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| Wednesday, 09 December, 2009, 0:00 GMT 05:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | McChrystal backs US troop surge The top US commander in Afghanistan says there are "no silver bullets" but the US troop surge makes success achievable. |
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| Draft text divides climate summit Documents leaked at the UN climate summit reveal divisions between rich and developing nations over the shape of a possible new deal. | |
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| UN warns of drugs trade in Africa A top UN official warns that widespread drug trafficking is transforming Africa into a major crime hub. | |
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| Scores killed in Baghdad bombings A series of car bombings kills at least 127 people in Baghdad in what officials say is a bid to destabilise Iraq. | |
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| Woods' mother-in-law returns home Golf star Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is released from hospital after treatment for stomach pains. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Guinea junta arrests 'plotters' Guinea's military government says it is "hunting down" and arresting the plotters behind last week's shooting of the junta's leader. |
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| Nigeria police overwhelm morgue A hospital in Enugu, Nigeria, tells the BBC it is conducting mass burials to cope with the number of corpses brought in by police. | |
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| UN warns of drugs trade in Africa A top UN official warns that widespread drug trafficking is transforming Africa into a major crime hub. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Obama announces job creation plan President Obama sets out proposals aimed at boosting employment, including winding up the US bank bail-out fund. |
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| Honduras anti-drugs chief killed The head of anti-drug operations in Honduras is shot dead by attackers who opened fire on his car in the capital, Tegucigalpa. | |
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| Brazil police 'use lethal force' Human Rights Watch accuses Brazil's police of routinely killing suspects and covering up the deaths as self-defence. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Cambodia jails Thai in spying row Cambodia jails a man for seven years for spying on the Thai ex-PM, amid tension between the two neighbours. |
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| Students killed in China stampede Eight students are killed and another 26 injured in a stampede in a school stairwell in central China, state media say. | |
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| Japan in $81bn stimulus package Japan agrees a 7.2 trillion yen ($81bn) stimulus package designed to prevent the country from slipping back into recession. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | EU proposes two-capital Jerusalem EU ministers call for Jerusalem to serve as the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state in a negotiated peace deal. |
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| Former SS member admits killings A former member of the Nazi SS admits in court that he killed three Dutch civilians in 1944, but says he was following orders. | |
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| Darling 'set for bank bonus tax' A one-off tax on bankers' bonuses is expected to form the centrepiece of Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Scores killed in Baghdad bombings A series of car bombings kills at least 127 people in Baghdad in what officials say is a bid to destabilise Iraq. |
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| EU proposes two-capital Jerusalem EU ministers call for Jerusalem to serve as the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state in a negotiated peace deal. | |
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| Rosetta row 'would end with loan' Egypt's head of antiquities says he will drop a demand for the permanent return of the Rosetta Stone if the British Museum agrees to loan it out. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| McChrystal backs US troop surge The top US commander in Afghanistan says there are "no silver bullets" but the US troop surge makes success achievable. |
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| Attacks on Pakistan city kill 12 A gun and bomb attack on an office of Pakistan's intelligence agency in the city of Multan kills at least 12 people, police say. | |
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| Pakistan stars to miss IPL again Pakistan's top cricketers will miss a second straight Indian Premier League campaign because of delays in securing visas for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Darling 'set for bank bonus tax' A one-off tax on bankers' bonuses is expected to form the centrepiece of Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report. |
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| No Iraq 'manipulation' - Scarlett Ex-spy chief Sir John Scarlett says there was "no conscious intention" to manipulate Iraq WMD intelligence. | |
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| 100th Afghanistan fatality named The UK soldier who became the 100th to die in Afghanistan in 2009 is named as 23-year-old L/Cpl Adam Drane. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | 'Fiasco' of student loan failures Student leaders say that "heads must roll" after a report into loan delays has found "conspicuous failures". |
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| Refugee pays UK student bursaries An Iraqi refugee who sought asylum in Britain is to fund one of the biggest scholarship schemes for UK university students. | |
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| Graduate premium 'just £100,000' Graduates can expect to earn £100,000 more over their working life, says the chair of the review into university fees in England. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Builder and son jailed for kidnap A builder and his son are jailed for kidnapping a woman and her two-year-old daughter in North Yorkshire in a row over an unpaid bill. |
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| Florist drowned daughter in bath A celebrity florist accidentally drowned her daughter in the bath before both their bodies were found in a lake, an inquest finds. | |
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| Man hurt in double gas explosion A man is in hospital with burns after he was injured in one of two gas blasts in south Manchester. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Obama announces job creation plan President Obama sets out proposals aimed at boosting employment, including winding up the US bank bail-out fund. |
