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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Dubai suspects on Interpol list The 11 people suspected of carrying out the killing of a Hamas commander in Dubai are placed on Interpol's wanted list. |
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| Military coup ousts Niger leader Coup plotters in Niger seize the president after a gun battle in the capital, Niamey, and suspend the country's constitution. | |
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| Pilot air attack on US tax office The pilot of a plane which flew into a Texas office block left a note expressing his anger at federal tax authorities, police say. | |
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| UN fears Iran nuclear weapon move A leaked UN report expresses concern Iran may currently be trying to develop a nuclear payload for a missile. | |
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| Nato strike 'kills Afghan police' A Nato air strike mistakenly kills seven policemen during a firefight with Taliban in the north of Afghanistan, officials say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Military coup ousts Niger leader Coup plotters in Niger seize the president after a gun battle in the capital, Niamey, and suspend the country's constitution. |
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| No Kenya crisis, says president Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki says his country is not in crisis, despite a week of fevered speculation of a bitter power struggle. | |
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| Uganda gay-porn stunt 'twisted' A Ugandan cleric's decision to show gay pornography in church is labelled "twisted, homophobic propaganda" by rights groups. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Dalai Lama meets Obama amid row US President Barack Obama expresses support for Tibetans as he meets the Dalai Lama, but China expresses its anger. |
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| Pilot air attack on US tax office The pilot of a plane which flew into a Texas office block left a note expressing his anger at federal tax authorities, police say. | |
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| Toyota boss to go before Congress Toyota president says he will testify to US politicians next week about the carmaker's giant global recall programme. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Dalai Lama meets Obama amid row US President Barack Obama expresses support for Tibetans as he meets the Dalai Lama, but China expresses its anger. |
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| Toyota boss to go before Congress Toyota president says he will testify to US politicians next week about the carmaker's giant global recall programme. | |
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| Rare Sumatra rhino expecting calf Conservationists say a captive Sumatran rhino is due to give birth in May, raising hopes for the critically endangered species. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Far-right Czechs to challenge ban The Czech Republic's far right Workers' Party says it will appeal against a court ban, and is determined to run in May polls. |
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| Moscow queries Sofia on US shield Russia says it is asking Bulgaria to explain its plans to deploy US air defence missiles on its soil. | |
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| One dead in German school attack An assailant kills a teacher in a rampage at a school in the western German city of Ludwigshafen, police say. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Dubai suspects on Interpol list The 11 people suspected of carrying out the killing of a Hamas commander in Dubai are placed on Interpol's wanted list. |
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| UN fears Iran nuclear weapon move A leaked UN report expresses concern Iran may currently be trying to develop a nuclear payload for a missile. | |
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| Israeli Peer tests Dubai security Israeli Shahar Peer makes it to the Dubai Championships semi-finals, raising questions around the tournament's security provisions. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Taliban ammunition 'running low' Taliban militants battling troops in southern Afghanistan, are running out of ammunition, Nato officials say citing intelligence reports. |
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| Pakistan avalanche buries village At least 38 people die after an avalanche buries an entire village in north-west Pakistan. | |
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| Nato strike 'kills Afghan police' A Nato air strike mistakenly kills seven policemen during a firefight with Taliban in the north of Afghanistan, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Airport raid accused goes on run Suspected Heathrow warehouse armed robber Peter Blake goes on the run from his trial at a court in London while on court bail. |
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| UK 'outrage' at passport killing David Miliband says the use of fake UK passports by the alleged killers of a Hamas leader is an "outrage", as an inquiry begins. | |
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| Two UK soldiers killed in Helmand Two UK soldiers are killed in Afghanistan in separate incidents as a major offensive in the south of the country continues. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Children 'missing out on sleep' Children questioned for the BBC's Newsround programme admit video games and mobile phones are keeping them up at night. |
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| Foundation degrees soar in number The number of students signing up for foundation degree courses in England has grown 40% since 2007. | |
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| Don't sexualise children - Tories Conservative leader David Cameron calls for an end to the "inappropriate sexualisation" of children by companies. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Airport raid accused goes on run Suspected Heathrow warehouse armed robber Peter Blake goes on the run from his trial at a court in London while on court bail. |
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| Shock at 'mercy killing' reaction Presenter Ray Gosling did not think saying on TV he had killed his ailing lover would cause "many ripples", his solicitor says. | |
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| Saudi charged with hotel murder A Saudi Arabian man is charged with the murder of a man found in the five-star Landmark Hotel in central London. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Toyota boss to go before Congress Toyota president says he will testify to US politicians next week about the carmaker's giant global recall programme. |
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| Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up approved Microsoft's plans to buy Yahoo's internet search and search advertising business are cleared by European and US regulators. | |
