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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | 'Real IRA was behind army attack' A newspaper gets a call claiming responsibility for the shooting in which two soldiers were killed at Massereene army base. |
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| Baghdad police attack 'kills 28' A suicide bomber kills 28 people at a police academy in Baghdad, as the US says it will withdraw 12,000 troops by September. | |
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| Ex-Israel head faces rape charge Israel's ex-President Moshe Katsav is to be charged with sex offences including rape of an ex-employee, justice officials say. | |
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| Funeral set for Tsvangirai's wife The funeral for the wife of Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai, killed in a car crash, is to be held on Wednesday, his party says. | |
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| Pastor dead in US church shooting A pastor has been killed and other people injured in a shooting at a church in the US state of Illinois, police say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Sudan leader's warning in Darfur Sudan's president issues a warning to diplomats and other foreigners while visiting Darfur, scene of his alleged war crimes. |
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| Funeral set for Tsvangirai's wife The funeral for the wife of Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai, killed in a car crash, is to be held on Wednesday, his party says. | |
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| Madagascar officers launch mutiny Officers in a military camp near Madagascar's capital mutiny refusing to take any more orders from the government. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Vatican backs abortion row bishop A senior Vatican cleric defends a Brazilian archbishop's excommunication of people who helped a child have an abortion. |
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| Pastor dead in US church shooting A pastor has been killed and other people injured in a shooting at a church in the US state of Illinois, police say. | |
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| Vedanta buying US copper company Mining giant Vedanta is to buy struggling US copper firm Asarco for $1.7bn, 35% less than the £2.6bn first agreed last year. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea warning to US and S Korea North Korea warns it is ready to strike if attacked, as the US and South Korea begin a joint military exercise in the region. |
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| Police break up Malaysia protest Police in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur fire tear gas to disperse a rally against the use of English in the country's schools. | |
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| Police arrest Thai website editor Thai police arrest the editor of a leading political website, on charges of carrying content that threatens national security. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| 'Real IRA was behind army attack' A newspaper gets a call claiming responsibility for the shooting in which two soldiers were killed at Massereene army base. |
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| Dutch recover missing paintings Dutch officials find 17th and 19th Century paintings by Renoir and other artists that have been missing since 1987. | |
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| Pope heading to Holy Land in May Pope Benedict XVI confirms he will visit Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, from 8-15 May. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Baghdad police attack 'kills 28' A suicide bomber kills 28 people at a police academy in Baghdad, as the US says it will withdraw 12,000 troops by September. |
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| Ex-Israel head faces rape charge Israel's ex-President Moshe Katsav is to be charged with sex offences including rape of an ex-employee, justice officials say. | |
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| Saudi raids 'break up drug gangs' Saudi authorities say they have broken up four big drug smuggling operations and arrested 35 suspected drug dealers. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Obama hints at talks with Taleban President Obama suggests there could be talks with moderate elements of the Taleban in Afghanistan. |
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| 'Civilians die' in S Lanka battle At least 15 civilians have died in the last two days of fighting between Sri Lankan soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels, a health official says. | |
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| Car bomb kills eight in Pakistan Eight people, mostly police and soldiers, are dead after reportedly being lured to a booby-trapped car in north-western Pakistan. | |
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| UK NEWS | |
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| 'Real IRA was behind army attack' A newspaper gets a call claiming responsibility for the shooting in which two soldiers were killed at Massereene army base. |
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| Jade Goody confronted by intruder Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody is confronted in her hospital room by a woman holding a hammer. | |
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| Child, 10, among five crash dead Five people, including a 10-year-old child, are killed in a car crash on Merseyside, emergency services confirm. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Lib Dems back state faith schools The Lib Dems vote in favour of allowing state-funded faith schools to continue selecting pupils by faith. |
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| Big rise in head teacher sackings The number of senior secondary leaders dismissed has risen five-fold in three years, head teachers' leaders say. | |
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| Call for first aid in curriculum First aid should be a compulsory part of the school curriculum, St John Ambulance has urged ministers. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Child, 10, among five crash dead Five people, including a 10-year-old child, are killed in a car crash on Merseyside, emergency services confirm. |
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| Jade Goody confronted by intruder Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody is confronted in her hospital room by a woman holding a hammer. | |
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| Terrier wins controversial Crufts A Sealyham Terrier named Charmin wins Best In Show at Crufts, after a turbulent year for the event. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Bank nationalisation 'not needed' The UK government says it still has no plans to nationalise the banking sector, despite increasing its stake in Lloyds. |
