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 |  | AIG chief asks for bonuses back March 18, 2009 at 3:50 pm
 
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 |                   |  The boss of US insurer AIG calls the bonuses paid to executives "distasteful" and asks for some to be repaid. |                                                  | 
 |  | Fed pumps $1.2tn into US economy March 18, 2009 at 3:04 pm
 
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 |                   |  The US Federal Reserve says it will buy $1.2 trillion worth of debt to help boost lending and promote economic recovery. |                                                  | 
 |  | Josef Fritzl admits all charges March 18, 2009 at 2:56 pm
 
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 |                   |  Austrian Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children there, pleads guilty to all charges. |                                                  | 
 |  | Short shrift March 18, 2009 at 2:29 pm
 
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 |                   | Germany and France to resist EU summit splurge |                                                  | 
 |  | France chastises Pope on condoms March 18, 2009 at 1:46 pm
 
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 |                   |  The French foreign ministry voices "sharp concern" over the Pope's rejection of condom use to fight Aids. |                                                  | 
 |  | UN set to double Kenya food aid March 18, 2009 at 1:32 pm
 
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 |                   |  The United Nations food agency will give food aid to more than double the number of people it is currently helping in Kenya. |                                                  | 
 |  | FA probes Fabregas 'spitting' row March 18, 2009 at 1:12 pm
 
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 |                   |  The Football Association writes to Hull's managerial team over allegations that Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas spat at Tigers assistant manager Brian Horton. |                                                  | 
 |  | Madagascar court backs handover March 18, 2009 at 12:57 pm
 
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 |                   |  Madagascar's highest court approves interim leader Andry Rajoelina's takeover, but an African neighbour cries foul. |                                                  | 
 |  | Prostate screening 'saves lives' March 18, 2009 at 12:01 pm
 
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 |                   |  Routine prostate cancer screening could cut death rates from the disease by 20%, an international study suggests. |                                                  | 
 |  | Man freed after 27 years in jail March 18, 2009 at 11:05 am
 
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 |                   |  A man who spent 27 years in jail for a murder he did not commit says he is "ecstatic" to be free after his conviction is quashed. |                                                  | 
 |  | Pope hope March 18, 2009 at 10:33 am
 
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 |                   |  Cameroon wants papal visit to bring political change |                                                  | 
 |  | Czechs halt US missile treaties March 18, 2009 at 9:29 am
 
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 |                   |  The Czech government withdraws treaties committing it to the US missile defence shield from parliament, fearing their defeat. |                                                  | 
 |  | Mobile users at risk of ID theft March 18, 2009 at 8:59 am
 
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 |                   |  Almost all phone users store work-related as well as personal details on their phones, a survey finds. |                                                  | 
 |  | Day in pictures March 18, 2009 at 8:28 am
 
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 |                   | Some eye-catching images from around the world |                                                  | 
 |  | Sri Lanka children 'being killed' March 18, 2009 at 7:58 am
 
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 |                   |  The conflict in Sri Lanka is killing hundreds of children, United Nations' children's agency, Unicef, says. |                                                  | 
 |  | Richardson's family at hospital March 18, 2009 at 7:57 am
 
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 |                   |  Actress Natasha Richardson's family gather at her bedside in New York after she is injured in a skiing accident. |                                                  | 
 |  | World Bank lowers China forecast March 18, 2009 at 7:27 am
 
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 |                   |  The World Bank cuts its forecast of China's economic growth in 2009 to 6.5% from 7.5% because of falling demand for its exports. |                                                  | 
 |  | Design showdown March 18, 2009 at 6:48 am
 
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 |                   | Dell keen to transform with sexier laptops |                                                  | 
 |  | Fighting back March 18, 2009 at 6:15 am
 
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 |                   |  Egypt women learn skills to fend off sexual harassers |                                                  | 
 |  | Fresh attack on Koreans in Yemen March 18, 2009 at 5:35 am
 
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 |                   |  A suicide bomber targets a South Korean delegation visiting Yemen after a deadly attack on tourists on Sunday. |                                                  | 
 |  | US Treasury to reclaim AIG cash March 17, 2009 at 10:05 pm
 
