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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | No breakthrough on US healthcare Differences mar a seven-hour televised US healthcare summit chaired by President Obama, aimed at securing a reform bill. |
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| Turkey seeks to calm 'plot' fears Turkey's president says tensions over an alleged coup plot will be resolved within the law, after meeting the armed forces chief. | |
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| Microsoft shuts down spam network Microsoft wins court approval to shut down a network of PCs which it says is responsible for billions of spam messages. | |
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| Australia anger at Dubai killing Australia asks Israel to explain the use of Australian passports by three suspects in the Dubai killing of a Hamas official. | |
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| Wall Street's Greece role probed US regulators are investigating the role of Wall Street firms in deals that may have allowed Greece to mask its debt woes. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigeria deputy 'has full powers' Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan remains acting president despite the return home of President Yar'Adua, senior officials say. |
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| Algeria's police chief shot dead The chief of Algeria's national police force has been shot dead at police headquarters in the capital, Algiers, officials say. | |
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| Rwanda genocide official jailed The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentences a former defence ministry official to 25 years in prison for genocide. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| No breakthrough on US healthcare Differences mar a seven-hour televised US healthcare summit chaired by President Obama, aimed at securing a reform bill. |
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| Spanish firm seeks Falklands oil Spanish oil company Repsol says it is to drill for oil in an area near the Falkland Islands. | |
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| Not guilty pleas in US bomb plot Two men plead not guilty to plotting to blow up New York's subway system in a US federal court. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Recall by three Japan carmakers Nissan, Daihatsu and Suzuki Motor announce the recall of thousands of vehicles, mostly in Japan. |
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| Australia anger at Dubai killing Australia asks Israel to explain the use of Australian passports by three suspects in the Dubai killing of a Hamas official. | |
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| Guantanamo man to sue Australia Former Australian Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib wins the right to sue his government for alleged complicity in torture. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Turkey seeks to calm 'plot' fears Turkey's president says tensions over an alleged coup plot will be resolved within the law, after meeting the armed forces chief. |
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| Iceland repayment talks collapse Talks on how Iceland will repay more than $5bn of debt it owes to Britain and the Netherlands break down without agreement. | |
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| France 'may tag' abusive husbands Men seen as likely to be violent towards their wives could be forced to wear an electronic tag under new French proposals. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Australia anger at Dubai killing Australia asks Israel to explain the use of Australian passports by three suspects in the Dubai killing of a Hamas official. |
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| Iran 'militant' claims US support Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of Iran's Sunni rebel group Jundullah, alleges he had American support in an official TV broadcast. | |
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| Iraq given its largest IMF loan The IMF is to lend Iraq $3.6bn to rebuild its infrastructure as low oil prices slash its revenue. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | S Asia rivals 'to rebuild trust' India says it has taken a "first step" towards rebuilding trust with Pakistan after their first formal talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. |
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| Heroes' welcome for Afghan team Afghanistan's cricketers return to a heroes' welcome in Kabul after qualifying for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament. | |
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| Deadly fire at Bangladesh factory At least 21 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a fire at a clothes factory in Bangladesh, reports say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Khyra care boss 'will not quit' The head of Birmingham children's services says he will not quit after seven-year old Khyra Ishaq was starved to death in the city. |
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| Real IRA admits to border killing The Real IRA has said it was responsible for the murder of a man in Londonderry on Wednesday. | |
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| Probe into anti-bullying charity The Charity Commission begins an investigation into the charity at the centre of a row over claims of bullying at Downing Street. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Call for automatic phone filters Games consoles and mobiles should be sold with parental filters switched on to limit children's exposure to sexual imagery, a report says. |
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| Scientists demand tougher exams Experts are calling for a shake-up in the teaching and examination of science and maths in secondary schools. | |
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| Social care 'fails deaf children' The majority of local authorities in England are failing deaf children and their families, research suggests. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Khyra care boss 'will not quit' The head of Birmingham children's services says he will not quit after seven-year old Khyra Ishaq was starved to death in the city. |
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| Killed 100-year-old's son charged Police charge the son of a 100-year-old woman found stabbed to death at her home in east London with murder. | |
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| Lorry girl killer hanged himself A lorry driver who strangled his girlfriend's daughter spoke of suicide before taking his own life, an inquest hears. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Wall Street's Greece role probed US regulators are investigating the role of Wall Street firms in deals that may have allowed Greece to mask its debt woes. |