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| Price of oil falls for fifth day Oil prices fall for the fifth day in a row, weighed down by a stronger US dollar and amid concerns over demand. | |
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| Darling 'set for bank bonus tax' A one-off tax on bankers' bonuses is expected to form the centrepiece of Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Friends 'worried' about Michael Sir Elton John has been contacted by friends of singer George Michael "worried" about his drug use, his civil partner David Furnish tells the BBC. |
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| Al Pacino returns to Shylock role Hollywood star Al Pacino is to play Shylock in a production of The Merchant of Venice in New York's Central Park next summer. | |
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| Powter named top one-hit wonder Singer-songwriter Daniel Powter is named the decade's top one-hit wonder by Billboard magazine. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Draft text divides climate summit Documents leaked at the UN climate summit reveal divisions between rich and developing nations over the shape of a possible new deal. |
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| Hubble sees most distant galaxies Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope captures its deepest view of the Universe, revealing never-before-seen galaxies. | |
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| Battery made of paper charges up Batteries made from plain copier paper could make energy storage simpler, lighter and cheaper, according to researchers. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Measures target child web safety Primary schoolchildren in England will soon be taught about staying safe online, as part of a new government strategy. |
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| Battery made of paper charges up Batteries made from plain copier paper could make energy storage simpler, lighter and cheaper, according to researchers. | |
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| Cash to get next million online The UK government wants to get at least another one million UK citizens online by 2012 and is offering £30m to help make it happen. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Loneliness 'raises cancer risk' Loneliness could make cancer more likely, say researchers who found rodents kept alone developed more tumours. |
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| Coffee 'might cut prostate risk' Drinking coffee could help cut the risk of advanced prostate cancer, a Harvard Medical School study suggests. | |
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| Test 'reduces birth false alarms' A simple test can help determine if signs of a premature delivery are likely to be a false alarm, research says. | |
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| 1980: John Lennon shot dead Former Beatle John Lennon is shot dead by an unknown gunman who opened fire outside the musician's New York apartment. | |||
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| 1965: New UK race law 'not tough enough' The new Race Relations Act comes into force today making racial discrimination unlawful in public places. | |||
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| 1987: Superpowers to reverse arms race Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sign an historic agreement to reduce the size of their nuclear arsenals. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Tuesday's Champions League review Bayern Munich produce a superb performance at the Stadio Olimpico to advance to the last 32 of the Champions League, and send Juventus out. |
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| Wolfsburg 1-3 Man Utd Michael Owen's hat-trick helps injury-hit Manchester United beat Wolfsburg and secure top spot in group B. | |
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| Chelsea 2-2 Apoel Nicosia John Obi Mikel's late mistake allows Apoel Nicosia to grab a late equaliser against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. | |
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| CSKA players hit with doping ban CSKA Moscow pair Aleksei Berezutsky and Sergei Ignashevich are provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance. | |
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| Woods' mother-in-law returns home Golf star Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is released from hospital after treatment for stomach pains. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Wolfsburg 1-3 Man Utd Michael Owen's hat-trick helps injury-hit Manchester United beat Wolfsburg and secure top spot in group B. |
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| Tuesday's Champions League review Bayern Munich produce a superb performance at the Stadio Olimpico to advance to the last 32 of the Champions League, and send Juventus out. | |
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| Chelsea 2-2 Apoel Nicosia John Obi Mikel's late mistake allows Apoel Nicosia to grab a late equaliser against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Australia cling on to earn draw Australia are outplayed on the final day of the Adelaide Test against West Indies but do enough to earn a draw. |
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| Pakistan leave out batsman Younus Pakistan omit star batsman and former captain Younus Khan from a 16-man Test squad to tour Australia. | |
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| Pakistan stars to miss IPL again Pakistan's top cricketers will miss a second straight Indian Premier League campaign because of delays in securing visas for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Henin seeks elusive Wimbledon win Former world number one Justine Henin says the lure of trying to finally win Wimbledon will be one of her biggest goals when she returns to competitive tennis next year. |
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| Spain clinch Davis Cup final win Rafael Nadal wins his second singles match to extend Spain's lead after Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco win the doubles to ensure victory over the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final. | |
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| Mauresmo calls time on her career Former world number one and 2006 Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo announces her retirement at the age of 30. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | F1 gossip column Silverstone sells a record number of tickets in the 24 hours since the announcement that the British Grand Prix was secure, plus other stories and 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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| Raikkonen agrees rallying switch Former Formula 1 champion Kimi Raikkonen agrees to race for Citroen's junior team in the 2010 World Rally Championship. | |
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