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| Wednesday, 07 April, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Leaders face last Commons clash The leaders of the three main parties will clash later for the last time in Parliament before the general election. |
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| Rio de Janeiro floods kill scores Around 100 people die in Brazil after the most torrential rain for decades causes landslides and major flooding. | |
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| Five-a-day 'will not cut cancer' The protective effects of fruit and vegetables against cancer is modest at best, a dietary study based on 500,000 Europeans concludes. | |
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| Police watchdog attacked by MPs The Independent Police Complaints Commission is criticised by MPs as slow and for using ex-officers to investigate police. | |
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| Cider tax increase to be scrapped The government drops plans for a 10% tax rise on cider following fierce opposition to the measure. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Rio de Janeiro floods kill scores Around 100 people die in Brazil after the most torrential rain for decades causes landslides and major flooding. |
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| US man gets North Korea jail term North Korea sentences a US man to eight years' hard labour for illegally entering the country, the state news agency reports. | |
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| Egypt hosts antiquities meeting Global culture officials gather in Cairo to discuss how to recover ancient treasures which they say have been looted. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Face-off at Terreblanche hearing Rival groups scuffle at a court where the alleged killers of South African white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche were charged. |
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| SPLM boycotts poll in north Sudan South Sudan's main party says it will boycott this week's parliamentary and municipal elections in most of northern Sudan, citing irregularities. | |
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| Semenya eyes June return in Spain World 800m champion Caster Semenya plans to make her return to the track at a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain in June. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Rio de Janeiro floods kill scores Around 100 people die in Brazil after the most torrential rain for decades causes landslides and major flooding. |
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| Peru urged to investigate deaths A rights group calls on Peru to investigate the deaths of six civilians during a protest against mining reforms. | |
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| US man gets North Korea jail term North Korea sentences a US man to eight years' hard labour for illegally entering the country, the state news agency reports. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Tsunami alert lifted after quake A tsunami alert is lifted after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra. |
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| Kyrgyz government office seized Protesters seize a regional government office in Kyrgyzstan, as police crack down on opposition leaders in Bishkek. | |
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| US man gets North Korea jail term North Korea sentences a US man to eight years' hard labour for illegally entering the country, the state news agency reports. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Brown triggers May election race The UK's political leaders hit the campaign trail after Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls the general election for 6 May. |
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| Russia 'could quit nuclear deal' Russia says it could opt out of a new nuclear disarmament treaty if it feels threatened by US missile defence plans. | |
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| Police act over Sarkozy rumours Police investigate how rumours of infidelity in the Sarkozy-Bruni marriage spread, amid protests from journalists. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Baghdad blasts kill at least 35 A series of large explosions hits the centre of Baghdad killing at least 35 people, officials say. |
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| Egypt riot police break up rally Riot police in Egypt break up a rally in Cairo, beat up dozens of protesters and arrest them. | |
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| Egypt hosts antiquities meeting Global culture officials gather in Cairo to discuss how to recover ancient treasures which they say have been looted. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Maoists kill 75 Indian soldiers Maoist rebels kill at least 75 soldiers in central India in their worst ever attack on the country's security forces. |
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| Mumbai gunmen 'secretly buried' The unclaimed bodies of nine gunmen killed in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai were secretly buried in January, Indian officials say. | |
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| Shadow cyber spy network revealed A "complex cyber-espionage" network that compromised the UN and the Office of the Dalai Lama, is uncovered by researchers. | |
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| UK | |
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| Leaders face last Commons clash The leaders of the three main parties will clash later for the last time in Parliament before the general election. |
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| Police watchdog attacked by MPs The Independent Police Complaints Commission is criticised by MPs as slow and for using ex-officers to investigate police. | |
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| NHS left with 34m swine flu jabs The NHS has been left sitting on more than 34m doses of swine flu vaccine despite agreeing deals to break its contracts. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Teenager due in court over murder A 17-year-old boy is to appear in court accused of the murder of an 18-year-old woman who died after being stabbed in the neck in east London. |
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| Girl sees father killed in crash A hit-and-run crash which killed a 38-year-old man in Greater Manchester was witnessed by his young daughter. | |
