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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Nuclear subs collide in Atlantic A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French submarine in the middle of the Atlantic, the MoD says. |
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| Tamil Tigers 'target civilians' Tamil Tiger rebels are reported to be firing at civilians trying to leave Sri Lanka's conflict zone, the UN says. | |
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| No charges for US swimmer Phelps Swimming star Michael Phelps will not face charges over a picture apparently showing him smoking cannabis, US police say. | |
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| Anti-terror tactics 'weaken law' The UK and the US have 'actively undermined' international law in the way they fight terrorism, a jurists' group says. | |
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| French Holocaust role recognised France's top court recognises the state's "responsibility" for the deportation of Jews in WWII, but says reparations have been made. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Court delay for Zimbabwe nominee A court appearance for Zimbabwean ministerial nominee Roy Bennett on terrorism charges is delayed as prosecutors failed to turn up, lawyers say. |
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| Call for more UN troops in Congo The UN should send more troops to north DR Congo to halt attacks on civilians by Ugandan rebels, Human Rights Watch says. | |
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| African migrants drowned at sea Spanish rescuers say the drowning death toll from a capsized migrant boat off the Canary Islands has risen to 19. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Clinton seeks stronger Asia ties Hillary Clinton calls America's ties with Asia "indispensable", as she arrives in Japan on the first leg of a four-nation tour. |
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| Anti-terror tactics 'weaken law' The UK and the US have 'actively undermined' international law in the way they fight terrorism, a jurists' group says. | |
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| No charges for US swimmer Phelps Swimming star Michael Phelps will not face charges over a picture apparently showing him smoking cannabis, US police say. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Clinton seeks stronger Asia ties Hillary Clinton calls America's ties with Asia "indispensable", as she arrives in Japan on the first leg of a four-nation tour. |
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| Australian arson suspect named The first suspect to be charged with arson over Australia's bushfires is named, despite fears for his safety. | |
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| China warns against protectionism China warns against protectionist measures by other countries, amid fears such action could aggravate the economic slump. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Nuclear subs collide in Atlantic A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French submarine in the middle of the Atlantic, the MoD says. |
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| French Holocaust role recognised France's top court recognises the state's "responsibility" for the deportation of Jews in WWII, but says reparations have been made. | |
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| Rome to dismantle illegal camps The authorities in Rome begin dismantling illegal camps amid an outcry over three rapes last weekend blamed on immigrants. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Large Hezbollah rally in Lebanon Lebanon's Hezbollah movement holds a Beirut rally to mark the anniversary of the assassination of military commander Imad Mughniyeh. |
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| Roadside bombs target Iraqi Shias Eight people die in two roadside bombs targeting Shia pilgrims returning to Baghdad from a religious festival. | |
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| Bank loans 'to pay PA salaries' The Palestinian Authority takes out bank loans to pay overdue salaries to its civil servants after receiving pledges of aid. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan agrees Sharia law deal Pakistan signs a peace deal with a Taleban group that will lead to the enforcement of Islamic Sharia law in its Swat valley. |
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| Tamil Tigers 'target civilians' Tamil Tiger rebels are reported to be firing at civilians trying to leave Sri Lanka's conflict zone, the UN says. | |
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| Jail upheld in Afghan Koran case An Afghanistan court upholds 20-year prison terms for two men who published a translation of the Koran which contained errors. | |
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| UK NEWS | |
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 | Driver guilty of M6 family deaths A lorry driver is jailed for three years for causing the deaths of a family of six in a collision on the M6 motorway. |
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| Dentist fear led girl to starve An eight-year-old girl starved herself because of a dental phobia authorities failed to identify, a coroner rules. | |
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| Education philanthropist missing Prominent education philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl is reported missing from south-west London. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | More hope to study at university There has been an 8% rise in applications to study at UK universities, this year's figures show. |
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| Education philanthropist missing Prominent education philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl is reported missing from south-west London. | |
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| Unruly pupils 'need more support' Schools should band together to provide social workers for unruly pupils, the government's 'behaviour tsar' says. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Dentist fear led girl to starve An eight-year-old girl starved herself because of a dental phobia authorities failed to identify, a coroner rules. |
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| Family's anger over crash sentence The grandfather of four children who were killed with their parents on the M6 condemns the sentence of a lorry driver for careless driving. | |
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| Mother of Rhys' killer admits lie The mother of Rhys Jones's killer admits lying to police during the investigation into the schoolboy's murder. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Japan's economy in quarterly dive Japan's economy contracted by 3.3% in the final quarter of 2008 - its worst showing since the oil crisis of the 1970s, figures show. |