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 |                   |  Bonuses worth $165m paid by insurer AIG will be deducted from its next bail-out payment, the US Treasury says. |                                                  | 
 |  | Azeris vote on presidential term March 17, 2009 at 9:33 pm
 
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 |                   |  Voting is set to begin in Azerbaijan in a referendum on lifting the two-term limit for the country's president. |                                                  | 
 |  | Gambians 'taken by witch doctors' March 17, 2009 at 9:28 pm
 
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 |                   |  Up to 1,000 Gambian villagers were taken by "witch doctors" to detention centres and made to drink potions, Amnesty says. |                                                  | 
 |  | Chernobyl 'shows insect decline' March 17, 2009 at 8:08 pm
 
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 |                   |  Scientists find the signal of a decline in the numbers of insects in Chernobyl's exclusion zone, 20 years after the nuclear accident. |                                                  | 
 |  | Apple unveils new iPhone features March 17, 2009 at 8:04 pm
 
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 |                   |  Apple lifts the lid on 100 new features for the iPhone and a new set of tools for developers to be released later this year. |                                                  | 
 |  | Obesity danger 'rivals smoking' March 17, 2009 at 7:59 pm
 
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 |                   |  Severe obesity is as hazardous to health as a lifetime of smoking, shortening life by a decade, experts warn. |                                                  | 
 |  | Swedish hostage freed in Colombia March 17, 2009 at 7:20 pm
 
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 |                   |  Colombia's Farc leftist rebel group frees a retired Swedish engineer abducted two years ago, state security officials say. |                                                  | 
 |  | Hull accuse Fabregas of spitting March 17, 2009 at 6:58 pm
 
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 |                   |  Hull boss Phil Brown claims Cesc Fabregas spat at his assistant Brian Horton after the FA Cup defeat at Arsenal. |                                                  | 
 |  | Military backs Madagascar rival March 17, 2009 at 6:33 pm
 
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 |                   |  Military leaders in Madagascar confer full powers on opposition leader Andry Rajoelina, hours after the president quit. |                                                  | 
 |  | Justin Webb March 17, 2009 at 6:22 pm
 
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 |                   | The US and Mexico square up over free trucking |                                                  | 
 |  | New measures to control banks March 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm
 
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 |                   |  Proposals to overhaul financial regulation in the UK banking sector are set to be unveiled by the Financial Services Authority. |                                                  | 
 |  | Iran shift March 17, 2009 at 4:47 pm
 
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 |                   |  Is the US changing its policy towards Tehran? |                                                  | 
 |  | Live text - Arsenal v Hull March 17, 2009 at 3:01 pm
 
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 |                   |  Arsenal play Hull at the Emirates Stadium for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals. |                                                  | 
 |  | GP wins will decide world title March 17, 2009 at 2:35 pm
 
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 |                   |  Formula 1 introduces a new system which will result in the driver with most wins crowned world champion. |                                                  | 
 |  | Killer dogs sow terror in Sicily March 17, 2009 at 2:32 pm
 
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 |                   |  Italian police hunt a pack of stray dogs which killed a boy and mauled a young woman in southern Sicily. |                                                  | 
 |  | German minister in US Opel talks March 17, 2009 at 2:11 pm
 
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 |                   |  Germany's economy minister will meet the US treasury secretary to discuss a possible bail-out of General Motors' subsidiary Opel. |                                                  | 
 |  | Peacekeeper dies in Darfur ambush March 17, 2009 at 2:10 pm
 
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 |                   |  A peacekeeper with the joint UN-African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region is killed in a "cold-blooded" ambush. |                                                  | 
 |  | Obama hails 'heroic' NI response March 17, 2009 at 2:03 pm
 
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 |                   |  US President Barack Obama says the people of Northern Ireland have responded "heroically" to recent murders. |                                                  | 
 |  | Vote-winner? March 17, 2009 at 1:57 pm
 
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 |                   |  Loyal Azeris back president's bid for longer rule |                                                  | 
 |  | Gravity satellite leads new wave March 17, 2009 at 12:29 pm
 
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 |                   |  The Goce gravity mapping satellite is launched as part of what will become an armada of European Earth observing missions. |    |  
 
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