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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Brown not a bully, says Mandelson Lord Mandelson defends Gordon Brown amid reports he was warned over behaviour to staff by the head of the civil service. |
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| Aid rushed to flood-hit Madeira The Portuguese military sends rescue teams to the island of Madeira, where at least 38 people have died in rainstorms. | |
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| Shopkeeper killed by teenage gang A "well-known and popular" shopkeeper dies after being injured in a robbery by a gang of teenagers in Huddersfield. | |
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| Tories plan bank shares sell-off The public could be offered discounted shares in state-owned banks under a "people's bonus" proposed by the Tories. | |
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| Greece 'not looking for bailout' Greek PM George Papandreou insists his country is not looking for a bailout from the EU to help it cut its debt levels effectively. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Aid rushed to flood-hit Madeira The Portuguese military sends rescue teams to the island of Madeira, where at least 38 people have died in rainstorms. |
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| Dutch troops 'to end Afghan tour' A day after losing cabinet support, the Dutch prime minister says he expects troops to leave Afghanistan as planned in August. | |
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| Saudi women to win court access Saudi Arabia plans to bring in a new law to allow women lawyers to argue cases in court for the first time. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Ex-Secretary of State Haig dies Former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig has died at the age of 85, his family says. |
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| Brazil party endorses candidate Brazil's Workers' Party confirms President Lula's choice, Dilma Rousseff, as its presidential candidate for October elections. | |
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| Sex hormone trial for head injury Progesterone - the sex hormone used in the first contraceptive pills - is to be tested on brain injury patients in a major US trial. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Dutch troops 'to end Afghan tour' A day after losing cabinet support, the Dutch prime minister says he expects troops to leave Afghanistan as planned in August. |
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| Pakistan air strike 'kills 30' At least 30 militants die in a Pakistani air strike in a restive tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, the military says. | |
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| Jayasuriya eyes parliament seat Veteran Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya says he is contesting April's parliamentary elections after a request by President Rajapaksa. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Shopkeeper killed by teenage gang A "well-known and popular" shopkeeper dies after being injured in a robbery by a gang of teenagers in Huddersfield. |
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| Plane spotters' release uncertain The Foreign Office says it is now unsure when two British plane spotters arrested in India could be released. | |
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| Woman dies as car hits wheelchair A woman dies when her electric wheelchair is hit from behind by a car on a road at West Sherburn, near Durham. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Tories plan bank shares sell-off The public could be offered discounted shares in state-owned banks under a "people's bonus" proposed by the Tories. |
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| Greece 'not looking for bailout' Greek PM George Papandreou insists his country is not looking for a bailout from the EU to help it cut its debt levels effectively. | |
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| RBS boss urged to forgo his bonus Royal Bank of Scotland's chief executive should not take a bonus this year, says business secretary Lord Mandelson. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Education aims to top Bafta class British film An Education takes on Hollywood movies Avatar and The Hurt Locker for UK cinema's top honours - the Baftas. |
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| Polanski wins Berlin film award Roman Polanski wins the Silver Bear for best director at the Berlin Film Festival for his new political thriller, The Ghost Writer. | |
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| Live EastEnders watched by 16.6m A peak of 16.6 million viewers tuned in to Friday's EastEnders episode to see who murdered Archie Mitchell, the BBC says. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Drugs 'could stop spread of Aids' Anti-retroviral treatments (ARVs) could stop the spread of Aids in South Africa within five years, a top scientist says. |
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| Singing 'rewires' damaged brain Teaching stroke sufferers to sing "rewires" their brains and help them recover their speech, researchers say. | |
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| Sex hormone trial for head injury Progesterone - the sex hormone used in the first contraceptive pills - is to be tested on brain injury patients in a major US trial. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft offers browser choice Millions of Internet Explorer users in Europe will get the chance to change their web browser from 1 March. |
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| US school accused of web spying Parents in the US have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on laptops. | |
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| Alex laptop aids computer novices A laptop called Alex aimed at people who are not regular computer users is being launched in the UK. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Charity seeks MS drug scheme end The government is urged to scrap a scheme which offers disease-modifying drugs to some people with multiple sclerosis. |
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| Drugs 'could stop spread of Aids' Anti-retroviral treatments (ARVs) could stop the spread of Aids in South Africa within five years, a top scientist says. | |
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| Singing 'rewires' damaged brain Teaching stroke sufferers to sing "rewires" their brains and help them recover their speech, researchers say. | |
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| 1972: Nixon makes historic visit to China US President Richard Nixon arrives in China at the start of a week-long summit aimed at ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries. | |||
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| 1965: Black nationalist leader shot dead Controversial black leader Malcolm X, who once called for a "blacks-only" state in the US, has been assassinated. | |||
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| 1997: 'Bridgewater Three' freed Three men jailed 18 years ago for the murder of 13-year-old paper boy Carl Bridgewater are released after their convictions are ruled unsafe. | |||
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