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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Karzai cabinet nominees rejected Afghan MPs deal President Hamid Karzai a big political setback rejecting 17 of 24 nominees for his new cabinet. |
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| Charges for cartoonist 'attacker' A Somali man denies trying to kill the Danish cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked uproar. | |
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| Petition against Icesave pay-out Almost 25% of Iceland's voters sign a petition against a bill to repay foreigners who lost money in the Icesave banking collapse. | |
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| Talks in Yemen for top US general Top US soldier Gen David Petraeus reportedly visits Yemen's leader amid a new offensive against al-Qaeda. | |
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| Iranian police die in drugs clash At least seven Iranian police officers have died in a clash with drugs smugglers in the east of the country, officials say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Charges for cartoonist 'attacker' A Somali man denies trying to kill the Danish cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked uproar. |
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| Uganda army 'kills senior rebel' The Ugandan army says it has killed a Lord's Resistance Army commander inside the Central African Republic. | |
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| Volcano erupts in eastern Congo Lava from an erupting volcano in a sparsely populated area of DR Congo threatens rare chimpanzees, officials say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Obama links al-Qaeda to jet plot Barack Obama for the first time publicly accuses an al-Qaeda offshoot of planning the alleged Christmas Day jet bomb plot. |
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| Brazil mudslide death toll rises At least 26 people are dead and more are missing after a mudslide at a tourist resort close to the resort of Angra dos Reis. | |
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| Teen depression 'linked to sleep' Going to bed earlier protects teenagers against depression and suicidal thoughts, research suggests. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea urges 'end to hostility' North Korea issues a New Year message calling for an end to hostile relations with the US, and peace on the Korean peninsula. |
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| Cambodia in Rainsy arrest warrant The Cambodian government issues an arrest warrant against opposition leader Sam Rainsy over a border dispute. | |
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| Pirates hijack chemicals tanker Somali pirates hijack a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden - the third vessel seized in waters around Somalia this week. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Charges for cartoonist 'attacker' A Somali man denies trying to kill the Danish cartoonist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked uproar. |
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| Petition against Icesave pay-out Almost 25% of Iceland's voters sign a petition against a bill to repay foreigners who lost money in the Icesave banking collapse. | |
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| Sweden culls its resurgent wolves Sweden begins a legal cull of wolves with more than half the quota of 27 believed to have been killed on the first day. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Talks in Yemen for top US general Top US soldier Gen David Petraeus reportedly visits Yemen's leader amid a new offensive against al-Qaeda. |
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| Iranian police die in drugs clash At least seven Iranian police officers have died in a clash with drugs smugglers in the east of the country, officials say. | |
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| Appeal over Bin Laden daughter Saudi Arabia urges Iran to allow a daughter of Osama Bin Laden to leave after she seeks refuge in its embassy. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Karzai cabinet nominees rejected Afghan MPs deal President Hamid Karzai a big political setback rejecting 17 of 24 nominees for his new cabinet. |
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| Pakistan volleyball bomb toll up The toll from a suicide attack on a volleyball match in north-west Pakistan rises to 93, as rescuers search for bodies. | |
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| CIA bomber 'courted as informant' The bomber who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan was invited to the base as a potential informant, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Tories 'not ruling out tax rises' A Tory government would be ready to put up taxes to get UK's deficit under control, says shadow minister Ken Clarke. |
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| Dead bomb disposal expert named A UK bomb disposal expert who was killed on New Year's Eve by an explosion in Afghanistan is named as Sapper David Watson. | |
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| Increase in rail fares criticised Rail passenger watchdog Passenger Focus has criticised a rise in fares averaging 1.1%, which has come into force. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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| UCL rejects bomb suspect reports A London university rejects claims the Christmas Day airline bomb suspect was radicalised while studying there. |
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| Assaults by young pupils 'rising' Assaults by children aged five or under led to 2,600 suspensions from schools in England in 2007-8, figures show. | |
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| Recession 'threat' to education Teachers' leaders claim education funding is under a "very real" threat amid the recession. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Islamic group plans Wootton march An Islamic group plans to march through Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire to highlight Muslim victims of the war in Afghanistan. |
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| Dead bomb disposal expert named A UK bomb disposal expert who was killed on New Year's Eve by an explosion in Afghanistan is named as Sapper David Watson. | |
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| Police investigate baby's death Northumbria Police are investigating the unexplained death of an 11-month-old boy in North Tyneside. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Petition against Icesave pay-out Almost 25% of Iceland's voters sign a petition against a bill to repay foreigners who lost money in the Icesave banking collapse. |
