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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Obama appoints key hotspot envoys President Obama names envoys to the Middle East and Pakistan and Afghanistan after ordering Guantanamo Bay to close. |
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| Europeans 'kidnapped in Sahara' Unknown attackers have kidnapped four European tourists near the Niger-Mali border, Malian officials say. | |
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| Benjamin Button leads Oscar field The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the frontrunner for this year's Oscars with 13 nominations, including best picture. | |
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| Gaza smugglers get back to work Israel warns of fresh military strikes on Gaza, as Palestinians start work on tunnels used for smuggling. | |
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| BBC defends Gaza appeal decision The BBC defends a decision not to air a TV appeal aimed at raising funds for aid to Gaza. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Cholera moves to rural Zimbabwe The main impact of Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has shifted from urban areas to rural areas, a medical charity says. |
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| Libya's wireless web access leap Libya's only internet service provider launches its "highly advanced" first commercial wireless network. | |
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| Prominent Zuma supporter killed A prominent member of South Africa's governing ANC and close ally of party leader Jacob Zuma is killed, police say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Obama appoints key hotspot envoys President Obama names envoys to the Middle East and Pakistan and Afghanistan after ordering Guantanamo Bay to close. |
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| Benjamin Button leads Oscar field The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the frontrunner for this year's Oscars with 13 nominations, including best picture. | |
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| Fidel praises Obama's 'honesty' Fidel Castro breaks a five-week silence to praise Barack Obama, as he tries to end rumours about his health. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Chinese milk scam duo face death Two men get the death penalty and an ex-dairy boss gets life for China's tainted milk scandal which left thousands of children ill. |
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| China's economic growth slows Chinese economic growth slowed to 9% last year after a fall in exports, its lowest rate of growth for seven years. | |
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| Malaysia bans foreign recruitment Malaysia bans the recruitment of foreign workers to protect its citizens from unemployment during the economic downturn. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Austria names Fritzl trial date Josef Fritzl, the Austrian accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years, will go on trial on 16 March. |
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| Europeans 'kidnapped in Sahara' Unknown attackers have kidnapped four European tourists near the Niger-Mali border, Malian officials say. | |
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| German ex-high-flyer in tax trial The former head of German postal giant Deutsche Post, Klaus Zumwinkel, is on trial for tax evasion. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Gaza smugglers get back to work Israel warns of fresh military strikes on Gaza, as Palestinians start work on tunnels used for smuggling. |
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| Mass execution for Iran murderers Ten convicted murderers are put to death in a single day in Iran, state-owned media reports. | |
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| Cairo talks on ceasefire in Gaza An Israeli envoy is to hold talks in Egypt on how to achieve a lasting truce in Gaza, following Israel's offensive there. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Civilians 'die in Lanka shelling' At least five civilians die after a makeshift hospital is shelled in a rebel-held area of northern Sri Lanka, health officials there say. |
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| Indian soldier 'kills comrades' A member of India's elite Assam Rifles shoots dead six other soldiers after an argument in Manipur state, the army says. | |
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| India 'will host 2011 Grand Prix' India will definitely host a Grand Prix in Delhi in 2011, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone tells the BBC Asian Network. | |
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| UK NEWS | |
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 | Final salary pensions 'to close' Many major private sector firms expect to close their final salary pension schemes in the next few years, a study suggests. |
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| Taleban patients 'upset troops' British soldiers injured in Afghanistan have expressed their unhappiness at being treated in beds next to Taleban fighters. | |
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| Mother guilty over smoking boy, 3 A mother is given a suspended jail sentence after her three-year-old son is filmed smoking a cigarette butt in front of her. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Specialist schools' value queried The success of specialist schools in England is an illusion, with intake and money being the crucial factors, academics say. |
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| White working class 'losing out' White working class Britons are facing discrimination in a range of areas, from education to housing, a report says. | |
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| Banking 'threat' to new schools A scheme to renovate England's secondary schools could grind to a halt because banks are not lending money, the building industry warns. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Wife murdered for Facebook status A man is convicted of murdering his estranged wife after she changed her Facebook status to "single". |
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| Rapists 'should serve full term' Three rapists who threw caustic soda over their victim, burning 50% of her body, should not be released early, an MP says. | |
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| Child dies in motorway collision A child is killed in a road traffic collision on the M5 motorway near Bridgwater in Somerset. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Microsoft to cut up to 5,000 jobs Microsoft says it will cut up to 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months, including 1,400 immediately. |
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| Google sees strong revenue growth Google sees revenue rise in the final quarter of last year in what are been seen as positive year end results. | |