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| Dell hit by lower profit margins Computer-maker Dell reports a 6% fall in quarterly earnings, as low profit margins offset an increase in sales. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Rowling to fight plagiarism claim Harry Potter author calls claims that she plagiarised parts of her best-selling book series "absurd". |
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| Gately column complaint rejected The press watchdog has not upheld a complaint about an article on the Boyzone star's death last year. | |
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| Academy ditches song performances Oscar-nominated songs will not be performed live at this year's Academy Awards ceremony, organisers announce. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Top UN climate official resigns Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official has said he will resign after nearly four years in the post. |
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| Nasa sky probe sends back images Nasa has published the first images from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, which has been scanning the skies since January. | |
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| Archbishop in genome health study Scientists analyse the genomes of five southern Africans, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up approved Microsoft's plans to buy Yahoo's internet search and search advertising business are cleared by European and US regulators. |
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| 'Rob me' site reveals empty homes A Dutch website called PleaseRobMe claims to reveal the location of empty homes based on what people post online. | |
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| Call 'to block' BBC iPhone apps Newspaper publishers urge the BBC Trust to block the corporation's plans to launch iPhone applications. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Fridge-free vaccine hopes raised Scientists at Oxford University have found a way of keeping vaccines stable without refrigeration. |
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| Happiness wards off heart disease Being happy and positive may help ward off heart disease, a study suggests. | |
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| 'Malaria' killed King Tutankhamun Tutankhamun may well have died of malaria after the disease ravaged a body crippled by a rare bone disorder, experts say. | |
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| 1996: Bomb blast destroys London bus Three people are feared dead after a bomb explodes on a London bus, nine days after the IRA ended its ceasefire. | |||
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| 1978: Belfast bomb suspects rounded up Police in Northern Ireland arrest at least 20 people in connection with the La Mon restaurant bomb. | |||
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| 1981: Thatcher gives in to miners Mrs Thatcher's Conservative Government withdraws plans to close 23 pits in its first major U-turn since coming to power two years ago. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Live - Winter Olympics day seven Curling, ice hockey, skeleton and men's figure skating feature as a packed day of action continues in Vancouver and Whistler. |
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| Liverpool 1-0 Unirea Urziceni David Ngog's 81st-minute winner spares Liverpool's blushes as they begin their Europa League campaign with a disappointing display against Unirea Urzinceni. | |
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| Court postpones Togo ban decision Togo are excluded from the qualifying draw for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations after failing to overturn their ban. | |
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| British players star in Arizona Paul Casey and Luke Donald seal second-round wins at the World Match Play Championship in Arizona. | |
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| Fulham 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk Bobby Zamora scores a 25-yard screamer to earn Fulham a Europa League last 32 first-leg victory against holders Shakhtar Donetsk. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Liverpool 1-0 Unirea Urziceni David Ngog's 81st-minute winner spares Liverpool's blushes as they begin their Europa League campaign with a disappointing display against Unirea Urzinceni. |
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| Fulham 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk Bobby Zamora scores a 25-yard screamer to earn Fulham a Europa League last 32 first-leg victory against holders Shakhtar Donetsk. | |
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| Court postpones Togo ban decision Togo are excluded from the qualifying draw for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations after failing to overturn their ban. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Players worried over IPL security The Indian Premier League could be hit by player withdrawals because of security concerns about the tournament, says world cricketers' chief Tim May. |
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| Australia v W Indies live score Australia take on West Indies in the fifth and final one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. | |
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| New Zealand v Bangladesh live score New Zealand take on Bangladesh in a one-off Test match at Hamilton. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Israeli Peer tests Dubai security Israeli Shahar Peer makes it to the Dubai Championships semi-finals, raising questions around the tournament's security provisions. |
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| Keothavong reaches Memphis semis Britain's Anne Keothavong moves into the semi-finals of the Cellular South Cup in Memphis with a straight-sets win over Karolina Sprem. | |
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| Baltacha sets up Sharapova clash British number one Elena Baltacha beats Canada's Valerie Tetreault to set up a quarter-final against former world number one Maria Sharapova in Memphis. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Crash cuts short Lotus F1 testing Heikki Kovalainen crashes in his first outing for Lotus forcing the team to stop testing on day two of the third winter test in Jerez. |
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| Lorenzo rocked by testing setback Jorge Lorenzo could miss both remaining pre-season MotoGP testing sessions because of his hand injury. | |
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| Raikkonen buoyed by rally debut Former Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen says he is encouraged by his World Rally Championship debut for Citroen after finishing 30th in Sweden. | |
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