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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | France report backs face veil ban Muslim women should not be allowed to wear face-covering veils in public facilities, a French parliament report says. |
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| Man rescued in Haiti quake rubble A man is pulled alive from rubble in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, two weeks after the earthquake that destroyed the city. | |
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| Avatar is top-grossing film ever Sci-fi epic Avatar sinks Titanic to become the highest grossing film of all time, making $1.86bn since its release. | |
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| Straw rejected Iraq legal advice Jack Straw ignored advice from his own Foreign Office lawyers that the invasion of Iraq would be illegal, it emerges. | |
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| IMF more upbeat on world economy The International Monetary Fund raises its projection for how much the global economy will grow in 2010. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Big hitter enters Sudan poll race Sudan's ex-Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi says he will stand for president in April, vowing to take action on Darfur. |
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| Interim PM takes office in Guinea The new interim prime minister of Guinea, charged with steering the country towards elections, takes office. | |
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| Ethiopia plane 'flew wrong way' The Ethiopian jet that crashed in the sea near Beirut on Monday did not turn as directed to avoid a storm, officials say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Man rescued in Haiti quake rubble A man is pulled alive from rubble in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, two weeks after the earthquake that destroyed the city. |
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| US deficit 'set to hit $1.35tn' The US budget deficit is expected to reach $1.35 trillion (£837bn) in 2010, according to US Congress estimates. | |
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| Former Guatemalan leader arrested Guatemalan authorities capture ex-President Alfonso Portillo, who is wanted in the US on money-laundering charges. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Dalai Lama envoys in China talks Talks resume between envoys for the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and Chinese officials after a 15-month break. |
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| Fresh Indian attacks in Australia Two Indian students are attacked in Melbourne, as the Australian PM's nephew stages a controversial anti-racism protest. | |
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| HK lawmakers quit for democracy Five pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong have resigned their seats in a bid to pressure Beijing for full democracy. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Reform plans set up Davos clash Proposals for bank reforms and tighter regulation are set to cause controversy at the World Economic Forum in Davos |
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| Saab being sold to Dutch carmaker General Motors agrees to sell its Saab subsidiary to Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker and vows to suspend wind-down activities. | |
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| Romania 'tops EU sex worker list' Romania has overtaken Russia as the top country of origin of migrant sex workers in the EU, a new survey finds. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraq crime lab bomber kills many A suicide car bomber kills at least 18 people and injures 80 at an Iraqi forensics centre in Baghdad, police say. |
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| Ethiopia plane 'flew wrong way' The Ethiopian jet that crashed in the sea near Beirut on Monday did not turn as directed to avoid a storm, officials say. | |
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| UK hostage tells of 'executions' Briton Peter Moore tells how he was blindfolded and subjected to mock executions during his hostage ordeal in Iraq. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Sri Lankans await election result Votes are counted after a bitter campaign in Sri Lanka's first peacetime presidential election for more than 25 years. |
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| Bomber strikes near US Kabul base A suspected suicide bomber strikes near a US military base in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, causing casualties, officials say. | |
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| Pakistan demands India IPL probe Pakistan demands India investigate why none of its cricketers were signed at the Indian Premier League auction. | |
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| UK | |
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 | UK hostage tells of 'executions' Briton Peter Moore tells how he was blindfolded and subjected to mock executions during his hostage ordeal in Iraq. |
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| UK economy emerges from recession The UK economy leaves recession, after figures show the economy grew by 0.1% in the last three months of 2009. | |
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| Boys' torture sentences reviewed The attorney general reviews the minimum terms imposed on two brothers for brutally attacking two boys in South Yorkshire. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Sats boycott ballot for teachers Primary school teachers and head teachers are to be balloted on plans for a boycott of Sats tests in England. |
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| Severe child poverty 'going up' Research suggests that the number of children living in "severe poverty" has increased in the past four years. | |
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| UK and Pakistan to share degree A British university is to offer degrees with a leading institute of information technology in Pakistan. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Freed child rapist is identified A teenager from Merseyside who stalked and sexually assaulted two little girls is identified after a court order was lifted. |
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| Dancing girl accidentally hanged A 10-year-old girl accidentally hanged herself with a dressing gown cord as she danced around her bedroom, a coroner rules. | |
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| Man creates 'keepy-uppy' record A "football freestyler" breaks a world record by juggling a football 30 miles across London without it touching the ground. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Reform plans set up Davos clash Proposals for bank reforms and tighter regulation are set to cause controversy at the World Economic Forum in Davos |
