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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Obama vow on Guantanamo inmates The US will find a way to cope securely with dangerous inmates at Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama has said. |
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| US 'bomb gang extremely violent' Four men accused of plotting to bomb synagogues and fire missiles at aircraft were 'eager to kill Jews', a US court hears. | |
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| US CO2 goals 'to be compromised' Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the US will not be able to cut emissions as much as needed due to domestic opposition. | |
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| Malawi president wins re-election Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has won a second term in office, according to the country's electoral commission. | |
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| Somali 'pirate' pleads not guilty A Somali man arrested over the kidnap of a US captain pleads not guilty to 10 charges including piracy in a New York court. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Malawi president wins re-election Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has won a second term in office, according to the country's electoral commission. |
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| Somali 'pirate' pleads not guilty A Somali man arrested over the kidnap of a US captain pleads not guilty to 10 charges including piracy in a New York court. | |
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| Guantanamo inmate gets US trial An al-Qaeda suspect is to become the first Guantanamo inmate to be tried in a US court, the justice department says. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Obama vow on Guantanamo inmates The US will find a way to cope securely with dangerous inmates at Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama has said. |
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| US CO2 goals 'to be compromised' Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the US will not be able to cut emissions as much as needed due to domestic opposition. | |
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| US soldier spared death penalty A former US soldier convicted of rape and murder in Iraq is spared the death penalty by a Kentucky jury. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Diplomats barred from Burma trial Burma bars international observers from the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after allowing them in. |
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| Malaysia's PM vows ethnic reforms Malaysian PM Najib Razak outlines plans to dismantle the decades-old affirmative action programme for ethnic Malays. | |
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| Medics close Hmong refugee camp An aid agency in Thailand says it is closing a camp for about 5,000 ethnic Hmong refugees, citing military intimidation. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Ties tense at EU-Russia summit EU and Russian leaders are due to hold talks in Russia's Far East, amid growing tensions between the two sides. |
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| No going back for Kosovo, says US US Vice-President Joe Biden gets a warm welcome in Kosovo and says its independence is "absolutely irreversible". | |
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| Czechs shocked by anti-Roma TV ad The Czech government voices outrage over the broadcast of an anti-Roma campaign advert by a far-right group on national TV. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Death sentences for Suzanne Tamim murderers Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa and a security guard are sentenced to death for killing Lebanese singing star Tamim. |
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| Jerusalem will always be Israel's, says PM Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu says Jerusalem will never again be divided, as he marks 42 years of annexation. | |
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| US soldier spared death penalty A former US soldier convicted of rape and murder in Iraq is spared the death penalty by a Kentucky jury. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Sri Lanka vows to resettle Tamils Sri Lanka pledges to resettle most of the 280,000 Tamils displaced by the civil war in six months. |
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| Police die in India Maoist attack Suspected Maoist rebels in India kill 16 police personnel in a gun battle in the western state of Maharashtra, police say. | |
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| Pakistan in humanitarian aid plea Donors offer $224m in aid for Pakistan's displaced as PM Yusuf Raza Gilani appeals for urgent cash to help two million people. | |
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| UK NEWS | |
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 | Gurkhas win right to settle in UK A campaign backed by actress Joanna Lumley secures residency rights for thousands of former British army Gurkhas. |
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| Brown defends ministers over tax Gordon Brown defends two ministers who did not pay capital gains tax as one Labour MP says he will stand down and another offers to go. | |
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| McCann probe 'interest' in Briton A UK paedophile is "of interest" to private investigators looking into Madeleine McCann's abduction, says a family spokesman. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | More overseas students 'found' There are many more international students at the UK's universities than previously thought, a study by the British Council suggests. |
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| 'University A-levels' suggested Universities could work together to design replacements for A-levels, the Conservatives have said. | |
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| Injured schoolboy wins eye appeal A Cornish schoolboy who was hit in the eye by a stone thrown during school playtime could now sue Cornwall Council over the incident. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | McCann probe 'interest' in Briton A UK paedophile is "of interest" to private investigators looking into Madeleine McCann's abduction, says a family spokesman. |
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| 'Spider bite' to dead backpacker A backpacker behaved strangely then collapsed and died in Thailand after reporting a spider bite, an inquest is told. | |
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| 'Blind' man is back driving again A Wiltshire man who was registered as blind for five years is back driving a car after a pioneering breakthrough. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Markets fall as debt worries rise Global stock markets slide after a warning that the UK's top credit rating is at risk raises fears about debt levels. |
