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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | North Korean diplomat to visit US A senior North Korean diplomat is to be allowed a rare visit to the US later this month, officials say, with "informal" meetings planned. |
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| Six face insider trading charges One of the richest men in the US is among six charged in what's alleged to be the biggest ever hedge fund insider trading case. | |
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| LHC gets colder than deep space The Large Hadron Collider experiment has reached its operating temperature, colder even than deep space. | |
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| Opel's German aid may break rules Brussels warns Germany's planned state aid for Opel may breach competition rules, raising the prospect of its sale being halted. | |
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| Ban on 'torture documents' lifted Secret allegations of torture in the case of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee can be released, the High Court rules. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | MDC boycotting Zimbabwe cabinet Zimbabwe's PM says his party is suspending its participation in government, as a court orders the release of an MDC official. |
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| Bongo calls for 'elite renewal' New President Ali Ben Bongo, son of long-time leader Omar Bongo, says Gabon's elites should be renewed. | |
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| Ghana triumphant at U20 World Cup Ten-man Ghana triumph at the Under-20 World Cup with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Brazil. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Six face insider trading charges One of the richest men in the US is among six charged in what's alleged to be the biggest ever hedge fund insider trading case. |
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| Mexican police find cut up bodies The dismembered bodies of nine men have been discovered in an abandoned truck in south-west Mexico, police say. | |
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| US balloon boy case 'not a hoax' Colorado police say there is no indication the family of a boy thought to have been carried away by a balloon was hoaxing. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| North Korean diplomat to visit US A senior North Korean diplomat is to be allowed a rare visit to the US later this month, officials say, with "informal" meetings planned. |
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| Sydney terror suspects convicted A jury in Australia finds five men guilty of conspiring to commit terrorist attacks, after one of the country's longest trials. | |
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| US criticises 'inflexible yuan' The US Treasury criticises China for what it describes as the lack of flexibility of the Chinese currency, the yuan. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Opel's German aid may break rules Brussels warns Germany's planned state aid for Opel may breach competition rules, raising the prospect of its sale being halted. |
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| Bosnian Serb jailed for genocide A former Bosnian Serb army officer is jailed for genocide over the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995. | |
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| Russia seizes Stalin-era research A Russian professor researching the fate of ethnic Germans during World War II has had all his work seized by security services. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | UN backs Gaza 'war crimes' report The UN Human Rights Council backs a report into Israel's Gaza offensive accusing both Israel and Hamas of war crimes. |
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| Iraq sends back UK asylum flight Iraqi asylum seekers returned to Baghdad by the UK government are refused re-entry to their homeland, and flown back to Britain. | |
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| Court claim over camel 'beauty' A Saudi camel owner sues oil giant Saudi Aramco for $250,000 after a prized beast falls into a hole in the desert. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Deadly bomb shakes Pakistani city At least 12 people have died in an explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say, a day after a string of attacks. |
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| Mixed messages in hunger report Brazil and China are praised, and India criticised, in a new report on efforts to tackle hunger, published on UN World Food Day. | |
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| Top Indian Maoist couple arrested Police in the Indian state of Jharkhand arrest an agricultural scientist and his wife who are believed to be senior Maoist leaders. | |
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| UK | |
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 | HMRC investigates taxes of 27 MPs The tax affairs of 27 MPs are being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs, the department confirms. |
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| 'Torture' ruling to be appealed The government will appeal a court ruling that US documents detailing the alleged torture of an ex-UK resident can be released. | |
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| Hare coursers 'flout Hunting Act' A BBC investigation suggests illegal hare coursing is on the rise despite its ban under the 2004 Hunting Act. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Delay formal lessons 'to age six' A major review of primary education calls for children's formal learning to be delayed until they reach the age of six. |
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| Open-plan school hearing problems The acoustics of new schools will have to be improved after warnings open-plan designs make hearing difficult. | |
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| Fewer than half get GCSE minimum Just under half of teenagers who took GCSEs this summer in England got five "good passes" including maths and English. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Vicar who raped young boys jailed A vicar from West Yorkshire is jailed for 14 years after being found guilty of raping two boys and sexually attacking others. |
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| Baby's body found at waste site The body of a newborn baby boy is discovered in a black bin liner by a worker at a Lincolnshire waste site. | |
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| Tube worker suspended over rant A Tube worker is suspended after footage of him ranting at an elderly passenger emerges. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Opel's German aid may break rules Brussels warns Germany's planned state aid for Opel may breach competition rules, raising the prospect of its sale being halted. |