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| Saab being sold to Dutch carmaker General Motors agrees to sell its Saab subsidiary to Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker and vows to suspend wind-down activities. | |
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| Yahoo profits rise but sales fall Internet giant Yahoo posts a $153m profit in the fourth quarter, but says sales are continuing to fall. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Avatar is top-grossing film ever Sci-fi epic Avatar sinks Titanic to become the highest grossing film of all time, making $1.86bn since its release. |
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| Burton to head Cannes film jury US filmmaker Tim Burton says that being asked to head the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival is a "great honour". | |
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| Mariah Carey joins Haiti single Mariah Carey is the latest star to agree to sing on the charity single being organised by Simon Cowell for the people of Haiti. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Nasa concedes defeat over Spirit The US space agency concedes defeat in its battle to free the Spirit rover from its Martian sand trap. |
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| 'Echoes' in bat and dolphin DNA Scientists find striking similarities in the DNA that enables some bats and dolphins to echolocate. | |
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| Esa tech satellite views eclipse Proba-2, one of smallest satellites ever flown by the European Space Agency, pictures January's annular eclipse. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Apple set to unveil new product Fevered speculation over a new Apple product will end on Wednesday when the company unveils its latest creation. |
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| Piracy campaign 'nets innocents' More than 150 people have come forward claiming to be wrongly accused of illegal file-sharing, a consumer group reveals. | |
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| EU to monitor anti-piracy trial The European Commission agrees to monitor Virgin Media's trial of anti-piracy software after a complaint from privacy activists. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | WHO defends its swine flu warning The World Health Organization (WHO) defends its handling of the swine flu pandemic last year, saying drug firms did not influence it. |
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| Malaria vaccine 'three years off' Microsoft founder Bill Gates tells the BBC that a partially effective vaccine for malaria could be just three years away. | |
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| Smoke 'harms baby blood pressure' Smoke exposure during pregnancy damages a baby's blood pressure control, which may explain why their risk of cot death is higher, say experts. | |
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| 1945: Auschwitz death camp liberated The Red Army liberates the Nazi's biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in southern Poland. | |||
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| 1967: Three astronauts die in Apollo 1 tragedy Three American astronauts die when fire engulfs the Apollo capsule on its launch pad at Cape Kennedy. | |||
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| 1944: Leningrad siege ends after 900 days A successful Soviet offensive drives German troops away from the Leningrad which has been besieged since September 1941. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Live text - Australian Open Venus and Serena Williams will try to reach the semi-finals and British junior Laura Robson is in action, before Roger Federer takes on Nikolay Davydenko on day 10 of the Australian Open. |
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| Bolton 1-0 Burnley Chung Yong Lee's goal steers manager Owen Coyle's Bolton past his former side Burnley. | |
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| Wolverhampton 0-0 Liverpool Liverpool's inconsistency returns as they are held to a draw by a valiant Wolves at Molineux. | |
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| Tottenham 2-0 Fulham Tottenham return to winning ways with a clinical victory over Fulham to reignite their push for a top-four spot. | |
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| Bangladesh v India latest score Bangladesh take on India in the second Test at Dhaka. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Wolverhampton 0-0 Liverpool Liverpool's inconsistency returns as they are held to a draw by a valiant Wolves at Molineux. |
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| Tottenham 2-0 Fulham Tottenham return to winning ways with a clinical victory over Fulham to reignite their push for a top-four spot. | |
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| Bolton 1-0 Burnley Chung Yong Lee's goal steers manager Owen Coyle's Bolton past his former side Burnley. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Arthur resigns as S Africa coach Coach Mickey Arthur quits four days before South Africa depart for a tour of India. |
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| Bangladesh v India latest score Bangladesh take on India in the second Test at Dhaka. | |
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| Pakistan demands India IPL probe Pakistan demands India investigate why none of its cricketers were signed at the Indian Premier League auction. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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| Live text - Australian Open Venus and Serena Williams will try to reach the semi-finals and British junior Laura Robson is in action, before Roger Federer takes on Nikolay Davydenko on day 10 of the Australian Open. |
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| Cilic beats Roddick in five sets Marin Cilic holds off an Andy Roddick fightback to win their quarter-final in five sets at the Australian Open. | |
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| Henin through to Melbourne semis Former world number one Justine Henin keeps her Australian Open dream alive with a quarter-final win over Nadia Petrova. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Lopez seals drive with US F1 team Argentina's Jose Maria Lopez is confirmed as one of the drivers for the new US F1 outfit. |
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| Rossi tries his hand at F1 with Ferrari MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi switches from two wheels to four as he takes the wheel of a Ferrari F2008 Formula 1 car at the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack near Barcelona. | |
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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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