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| Boss to quit ailing insurer AIG Insurer AIG says its chief executive, Edward Liddy, plans to step down after eight months in the job. | |
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| China banks 'take excess risks' Chinese banks' surge in lending is leading to excessive risk taking, says Fitch ratings agency. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Jackson delay 'not due to health' Concert promoters for Michael Jackson say he is in "great shape" after he delays his first four London shows. |
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| American Idol winner is crowned The eighth winner of American Idol is named, after viewers cast nearly 100 million votes in the show's grand finale. | |
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| Double Novello triumph for Elbow Indie band Elbow celebrate a double win at the Ivor Novello awards, including the prestigious prize for best song musically and lyrically. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | US CO2 goals 'to be compromised' Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the US will not be able to cut emissions as much as needed due to domestic opposition. |
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| New light shed on pulsar puzzle Astronomers have shed light on the mysterious origins of the fastest spinning stars known to science. | |
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| Habitat loss 'hitting shellfish' Declining shellfish populations from habitat loss is having a widespread impact on marine ecosystems, a study suggests. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Joke review boosts T-shirt sales Sales of a kitsch T-shirt on Amazon rise by 2,300% after ironic reviews go viral. |
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| Craigslist boss in counter-claim US classified ads website Craigslist files a counter-claim on South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster. | |
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| Websites 'keeping deleted photos' User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites even after people have deleted them, Cambridge University researchers say. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | IVF twins 'sicker in early life' IVF twins face more health problems in early life than naturally conceived twins, experts suggest. |
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| New light on Down's cancer link Scientists may have solved the mystery of why people with Down's syndrome appear to have a lower risk of some cancers. | |
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| Cancer battle pair flee US police An alert goes out to police across the US as a mother flees with her cancer-stricken son to avoid chemotherapy. | |
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| 1991: Bomb kills India's former leader Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi, the former Indian prime minister, is assassinated in a bomb attack in Tamil Nadu. | |||
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| 1961: Freedom Riders spark Montgomery riots Martial law is imposed in the town of Montgomery, Alabama, after violent racial clashes. | |||
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| 1966: Cooper loses to world champ Clay American Cassius Clay beats Britain's Henry Cooper in the sixth round at the Arsenal football ground, North London. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Henry & Iniesta doubts for final Barcelona's Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta are doubtful for the Champions League final against Manchester United. |
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| Rosberg sets Monaco practice pace Williams' Nico Rosberg and Brawn's Rubens Barrichello set the fastest times in Thursday's two practice sessions for the Monaco GP. | |
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| Beaten Sharapova to play in Paris Maria Sharapova will play at the French Open after her return from a nine-an-a-half month injury absence ends with defeat by Alona Bondarenko in Warsaw. | |
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| Speedy Menchov steals Giro lead Russia's Denis Menchov wins the 60km time trial at the Giro d'Italia to take the leader's pink jersey from local favourite Danilo Di Luca. | |
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| Trio tied for lead at Wentworth England's Anthony Wall and David Horsey and Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano share a three-way tie at the top after the PGA Championship opening round. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Henry & Iniesta doubts for final Barcelona's Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta are doubtful for the Champions League final against Manchester United. |
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| Downing ruled out of qualifiers Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing needs foot surgery and will miss England's two World Cup qualifiers in June. | |
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| Blackpool unveil Holloway as boss Ian Holloway is appointed as Blackpool's new manager on a one-year contract. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Shoaib to miss ICC World Twenty20 Shoaib Akhtar is withdrawn from Pakistan's squad for the World Twenty20 tournament because of a genital infection. |
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| England one-day match called off An expensive new drainage system fails to prevent the first one-day international between England and West Indies at Headingley being abandoned. | |
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| Glos hoping to sign seamer Clark Gloucestershire hope to sign Australian seam bowler Stuart Clark as short-term cover for James Franklin. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Beaten Sharapova to play in Paris Maria Sharapova will play at the French Open after her return from a nine-an-a-half month injury absence ends with defeat by Alona Bondarenko in Warsaw. |
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| Ivanovic fit for French Open test Ana Ivanovic says she is fit to defend her French Open title after shaking off a persistent knee injury. | |
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| Keothavong books last eight spot British number one Anne Keothavong comes back from a set down to win at the Warsaw Open as Maria Sharapova continues her winning return after a lengthy injury absence. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | North West 200 Live Watch Thursday's NW 200 practice session live on BBC Northern Ireland's event website from 1900 BST |
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| Franchitti starts third at Indy Scotland's Dario Franchitti will start the 2009 Indianapolis 500 in third place after a fine display in qualifying. | |
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| Rosberg sets Monaco practice pace Williams' Nico Rosberg and Brawn's Rubens Barrichello set the fastest times in Thursday's two practice sessions for the Monaco GP. | |
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