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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | IMF head speaks out on Greek fear The head of the IMF says the Greek people should not fear the agency, adding it wants help the country's economic crisis. |
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| Goldman in crash profit boasts Goldman Sachs executives boasted about the money the bank made while the US housing was collapsing, emails show. | |
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| Apology over Pope 'condom' memo The Foreign Office apologises for a "foolish" document suggesting the Pope could launch "Benedict-branded" condoms on his UK visit. | |
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| Chile cult leader Schaefer dies Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi army corporal who founded a secretive cult-like camp in Chile, dies in jail at the age of 88. | |
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| Spain rallies behind Franco judge Marches are held in Spain backing a judge accused of overreaching his powers by launching an inquiry into the Franco regime. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Germans held in Nigeria are freed Two German men are freed six days after being seized while swimming in Nigeria's oil-producing south-east |
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| Suspected pirates charged in US Eleven suspected Somali pirates are charged in a US court after being captured by the US Navy off the coast of Africa. | |
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| Banana gin 'kills 80' in Uganda Some 80 people have died in Uganda after drinking illegal home-made banana gin laced with methanol, health officials say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Goldman in crash profit boasts Goldman Sachs executives boasted about the money the bank made while the US housing was collapsing, emails show. |
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| Paraguay clamps down on militants Paraguay's president suspends constitutional rights in parts of the country after rebel attack leaves four dead. | |
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| Chile cult leader Schaefer dies Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi army corporal who founded a secretive cult-like camp in Chile, dies in jail at the age of 88. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Thai PM rejects protesters' offer Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva turns down a new offer for anti-government red-shirt protests to end in return for early polls. |
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| China changes Xinjiang party boss China replaces the most powerful official in its western region of Xinjiang, where ethnic violence left 200 people dead last year. | |
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| South Korea lifts sunken ship bow South Korea raises the front half of a warship which sank in a mysterious blast near the disputed border with the North. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| IMF head speaks out on Greek fear The head of the IMF says the Greek people should not fear the agency, adding it wants help the country's economic crisis. |
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| Spain rallies behind Franco judge Marches are held in Spain backing a judge accused of overreaching his powers by launching an inquiry into the Franco regime. | |
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| Apology over Pope 'condom' memo The Foreign Office apologises for a "foolish" document suggesting the Pope could launch "Benedict-branded" condoms on his UK visit. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Beirut set for secularism march Thousands are expected to rally in Beirut, pressing for the abolition of the country's divisive sectarian system. |
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| Dozens die in Baghdad bomb blasts At least 58 people are killed in Baghdad in what the government describes as a wave of revenge attacks by al-Qaeda. | |
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| Mugabe backs Iran's nuclear power President Robert Mugabe backs Iran's "just cause" on seeking nuclear power, as President Ahmadinejad visits Zimbabwe. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Mumbai hotel reopens after attack Mumbai's Oberoi hotel - one of the targets of the deadly militant attack in 2008 - reopens after extensive repairs. |
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| Nato plans Afghanistan transfer Nato foreign ministers discuss a framework to hand over responsibility in Afghanistan to the government there. | |
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| Amnesty says UAE abused Indians Rights group Amnesty International says authorities in the United Arab Emirates abused 17 Indian murder suspects. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Apology over Pope 'condom' memo The Foreign Office apologises for a "foolish" document suggesting the Pope could launch "Benedict-branded" condoms on his UK visit. |
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| Major jobs cuts 'on way in NHS' Major cuts in NHS staff which could have "disastrous" consequences are likely after the election, a nursing leader warns. | |
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| Boy held over child fire deaths A 17-year-old boy is arrested in Derbyshire after two children die in a house fire which leaves a woman and her baby son injured. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Baby Peter sacking ruled lawful The High Court has ruled that the sacking of the head of children's services at Haringey after the death of Baby Peter was lawful. |
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| Brown recalls cleaners' campaign Gordon Brown has told students about his own university campaigns - opposing apartheid in South Africa and supporting "decent pay" for cleaners. | |
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| Union attacks principal pay rises Figures suggest college principals' pay rose by 56% over the past eight years to an average of nearly £120,000. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Boy held over child fire deaths A 17-year-old boy is arrested in Derbyshire after two children die in a house fire which leaves a woman and her baby son injured. |
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| New charge over mutilation death A third person is charged with the murder of a woman who was found dying in a London street with her hand chopped off. | |
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| Thousands set for London Marathon A princess and a man dressed as the Angle of the North are among those aiming to run the London Marathon. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| IMF head speaks out on Greek fear The head of the IMF says the Greek people should not fear the agency, adding it wants help the country's economic crisis. |
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| Goldman in crash profit boasts Goldman Sachs executives boasted about the money the bank made while the US housing was collapsing, emails show. | |