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| Oil up on 'supply crunch' warning Oil prices rise after the International Energy Agency says there could be supply shortages next year once demand picks up. | |
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| Russian output plummets further Russia's industrial output sank 16% in January from a year earlier after the sector was hit hard by the economic downturn. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Brown sorry over assault arrest R&B star Chris Brown is "sorry and saddened" by his arrest on suspicion of attacking a woman and is seeking counselling. |
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| US screaming for new Jason movie A re-make of 1980 horror film Friday the 13th tops the North American box office, setting a record for the genre. | |
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| Coldplay top 2008's global chart Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends was the best-selling album of 2008 worldwide, figures show. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Alien life 'may exist among us' Alien life-forms may be thriving right here on Earth, a physicist tells a major science conference. |
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| Ice oceans 'are not poles apart' A marine census finds that at least 235 species live in both polar regions, despite being 12,000km apart. | |
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| Dance duet helps male birds mate Rather than compete for females, male long-tailed manakins pair up to perform their courtship song and dance. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft, Nokia offer app stores Microsoft and Nokia are the latest two firms to announce online application stores for mobile devices. |
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| Pirate Bay file-sharing defended The founders of a site which carries links to copies of music, films and TV programmes stand trial for copyright violation. | |
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| Mobile tech conference kicks off The year's biggest conference dedicated to mobile technology begins in Barcelona with a focus on software and services. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Heart pill to banish bad memories Scientists believe a common heart medicine may be able to banish fearful memories from the mind. |
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| HIV gene therapy trial promising One of the first attempts to use gene therapy to treat HIV produces promising results in preliminary clinical trials. | |
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| Cancer 'danger receptor' found A "danger receptor" that may kick-start an immune reaction to cancer in the body has been found by UK researchers. | |
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| 1959: Castro sworn in as Cuban PM Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro becomes the country's youngest ever premier. | |||
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| 2001: Serbs killed in Kosovo pilgrimage At least seven Serbs are killed in a bomb attack on a bus making its way to a religious ceremony in Kosovo. | |||
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| 1985: Falklands' row civil servant resigns Ministry of Defence assistant secretary Clive Ponting resigns from his post over the Belgrano affair. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Collingwood ton drives England on West Indies close on 55-1 on day two of the third Test in Antigua after Paul Collingwood's 113 leads England to 566-9 declared. |
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| Arsenal 4-0 Cardiff Eduardo scores twice after nearly a year out as Arsenal beat Cardiff to make the FA Cup fifth round. | |
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| Dubai faces censure over Peer ban The governing body of women's tennis says Dubai could be removed from the 2010 calendar over its refusal to give Israeli Shahar Peer a visa. | |
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| Beckham reluctant to return to US David Beckham is reluctant to return to the LA Galaxy as he seeks to make permanent his loan spell with AC Milan. | |
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| Global crisis hits Renault team The Renault Formula One team are hit by the global economic crisis as main sponsor ING withdraws its support. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Arsenal 4-0 Cardiff Eduardo scores twice after nearly a year out as Arsenal beat Cardiff to make the FA Cup fifth round. |
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| Beckham reluctant to return to US David Beckham is reluctant to return to the LA Galaxy as he seeks to make permanent his loan spell with AC Milan. | |
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| Rooney set for Man Utd comeback Wayne Rooney is set to make his Manchester United return this week after five weeks out of action with a hamstring injury. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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| Collingwood ton drives England on West Indies close on 55-1 on day two of the third Test in Antigua after Paul Collingwood's 113 leads England to 566-9 declared. |
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| Collingwood eyes winning position Paul Collingwood hopes England can increase the pressure on West Indies after his century puts them in command in the third Test. | |
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| WI v England: Third Test day two as it happened West Indies close 511 behind at 55-1 after England declare on 566-9 with Paul Collingwood scoring 113. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Dubai faces censure over Peer ban The governing body of women's tennis says Dubai could be removed from the 2010 calendar over its refusal to give Israeli Shahar Peer a visa. |
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| Ivanovic takes revenge in Dubai Ana Ivanovic exacts revenge over Russian Alisa Kleybanova at the Dubai Tennis Championships. | |
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| Murray beats Nadal to take title Andy Murray defeats world number one Rafael Nadal in three sets to win the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Global crisis hits Renault team The Renault Formula One team are hit by the global economic crisis as main sponsor ING withdraws its support. |
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| Raikkonen goes fastest in Bahrain Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen sets the fastest lap of the week in pre-season testing at Sakhir in Bahrain. | |
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| Rally Norway latest (wrc.com) The World Rally Championship moves to Norway, with Sebastien Loeb looking to continue his impressive start to the season. | |
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