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 | Dozens killed in Pakistan attack Fires are still raging at the Marriott hotel in Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad, hours after a massive bomb attack kills at least 40 people. |
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| Brown pledges action on economy Gordon Brown opens Labour's conference with a pledge to do "whatever it takes" to sort out the UK's financial system. | |
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| SA's Mbeki says he will step down South Africa's president says he will resign, after the ANC orders him to quit amid claims he conspired against its chief. | |
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| Hadron Collider halted for months The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva will be out of action for at least two months because of a technical fault. | |
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| Boy, 3, praised for saving mother A three-year-old boy from Fife dials 999 and saves his mother's life after she suffers an epileptic fit. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Dozens killed in Pakistan attack Fires are still raging at the Marriott hotel in Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad, hours after a massive bomb attack kills at least 40 people. |
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| SA's Mbeki says he will step down South Africa's president says he will resign, after the ANC orders him to quit amid claims he conspired against its chief. | |
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| Bush defends US debt rescue plan US President George W Bush defends a rescue package to tackle the worst financial markets crisis for decades. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | SA's Mbeki says he will step down South Africa's president says he will resign, after the ANC orders him to quit amid claims he conspired against its chief. |
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| Pipe hit claim in Delta 'oil war' Nigeria's main militant group says it has blown up a major Shell pipeline in the oil-rich Niger Delta - its sixth attack in a week. | |
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| Hunger levels soar in East Africa Nearly 17m people in the Horn of Africa are in urgent need of food - almost twice as many as earlier this year, the UN says. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Bush defends US debt rescue plan US President George W Bush defends a rescue package to tackle the worst financial markets crisis for decades. |
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| Mexico plans anti-kidnap police Mexico's finance minister says that violence and crime is affecting the economy, cutting growth by 1%. | |
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| Peru rebel rejects surrender call The leader of Peru's remaining Shining Path rebels apparently rejects a call to surrender and demands an amnesty. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | 'All-out effort' for China babies The Chinese cabinet orders an all-out effort to save babies made ill by contaminated milk products. |
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| 'China repression grows', says US The repression of religious freedom in some parts of China has intensified over the past year, a US report says. | |
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| North Korea 'to restore reactor' North Korea is making "thorough preparations" to restart the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a foreign ministry official says. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Street clashes erupt in Germany Thousands of left-wing demonstrators protesting against a right-wing rally clash with police in the German city of Cologne. |
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| Hadron Collider halted for months The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva will be out of action for at least two months because of a technical fault. | |
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| Alitalia airline cancels flights Alitalia cancels a number of flights from Rome's Fiumicino airport, increasing fears that it may soon go into liquidation. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Gaza-Egypt border crossing opens Gaza's border crossing with Egypt is opened for two days to allow students, pilgrims and patients out of the Hamas-run strip. |
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| Livni works for unity in Kadima Tzipi Livni, new leader of Israel's ruling Kadima party, is working to restore unity after her victory in a leadership election opened rifts. | |
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| US air raid kills Iraq civilians The US military says seven people, including three women have been killed in an air strike near Tikrit. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Dozens killed in Pakistan attack Fires are still raging at the Marriott hotel in Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad, hours after a massive bomb attack kills at least 40 people. |
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| Pakistan in sovereignty warning Pakistan's president says he will not allow his nation's sovereignty to be violated by foreign powers in their fight against terror. | |
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| Fresh clashes in Sri Lankan north Fresh clashes between troops and Tamil rebels are reported in northern Sri Lanka after Thursday's fierce fighting. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Brown pledges action on economy Gordon Brown opens Labour's conference with a pledge to do "whatever it takes" to sort out the UK's financial system. |
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| Judge approves $1.3bn Lehman deal A US judge backs UK bank Barclays' plan to buy the core business of collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers. | |
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| Peace march against knife crime Families of murder victims join thousands of people in two peace marches across London against gun and knife crime. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Peace march against knife crime Families of murder victims join thousands of people in two peace marches across London against gun and knife crime. |
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| Man in court over sister murders A 28-year-old man appears in court charged with the murder of two sisters found dead at their Birmingham flat. | |
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| Veteran reunited with lost medals A WWII veteran was reunited with his medals after scuba divers recover them from the River Thames. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Ebay warning ahead of All-Ireland Tyrone GAA officials warn anyone with a ticket bought on eBay will not be allowed into Sunday's All-Ireland final. |
