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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Obama in Afghan troop level talks The US president meets his national security team to discuss Afghanistan as speculation mounts over troop levels. |
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| Egypt welcomes German life term The Egyptian government welcomes a German court's life sentence for a man who murdered a pregnant Egyptian woman. | |
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| Crime rings boost ivory smuggling The last year has seen a big increase in illegal ivory trade with organised crime involved, says the world's monitoring agency. | |
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| Hezbollah dismisses Obama pledges The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group says Barack Obama's promise to engage with Muslims has proved false. | |
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| Irish priest freed in Philippines A 79-year-old Irish priest held for a month by rebels in the Philippines has been released, Irish officials say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Crime rings boost ivory smuggling The last year has seen a big increase in illegal ivory trade with organised crime involved, says the world's monitoring agency. |
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| Zimbabwe rules on Bennett witness Zimbabwe's High Court allows a former arms dealer to testify against top Tsvangirai aide Roy Bennett, but says the defence can allege the witness was tortured. | |
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| Worgu sentenced to flogging in Sudan Nigerian and El Merreikh star Stephen Worgu is convicted of drinking alcohol and sentenced to be flogged. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Obama makes Veterans Day pledge President Barack Obama says the US will not betray its armed services as ceremonies mark 91 years since World War I ended. |
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| Obama in Afghan troop level talks The US president meets his national security team to discuss Afghanistan as speculation mounts over troop levels. | |
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| Mystery over Brazilian power cut Brazil investigates the cause of a massive electricity cut which plunged much of the population into darkness on Tuesday night. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Activist 'beaten' after BBC story An Uzbek activist says he is attacked after contributing to a BBC report on the use of child labour in the cotton industry. |
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| Irish priest freed in Philippines A 79-year-old Irish priest held for a month by rebels in the Philippines has been released, Irish officials say. | |
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| Crime rings boost ivory smuggling The last year has seen a big increase in illegal ivory trade with organised crime involved, says the world's monitoring agency. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Egypt welcomes German life term The Egyptian government welcomes a German court's life sentence for a man who murdered a pregnant Egyptian woman. |
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| EU calls for budget deficit cuts The European Commission calls for 13 members countries to bring their budget deficits below 3% of GDP by 2014 at the latest. | |
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| Obama makes Veterans Day pledge President Barack Obama says the US will not betray its armed services as ceremonies mark 91 years since World War I ended. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Egypt welcomes German life term The Egyptian government welcomes a German court's life sentence for a man who murdered a pregnant Egyptian woman. |
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| Palestinians mark Arafat's death Palestinians mark five years since the death of Yasser Arafat, as his successor repeats calls for an end to Israeli settlement building. | |
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| Photos 'show Iran arms-ship link' Israel releases documents and pictures which it says prove that an arms shipment it seized in the Mediterranean came from Iran. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan troops killed in attacks At least 10 Pakistani soldiers are killed in separate attacks in Mohmand tribal district, close to the border with Afghanistan. |
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| Air India losses more than $1bn Troubled national carrier Air India reports a net loss of 55.5bn rupees for the full-year to the end of March. | |
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| Yousuf to captain Pakistan tour Mohammad Yousuf will replace Younus Khan as Pakistan captain for their tour of New Zealand. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Freed child rapist, 16, detained A 16-year-old child rapist allowed to walk free by a judge, only to abuse a five-year-old boy just days later, is detained. |
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| Maclaren will probe buggy claims Maclaren agrees to investigate new complaints that children have been injured by pushchairs after parents contact the BBC. | |
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| Millions mark lost WWI generation Millions remember the horrors and heroism in the trenches of World War I in a series of Armistice Day services and mark "the passing of a generation". | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | 1.7m asked to improve work skills The government wants more young adults to improve their skills, with a focus on technical qualifications. |
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| Confidence in exams system 'less' Public confidence in the examinations system has dwindled, the head of a leading exams board claims. | |
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| Students threaten MPs over fees Student leaders say they will target MPs in the general election over tuition fees in England. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Freed child rapist, 16, detained A 16-year-old child rapist allowed to walk free by a judge, only to abuse a five-year-old boy just days later, is detained. |
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| Canoe fraudsters to pay £600,000 The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin offers to return £591,838 of the couple's fraudulently obtained cash. | |
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| Tattoo tribute to Afghan war dead A former serviceman has the names of all the British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2002 tattooed on his body. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | China production and retail rise China's industrial production rises faster than expected and Chinese people are spending more, official statistics indicate. |
