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 | Leaders make final bid for votes Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg make their final appeal to the public before Thursday's general election. |
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| Nigeria President Yar'Adua dies Fifty-eight-year-old Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua died at his villa on Wednesday, state TV announces. | |
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| Women under 50 'face stress risk' Stress at work raises the risk of heart disease for women under 50, according to a study of more than 12,000 nurses. | |
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| Greece is 'on the brink of abyss' Greece's president warns the country is "on the brink of the abyss" after three people die in protests over austerity measures. | |
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| More airports shut over ash risks Passengers face disruption after airports in Scotland and Ireland close because of a fresh cloud of volcanic ash. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Nigeria President Yar'Adua dies Fifty-eight-year-old Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua died at his villa on Wednesday, state TV announces. |
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| Greece is 'on the brink of abyss' Greece's president warns the country is "on the brink of the abyss" after three people die in protests over austerity measures. | |
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| Tighter US security after NY plot The US tightens its flying restrictions after Saturday's failed car-bomb attack on New York's Times Square. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| Nigeria President Yar'Adua dies Fifty-eight-year-old Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua died at his villa on Wednesday, state TV announces. |
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| Botswana battles Okavango flood Twenty villages in Botswana are evacuated after the Okavango River burst its banks and water continues to rise. | |
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| Nigeria axes anti-corruption case Nigeria drops charges against former anti-corruption boss Nuhu Ribadu, who was controversially removed in from his job in 2007. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Tighter US security after NY plot The US tightens its flying restrictions after Saturday's failed car-bomb attack on New York's Times Square. |
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| Honduras row endangers EU summit A spat over recognition of Honduras' government threatens a forthcoming EU-Latin American summit. | |
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| KKK leader murdered woman recruit A Ku Klux Klan leader admits murdering a woman recruit, a day after an initiation rite in Louisiana in 2008. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Deadly tornado hits Chinese city At least 23 people die as a tornado hits the city of Chongqing in south-western China. |
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| N Korea leader Kim 'in Beijing' North Korea's Kim Jong-il is in Beijing where he is set to meet Chinese leaders on his secretive visit to the country, say reports. | |
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| Philippines refiles murder charge The Philippines' top justice official reinstates murder charges against two regional leaders over the country's worst massacre in living memory. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Greece is 'on the brink of abyss' Greece's president warns the country is "on the brink of the abyss" after three people die in protests over austerity measures. |
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| Somali pirates seize Russian ship A Russian warship is rushing to assist an oil tanker which has been hijacked by Somali pirates off East Africa. | |
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| Bosnian Serb cleared of genocide A former wartime commander has been cleared of Srebrenica genocide charges by an appeals court in Sarajevo. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraq groups agree coalition deal Two of the largest Shia groups have announced they have formed a new coalition following inconclusive elections in March. |
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| US envoy Mitchell meets Israel PM US Middle East envoy George Mitchell meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before "proximity talks". | |
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| Egypt anger at call to ban book Writers in Egypt condemn a call by a group of lawyers to ban the classic folk tale Arabian Nights. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan fears impact of NY plot The failed attack on New York may give Pakistan a bad name, the interior minister says, because the man charged is of Pakistani origin. |
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| Suicide squad targets Afghan town Nine suicide bombers are killed along with four bystanders in an attack in the Afghan city of Zaranj, officials say. | |
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| 'Truth drug' test banned in India India's Supreme Court says the use of a "truth drug" to question suspects is illegal and a violation of their fundamental rights. | |
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| UK | |
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| Leaders make final bid for votes Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg make their final appeal to the public before Thursday's general election. |
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| More airports shut over ash risks Passengers face disruption after airports in Scotland and Ireland close because of a fresh cloud of volcanic ash. | |
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| 7/7 families seek boycott of film Families who lost relatives in the 2005 London bombings appeal to cinemas not to show a film about four bumbling suicide bombers. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Boy, 16, dies after park stabbing A number of youths are arrested after a 16-year-old boy dies after being stabbed at a London recreation ground. |
