beijing after being freed from detention in North Korea, reports from South Korea say. | |
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| Toyota 'planning recall of Prius' Toyota is to recalling the latest model of its flagship Prius cars because of braking problems, reports from Japan say. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Yanukovych heading to Ukraine win Viktor Yanukovych closes in on victory in Ukraine's presidential election, but his rival Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede. |
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| Swiss man cleared by Libyan court A court in Libya dismisses a case against a Swiss businessman who was accused of illegal business activities. | |
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| France closes migrants' shelter French police close down a makeshift shelter for illegal migrants in the port of Calais, a day after it opened. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran sets new nuclear challenge Iran's president orders uranium enrichment to be stepped up, prompting the US to call for the world to "stand together". |
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| Lebanon retrieves jet black box Lebanese searchers salvage a flight recorder from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean, killing 90 people. | |
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| Iraq to debate poll candidate ban Shia political parties in Iraq stage demonstrations ahead of an emergency parliamentary debate on next month's elections. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Karzai may introduce army draft Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells a conference of the world's top defence officials in Germany he is considering introducing conscription. |
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| Thousands mourn Karachi bomb dead Mourners attend funerals for more than a dozen people killed in bomb attacks targeting Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi. | |
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| Media chief shot in Nepal capital The chairman of a Nepalese television station and cable network is shot dead in the capital, Kathmandu. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Ainsworth warns of war casualties The defence secretary warns of casualties as UK troops prepare to take part in a major military offensive in Afghanistan. |
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| Emotional Campbell defends Blair Alastair Campbell denies Tony Blair misled Parliament over the intelligence in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war. | |
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| Terror fight 'will take decades' The government's plan to tackle violent extremism will require decades to take effect, a top police officer warns. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Man hurt at football match dies A man who was injured during Stoke City's Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers dies in hospital. |
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| Children 'still at risk' of harm An Ofsted inspection into Doncaster Council's children's services finds there is still the potential for vulnerable children to be left at risk. | |
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| Child asylum seeker numbers rise The number of child asylum seekers across the West Midlands has risen by 700%, FoI requests show. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Margaret Ritchie new SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie is elected as the new leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party. |
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| INLA disposes of weapons caches The Irish National Liberation Army which killed Tory MP Airey Neave and more than 120 other people decommissions its weapons. | |
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| Royal Mail sorry for result delay Royal Mail apologises for problems delivering some exam results for the controversial Northern Ireland grammar school entrance tests. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Ballot over Attenborough buyout Islanders on Bute vote on plans to buy almost 2,000 acres of land currently owned by film director Richard Attenborough. |
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| GPs make population rise warning New GP practices should be set up in areas of Scotland which are likely to see population increases, the BMA says. | |
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| Village expansion seeks approval Approval is sought for a housing development which could more than double the population of a Borders villagel. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Emotional Campbell defends Blair Alastair Campbell denies Tony Blair misled Parliament over the intelligence in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war. |
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| Ainsworth warns of war casualties The defence secretary warns of casualties as UK troops prepare to take part in a major military offensive in Afghanistan. | |
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| Tories plan school powers shift Local authorities in England could lose many of their planning powers regarding schools if the Conservatives win the election. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Toyota 'planning recall of Prius' Toyota is to recalling the latest model of its flagship Prius cars because of braking problems, reports from Japan say. |
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| Ex-IMF economist warns on UK debt Britain should be seen in the same category of highly indebted countries such as Greece, a leading economist says. | |
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| UK firms 'cut dividends by £10bn' Shareholders in UK companies saw their dividend payments cut by £10bn last year, according to a report. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Jazz star Johnny Dankworth dies Sir John Dankworth, a mainstay of the British jazz scene for more than 60 years, has died, his family has confirmed. |
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| Violinist waltzes to pop history A Dutch violinist has made pop history with the highest charting classical album this century. | |
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| Vetting 'hits child actor roles' Sir Ian McKellen fears vetting rules for those who work with children will stop youngsters being cast in key early roles. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Cloud forces shuttle launch delay Low cloud at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida prevents the shuttle Endeavour from launching on a final night flight to the ISS. |
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| Climate scepticism 'on the rise' The British public has become increasingly sceptical about climate change, a poll for BBC News suggests. | |
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| Dynamic Pluto revealed in images Images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the icy dwarf planet Pluto undergoes dramatic seasonal changes. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft's February security update. |
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| US objects to Google books plan The US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow Google to build a vast digital library. | |
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| Pirate bill could 'breach rights' An influential group of MPs and peers says the government's approach to illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of net users. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Genes reveal 'biological ageing' Scientists say they have pinpointed gene variants that might show how fast people's bodies are ageing. |
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| Better child-diabetes care urged A "shocking" number of children are suffering potentially fatal complications of diabetes each year, a charity says. | |
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| Pledge of one-to-one cancer care Every cancer patient in England will be offered one-to-one care by specialist nurses if Labour wins the election, the PM is to say. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Tories plan school powers shift Local authorities in England could lose many of their planning powers regarding schools if the Conservatives win the election. |
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| Teachers 'lack violence training' A union calls for compulsory training on dealing with violence in class as a study suggests new teachers are ill-prepared. | |
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| Open University curbs Tesco deal The Open University is scaling back a scheme which allows students to pay for courses with Tesco clubcard points. | |
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| 1952: New Queen proclaimed for UK Princess Elizabeth proclaims herself Queen at a ceremony in St James's Palace, London. | |||
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| 1994: Police probe MP's suspicious death Forensic scientists investigate the "suspicious circumstances" of the death of Conservative MP for Eastleigh Stephen Milligan. | |||
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| 1962: Eight die in Paris riot At least eight people have been killed during a demonstration in the French capital protesting against the independence of Algeria. | |||
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