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 | US vote attacks Turkey 'genocide' A US Congress panel describes the World War I killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting Turkish outrage. |
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| Vessels stuck in Baltic Sea ice A number of ships, including ferries with more than 1,000 passengers on board, are stuck in ice in the Baltic Sea, officials say. | |
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| Panel confirms dino crater link An international panel of experts has strongly endorsed the idea that an asteroid impact was responsible for killing off the dinosaurs. | |
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| Polling stations attacked in Iraq Three bombs go off in Baghdad killing at least 14 people as early voting gets under way in Iraq's parliamentary election. | |
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| Singer murder convictions quashed Egypt's highest court orders the retrial of a tycoon and ex-policeman sentenced to death for killing a Lebanese pop singer. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Brown firm on Zimbabwe sanctions Zimbabwe sanctions should remain until rights concerns are addressed, Gordon Brown says after talks with Jacob Zuma. |
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| Nigeria probes 'brutal robbery' Nigeria's Senate orders an investigation into reports that the police failed to attend the scene of a brutal robbery. | |
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| Elephant research 'washed away' A major research station in Kenya used to study African elephants is destroyed by flash floods. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| US vote attacks Turkey 'genocide' A US Congress panel describes the World War I killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting Turkish outrage. |
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| Rebuilding Chile 'to take years' Rebuilding Chile after the quake that killed some 800 people will take three to four years, President Michelle Bachelet says. | |
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| Mexico City allows gay marriage A law allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry and have the right to adopt comes into effect in Mexico City. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China slows military budget rise China says it will end a long period of double-digit growth in military spending, but its 7.5% target will still alarm the West. |
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| Indonesia leader faces bank anger Indonesia's president defends two ministers after parliament votes for a criminal probe into them over a bank bailout. | |
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| Attack threat in Malacca Strait Singapore warns that an unnamed terror group plans to attack oil tankers in the Malacca Straits. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| US vote attacks Turkey 'genocide' A US Congress panel describes the World War I killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting Turkish outrage. |
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| Vessels stuck in Baltic Sea ice A number of ships, including ferries with more than 1,000 passengers on board, are stuck in ice in the Baltic Sea, officials say. | |
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| Four jailed for German bomb plot A German court convicts four Islamist militants of plotting what a judge called Germany's 9/11 against US targets. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Polling stations attacked in Iraq Three bombs go off in Baghdad killing at least 14 people as early voting gets under way in Iraq's parliamentary election. |
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| Singer murder convictions quashed Egypt's highest court orders the retrial of a tycoon and ex-policeman sentenced to death for killing a Lebanese pop singer. | |
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| Male hairdressers banned in Gaza Hamas tightens religious restrictions banning men from styling women's hair in the Gaza Strip. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Many die in India temple stampede At least 63 people die in a stampede after the gate of a temple collapses in northern India, police say. |
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| Pakistan 'holds key Taliban boss' Another top leader of Afghanistan's Taliban, Agha Jan Mohtasim, is held in Pakistan, US and Pakistani officials say. | |
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| Two arrested over kidnapped boy Two people "very close" to men suspected of kidnapping a British boy in Pakistan have been arrested, the BBC learns. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Two arrested over kidnapped boy Two people "very close" to men suspected of kidnapping a British boy in Pakistan have been arrested, the BBC learns. |
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| Ashcroft cleared in donor probe The Electoral Commission says £5.1m donated to the Tories by one of Lord Ashcroft's firms were "legal and permissible". | |
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| MPs to get nearly £1,000 pay rise Members of Parliament will get a pay rise of nearly £1,000 from 1 April, taking their basic salary to £65,737 a year. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Progress gap for primary pupils Nearly one in five children in England leave primary school without making the progress expected of them in English or maths, data shows. |
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| '793,000 empty places' in schools With politicians arguing about creating more choice in schools - figures show there are 793,000 empty places in England. | |
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| Call for end to tuition fees cap The cap on university tuition fees in England should be scrapped, the Adam Smith Institute think tank says. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Boyfriend on double murder charge The boyfriend of a woman found dead along with her baby daughter in Hampshire is charged with their murders. |
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| 'Boiler errors' caused fatal leak Errors in installing and maintaining a gas boiler caused a carbon monoxide leak which led to the deaths of two children, a court hears. | |
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| BBC producer jailed over sex DVDs A BBC radio producer who secretly filmed himself having sex with women, including presenters, is jailed for eight months. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Demand high for Greece bond issue Greece sees strong demand for government bonds in a vote of confidence for the country's debt-ridden economy. |
