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 | Pakistan bombings: PM urges calm Pakistan's prime minister appeals for calm after bombings targeting Shia Muslims kill 25 people and injure dozens more in Karachi. |
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| BAE handed £286m criminal fines Defence group BAE Systems is to pay fines of £280m after pleading guilty to criminal charges in Britain and the US. | |
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| Capello strips Terry of captaincy John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life and replaced by Rio Ferdinand. | |
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| Eastern US braced for heavy snow Schools and government offices close in Washington DC as a major snowstorm hits the eastern US. | |
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| Four will face expenses charges Three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer will face criminal charges over their expenses, the CPS has said. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ill Nigeria leader 'to step back' Nigeria's sick President Umaru Yar'Adua will write a letter handing power to his deputy, his adviser tells the BBC. |
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| Nato troops free ship off Somalia Danish troops serving with Nato's anti-piracy force free the crew of a cargo ship boarded by gunmen off Somalia. | |
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| Mandela dinner marks 1990 release Ex-wife Winnie and a former jailer are among guests at a dinner to mark the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | BAE handed £286m criminal fines Defence group BAE Systems is to pay fines of £280m after pleading guilty to criminal charges in Britain and the US. |
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| Haiti warns US case 'distracting' Haiti's prime minister says the US missionaries charged with child abduction are overshadowing the needs of earthquake victims. | |
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| Eastern US braced for heavy snow Schools and government offices close in Washington DC as a major snowstorm hits the eastern US. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China ire at US-Taiwan arms deal China's indignation at a proposed US arms sale to Taiwan and calls for more talks on Iran's controversial nuclear programme. |
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| Vietnam dissident writer jailed Activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy is jailed for attacking two men, after a trial critics said was intended to silence her. | |
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| Indonesia to move Obama's statue A statue of US President Barack Obama will be removed from a park in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, officials say. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Nato troops free ship off Somalia Danish troops serving with Nato's anti-piracy force free the crew of a cargo ship boarded by gunmen off Somalia. |
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| Turkish girl was 'buried alive' A Turkish girl found dead in a hole next to her house was probably buried alive, a post-mortem examination reveals. | |
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| Capello strips Terry of captaincy John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life and replaced by Rio Ferdinand. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Bombings hit Iraq Shia pilgrims Suicide bombers kill at least 40 Shia pilgrims during a major ceremony in the Iraqi city of Karbala, police say. |
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| No Gaza judgement by UN chief Ban The head of the UN says it is not yet possible to say if Israel and the Palestinians are adequately probing the Gaza conflict. | |
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| World's oldest monastery restored Egypt completes the restoration of Saint Anthony's, reputedly the world's oldest Christian monastery. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Pakistan bombings: PM urges calm Pakistan's prime minister appeals for calm after bombings targeting Shia Muslims kill 25 people and injure dozens more in Karachi. |
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| Embattled climate chief supported India gives its full support to embattled climate change chief Rajendra Pachauri, under attack over recent scientific errors. | |
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| Church withdraws from India mines The Church of England says it will withdraw investment from a firm involved in a controversial mining project India. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Accused MP 'naive about expenses' One of the MPs facing charges over his expenses says he was "naive", but did not gain "one pound" from his claims. |
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| Capello strips Terry of captaincy John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life and replaced by Rio Ferdinand. | |
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| Climate scepticism 'on the rise' The British public has become increasingly sceptical about climate change, a poll for BBC News suggests. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Open University curbs Tesco deal The Open University is scaling back a scheme which allows students to pay for courses with Tesco clubcard points. |
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| Academies 'want to teach IGCSEs' Academies call for the right to teach the type of international qualifications increasingly being used in independent schools. | |
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| Communications worry for parents Some children are leaving primary school without having their communication problems picked up, a charity claims. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Landowner murdered missing wife A Gloucestershire landowner is found guilty of murdering his estranged wife, whose body has never been found. |
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| Capello strips Terry of captaincy John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life and replaced by Rio Ferdinand. | |
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| Knicker-stealing ex-mayor jailed An ex-mayor of a Lancashire town who broke into women's homes to steal their underwear is jailed for two years. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| BAE handed £286m criminal fines Defence group BAE Systems is to pay fines of £280m after pleading guilty to criminal charges in Britain and the US. |
