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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| Ads tackle teen domestic violence Teenage boys are urged not to violently abuse their girlfriends, or pressure them for sex, in a government advertising campaign. | |
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| Poor children 'lag a year behind' Research says children from the poorest homes are almost a year behind middle class pupils in language skills by the age of five. | |
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| Couple in £56m EuroMillions win A Gloucestershire couple are confirmed as Britain's biggest lottery winners, with a £56m EuroMillions jackpot. | |
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| Rugby star on buggy drink charge Welsh rugby star Andy Powell has been charged with drink driving after he allegedly took and drove away a golf buggy. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| US warns Iran not to 'build bomb' Hillary Clinton says the US would welcome peaceful engagement with Iran but not "while they are building their bomb". | |
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| Pope meets Irish bishops on abuse Ireland's Roman Catholic bishops are preparing for an unprecedented meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Kenyan leader lifts suspensions Kenya's president revokes the prime minister's suspension of two government ministers linked to corruption allegations. |
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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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| Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| Oldest US death row inmate dies The oldest death row inmate in the US, Viva Leroy Nash, dies of natural causes in Arizona at the age of 94. | |
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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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| Sydney terror plotters sentenced Five men convicted of a terrorist conspiracy in Sydney, Australia, are given jail sentences of 17-21 years. | |
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| Australian woman, 60, beats shark An Australian grandmother survives a shark attack after punching the animal, despite losing more than three pints of blood. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Pope meets Irish bishops on abuse Ireland's Roman Catholic bishops are preparing for an unprecedented meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. |
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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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| Couple in £56m EuroMillions win A Gloucestershire couple are confirmed as Britain's biggest lottery winners, with a £56m EuroMillions jackpot. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Lebanon marks Hariri anniversary Thousands mark the fifth anniversary of the killing of former PM Rafik Hariri, which changed Lebanon's political landscape. |
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| US warns Iran not to 'build bomb' Hillary Clinton says the US would welcome peaceful engagement with Iran but not "while they are building their bomb". | |
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| British journalist held in Gaza A British journalist named as Paul Martin is arrested in Gaza by Hamas security forces, British and Hamas officials say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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| Pakistan crisis fear over judges Pakistan faces fresh political uncertainty after the Supreme Court blocks a move by the president to appoint two judges. | |
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| India restaurant bomb kills nine A bomb blast at a restaurant popular with tourists in India's western city of Pune kills nine and injures 57, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | UK Afghan mission 'going to plan' The first stage of a Nato offensive in south Afghanistan, which involves more than 1,000 British soldiers, has "gone to plan", the MoD says. |
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| Ads tackle teen domestic violence Teenage boys are urged not to violently abuse their girlfriends, or pressure them for sex, in a government advertising campaign. | |
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| Poor children 'lag a year behind' Research says children from the poorest homes are almost a year behind middle class pupils in language skills by the age of five. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Girl dies after car river plunge A girl who was trapped in a car wthat plunged into the River Avon in Worcestershire on Thursday dies in hospital. |
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| Abducted girl returns from Libya A girl from Wigan who spent two years in Libya after being abducted by her father returns home. | |
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| Couple in £56m EuroMillions win A Gloucestershire couple are confirmed as Britain's biggest lottery winners, with a £56m EuroMillions jackpot. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | £2m drugs found in NI and England Police arrest nine people after drugs worth an estimated £2m are seized by officers in Northern Ireland and England. |
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| Three released over sex assault Three youths who were arrested over a sex attack on a young woman in Toombridge are released pending further inquiries. | |
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| Elderly women targeted by robbers Two women aged in their 80s are held down by robbers during burglaries at their homes in County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Man killed in second fatal blaze A 55-year-old man dies in a flat fire in Ayrshire, a day after another man died in a Paisley tenement, the fire service says. |
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| Deer starving due to harsh winter Thousands of deer are thought to be at risk of starvation in Scotland following this year's harsh winter conditions. | |
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| Tourism drive to target golfers Scotland's national tourism body begins a campaign to entice golfers to the country from around the world. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Parties clash over elderly care Attempts at reaching a deal on paying for elderly care in England fall apart amid exchanges on BBC One's Politics Show. |
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| BNP votes to change race rules The BNP votes to scrap its whites-only membership rules after an extraordinary general meeting. | |
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| Civilians die in Afghan offensive Nato confirms 12 civilians were killed when two rockets missed their target during a big offensive on the Taliban in Afghanistan. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Economists push for deficit cut The government must act more quickly to cut Britain's huge budget deficit, a group of economists says. |
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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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| MPs to quiz Kraft on Cadbury deal MPs are to question senior officials from US food giant Kraft next month over its takeover of Cadbury. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Haiti charity single tops chart Everybody Hurts, recorded to help Haiti's earthquake victims, sells more than 453,000 copies in its first week of release. |
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| Sir Terry makes return to radio Sir Terry Wogan returns to BBC Radio 2 with a new live programme, two months after leaving the breakfast show. | |
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| Author Dick Francis dies aged 89 Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89, his family has said. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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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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| Do speedy elephants walk or run? Scientists answer the weighty question of whether fast-moving elephants walk or run. | |
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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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| 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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 | Grandparents 'boost obesity risk' Young children regularly looked after by their grandparents have an increased risk of being overweight, a UK study suggests. |
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| Herpes drug 'delays' HIV illness A cheap, widely-used treatment for herpes can delay the need for HIV drugs in people with both infections, say US researchers. | |
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| Gene clue to early dementia speed A gene that may give you an increased risk of a distressing early form of dementia has been identified by UK scientists. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Poor children 'lag a year behind' Research says children from the poorest homes are almost a year behind middle class pupils in language skills by the age of five. |
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| US actress 'in Tory school talks' The Tories talk to foreign education groups - including one run by Goldie Hawn - to set up state schools in England. | |
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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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| 1961: Belgian jet crashes seconds before landing At least 73 people are killed when a Boeing 707 jet airliner crashes at Berg, near Brussels airport. | |||
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| 1971: D-Day delivers new UK currency The British Government launches a new decimal currency across the country. | |||
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| 1989: Soviet troops pull out of Afghanistan Soviet troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan, nine years after they invaded the country. | |||
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