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| Former Merrill Lynch boss resigns The former chief of Merrill Lynch, John Thain, resigns from Bank of America just three weeks after the two banks merged. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Benjamin Button leads Oscar field The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the frontrunner for this year's Oscars with 13 nominations, including best picture. |
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| Ross apologises on TV show return Jonathan Ross repeats his apology over the lewd calls row while filming on his first day back at the BBC after his suspension. | |
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| French debut for missing Mozart A piece of music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which had lain undiscovered in a French library for years, has its first public performance. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | A billion frogs on world's plates As many as one billion frogs are being harvested from the wild for human consumption each year, according to a new study. |
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| New evidence on Antarctic warming The continent of Antarctica is heating up in step with the rest of the planet, according to a new analysis. | |
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| UK sat firm plans low cost mapper A UK firm believes its latest satellite design can dramatically reduce the cost of high resolution space imagery. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | White House plans open government The Obama administration is backing technology to help make the process of governing more open and transparent. |
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| Japanese firms unveil 'robocop' Two Japanese companies unveil a security robot that can be commanded from a mobile phone to hurl a net over suspects. | |
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| Microsoft to cut up to 5,000 jobs Microsoft says it will cut up to 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months, including 1,400 immediately. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Cleaner air 'adds months to life' Cuts in air pollution in US cities have added an average of five months of life to their inhabitants, research suggests. |
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| Chinese milk scam duo face death Two men get the death penalty and an ex-dairy boss gets life for China's tainted milk scandal which left thousands of children ill. | |
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| Doubt over child steroid tactic Giving younger children hospitalised with wheezing high doses of steroids may not help them, a study suggests. | |
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| 1990: Gorbachev explains crackdown in Azerbaijan President Mikhail Gorbachev announces Red Army troops have been sent into the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. | |||
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| 1962: 'A6 murder' trial begins James Hanratty, accused of murdering a physicist in a lay-by on the A6, enters a plea of "not guilty". | |||
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| 1980: Soviet dissident Sakharov banished One of the Soviet Union's most outspoken critics, nuclear physicist Dr Andrei Sakharov, is sent into internal exile for his outspoken views. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Live text - Australian Open Jelena Jankovic, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are in action on day five of the Australian Open. |
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| England stars clear for IPL deals England players will be able to play in the Indian Premier League this season after the England and Wales Cricket Board agrees to release them for three weeks. | |
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| Sacked Rasmussen loses ban appeal Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen will not be able to ride in this year's Tour de France after the Court of Arbitration for Sport uphelds his two-year ban. | |
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| Hughes to hold talks with Robinho Manchester City manager Mark Hughes will wait until Robinho returns from his unsanctioned trip to Brazil before deciding whether to take disciplinary action. | |
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| Olazabal wants European captaincy Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal puts himself forward for the European captaincy at the 2010 Ryder Cup. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Wigan's King makes Boro loan move Middlesbrough agree terms with striker Marlon King from Wigan on a six-month loan, with Mido set to move the other way. |
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| Hughes to hold talks with Robinho Manchester City manager Mark Hughes will wait until Robinho returns from his unsanctioned trip to Brazil before deciding whether to take disciplinary action. | |
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| Drogba to fight for Chelsea place Didier Drogba says he wants to stay at Chelsea and win back his place in the first team. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | England stars clear for IPL deals England players will be able to play in the Indian Premier League this season after the England and Wales Cricket Board agrees to release them for three weeks. |
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| Australia v South Africa live score Latest score as Australia take on South Africa in their third one-day international in Sydney. | |
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| Bangladesh v Zimbabwe scorecard Latest score as Bangladesh face Zimbabwe in the third one-day international in Mirpur. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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| Live text - Australian Open Jelena Jankovic, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are in action on day five of the Australian Open. |
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| Murray bemused by rivals' remarks Andy Murray says he cannot understand why Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are upset that some people have installed him as Australian Open favourite. | |
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| Murray cruises into third round Andy Murray makes short work of his Australian Open second-round tie by beating 22-year-old Spaniard Marcel Granollers in straight sets. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Hamilton faces tight test regime Lewis Hamilton faces a truncated testing schedule in getting to grips with the technical changes F1 will embrace this season. |
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| India 'will host 2011 Grand Prix' India will definitely host a Grand Prix in Delhi in 2011, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone tells the BBC Asian Network. | |
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| New rules prompt Ferrari concern Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali admits that F1's biggest rule changes for 25 years create a "big question" for his team going into the 2009 season. | |
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