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 | Obama limits US nuclear arms use The Obama administration unveils a defence policy significantly limiting circumstances in which the US would use nuclear arms. |
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| Rio de Janeiro floods kill scores At least 90 people are killed after heavy rain causes landslides and flooding in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, officials say. | |
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| Major earthquake hits Indonesia A tsunami alert is issued after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra. | |
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| SPLM boycotts poll in north Sudan South Sudan's main party says it will boycott this week's parliamentary and municipal elections in most of northern Sudan, citing irregularities. | |
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| Face-off at Terreblanche hearing Rival groups scuffle at a court where the alleged killers of South African white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche were charged. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Face-off at Terreblanche hearing Rival groups scuffle at a court where the alleged killers of South African white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche were charged. |
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| SPLM boycotts poll in north Sudan South Sudan's main party says it will boycott this week's parliamentary and municipal elections in most of northern Sudan, citing irregularities. | |
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| Semenya eyes June return in Spain World 800m champion Caster Semenya plans to make her return to the track at a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain in June. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Rio de Janeiro floods kill scores At least 90 people are killed after heavy rain causes landslides and flooding in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, officials say. |
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| Obama limits US nuclear arms use The Obama administration unveils a defence policy significantly limiting circumstances in which the US would use nuclear arms. | |
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| Peru urged to investigate deaths A rights group calls on Peru to investigate the deaths of six civilians during a protest against mining reforms. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Major earthquake hits Indonesia A tsunami alert is issued after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra. |
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| Thai red-shirts defy police ban Thai protesters defy a ban to march through several Bangkok districts, after scuffles with riot police earlier in the day. | |
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| Kyrgyz government office seized Protesters seize a regional government office in Kyrgyzstan, as police crack down on opposition leaders in Bishkek. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Brown triggers May election race The UK's political leaders hit the campaign trail after Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls the general election for 6 May. |
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| Russia 'could quit nuclear deal' Russia says it could opt out of a new nuclear disarmament treaty if it feels threatened by US missile defence plans. | |
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| Police act over Sarkozy rumours Police investigate how rumours of infidelity in the Sarkozy-Bruni marriage spread, amid protests from journalists. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Baghdad blasts kill at least 35 A series of large explosions hits the centre of Baghdad killing at least 35 people, officials say. |
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| Egypt riot police break up rally Riot police in Egypt break up a rally in Cairo, beat up dozens of protesters and arrest them. | |
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| Jail for Israeli Arab 'gym spy' A young Israeli Arab is jailed for almost six years for his part in a plot to assassinate the head of the Israeli army. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Maoists kill 75 Indian soldiers Maoist rebels kill at least 75 soldiers in central India in their worst ever attack on the country's security forces. |
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| Mumbai gunmen 'secretly buried' The unclaimed bodies of nine gunmen killed in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai were secretly buried in January, Indian officials say. | |
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| Shadow cyber spy network revealed A "complex cyber-espionage" network that compromised the UN and the Office of the Dalai Lama, is uncovered by researchers. | |
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| UK | |
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| Brown triggers May election race The UK's political leaders hit the campaign trail after Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls the general election for 6 May. |
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| Comedians Henry and French split Comedians Lenny Henry and Dawn French are to separate after 25 years of marriage, a spokesman for the couple says. | |
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| Cider tax increase to be scrapped The government drops plans for a 10% tax rise on cider following fierce opposition to the measure. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Stay-at-home fathers 'up by 900%' The number of stay-at-home fathers has risen 10-fold in last decade, a survey suggests. |
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| Labour 'micro-managed education' An MPs' committee says schools faced relentless centralisation under Labour | |
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| Balls lays down funding challenge Children's Secretary Ed Balls has challenged the Conservatives to match his promise of protecting school budgets from public spending cuts. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Girl sees father killed in crash A hit-and-run crash which killed a 38-year-old man in Greater Manchester was witnessed by his young daughter. |
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| Women try to take body on plane Police arrest two women after they try to take the body of a dead relative on to a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. | |
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| Action urged on mobility scooters MPs call on the government to tighten regulations on mobility scooters and consider a fit-to-drive test following a number of accidents. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Oil prices hit new 18-month high The price of oil reaches a fresh 18-month high on growing hopes of a US-led global economic recovery. |