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| China and Asean trade deal begins A new free trade area incorporating China and the six founding Asean members is coming into effect. | |
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| Stock markets recover in 2009 Stock markets recover in 2009, with Shanghai among the best performers as the index rises 80% over the course of the year. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Man arrested over missing Degas Police have arrested a man following the theft of an artwork by the Edgar Degas at a museum in Marseilles. |
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| Doctor Who finale watched by 10m David Tennant's final outing as Doctor Who is watched by 10.4m viewers, according to overnight figures. | |
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| Fry retreats to pen autobiography Stephen Fry announces he is "switching off his connections with the outside world" to concentrate on writing his autobiography. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Sweden culls its resurgent wolves Sweden begins a legal cull of wolves with more than half the quota of 27 believed to have been killed on the first day. |
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| DNA analysed from early European Scientists have analysed DNA extracted from the remains of a 30,000-year-old European hunter-gatherer. | |
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| Devil cancer source 'identified' Researchers say they have identified the genetic source of fatal tumours that are driving Tasmanian devils towards extinction. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | French online piracy law in force The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts. |
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| 'Start-up' visas to boost US tech Plans to create "start-up" visas in the US for foreign entrepreneurs with hi-tech business ideas will be debated in 2010. | |
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| New Year Honours for game makers Four veterans of the UK's computer game industry have been given New Year Honours. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Teen depression 'linked to sleep' Going to bed earlier protects teenagers against depression and suicidal thoughts, research suggests. |
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| 'Lifeless' prions can 'evolve' Scientists show for the first time that 'lifeless' prion proteins, devoid of DNA and RNA, can evolve like higher forms of life. | |
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| Eye damage from pet tarantulas A man suffered severe eye inflammation after cleaning out his pet tarantula spider's cage, doctors say. | |
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| 1971: Sixty-six die in Scottish football disaster Sixty-six football supporters are killed following a clash between Celtic and Rangers at the Ibrox Park stadium in Glasgow. | |||
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| 1993: Round table talks on peace for Bosnia Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia are meeting to discuss a peace plan aimed at ending nine months of fighting in the country. | |||
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| 1980: Steel workers strike over pay Steel workers are staging their first national strike for more than fifty years. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Reading 1-1 Liverpool Steven Gerrard rescues Liverpool with a first-half equaliser after Simon Church's opener for Reading. |
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| Murray pulls out of Davis Cup tie British number one Andy Murray withdraws from Great Britain's upcoming Davis Cup tie against Lithuania. | |
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| Nadal wins Abu Dhabi title Rafael Nadal dispatches Robin Soderling in straight sets to claim the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. | |
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| Taylor to face Whitlock in final Phil Taylor overwhelms Mark Webster 6-0 to book a PDC World Championship final against Simon Whitlock, a surprise winner over Raymond van Barneveld. | |
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| Australia v Pakistan live score Australia take on Pakistan in Melbourne in the second Test of a three-match series. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Reading 1-1 Liverpool Steven Gerrard rescues Liverpool with a first-half equaliser after Simon Church's opener for Reading. |
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| Middlesbrough 0-1 Man City Benjani's first-half strike books Manchester City a place in the fourth round after a battling Middlesbrough display. | |
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| Portsmouth 1-1 Coventry Kevin-Prince Boateng converts an inch-perfect Richard Hughes cross to earn Avram Grant's unpaid Premier League stars a replay against Coventry. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Taylor charged after bar scuffle West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor is charged with improper conduct and assaulting a police officer following a bar scuffle in Jamaica. |
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| Collingwood set to play in Test England captain Andrew Strauss says he expects Paul Collingwood to be fit to play in the third Test against South Africa, which starts on Sunday. | |
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| Swann's haul crowns 'dream' year England's Graeme Swann admits 2009 has been a 'dream' for him after sealing an innings win for England against South Africa. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Murray pulls out of Davis Cup tie British number one Andy Murray withdraws from Great Britain's upcoming Davis Cup tie against Lithuania. |
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| Nadal wins Abu Dhabi title Rafael Nadal dispatches Robin Soderling in straight sets to claim the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. | |
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| Australia lose Hopman Cup opener Top seeds Australia suffer a surprise defeat to Romania on the opening day of the Hopman Cup in Perth. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Honours thrill Button and Brawn World champion Jenson Button says his MBE in the New Year's Honours List is the "crowning glory" of his year as team boss Ross Brawn is appointed an OBE. |
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| Pedrosa to focus on 2010 after op Dani Pedrosa leaves hospital after having surgery to remove a screw from his left hand and will step up his training for 2010 in a fortnight. | |
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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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