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| UK economic growth slows to 0.2% The UK economy continues to recover from recession in the first three months of the year, but at a slower pace. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Polanski extradition moves closer A US court rejects a bid by director Roman Polanski to be sentenced in absentia for his child sex case. |
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| Disney announces Monsters sequel Pixar film Monsters Inc - about monsters who scare children for a living - is to have a sequel, the Disney studio announces. | |
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| Poet Porter dies at the age of 81 Peter Porter, a winner of both the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the Forward Prize dies, aged 81, after being treated for cancer. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Science enthusiasts chase dream Amateur scientists will investigate snails, clouds and gigs in the final of a BBC competition. |
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| Lift-off for military spaceplane A prototype spaceplane developed for the US military has been launched into orbit from Florida. | |
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| US fears ease over oil rig spill The oil rig that caught fire and sank off the Louisiana coast does not appear to be leaking oil, the US Coast Guard says. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Adobe abandons iPhone code tools Software maker Adobe is giving up on making tools that put popular Flash programs onto the iPhone and iPad. |
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| Son's autism leads to innovation An autistic boy is given help to communicate as his father creates a visual system that helps to give him a voice. | |
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| Facebook's bid to rule the web Facebook tells developers it plans to unseat Google by putting itself at the heart of the web. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Major jobs cuts 'on way in NHS' Major cuts in NHS staff which could have "disastrous" consequences are likely after the election, a nursing leader warns. |
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| 'Leftover' veins yield stem cells Veins left over from lifesaving bypass surgery could be a source of "master" cells to help treat future heart problems, say scientists. | |
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| Full face transplant 'a success' A team of 30 Spanish doctors claim to have successfully performed the world's first full face transplant. | |
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| 1993: IRA bomb devastates City of London A massive bomb rips through the heart of the City of London, killing one and injuring more than 40. | |||
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| 1967: Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash The Soviet Union announces the catastrophic failure of its latest space mission, with the crash of Soyuz 1 and the death of the cosmonaut on board. | |||
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| 1982: First Briton dies in Falklands campaign A crewman of a Sea King helicopter on its way to the Falklands Islands is missing and presumed dead after the aircraft crashed. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Man Utd 3-1 Tottenham Two penalties from Ryan Giggs propels Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League following a victory over Tottenham. |
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| Kessler snatches title from Froch Britain's Carl Froch loses his WBC super-middleweight title, outpointed by Denmark's Mikkel Kessler after a brutal encounter in Herning. | |
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| Legend Davis pips Higgins in epic Veteran Steve Davis, 52, keeps his nerve to pull off a stunning 13-11 win over defending champion John Higgins at the World Championship. | |
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| West Ham 3-2 Wigan West Ham take a giant stride towards Premier League survival with a dramatic win over fellow strugglers Wigan. | |
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| Hull 0-1 Sunderland Hull are all but relegated after a home defeat by Sunderland in which Jimmy Bullard missed a first-half penalty. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Man Utd 3-1 Tottenham Two penalties from Ryan Giggs propels Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League following a victory over Tottenham. |
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| West Ham 3-2 Wigan West Ham take a giant stride towards Premier League survival with a dramatic win over fellow strugglers Wigan. | |
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| Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City Man City move to within one point of fourth-placed Tottenham as Arsenal's mathematical chances of winning the league title disappear. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Modi given IPL warning by deputy Lalit Modi is warned he is not too big to be ousted as Indian Premier League chief by his number two. |
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| Chris Evans's Friday sporting challenge - Cricket The 14th BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show sporting challenge takes place at the home of cricket, Lords, where former England cricket team captain Michael Vaughan teaches Chris Evans and Jonny Saunders how to bowl, bat and field like a pair of pros. | |
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| US to host first Twenty20 series The United States will host its first series between major cricket nations when New Zealand and Sri Lanka play three Twenty20 matches in Florida in May. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Italy in command in Fed Cup semis Italy lead the Czech Republic 2-0 in the Fed Cup semi-finals, while the United States and Russia are tied at 1-1. |
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| Roddick pulls out of Rome Masters Andy Roddick withdraws from the Rome Masters, which start on Sunday. | |
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| Venus pulls out of Fed Cup semi Venus Williams withdraws from the US squad for the Fed Cup semi-final against Russia this week because of a knee injury. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | F1 teams allay Spain GP concerns Fears that air travel chaos caused by the volcanic ash cloud could affect the preparations of F1 teams preparations for the Spanish GP are allayed. |
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| Cloud forces Japan MotoGP switch The Japanese round of the MotoGP world championship is switched from Sunday to 3 October because of air travel problems caused by the cloud of volcanic ash in Europe. | |
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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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