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| Man critically ill after attack A man in his 40s is critically ill in hospital after being attacked in the Markets area of south Belfast on Friday night. | |
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| Alliance 'not a sticking plaster' Alliance leader David Ford hints his party could take any justice ministry if fundamental changes were made across government. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Potter author in £1m Labour gift Author JK Rowling, who penned the hit series of books about child wizard Harry Potter, donates £1m to the Labour Party. |
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| Boy, 3, praised for saving mother A three-year-old boy from Fife dials 999 and saves his mother's life after she suffers an epileptic fit. | |
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| Baby dies in Shetland house fire An eight-month-old baby girl dies after a fire breaks out during the early hours in a house in Brae, Shetland. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Hunt on for party tattoo artist Inquiries are continuing after a number of teenagers became infected after getting tattoos at a house party. |
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| Further case of bluetongue virus A third case of the bluetongue virus is found on a farm which imported cattle, but the transmission risk is "negligible". | |
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| Calzaghe surprises wedding couple Boxer Joe Calzaghe takes a break from promoting his next fight to pose for pictures with a couple getting married next door. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Brown pledges action on economy Gordon Brown opens Labour's conference with a pledge to do "whatever it takes" to sort out the UK's financial system. |
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| Potter author in £1m Labour gift Author JK Rowling, who penned the hit series of books about child wizard Harry Potter, donates £1m to the Labour Party. | |
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| Tony Blair begins lecturing role Tony Blair teaches his first seminar on faith and globalisation in his new lecturing role at Yale University in the US. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Bush defends US debt rescue plan US President George W Bush defends a rescue package to tackle the worst financial markets crisis for decades. |
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| Judge approves $1.3bn Lehman deal A US judge backs UK bank Barclays' plan to buy the core business of collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers. | |
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| Alitalia airline cancels flights Alitalia cancels a number of flights from Rome's Fiumicino airport, increasing fears that it may soon go into liquidation. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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| Potter author in £1m Labour gift Author JK Rowling, who penned the hit series of books about child wizard Harry Potter, donates £1m to the Labour Party. |
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| Glastonbury hosts 'secret' show Thousands of music fans watch a "secret" gig by Franz Ferdinand and The Ting Tings at the site of the Glastonbury Festival. | |
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| Drummer Barker injured in crash Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is seriously injured in a plane crash in South Carolina, in the US, that has killed four people. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Hadron Collider halted for months The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva will be out of action for at least two months because of a technical fault. |
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| Observatory detects record burst The Swift space telescope witnesses the catastrophic explosion of a massive star some 12.8 billion light-years from Earth. | |
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| Firms chosen for Galileo run-off Eleven industrial groups will compete for the contracts to build Europe's much-delayed satellite-navigation system, Galileo. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Europe plans asteroid sample grab British and German engineers are working on a potential new European mission to bring back material from an asteroid. |
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| Hadron Collider halted for months The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva will be out of action for at least two months because of a technical fault. | |
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| Yahoo starts front page overhaul Randomly picked visitors to Yahoo's homepage are to help it redesign its main page. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Concern over mouth cancer checks People with symptoms of oral cancer are not getting urgent dental appointments, a charity claims. |
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| 'Universal' HIV testing planned All 15-59 year olds in some areas of England should be offered a HIV test by their GP, new recommendations say. | |
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| Baby paracetamol asthma concern Use of paracetamol in the first year of life increases the risk of asthma in six to seven year olds, a large international study suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Tories would scrap some Diplomas The Conservatives give the clearest indication yet that they would scrap the three proposed "academic" Diplomas. |
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| Too much maths 'taught to test' Almost half of maths teaching in England's schools is inadequate, with too much focus on passing tests, say inspectors. | |
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| Worried bankers tempted to teach The teacher training agency is to visit London's troubled financial districts looking for recruits to teaching. | |
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| 1984: US embassy blast kills 20 A suicide bomber attacks the United States embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. | |||
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| 1978: Police hunt Bridgewater killers Police launch a massive manhunt for the killers of a young paperboy. | |||
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| 1999: UN force arrives in East Timor A multinational peacekeeping force lands in East Timor in an attempt to restore law and order to the territory. | |||
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