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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Nato hails Afghanistan operation Nato hails the first phase of a key offensive to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province, but two soldiers are killed. |
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| Nine arrested in £1m drug swoops Police arrest nine people after drugs worth £1m are seized by police in Northern Ireland and north-west England. | |
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| Ukraine's Tymoshenko in poll vow Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko vows to challenge the results of the recent presidential elections in court. | |
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| Barclays to pay £2bn in bonuses Barclays is to pay staff bonuses adding up to more than £2bn, the BBC learns - two days ahead of the bank's annual results. | |
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| Branson slams US airline decision A US decision to back American Airlines and British Airways working together is a "kick in the teeth", Sir Richard Branson says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Nato hails Afghanistan operation Nato hails the first phase of a key offensive to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province, but two soldiers are killed. |
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| Ukraine's Tymoshenko in poll vow Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko vows to challenge the results of the recent presidential elections in court. | |
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| Deadly restaurant blast in India A bomb blast at a restaurant popular with tourists in India's western city of Pune kills nine people, police say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Kenya corruption inquiries widen Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki asks eight senior officials to step down pending inquiries into two corruption scandals. |
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| Egypt Coptic murder trial opens A court in Egypt adjourns the trial of three Muslim men charged with killing six Coptic Christians and a policeman. | |
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| Ten die as cable hits Nigeria bus Ten people have been killed by an electric cable falling on a bus in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt, police say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Nato hails Afghanistan operation Nato hails the first phase of a key offensive to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province, but two soldiers are killed. |
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| Alabama suspect 'killed brother' A biology professor charged with killing three staff at an Alabama university shot dead her brother 24 years ago, it is alleged. | |
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| Waves hit surf contest spectators Thirteen spectators at a surfing contest in California are injured after large waves hit the seawall where they were standing. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Burma frees NLD leader Tin Oo Burma frees the vice-chairman of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy from prison, ahead of elections. |
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| 'Airport activist' home in China A Chinese dissident who lived at Tokyo's Narita airport for three months after China stopped him returning home is allowed back into the country. | |
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| Net attack hits Australian sites A hacktivist group plans to keep up with attacks aimed at Australian government websites | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Ukraine's Tymoshenko in poll vow Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko vows to challenge the results of the recent presidential elections in court. |
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| Greece calls EU rescue plan timid Greek PM George Papandreou criticises the European Union's response to Greece's financial crisis as timid and too slow. | |
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| Italian police seize counterfeits Police in Italy seize tonnes of fake goods, in the latest in a series of counterfeit scams there. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Eight arrests over Red Cap deaths There is enough evidence for eight Iraqi suspects to face trial over the 2003 killing of six British soldiers, a judge indicates. |
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| Egypt Coptic murder trial opens A court in Egypt adjourns the trial of three Muslim men charged with killing six Coptic Christians and a policeman. | |
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| Saudi lingerie shop boycott call Campaigners in Saudi Arabia urge women there to begin a two-week boycott of lingerie shops staffed by men. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Nato hails Afghanistan operation Nato hails the first phase of a key offensive to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province, but two soldiers are killed. |
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| Deadly restaurant blast in India A bomb blast at a restaurant popular with tourists in India's western city of Pune kills nine people, police say. | |
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| Afghanistan reach World Twenty20 Afghanistan earn a place in the ICC World Twenty20 and beat Ireland in the final of the qualifying tournament in Dubai. | |
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| UK | |
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 | UK soldier dies in Afghan mission Gordon Brown pays tribute to the UK soldier killed in the Operation Moshtarak offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| Barclays to pay £2bn in bonuses Barclays is to pay staff bonuses adding up to more than £2bn, the BBC learns - two days ahead of the bank's annual results. | |
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| Nine arrested in £1m drug swoops Police arrest nine people after drugs worth £1m are seized by police in Northern Ireland and north-west England. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Violent scenes after FA Cup tie Eleven people are arrested after football fans clash in Southampton following the derby against Portsmouth. |
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| Man charged with mansion killing A businessman is charged with the murder of a man found shot dead in a bathroom at his Cheshire mansion. | |