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| Action urged on mobility scooters MPs call on the government to tighten regulations on mobility scooters and consider a fit-to-drive test following a number of accidents. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Saville delayed until after poll The Northern Ireland Office says that the Bloody Sunday Inquiry report will not be handed over to parliament until after the general election. |
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| Man charged with attempted murder A man is charged with attempting to murder a man in County Londonderry eleven months ago. | |
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| NI's parties gear up for election Northern Ireland parties start their election campaigns as Gordon Brown confirms a poll date of 6 May. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Election push enters second day Scottish parties enter the first full day of the election campaign, with a continuing focus on the economy. |
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| Force 'failing' on crime targets A police force has failed to meet most of its targets for reducing crime, according to a report by inspectors. | |
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| Colourful tribute to crash girl A service of celebration is to be held for a teenager killed when a school coach crashed in South Lanarkshire last week. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Brown confirms election on 6 May Prime Minister Gordon Brown, flanked by members of his cabinet in Downing Street, calls the UK General Election for 6 May. |
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| Live: General election 2010 Live text and video coverage of all the latest developments as the 2010 general election campaign gets under way. | |
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| Election is 'not two-horse race' Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says the election will not be the usual "two-horse race" between Labour and Conservatives. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Kraft criticised on Cadbury deal US food giant Kraft is criticised by MPs over the way it handled its takeover of UK chocolate maker Cadbury. |
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| New 50% tax rate comes into force The 50% tax rate for people earning £150,000 or more comes into force with the start of the new financial year. | |
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| AOL announces plans to sell Bebo Internet company AOL says it plans to sell Bebo just two years after buying the social networking site for $850m. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Comedians Henry and French split Comedians Lenny Henry and Dawn French are to separate after 25 years of marriage, a spokesman for the couple says. |
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| Actor Corin Redgrave dies aged 70 Actor Corin Redgrave, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty, has died at the age of 70, his family has announced. | |
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| MPs criticise BBC for expenditure The BBC is not "properly held to account" in the way it spends public money on star names and major events, MPs say. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Flowers bloom earlier as UK warms British plants are flowering earlier now than at any time in the last 250 years, according to new analysis. |
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| Turtles die in nets 'in millions' Millions of marine turtles have been killed over the past two decades through entrapment in fishing gear, a survey concludes. | |
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| Velociraptor 'caught' eating dino Fossil fragments reveal a predatory Velociraptor caught in the act of eating another larger plant-eating dinosaur. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Digital bill faces extra scrutiny The Digital Economy Bill is given a second reading in the Commons amid calls for the government to rethink rushing it into law. |
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| Legal limbo for US broadband plan America's broadband plan is in "legal limbo", say advocacy groups, after a court ruling on net neutrality enforcement. | |
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| AOL announces plans to sell Bebo Internet company AOL says it plans to sell Bebo just two years after buying the social networking site for $850m. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Five-a-day 'will not cut cancer' The protective effects of fruit and vegetables against cancer is modest at best, a dietary study based on 500,000 Europeans concludes. |
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| NHS left with 34m swine flu jabs The NHS has been left sitting on more than 34m doses of swine flu vaccine despite agreeing deals to break its contracts. | |
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| Crackdown on MOT-style body scans Companies have been told to stop offering whole body and lung scans under a new regulation regime. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Stay-at-home fathers 'up by 900%' The number of stay-at-home fathers has risen 10-fold in the last decade with 600,000 now in the UK, a survey suggests. |
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| Labour 'micro-managed education' An MPs' committee says schools faced relentless centralisation under Labour | |
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| Balls lays down funding challenge Children's Secretary Ed Balls has challenged the Conservatives to match his promise of protecting school budgets from public spending cuts. | |
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| 1978: Carter delays N-bomb production The US President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the controversial neutron bomb. | |||
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| 1976: Government crisis as Stonehouse quits Controversial MP John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party, leaving James Callaghan's government in a minority of one. | |||
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| 1968: Jim Clark killed in car smash Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in a car crash during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. | |||
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