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| Bankers still overpaid, boss says The chairman of US bank Morgan Stanley, John Mack, says that bankers are still paying themselves too much. | |
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| Pound slides on economic worries The pound falls to a nine-month low against the dollar with analysts blaming fears over the strength of the UK economy. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Odeon reverses Wonderland boycott Odeon reverses its decision to boycott Tim Burton's new film version of Alice in Wonderland following talks with Disney. |
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| iTunes sells 10 billionth track The iTunes online store sells its 10 billionth track with Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling officially the most downloaded track. | |
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| Appeal over Men At Work 'rip-off' EMI Music appeals against a court ruling that found Men at Work plagiarised a Girl Guides' song in their 1983 hit Down Under. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | 'People must learn from Haiti tsunami' The tsunami following January's deadly quake in Haiti was little reported but has implications for future tremor response in the region, say scientists. |
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| 'Rubbish patch' blights Atlantic Plastic debris tends to accumulate in a well defined region of the western North Atlantic, scientists say. | |
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| Giant predatory shark unearthed The fossilised remains of a gigantic 10m-long predatory clam-busting shark have been unearthed in Kansas. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft shuts down spam network Microsoft wins court approval to shut down a network of PCs which it says is responsible for billions of spam messages. |
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| Robin Hood hacker exposes bankers A hacker intent on revealing the finances of leading Latvian firms has become an unlikely TV star in the country. | |
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| UK's web heritage 'could be lost' The UK's online heritage could be lost forever if an act put in place seven years ago is not clarified, a group of leading libraries warns. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| No breakthrough on US healthcare Differences mar a seven-hour televised US healthcare summit chaired by President Obama, aimed at securing a reform bill. |
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| Spain chided over hospital fees A top EU lawyer says patients who get hospital treatment in another EU member state should get fully reimbursed by their home country. | |
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| Fruit 'blocks breast cancer' Extracts of a fruit grown on tropical vines appears to have breast cancer blocking powers, say researchers. | |
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| 1986: Corazon Aquino is Philippines president The new Philippines president Corazon Aquino is sworn in today, bringing to an end 20 years of dictatorship under Ferdinand Marcos. | |||
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| 1964: Cassius Clay crowned world champion Cassius Clay, 22, is crowned heavyweight boxing world champion after a shock win over Sonny Liston. | |||
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| 1994: Jewish settler kills 30 at holy site A Jewish doctor opens fire on Palestinians praying at a mosque in Hebron, killing up to 30 people. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Live - Winter Olympics day 14 The men's curling semi-finals and the women's ice hockey final are under way after Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg wins the women's giant slalom. |
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| Sporting L 3-0 Everton (agg 4-2) Miguel Veloso, Pedro Mendes and Matias Fernandez score for Sporting Lisbon as Everton crash out of the Europa League. | |
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| Unirea 1-3 Liverpool (agg 1-4) Liverpool ease into the last 16 of the Europa League with a comfortable win against Unirea Urziceni in Bucharest. | |
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| Shakhtar D 1-1 Fulham (agg 2-3) Fulham produce a backs-to-the-wall display to seal a famous Europa League win against Uefa Cup holders Shakhtar. | |
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| Capello hopes for Bridge rethink England coach Fabio Capello hopes Manchester City defender Wayne Bridge will rethink his decision not to go to the World Cup this summer. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Sporting L 3-0 Everton (agg 4-2) Miguel Veloso, Pedro Mendes and Matias Fernandez score for Sporting Lisbon as Everton crash out of the Europa League. |
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| Shakhtar D 1-1 Fulham (agg 2-3) Fulham produce a backs-to-the-wall display to seal a famous Europa League win against Uefa Cup holders Shakhtar. | |
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| Unirea 1-3 Liverpool (agg 1-4) Liverpool ease into the last 16 of the Europa League with a comfortable win against Unirea Urziceni in Bucharest. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Tendulkar says record 'breakable' India batsman Sachin Tendulkar believes his record of hitting 200 not out in a one-day international is breakable. |
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| Brett Lee on ending Test career Australian cricketer Brett Lee has confirmed he's retiring from Test cricket. The fast bowler speaks to Radio 5 live's Russell Fuller about why he made the decision. | |
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| Lord's could host IPL - MCC chief Indian Premier League (IPL) matches could be held at Lord's if the MCC goes ahead with plans to buy into a team. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Cilic joins casualties in Dubai Marin Cilic is the latest leading player to exit the Dubai Championships after losing 7-6 7-5 to Jurgen Melzer. |
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| Murray suffers shock Dubai defeat Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic claims a shock win over Andy Murray at the Dubai Championships. | |
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| Injured Davydenko quits in Dubai Nikolay Davydenko is forced to pull out of the Dubai Championships midway through his second-round match against Germany's Michael Berrer. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Red Bull in best shape - Webber Mark Webber thinks his Red Bull team are ahead of their rivals after setting the pace on the first day of the final pre-season test. |
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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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