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| Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta |
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 | British anger at China execution The Chinese ambassador is called to the Foreign Office amid a growing row over the execution of a British man. |
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| Yemen details 'jet bomber' moves The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a US jet was living in Yemen until earlier this month, Yemeni officials say. | |
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| Met Office warning of heavy snow Much of northern Scotland, central and north-east England and east Wales are on alert for several inches of snow. | |
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| Iran issues 'punch' warning to UK Britain has been given a warning that it may receive "a punch on the mouth" if it does not "stop the nonsense" by Iran's foreign minister. | |
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| Russia 'must counter US defences' Russia needs "to develop offensive weapons systems" to maintain balance with the US, PM Vladimir Putin says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Yemen details 'jet bomber' moves The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a US jet was living in Yemen until earlier this month, Yemeni officials say. |
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| Russia 'must counter US defences' Russia needs "to develop offensive weapons systems" to maintain balance with the US, PM Vladimir Putin says. | |
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| Sheen 'threatened to kill wife' Actor Charlie Sheen put a knife to his wife's throat and threatened to kill her in a fight that began over Christmas, she tells police. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Yemen details 'jet bomber' moves The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a US jet was living in Yemen until earlier this month, Yemeni officials say. |
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| Children dead in US building fire Nine people are killed, including six children, in a fire at a two-storey apartment block in the US state of Mississippi, officials say. | |
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| Gay couple marries in Argentina Two Argentine men become the first gay couple in Latin America to legally marry after a civil ceremony in southern Argentina. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan province mourns attack The government in the Pakistani province of Sindh declares a day of mourning after a suicide attack in its capital Karachi kills 33 people. |
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| Burmese Muslims to be repatriated Burma agrees to repatriate 9,000 Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, the Bangladeshi government has said. | |
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| Pakistan telephone exchange blast Suspected militants blow up a 300-line digital telephone exchange in Pakistan's north-western tribal region of Khyber, officials say. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| British anger at China execution The Chinese ambassador is called to the Foreign Office amid a growing row over the execution of a British man. |
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| Man and girl found dead in house A man and a four-year-old girl are found dead at a house in Hampshire after reports of a domestic dispute. | |
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| Met Office warning of heavy snow Much of northern Scotland, central and north-east England and east Wales are on alert for several inches of snow. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Unemployment 'will peak at 2.8m' Unemployment will reach 2.8 million in 2010, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. |
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| Repossessions 'loophole' closed The government says it will close a legal loophole that allows lenders to repossess people's homes without going to court. | |
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| Post-Christmas sales wow shoppers Shoppers flocked to the High Street over the Christmas weekend, with numbers far exceeding 2008's, figures show. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Sheen 'threatened to kill wife' Actor Charlie Sheen put a knife to his wife's throat and threatened to kill her in a fight that began over Christmas, she tells police. |
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| Blunt named biggest album seller James Blunt's Back to Bedlam is revealed as the biggest selling album of the decade, according to the Official Charts Company. | |
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| Van Morrison a father again at 64 Acclaimed Belfast-born singer Van Morrison is a father again at the age of 64, a statement on his website announces. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | 'Back to nature' cuts flood risks Reconnecting flood-plains to rivers will help reduce the risk of future flooding, a study by US researchers suggests. |
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| Music therapy for tinnitus hope Personalised music therapy may help cut noise levels experienced by people who suffer from tinnitus, say researchers. | |
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| Plant chemical 'manipulates' ants Acacia plants have chemical control over the armies of ants that guard them, scientists discover. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Secret mobile phone codes cracked A German computer scientist publishes details of the secret code used to encrypt the majority of mobile phone conversations. |
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| Mobiles offer new view of reality Augmented reality (AR) began to slowly roll out on mobiles in 2009 but it is set to explode next year, experts say. | |
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| Google is sued by Chinese author A Beijing judge tells Chinese novelist Mian Mian, who is suing Google over its online library plan, to hold settlement talks. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | 'Fairer' NHS parking fees pledged The health secretary outlines options to end hospital parking charges for in-patients and some out-patients in England. |
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| Rise in diabetes limb amputations The number of people having a limb amputated because of type-two diabetes has risen greatly in England, a study shows. | |
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| Music therapy for tinnitus hope Personalised music therapy may help cut noise levels experienced by people who suffer from tinnitus, say researchers. | |
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| 1998: Six die as huge waves smash into yachts Six people have died after mountainous seas smashed into yachts taking part in the prestigious Sydney to Hobart race. | |||
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| 1975: New laws to end battle of the sexes Radical new legislation introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status comes into force in the UK. | |||
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| 1984: Rajiv Gandhi wins landslide election victory Rajiv Gandhi claims a massive victory for his assassinated mother's Congress Party in the Indian general election. | |||
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