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| Germany tells GM to go it alone Germany tells General Motors to come up with the money to refinance Opel, after cancelling the sale of its European arm. | |
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| HP in deal to buy 3Com for $2.7bn Hewlett-Packard announces it has agreed to buy network systems maker 3Com in a deal worth $2.7bn. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Spears speaks out over miming row Britney Spears speaks out over the miming row that has surrounded her first Australian tour, acknowledging it had created some "controversy". |
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| Tyler is 'not quitting Aerosmith' Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler ends speculation that he is leaving the band by joining guitarist Joe Perry on stage. | |
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| Comedy Twitter feed lands TV deal A Twitter feed featuring pearls of wisdom from a 73-year-old father could become a family comedy on US television. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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| Crime rings boost ivory smuggling The last year has seen a big increase in illegal ivory trade with organised crime involved, says the world's monitoring agency. |
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| Lithium clue for planet-hunters Astronomers show that Sun-like stars with orbiting planets tend to be depleted in the element lithium. | |
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| Poor nations vow low-carbon path Poor countries vulnerable to climate change plot a low-carbon future and challenge richer states to match them. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers Microsoft confirms it has cut off a number of gamers from its Xbox Live service for modifying their consoles to run pirated games. |
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| Modern Warfare 2 breaks UK record Much-hyped video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 smashes UK sales records on its first day of release. | |
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| New PC to encourage older users A computer designed for older people who have never used the internet before has been launched by Valerie Singleton. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Poor nutrition 'stunting growth' Poor nutrition is still causing major problems in the developing world - despite some progress being made. |
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| Hi-tech holy water calms flu fear Catholic churches in Italy install automatic holy water dispensers to reduce the risk of spreading swine flu. | |
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| New warning on 'perfect vaginas' Women are having surgery to create the perfect vagina amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks, a report says. | |
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| 2004: Veteran leader Yasser Arafat is dead Yasser Arafat dies in hospital in Paris, aged 75, bringing to an end more than 40 years of rule over the Palestinian people. | |||
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| 2000: Skiers die in train tunnel inferno At least 150 skiers, many of them children, die in an intense fire on board a funicular railway in the Austrian Alps. | |||
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| 1965: Rhodesia breaks from UK The Rhodesian Government, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith, illegally severs its links with the British Crown. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Suicide keeper battled depression The widow of Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke, who died after being hit by a train on Tuesday, says he fought depression for six years. |
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| Live text - Murray v Blake World number four Andy Murray opens his Paris Masters campaign against American James Blake. | |
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| Benneteau stuns Federer in Paris Unseeded Julien Benneteau beats world number Roger Federer in round two of the Paris Masters. | |
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| SCG in fight to retain Ashes Test The ANZ Stadium, which hosted the 2000 Olympics, could provide an alternative venue to host a 2011 Ashes Test, rather than the historic Sydney Cricket Ground. | |
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| Safin bows out with loss in Paris Marat Safin bows out of tennis with a defeat at the hands of Juan Martin del Potro in the second round of the Paris Masters. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Suicide keeper battled depression The widow of Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke, who died after being hit by a train on Tuesday, says he fought depression for six years. |
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| Chelsea hit by Bosingwa lay-off Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa is ruled out for around three months after undergoing knee surgery. | |
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| Hughes hopeful of Robinho return Manchester City manager Mark Hughes says Brazilian forward Robinho has an outside chance of playing against Liverpool on 21 November. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | SCG in fight to retain Ashes Test The ANZ Stadium, which hosted the 2000 Olympics, could provide an alternative venue to host a 2011 Ashes Test, rather than the historic Sydney Cricket Ground. |
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| Pietersen recharged for SA tour Kevin Pietersen declares himself physically and mentally refreshed after joining up with the rest of the England squad in South Africa. | |
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| Yousuf to captain Pakistan tour Mohammad Yousuf will replace Younus Khan as Pakistan captain for their tour of New Zealand. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Live text - Murray v Blake World number four Andy Murray opens his Paris Masters campaign against American James Blake. |
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| Live scores - Paris Masters Latest scores from the tournament in France. | |
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| Safin bows out with loss in Paris Marat Safin bows out of tennis with a defeat at the hands of Juan Martin del Potro in the second round of the Paris Masters. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | F1 gossip column Brawn will not meet Jenson Button's salary demands, plus other rumours. |
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| New date for Silverstone MotoGP The 2010 British MotoGP at Silverstone is put back two weeks and will now be staged on Sunday, 20 June. | |
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| Loeb secures sixth title in a row France's Sebastien Loeb claims a record sixth successive world rally title with victory at the Rally GB. | |
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