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| Nine arrested in £1m drug swoops Police arrest nine people after drugs worth £1m are seized by police in Northern Ireland and north-west England. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Nine arrested in £1m drug swoops Police arrest nine people after drugs worth £1m are seized by police in Northern Ireland and north-west England. |
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| Two arrested over sexual assault Two teenagers are arrested by police investigating an allegation of a sex attack on a young woman in County Antrim. | |
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| House hit by 'suspicious' blast An explosion which caused substantial damage to a house in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, is now being treated as suspicious by police. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Fire services given extra funding Scotland's fire and rescue services are to receive an extra £24.6m from the Scottish government. |
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| Cameron enters Sturgeon fraud row David Cameron says Scotland's deputy first minister must answer questions over a letter she wrote on behalf of a fraudster. | |
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| Bragg in banker bonuses protest Musician Billy Bragg takes his protest against bankers' large bonuses to Edinburgh, the home of Royal Bank of Scotland. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Clarke issues warning on spending A Conservative government would have to be much tougher on public spending than "Margaret Thatcher ever was", says the shadow business secretary |
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| Charities demand end to care spat Eighteen charities demand Labour and the Conservatives stop using the issue of care reform to score political points. | |
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| Lib Dem health spokeswoman sacked Leader Nick Clegg dismisses Baroness Tonge over comments she made about alleged organ trafficking by Israeli troops in Haiti. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Barclays to pay £2bn in bonuses Barclays is to pay staff bonuses adding up to more than £2bn, the BBC learns - two days ahead of the bank's annual results. |
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| Branson slams US airline decision A US decision to back American Airlines and British Airways working together is a "kick in the teeth", Sir Richard Branson says. | |
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| Toyota recalls 8,000 US vehicles Toyota is to recall 8,000 Tacoma pick-up trucks in the US due to concerns about front drive shafts. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Charlie winner of BBC dance show Charlie Bruce wins BBC One's So You Think You Can Dance following a seven-week hunt for the UK's top dancer. |
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| Muse to headline Glastonbury 2010 Muse and Stevie Wonder will join U2 as headliners at this year's Glastonbury Festival. | |
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| Bragg in banker bonuses protest Musician Billy Bragg takes his protest against bankers' large bonuses to Edinburgh, the home of Royal Bank of Scotland. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Climate data 'not well organised' Phil Jones, the professor behind Climategate affair, has admitted some of his decades-old weather data was not well enough organised. |
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| Do speedy elephants walk or run? Scientists answer the weighty question of whether fast-moving elephants walk or run. | |
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| Tiger's ancient ancestry revealed As the Chinese Year of the Tiger begins, scientists say the world's biggest cat may be more ancient and unique than we thought. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Pirate boss to make the web pay One of the founders of the Pirate Bay site is planning to help websites make money from their content. |
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| Net attack hits Australian sites A hacktivist group plans to keep up with attacks aimed at Australian government websites | |
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| Iceland to be 'journalism haven' Icelandic MPs and whistle-blowing website Wikileaks propose to turn Iceland into a 'journalism haven'. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Lung sufferers offered sex advice People with breathing problems have been offered some timely Valentine's Day advice to help them enjoy a fulfilling love life. |
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| Archbishop attacks NHS over care The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales criticises what he sees as a lack of compassion in the NHS. | |
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| Obesity 'set' before age of two The "tipping point" that sets children on the way to a lifetime of obesity often occurs before the age of two, say US researchers. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Mandelson in university dispute Lord Mandelson is pushed into a dispute over university job cuts because of his titular role as Lord President of the Privy Council. |
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| Universities warn on budget cuts Thousands of job losses could push higher education into crisis, the university lecturers' union has warned. | |
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| London base for Scots university Glasgow Caledonian University is to open a London base to take advantage of the lucrative market in overseas students. | |
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| 1945: Thousands of bombs destroy Dresden British and US bombers pound the ancient German city of Dresden with high explosives and incendiaries. | |||
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| 1993: Missing two-year-old found dead Police confirm a body found on a railway embankment in Merseyside is that of missing toddler James Bulger. | |||
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| 1984: British ice couple score Olympic gold British figure skating couple Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate off with a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo after dancing to Ravel's Bolero. | |||
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