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| Euro falls on Greece debt fears The euro falls sharply against the dollar and the pound after reports Greece had tried to renegotiate a eurozone rescue plan. | |
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| AOL announces plans to sell Bebo Internet company AOL says it plans to sell Bebo just two years after buying the social networking site for $850m. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Former Housewife alleges assault Ex-Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan accuses the show's creator of assault and wrongfully ending her contract. |
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| Actor Corin Redgrave dies aged 70 Actor Corin Redgrave, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty, has died at the age of 70, his family has announced. | |
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| Wife to reside with Dennis Hopper The wife of terminally ill film star Dennis Hopper can live on his property while the couple divorce, a judge rules. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Turtles die in nets 'in millions' Millions of marine turtles have been killed over the past two decades through entrapment in fishing gear, a survey concludes. |
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| Velociraptor 'caught' eating dino Fossil fragments reveal a predatory Velociraptor caught in the act of eating another larger plant-eating dinosaur. | |
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| Barrier Reef route 'outrageous' Australia's PM Kevin Rudd says it is "outrageous" that a Chinese ship leaking oil near the Great Barrier Reef was off course. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Digital bill faces extra scrutiny The Digital Economy Bill is given a second reading in the Commons amid calls for the government to rethink rushing it into law. |
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| Legal limbo for US broadband plan America's broadband plan is in "legal limbo", say advocacy groups, after a court ruling on net neutrality enforcement. | |
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| AOL announces plans to sell Bebo Internet company AOL says it plans to sell Bebo just two years after buying the social networking site for $850m. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Anti-psychotic pneumonia warning The use of anti-psychotic drugs in the elderly doubles the risk of potentially fatal pneumonia, say Dutch researchers. |
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| 'Fit notes' to replace sick notes Workers who are off sick for longer than seven days will now receive so-called fit notes instead of sick notes from GPs. | |
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| Blocking gene boosts radiotherapy A gene which hinders the ability of radiotherapy to kill cancer cells has been detected by UK researchers. | |
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| 1968: United States erupts in race violence Dozens of major cities in the United States are rocked by an escalation in the race riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King. | |||
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| 1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down' The presidents of the African states of Rwanda and Burundi are killed in a plane crash believed to have been caused by rocket fire. | |||
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| 1997: Fault cuts short space shuttle mission Nasa brings home the space shuttle Columbia 12 days early amid fears over a defective fuel cell. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal (agg 6-3) Brilliant Lionel Messi scores four for Barcelona as they overpower Arsenal to set up a Champions League semi-final against Inter Milan. |
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| Woods drawn with Kuchar and Choi Tiger Woods is paired with Matt Kuchar and KJ Choi for the first two rounds of the Masters. | |
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| CSKA Moscow 0-1 Inter (agg 0-2) Inter Milan book a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona or Arsenal with the minimum of fuss after Wesley Sneijder's early free-kick. | |
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| Man Utd v Bayern Munich Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday's game between Man Utd and Bayern Munich in the Champions League. | |
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| Semenya eyes June return in Spain World 800m champion Caster Semenya plans to make her return to the track at a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain in June. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal (agg 6-3) Brilliant Lionel Messi scores four for Barcelona as they overpower Arsenal to set up a Champions League semi-final against Inter Milan. |
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| CSKA Moscow 0-1 Inter (agg 0-2) Inter Milan book a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona or Arsenal with the minimum of fuss after Wesley Sneijder's early free-kick. | |
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| Man Utd v Bayern Munich Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday's game between Man Utd and Bayern Munich in the Champions League. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Middlesex snap up Warner for T20 Australian David Warner agrees to join Middlesex's Twenty20 campaign. |
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| Essex dealt blow by Kaneria delay Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is set to miss the first five games of Essex's season due to commitments in Pakistan. | |
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| Hampshire sign up spinner Herath Hampshire sign Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Rangana Herath. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Roddick powers to title in Miami Andy Roddick beats Tomas Berdych in straight sets to win his fifth Masters title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. |
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| Clijsters thrashes Venus in final Kim Clijsters powers her way to a second Sony Ericsson Open title with a crushing final win over Venus Williams in Miami. | |
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| Evans helping with police inquiry British Davis Cup player Dan Evans is "fully cooperating" with police over an alleged sexual assault in Bath. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Mercedes warn Schumacher's rivals Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 rivals would be "foolish" to write off the seven-time world champion, warns Mercedes GP chief Nick Fry. |
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| MotoGP keen to expand into Asia MotoGP supremo Carmelo Ezpeleta says the championship is keen to expand further into Asia. | |
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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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