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 | Green watchdog urges store reform An over-arching policy for supermarkets is needed to tackle obesity, waste and climate change, a report says. |
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| EU Kosovo mission to be deployed The EU approves a police and justice mission for Kosovo, which is poised to declare independence from Serbia. | |
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| MoD criticised for soldier deaths Two coroners criticise the Ministry of Defence for failing to supply soldiers in Afghanistan with essential equipment. | |
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| Adventurer Fossett declared dead Missing US adventurer Steve Fossett is declared legally dead, five months after his plane disappeared. | |
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| One-stop clinics 'are the future' So-called 'polyclinics' should replace single-doctor surgeries, says health minister Lord Darzi. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | EU Kosovo mission to be deployed The EU approves a police and justice mission for Kosovo, which is poised to declare independence from Serbia. |
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| Blast kills senior Gaza militant An Islamic Jihad commander is among at least seven people killed by an explosion in the Gaza Strip. | |
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| Adventurer Fossett declared dead Missing US adventurer Steve Fossett is declared legally dead, five months after his plane disappeared. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | UN troops 'trapped' in Eritrea The UN condemns Eritrea, saying its peacekeepers are being prevented from leaving the country. |
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| Bush set for second African tour US President George W Bush is starting a tour of Africa, seeking to highlight US development projects. | |
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| Unused hospital razed in Nigeria A fully-equipped hospital the government refused to open for two years burns to the ground in northern Nigeria. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Illinois student killer is named Police identify a gunman who killed five at a university near Chicago as former student Stephen Kazmierczak. |
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| Blast near Mexico City police HQ An explosion rocks the centre of Mexico City, police say, killing at least one person and injuring two more. | |
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| Adventurer Fossett declared dead Missing US adventurer Steve Fossett is declared legally dead, five months after his plane disappeared. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Australia pledges E Timor support Australia vows to help safeguard democracy in East Timor after attacks on the president and prime minister. |
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| Beijing petrol stations to close China is shutting dozens of polluting petrol stations in Beijing six months ahead of the Olympics. | |
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| First order for pet dog cloning A South Korean company signs what it says is the world's first commercial deal to clone a pet dog. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| EU Kosovo mission to be deployed The EU approves a police and justice mission for Kosovo, which is poised to declare independence from Serbia. |
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| 'Heir to Putin' in economy pledge The man expected to be Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, wants a reduced state role in the economy. | |
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| Danish Muslims in cartoon protest Hundreds of Danish Muslims demonstrate against the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Blast kills senior Gaza militant An Islamic Jihad commander is among at least seven people killed by an explosion in the Gaza Strip. |
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| Syria 'to name Mughniyeh killer' Syria says it will soon present "irrefutable" proof of who killed Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus. | |
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| UN shocked by 'grim' life in Gaza The UN's top humanitarian affairs official says he is shocked by the "grim" situation in the Gaza Strip. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | New poll-rigging row in Pakistan Pakistan's attorney general denies saying there will be massive rigging in Monday's election. |
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| Indian Maoists kill 14 in Orissa Maoist rebels attack a police station in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, killing 13 officers and a civilian. | |
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| India-Pakistan flights to double Pakistan and India agree to double the number of weekly passenger flights between the two countries. | |
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| UK | |
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 | One-stop clinics 'are the future' So-called 'polyclinics' should replace single-doctor surgeries, says health minister Lord Darzi. |
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| Green watchdog urges store reform An over-arching policy for supermarkets is needed to tackle obesity, waste and climate change, a report says. | |
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| Rapist's second hospital escape A rapist is on the run after escaping from the same south-east London hospital for the second time. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Rapist's second hospital escape A rapist is on the run after escaping from the same south-east London hospital for the second time. |
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| 'Shots fired' in city restaurant Diners flee a restaurant in a Birmingham city centre retail complex after a number of shots are fired. | |
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| MoD criticised for soldier deaths Two coroners criticise the Ministry of Defence for failing to supply soldiers in Afghanistan with essential equipment. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man, 23, killed outside city club Newspaper colleagues pay tribute to a 23-year-old man killed outside a nightclub in Belfast city centre. |
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| Killers 'were devoid of morals' Mourners at the funeral of a man shot dead near the Donegal border are told his killers are "twisted". | |
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| Lifeboat finally taken off rocks The Portrush lifeboat is removed two weeks after it crashed on Rathlin Island but its future is uncertain. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Police to question Gail Sheridan The wife and father-in-law of Tommy Sheridan are expected to be charged with perjury, sources say. |
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| McConnell backing for commission Former First Minister Jack McConnell adds his voice to support for the new Scottish Constitutional Commission. | |
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| Community warden numbers boosted Perth and Kinross is to get an extra 11 community wardens to help tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Two young cousins 'found hanged' Young cousins are found hanged in separate incidents within hours of each other, it is confirmed. |
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| E.coli butcher defends practices The butcher at the centre of an E.coli outbreak claims his firm regularly passed environmental inspections. | |
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| PM Brown's first visit to Wales Gordon Brown speaks to the Welsh Labour conference as part of his first visit to Wales as prime minister. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | PM sets out training benefit plan Gordon Brown sets out plans to give extra benefits to families who agree to return to work and sign up to skills training. |
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| Conway stripped of MP panel seat Derek Conway loses his £13,000 a year seat on a panel of senior MPs following his suspension from the Commons. | |
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| Howe to lead Tory taxation review Ex-chancellor Lord Howe is to lead the latest Tory review - as the party unveils plans for a total rethink of tax policy. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Supermarket powers to be curbed Suppliers will be given better protection in their dealings with big supermarkets, the Competition Commission says. |
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| BA and Virgin to pay out refunds British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are to pay out refunds on fuel surcharges paid between 2004 to 2006. | |
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| Northern Rock revises rescue bid The board of Northern Rock, leading an in-house bid to rescue the bank, submits a revised proposal. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Second week for McCartney hearing Sir Paul McCartney's divorce hearing is extended as he and estranged wife Heather Mills fail to reach an agreement. |
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| Launch of Star Trek film delayed The release of the new Star Trek film is being delayed from this year until May 2009, Paramount Pictures says. | |
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| Fans praise Indiana Jones trailer Online film fans give the thumbs-up to the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Columbus given exterior science Astronauts attach science experiments to the outside of Europe's Columbus module at the space station. |
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| Early Mars 'too salty' for life The quest to find traces of life on Mars looks gloomy after Nasa says the Red Planet was 'too salty'. | |
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| Warming risks Antarctic sea life Sharks will migrate into Antarctic waters if warming continues, threatening marine animals, scientists warn. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Net firms reject monitoring role Net providers in the UK are resisting calls for them to police what customers do online. |
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| Text scams warning to youngsters The Office of Fair Trading sends thousands of text messages to 18 to 24-year-olds warning them about scams | |
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| Robots could reduce animal tests US scientists investigate whether robots could be used instead of animals for testing chemicals. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| One-stop clinics 'are the future' So-called 'polyclinics' should replace single-doctor surgeries, says health minister Lord Darzi. |
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| Stress may hit cancer virus fight A stressful life may make it tougher to fight the virus which causes most cervical cancer cases, say scientists. | |
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| '£10 licence to smoke' proposed Smokers could be forced to pay £10 for a permit to buy tobacco if government health advisers get their way. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Lesson one: no Orwellian language Mike Baker looks at how the language of management has begun to dominate discussions of education. |
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| Pilot progress tests made easier The basis of new 'single level' pupil progress tests is changed, to more closely resemble Sats. | |
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| Pupils' creativity to be assessed Pupils' creative ability could be assessed under new government plans to boost "soft skills". | |
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