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| Bank of America reports $1bn loss Bank of America, the fourth big US bank to report, says it made a $1bn (£612m) net loss from July to September. | |
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| Six face insider trading charges One of the richest men in the US is among six charged in what's alleged to be the biggest ever hedge fund insider trading case. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Boyzone bring Stephen Gately home Stephen Gately's body arrives back in Dublin accompanied by his former Boyzone bandmates, ahead of his funeral on Saturday. |
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| 'New' Jackson song to miss charts A "new" Michael Jackson track unveiled this week will not be a chart hit because it will not be available to download as an individual track | |
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| Sugababes' Amelle 'in a clinic' Sugababes singer Amelle Berrabah is admitted to a private health clinic suffering "from a severe bout of nervous exhaustion". | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | LHC gets colder than deep space The Large Hadron Collider experiment has reached its operating temperature, colder even than deep space. |
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| Hare coursers 'flout Hunting Act' A BBC investigation suggests illegal hare coursing is on the rise despite its ban under the 2004 Hunting Act. | |
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| Bad memories written with lasers Scientists use lasers to write bad memories onto the brains of flies, revealing some of the brain circuitry responsible for learning. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay Uruguay has given 362,000 primary children laptops which run on a Linux desktop. |
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| ISP in file-sharing wi-fi theft TalkTalk has been an outspoken critic of UK government piracy plans and now it sets out to prove why. | |
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| Confused message on UK broadband As Finland makes broadband 'a legal right' the UK government appears to toughen up its broadband plans. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Warning over fibroids treatment UK doctors are warning that one of the newer treatments for heavy periods caused by fibroids can seriously harm any subsequent pregnancy. |
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| 'No post-jab paracetamol' advice Routinely giving paracetamol to babies after vaccinations may lower the effectiveness of the immunisation, research suggests. | |
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| Bracelets 'useless' in arthritis Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps do not relieve pain or stiffness in people with arthritis, say University of York researchers. | |
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| 1996: Handguns to be banned in the UK The British Government announces plans to outlaw almost all handguns following Dunblane massacre in March. | |||
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| 1987: Hurricane winds batter southern England Southern Britain begins a massive clear-up operation after the worst night of storms in living memory. | |||
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| 1974: Maze prison goes up in flames Three prison staff are in hospital and dozens of prisoners injured after rioting and fires at the Long Kesh Maze prison. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Fifa investigates Maradona tirade Argentina coach Diego Maradona is to be investigated by Fifa following his furious outburst after the World Cup victory in Uruguay. |
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| Button warned about playing safe Jenson Button's decision to take a cautious approach at Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix could prove costly, McLaren warn. | |
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| Ghana triumphant at U20 World Cup Ten-man Ghana triumph at the Under-20 World Cup with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Brazil. | |
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| Sunderland v Liverpool Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Sunderland and Liverpool in the Premier League. | |
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| Chelsea will contest transfer ban Chelsea are to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the transfer ban imposed upon them by Fifa. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Fifa investigates Maradona tirade Argentina coach Diego Maradona is to be investigated by Fifa following his furious outburst after the World Cup victory in Uruguay. |
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| Chelsea will contest transfer ban Chelsea are to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the transfer ban imposed upon them by Fifa. | |
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| Sunderland v Liverpool Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Sunderland and Liverpool in the Premier League. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Vaughan backs 'brave' Trescothick Michael Vaughan says he has no doubt Marcus Trescothick will get back to his best despite the recurrence of his stress-related illness. |
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| Defeat rocks Somerset challenge Somerset lose by seven wickets against Eagles in the Super Eight phase to stand on the brink of elimination from the Champions League. | |
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| Trescothick flies home from India Somerset's Marcus Trescothick returns home from the Champions League in India after a recurrence of his stress-related illness. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Nadal moves into Shanghai semis Top seed Rafael Nadal advances to the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters after Ivan Ljubicic retires injured. |
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| Roddick given Tour Finals boost Andy Roddick's hopes of reaching the ATP World Tour Finals in London are boosted when scans reveal he does not need surgery on his left knee. | |
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| Nadal & Djokovic reach last eight Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic make it to the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals as the event loses another two players to injury. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Franchitti regains IndyCar title Dario Franchitti comes from behind to again win the IndyCar series - and intends defending it next season. |
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| Button warned about playing safe Jenson Button's decision to take a cautious approach at Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix could prove costly, McLaren warn. | |
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| Live video - MotoGP Qualifying Live BBC Sport coverage from 0250 BST of the Australian MotoGP qualifying sessions from Phillip Island (UK users only). | |
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