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| Vedanta buying US copper company Mining giant Vedanta is to buy struggling US copper firm Asarco for $1.7bn, 35% less than the £2.6bn first agreed last year. | |
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| US jobless rate increases to 8.1% The number of people unemployed in the US rose by 651,000 in February, official figures show. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | U2 score 10th UK number one album Rock band U2 crown the UK chart for the 10th time to become one of the top five album chart acts of all time. |
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| Ethiopia takes Africa film honour An Ethiopian film about the regime of the country's former dictator takes the chief prize at Africa's main movie awards. | |
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| Singer Rihanna 'would testify' Singer Rihanna would testify against her boyfriend Chris Brown if called as a witness in his assault case, her lawyer says. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Nasa launches Earth hunter probe A Nasa mission carrying a telescope to search the sky for Earth-like planets launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida. |
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| Enzyme behind cancer spread found Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body, leading to hopes it can be "switched off". | |
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| Telescope 'cousins' meet at last Europe's Herschel and Planck space observatories are in the same cleanroom, just weeks before their historic launch. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Firms in data row deny wrongdoing Several firms accused of subscribing to a secret database of building workers' details have denied any wrongdoing. |
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| Obama picks US information chief Vivek Kundra has been picked by President Obama as the US government's chief information officer. | |
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| Al Gore says domain .eco logical Former US vice president AL Gore is backing the creation of green .eco domain names. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Enzyme behind cancer spread found Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body, leading to hopes it can be "switched off". |
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| Diabetes drugs given 'too soon' One in three people with type 2 diabetes are given pills too soon, rather than adopting lifestyle changes, research suggests. | |
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| Virus 'triggers child diabetes' A common virus may be the trigger for many cases of diabetes, say researchers, opening the way for a vaccine. | |
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| 1985: Beirut car bomb kills dozens At least 45 people die and 175 are injured in a car bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. | |||
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| 1972: TWA jet explodes at Las Vegas airport Bomb explodes in the cockpit of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 at Las Vegas airport. | |||
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| 1971: Post strike ends with pay deal British postal workers go back to work after seven weeks on strike. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | West Indies duo frustrate England Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash guide West Indies to 349-4, 197 behind England. |
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| Beckham to part fund Milan switch David Beckham has part funded the dual contract between AC Milan and LA Galaxy that allows him to play on in Italy. | |
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| Everton 2-1 Middlesbrough Everton need a second-half fightback to beat Middlesbrough and reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time since they won the trophy in 1995. | |
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| Hughes hits record ton in Durban Phillip Hughes becomes the youngest player in Test history to hit two centuries in a match as Australia pile on the runs in Durban. | |
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| Chambers storms to gold in Turin Dwain Chambers is crowned 60m European Indoors champion after crushing the field in Italy. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Everton 2-1 Middlesbrough Everton need a second-half fightback to beat Middlesbrough and reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time since they won the trophy in 1995. |
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| Arsenal 3-0 Burnley Arsenal cruise into the FA Cup quarter-finals after a beating Burnley with three goals of the highest class. | |
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| Beckham to part fund Milan switch David Beckham has part funded the dual contract between AC Milan and LA Galaxy that allows him to play on in Italy. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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| West Indies duo frustrate England Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash guide West Indies to 349-4, 197 behind England. |
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| Broad attacks Caribbean pitches England's Stuart Broad says the pitches in the West Indies have been too much in favour of batsmen. | |
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| Hughes hits record ton in Durban Phillip Hughes becomes the youngest player in Test history to hit two centuries in a match as Australia pile on the runs in Durban. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Lloyd will not quit as GB captain Great Britain Davis Cup captain John Lloyd has no plans to quit following the defeat by Ukraine. |
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| Czechs stun France in Davis Cup Radek Stepanek beats Gilles Simon to give the Czech Republic victory over highly-rated France in the Davis Cup. | |
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| Sharapova set for doubles return Maria Sharapova will only play doubles when she returns to action in Indian Wells next week. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Formula One news has moved >>>> Click the link above to reach BBC Sport's brand new Formula One website for 2009. |
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| Pedrosa doubtful for Qatar opener Dani Pedrosa's hopes of competing in the MotoGP World Championship opener in Qatar are in doubt following two operations. | |
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| Honda team to return as Brawn GP The former Honda Formula One team has been saved and will contest the 2009 season as Brawn GP. | |
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