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| Monday, 28 December, 2009, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta |
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 | Iran arrests opposition figures A number of opposition figures are arrested in Iran, a day after violent protests left at least eight people dead. |
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| Bomb suspect was on UK watch-list A man charged with trying to blow up a plane had been on a UK watch-list, Home Secretary Alan Johnson says. | |
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| Briton told of execution timing A British man found guilty of drug smuggling in China has been told by his family he faces execution on Tuesday. | |
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| Deadly bomb hits Pakistan march At least 20 people are killed in a suicide attack on a Shia Muslim march in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say. | |
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| Boy dies in motorcycle accident Police say a boy has died after an accident while riding on a child's motorcycle at a closed cattle market ground. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Deadly bomb hits Pakistan march At least 20 people are killed in a suicide attack on a Shia Muslim march in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say. |
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| Iran arrests opposition figures A number of opposition figures are arrested in Iran, a day after violent protests left at least eight people dead. | |
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| 'Jet bomber' family tell of shock The Nigerian family of the man accused of attempting to blow up a transatlantic airline says his actions are "completely out of character". | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | 'Jet bomber' family tell of shock The Nigerian family of the man accused of attempting to blow up a transatlantic airline says his actions are "completely out of character". |
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| Brazilians flee Suriname clashes At least 25 people were hurt during Christmas clashes between Brazilian migrants and locals in Suriname, Brazilian officials say, | |
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| Forest fires burn homes in Chile Authorities are still on alert in the Chilean port of Valparaiso as forest fires destroy at least 20 homes, forcing people to flee. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Deadly bomb hits Pakistan march At least 20 people are killed in a suicide attack on a Shia Muslim march in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say. |
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| Militants kill Afghan policemen Two policemen are killed when militants attack a checkpoint in north-western Afghanistan, police say. | |
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| India uproar over abandoned match There is uproar in India after a cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Sunday was called off because the pitch was deemed unfit for play. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Briton told of execution timing A British man found guilty of drug smuggling in China has been told by his family he faces execution on Tuesday. |
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| Six arrests in fall death inquiry Six people are arrested in a murder inquiry after the death of a man thought to have fallen from a building in Cheltenham. | |
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| Met Office warning of heavy snow An early warning of heavy snow during Tuesday and Wednesday in parts of Wales and central England has been issued. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | House price increase 'slows down' Growth in house prices in England and Wales slowed in December to just 0.1% as demand from new buyers fell, a survey suggests. |
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| 'Record high' Boxing Day shopping The number of people who went shopping on Boxing Day was at its highest since records began, it emerges. | |
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| New rise in Japan factory output Japanese factory output rose in November for the ninth month in a row, up 2.6% from October, official figures show. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Animal Collective album tops poll Dance act Animal Collective's record Merriweather Post Pavilion is hailed album of the year in a critics' poll. |
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| Avatar tops Christmas box office Sci-fi epic Avatar tops the Christmas box office in a record-breaking weekend at the north American box office. | |
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| Status Quo 'hardest-working band' Status Quo are the hardest-working band in British music, according to a list compiled by the Performing Rights Society (PRS). | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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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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| Ancient whale sucked mud for food An ancient "dwarf" whale fed by sucking small animals out of the seafloor mud with its short snout and tongue. | |
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| Genes 'drive deadly brain cancer' Scientists have discovered two genes that appear responsible for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Tech changes 'outstrip' netbooks Netbooks are being superseded by more powerful alternatives, say industry watchers. |
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| AI aims to solve in-game chatter Prize-winning "chatbot" technology is being used in an attempt to solve one of "the last uncracked problems" in games design. | |
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| HP camera 'can't see' black faces An online video comparing a webcam's facial recognition response to a white woman and a black man is a big hit on YouTube. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Disinfectants 'train' superbugs Disinfectants could effectively train bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics, research suggests. |
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| Heart study targets immune cells Scientists want to target harmful immune cells in the arteries that are believed to trigger many heart attacks. | |
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| Genes 'drive deadly brain cancer' Scientists have discovered two genes that appear responsible for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. | |
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| 1980: Green light for breakfast television A shake-up of broadcasting franchises paves the way for breakfast television. | |||
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| 2003: Britain gives go-ahead for 'sky marshals' The British Government announces plans to tighten airline security by allowing armed guards on some British flights to the USA. | |||
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| 1993: Mafia link in cocaine haul British customs officials seize £70m of Colombian cocaine thought to be linked to the Mafia. | |||
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