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| BA's £50m loss beats expectations British Airways says it made a loss of £50m ($79m) in the three months to December 2009, which was smaller than expected. | |
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| Debt and job worries hit shares Global shares fall sharply for the second straight day amid continued concerns about government debt levels. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Sheen's stolen car found wrecked Actor Charlie Sheen's stolen car is discovered overturned at the bottom of a cliff near his Los Angeles home, police say. |
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| Murphy death caused by pneumonia US actress Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia, a Los Angeles coroner rules. | |
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| Watson named top-earning actress Teenage Harry Potter actress Emma Watson is named Hollywood's highest-paid female star in a poll compiled by US magazine Vanity Fair. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Climate scepticism 'on the rise' The British public has become increasingly sceptical about climate change, a poll for BBC News suggests. |
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| Birds use feathers 'to touch' Birds may use their feathers for touch, using them to feel their surroundings just as cats use their whiskers, scientists discover. | |
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| Dynamic Pluto revealed in images Images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the icy dwarf planet Pluto undergoes dramatic seasonal changes. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft's February security update. |
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| US objects to Google books plan The US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow Google to build a vast digital library. | |
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| Pirate bill could 'breach rights' An influential group of MPs and peers says the government's approach to illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of net users. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Premature birth gene clue found DNA differences which appear to affect the risk of giving birth early have been found by US scientists. |
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| Artificial pancreas diabetes hope Scientists in Cambridge show that an "artificial pancreas" can be used to regulate blood sugar in children with Type 1 diabetes. | |
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| Transplant first in kidney sister A pioneering procedure has allowed a British woman to get a new kidney from her sister - even though the organ would normally be rejected. | |
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| 1958: United players killed in air disaster Seven Manchester United footballers are among 21 dead after an air crash in Munich. | |||
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| 1952: King George VI dies in his sleep His Majesty, King George VI, dies peacefully in his sleep at Sandringham House, aged 56. | |||
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| 2001: Sharon sweeps to power The leader of the right-wing Likud party, Ariel Sharon, wins a landslide victory to become the new prime minister of Israel. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Capello strips Terry of captaincy John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life and replaced by Rio Ferdinand. |
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| Campos working hard to save team Prospective Formula 1 team boss Adrian Campos says he is hopeful the future of his outfit will be secured next week. | |
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| Woods linked with February return Tiger Woods is reportedly targeting a comeback in the WGC Match Play Championship in Arizona. | |
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| England suffer Flutey injury blow England centre Riki Flutey is ruled out of Saturday's RBS Six Nations clash against Wales, with Leicester's Toby Flood replacing him. | |
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| Newcastle 5-1 Cardiff Andy Carroll and Peter Lovenkrands both grab a brace of goals as Newcastle brush Cardiff aside. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Capello strips Terry of captaincy John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life and replaced by Rio Ferdinand. |
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| Home nations await Euro 2012 draw England are among the top seeds as they, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland await the qualifying draw for the Euro 2012 tournament on Sunday. | |
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| Bridge ready for Man City return Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says Wayne Bridge will be mentally ready to face Hull on Saturday. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Aussies sink Pakistan in classic Australia beat Pakistan by two runs in a thrilling Twenty20 international in Melbourne. |
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| Flintoff loving new life in Dubai England cricketer Andrew Flintoff tells BBC Sport's Olly Foster all about his new life in Dubai after he and his family decided to move there last year. | |
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| Laxman injury concern for India India could be without batsman VVS Laxman for the first Test match against South Africa in Nagpur on Saturday. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Britain beat Belarus in Fed Cup Great Britain battle past Belarus in their final Fed Cup group game but it is not enough to qualify from Europe/Africa Group 1. |
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| Henin given Indian Wells wildcard Former world number one Justine Henin receives a wildcard for the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, which starts on 8 March. | |
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| Austria beat Britain in Fed Cup Great Britain's Fed Cup team have their promotion hopes all-but ended as Austria clinch a comfortable 3-0 win in their Group D tie in Portugal. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Campos working hard to save team Prospective Formula 1 team boss Adrian Campos says he is hopeful the future of his outfit will be secured next week. |
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| Rossi sets pace in opening test World champion Valentino Rossi sets the pace in the first pre-season MotoGP test in Sepang. | |
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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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