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| Eurozone rates maintained at 1% The European Central Bank keeps eurozone interest rates on hold at a record low of 1% for the 10th month in a row. | |
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| Iceland referendum 'to go ahead' Iceland all but gives up on a deal with the UK and the Netherlands to repay debts, forcing a referendum. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Cameron defends Hiroshima author James Cameron has not ruled out making a film of a book about the atomic bombing which was pulled over accuracy concerns. |
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| Reynolds recovering after surgery US actor Burt Reynolds is recovering at home after undergoing heart bypass surgery, his manager says. | |
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| BBC producer jailed over sex DVDs A BBC radio producer who secretly filmed himself having sex with women, including presenters, is jailed for eight months. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Panel confirms dino crater link An international panel of experts has strongly endorsed the idea that an asteroid impact was responsible for killing off the dinosaurs. |
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| Promise made on UK physics woes The government is promising to put in place measures to protect the future funding of physics and astronomy in the UK. | |
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| Deep sea fish 'eat their greens' Deep sea fish are filmed eating plants that have sunk to the sea floor, potentially changing our understanding of ocean food webs. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | US urges 'action' on net attacks The US government admits that more needs to be done in order to protect the country and its citzens from cyber attacks. |
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| Lords force online piracy rethink Ministers are defeated over plans to tackle online piracy, but critics say the replacement is just as bad for internet freedom. | |
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| Microsoft offers first Google app Microsoft releases its first mobile application for phones running the Android operating system from rival Google. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Aids 'key cause of female death' The UN HIV/Aids programme says HIV has become the leading cause of death for women of reproductive age worldwide. |
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| Gut microbes hold 'second genome' There are more genes in the microbial flora in our gut than in the rest of our bodies. So many in fact that they are being dubbed our 'second genome'. | |
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| Gadget may offer migraine relief A new hand-held device which emits a magnetic pulse could offer pain relief to people who suffer from serious migraines. | |
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| 1966: Passenger jet crashes into Mount Fuji A BOAC Boeing 707 crashes into Mount Fuji in Japan killing all 124 people on board, just 25 minutes after take-off. | |||
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| 1953: Soviet leader 'on brink of death' Rumours are circulating in Moscow that Joseph Stalin, the long-time leader of the Soviet Union, is near death. | |||
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| 1973: Mid-air collision kills 68 Sixty-eight passengers and crew die when two Spanish aircraft collide in mid-air over France. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Attoub loses gouging ban appeal Stade Francais prop David Attoub loses his appeal against a 70-week ban for eye-gouging. |
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| Premier League rejects play-offs The Premier League says it will not pursue the idea of a play-off for fourth place and the final Champions League spot. | |
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| Hamilton admits to Alonso errors McLaren star Lewis Hamilton admits he made mistakes handling Fernando Alonso as his team-mate during his debut season in 2007. | |
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| Zimbabwe clinch tense one-day win Zimbabwe hold on to beat the West Indies by two runs in the first one-day international in Guyana. | |
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| Stade accuse England over Haskell French club Stade Francais accuse England of blackmailing James Haskell as they refuse to release the flanker for a French Top 14 match | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Premier League rejects play-offs The Premier League says it will not pursue the idea of a play-off for fourth place and the final Champions League spot. |
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| Shawcross & Pulis contact Ramsey Stoke boss Tony Pulis says both he and Ryan Shawcross have been in contact with Aaron Ramsey after the tackle which broke the player's leg. | |
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| Bolton suffer Holden injury blow Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden is ruled out for six weeks after suffering a fracture to his right leg. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Zimbabwe clinch tense one-day win Zimbabwe hold on to beat the West Indies by two runs in the first one-day international in Guyana. |
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| England lose Sidebottom to injury England fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom will miss the Test series against Bangladesh after flying home from the tour with a thigh injury. | |
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| Broad to miss final one-day match Stuart Broad will miss England's final one-day international against Bangladesh because of a back injury. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Spain target Davis Cup hat-trick Spain will begin their bid for a third straight Davis Cup title with a weakened team in their World Group tie against Switzerland. |
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| Ward to open GB Davis Cup match Davis Cup debutant James Ward will open Great Britain's Euro/Africa zone tie against Lithuania in Vilnius on Friday. | |
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| Watson beats Czech star Vaidisova Heather Watson takes her biggest scalp yet in senior tennis, beating former world number seven Nicole Vaidisova in Hammond. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Hamilton admits to Alonso errors McLaren star Lewis Hamilton admits he made mistakes handling Fernando Alonso as his team-mate during his debut season in 2007. |
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| Lorenzo aims to make final test Jorge Lorenzo hopes to have recovered from his hand injury in time for the final MotoGP pre-season test. | |
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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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