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Tories ponder armys German role (21 November 06:41) |
| UK troop levels in Germany could be scaled back if the Tories win power, the shadow defence secretary has said. |
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Police urged to visit all victims (21 November 06:02) |
| Police should visit each victim of crime no matter how minor the offence, the home secretary says. |
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Restart for Big Bang experiment (21 November 04:42) |
| The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs. |
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Sears Tower plot leader is jailed (21 November 04:27) |
| The leader of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago is sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison. |
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Israel halts stadium construction (21 November 03:56) |
| Israel orders construction work on an internationally financed football stadium being built for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to be halted.
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France reject Irish replay hopes (21 November 02:21) |
| The French Football Federation turns down the Republic of Ireland's request for a replay of their controversial World Cup play-off game. |
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Beam circles Big Bang machine (21 November 02:19) |
| Engineers have sent proton particles all the way round the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) machine for the first time in more than a year. |
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Galileos fingers and a tooth found Italian museum says (21 November 01:22) |
| Fingers and a tooth cut from the body of famed astronomer Galileo Galilei have been found, an Italian museum says. |
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Yacht pair plead for ransom talks (21 November 01:11) |
| A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates say via video footage that they fear they may be killed within a week. |
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Can Iran nuclear deal be reached (21 November 12:46) |
| Six major powers say they are disappointed with Irans response to the offer of a nuclear power deal.
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Easyjet sorry for Holocaust error (20 November 11:44) |
| Easyjet apologises after fashion photographs shot at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin were published in its in-flight magazine. |
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Gang asbos extended to children (20 November 11:21) |
| Children as young as 14 could be banned from wearing gang colours or having violent dogs, under government plans. |
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UK navy fires on Spanish flag (20 November 11:09) |
| The UK apologises to Spain after the Royal Navy uses a buoy with Spanish colours for target practice off Gibraltar. |
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Oprah to end daytime talk show in 2011 (20 November 11:01) |
| A tearful Oprah Winfrey announces her talk show will end in September 2011 after 25 years on the air. |
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Drug resistant swine flu hits UK (20 November 10:44) |
| Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients. |
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Drug-resistant swine flu hits UK (20 November 10:44) |
| Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients. |
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Iran criticised over nuclear deal (20 November 10:27) |
| The six major powers say they are disappointed with Iran's apparent rejection of a deal over its nuclear programme. |
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Body found in flood is missing Pc (20 November 10:17) |
| The body of a man found after a bridge collapsed over a flooded river is Pc Bill Barker, police have confirmed. |
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Match-fixing claims stun football body (20 November 10:16) |
| About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal. |
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Mercedes want Schumacher - Jordan (20 November 09:24) |
| Michael Schumacher will race in Formula 1 for Mercedes' new team in 2010, BBC Sport's Eddie Jordan believes. |
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Many flee Congo fishing clashes (20 November 09:11) |
| More than 50,000 people flee DR Congo amid deadly ethnic clashes over fishing rights in the north-west, the UN says. |
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Match-fix probe targets 200 games (20 November 08:27) |
| About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal. |
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Drug resistant swine flu probed (20 November 08:19) |
| Health officials in Cardiff investigate the possible person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu. |
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Body found in hunt for flood Pc (20 November 08:07) |
| Cumbrian police searching for an officer missing after a bridge collapsed during record rainfall find a body in police uniform. |
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Italy sex scandal prostitute dies (20 November 08:05) |
| A transsexual prostitute linked to a sex row involving an Italian politician is found burned to death, officials say. |
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Italian sex scandal woman dies (20 November 08:05) |
| A transsexual prostitute linked to a sex row involving an Italian politician is believed to have been burned to death, media report. |
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Italian sex scandal woman dead (20 November 08:05) |
| A transsexual prostitute linked to a sex row involving an Italian politician is believed to have been burned to death, media report. |
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Afghan ex-warlord escapes attack (20 November 07:48) |
| MP and former Afghan warlord Abdul Rasul Sayyaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in which five bodyguards die. |
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UK climate units e-mails hacked (20 November 07:43) |
| The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. |
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Town marking 100th repatriation (20 November 07:39) |
| An cortege conveying the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan is the 100th repatriation procession through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett. |
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Dream killer released by judge (20 November 07:32) |
| A "devoted husband" who said he killed his wife while dreaming she was an intruder in their camper van is freed by a judge. |
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Henry admits replay would be fair (20 November 07:17) |
| Under-fire France striker Thierry Henry says a replay of the World Cup play-off with the Republic of Ireland would "be the fairest solution". |
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Facebook acts on follower trade (20 November 07:16) |
| Social networking site Facebook has threatened legal action against a site that sells friends and followers. |
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More job cuts at Threshers owner (20 November 06:40) |
| A further 381 stores are to close at off licence group First Quench, with the loss of 1,908 jobs, the firm's administrators announce. |
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Riot over Egypt football defeat (20 November 05:57) |
| Police clash with angry football fans outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo, amid tensions over Egypt's World Cup exit. |
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Lib Dems can keep £24m donation (20 November 05:48) |
| The Electoral Commission rules that the Lib Dems can keep £2.4m in donations which was said to came from a fraudster. |
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Beckham never considered MLS exit (20 November 05:33) |
| David Beckham says at no stage did he think about leaving LA Galaxy, despite being booed on his return from a loan spell at AC Milan. |
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New EU foreign head dismisses critics (20 November 05:27) |
| The new EU foreign affairs chief rejects criticism of her lack of experience, saying she is the "the best person for the job". |
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Roy Keane has no sympathy for Irish (20 November 05:18) |
| Roy Keane lambasts the Republic of Ireland's attempts to get their World Cup play-off match against France replayed. |
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UN nuclear watchdog presses Iran (20 November 05:16) |
| The UN atomic watchdog urges Iran to accept a deal, as nuclear talks between Tehran and the West are deadlocked. |
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Barbaric eyeball gouger jailed (20 November 05:12) |
| A man who pulled out a woman's eyeball and threw it from an eighth-floor balcony is jailed for attempted murder. |
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EU gives Nigeria $1bn for peace (20 November 04:43) |
| Europe signs a $1bn deal with Nigeria, aimed at tackling corruption and promoting peace in the troubled Niger Delta. |
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UK region hit by severe floods (20 November 04:34) |
| A policeman remains missing after a bridge collapsed in Cumbria amid floods that have seen more than 200 people rescued. |
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Dream killer cleared of murder (20 November 04:28) |
| A man with a sleep disorder who killed his wife while he said he had a dream about an intruder is cleared of murder. |
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Five shot dead on Pacific island (20 November 04:15) |
| At least five people are killed in a shooting incident on Saipan, one of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific. |
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YouTube gets automatic subtitles (20 November 04:10) |
| Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google. |
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I am best for new EU job - Ashton (20 November 03:56) |
| Labour peer Baroness Ashton - the surprise choice as EU foreign minister - rejects claims she lacks experience for the role. |
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Fifa turns down Irish replay plea (20 November 03:47) |
| Fifa rejects the Football Association of Ireland's request for a replay of France's World Cup play-off win over the Republic of Ireland. |
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Standards MP quits over expenses (20 November 03:03) |
| The head of the Commons standards body quits pending an inquiry into his own expenses, a few weeks after being appointed. |
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Top EU posts bring mixed response (20 November 01:55) |
| The appointment of two little-known figures to the new top jobs in the European Union has drawn a mixed response. |
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