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| Hotel fire victim still unknown A body is discovered in staff quarters after a fire rips through Harrogate's 170-bedroom Majestic Hotel, police confirm. | |
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| 7/7 families seek boycott of film Families who lost relatives in the 2005 London bombings appeal to cinemas not to show a film about four bumbling suicide bombers. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | NI 'no-fly zone' extended again A no-fly zone has been declared over Northern Ireland's airspace until at least 0700 BST on Thursday. |
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| Sean Quinn stands down from board Sean Quinn and his wife are to stand down from the board of Quinn Group Ltd to concentrate of other family interests. | |
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| Residents moved in Belfast alert A number of residents in west Belfast's Lenadoon estate are moved from their homes due to a bomb alert. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Ash 'expected to clear' overnight Volcanic ash which has grounded flights across Scotland is expected to clear overnight, experts predict. |
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| Prosecutors net £6.5m crime cash A Moscow businessman has £6.5m seized by Scottish prosecutors in the largest ever Proceeds of Crime action. | |
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| Brothers admit killing of referee Two brothers admit killing a local football referee in an attack at his home because they believed he had assaulted their mother. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Freddie Mac asks for more US aid US mortgage giant Freddie Mac asks for another $10.6bn of aid as it reports heavy quarterly losses. |
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| Greek economy 'to shrink by 3%' Brussels says the Greek economy could shrink by 3% this year, as markets remain jittery and protesters riot in Athens. | |
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| Prudential delays $21bn cash call Prudential delays publication of details of its $21bn rights issue to help fund its $35.5bn acquisition of AIA in Asia. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Michaels 'to make full recovery' Poison singer Bret Michaels is discharged from hospital and is expected to make a complete recovery from a brain haemorrhage, doctors say. |
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| EastEnders noting election result The general election result will be acknowledged in Friday's episode of EastEnders with a last-minute drop-in scene, the BBC confirms. | |
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| Cannes 'ready' after freak storm Cannes Film Festival organisers say the French resort will be cleaned up for the event after it is struck by severe weather and freak waves. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Water mission fights interference Esa's Smos spacecraft returns valuable new data on the way water is cycled around the globe, despite experiencing continued interference. |
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| Bonobos shake heads to 'say no' Bonobos are filmed for the first time shaking their heads to 'say no', report scientists. | |
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| BP seals off first Gulf oil leak BP seals the smallest of the three leaks spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, as it prepares to cover the site with an iron box. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Embarrassing Facebook bug exposed Facebook scrambles to fix a flaw that exploited the site's privacy settings and allowed users to eavesdrop on their friends' chats. |
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| Google enters digital books war Search giant Google plans to open a digital bookstore called Editions by the end of the year, the company confirms. | |
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| Web tool tracks oil spill effects A web tool set up to keep track of political violence in Kenya is used to monitor the fallout from the Gulf oil spill. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Women under 50 'face stress risk' Stress at work raises the risk of heart disease for women under 50, according to a study of more than 12,000 nurses. |
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| New hope for HIV vaccine efforts US researchers say they are a step closer to understanding why some people appear to have natural protection against HIV. | |
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| Conjoined twins leave care unit Former conjoined twins Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf leave intensive care after a successful operation in London to separate them. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Universities move to living wage London universities are under pressure to support a campaign to pay their cleaners a "living wage". |
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| Lecturers strike affects students Thousands of students preparing for exams have been disrupted by a walkout by lecturers over funding cuts. | |
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| Smacking ban 'improves parenting' Parents should find ways of punishing children without smacking, says the deputy head of the Council of Europe. | |
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| 1966: Moors murderers jailed for life Ian Brady and his lover Myra Hindley are sentenced to life imprisonment for the so-called Moors murders. | |||
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| 1976: Huge earthquake rocks Italy Italy's worst ever earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills at least 60 people and leaves thousands homeless. | |||
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| 1954: Bannister breaks four-minute mile Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student, becomes the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. | |||
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