| Brazil truth plan angers military
January 11, 2010 at 12:07 AM
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| | A package of reforms put forward by the Brazilian to probe human rights abuse under military rule is causing growing controversy. | | |
| China rules on property prices
January 10, 2010 at 11:17 PM
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| | The Chinese government orders new low-cost housing to be built amid fears of rising property prices. | | |
| Women MP candidate quotas urged
January 10, 2010 at 11:07 PM
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| | Obligatory quotas for the number of women put forward for selection as a parliamentary candidate by each political party have been proposed. | | |
| Overseas French reject autonomy
January 10, 2010 at 10:48 PM
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| | Referendums in French Guiana and Martinique reject increased autonomy for the French overseas departments. | | |
| Brown to rally party on election
January 10, 2010 at 10:30 PM
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| | Gordon Brown will issue a rallying call to Labour MPs, telling them they can beat the Tories in the general election. | | |
| Football retakes centre stage in Angola
January 10, 2010 at 10:04 PM
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| | Angola's opening to the 2010 African Nations Cup did not disappoint, although overshadowed by the attack on the Togolese team, Louise Redvers writes. | | |
| Grandmother's death probed by MoD
January 10, 2010 at 9:29 PM
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| | Allegations over the death of an Iraqi grandmother caught in crossfire during a British raid on her home will be investigated, the Ministry of Defence has said. | | |
| US Senate leader 'won't resign'
January 10, 2010 at 9:21 PM
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| | US senator Harry Reid says he won't resign, despite calls for him to quit over racially insensitive remarks about Barack Obama. | | |
| Torture murder DNA progress made
January 10, 2010 at 9:20 PM
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| | DNA evidence provides new clues to the murder of an elderly woman bludgeoned to death in her Hampshire home. | | |
| Criminals passing the taxi driver test
January 10, 2010 at 9:12 PM
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| | Criminals with convictions for offences such as indecent assault are knowingly being licensed to operate as taxi drivers, a BBC investigation reveals. | | |
| Homeless gay Muslims flee marriages
January 10, 2010 at 9:00 PM
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| | A charity is dealing with more gay Muslims made homeless after fleeing forced marriages and so-called "honour" violence. | | |
| Israel to construct Egypt barrier
January 10, 2010 at 8:49 PM
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| | Israel's government approves plans to build a barrier along its border with Egypt in a bid to keep out illegal migrants and militants. | | |
| Stormont coalition to hit rocks
January 10, 2010 at 8:35 PM
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| | Northern Ireland is set to see another relationship crisis hit the headlines as the Stormont power-sharing coalition is heading towards breaking point. | | |
| Service links 350 guns to crimes
January 10, 2010 at 8:31 PM
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| | A firearms database has linked more than 350 guns to crimes in its first year of operation in England and Wales. | | |
| UN 'wake-up call' on nature loss
January 10, 2010 at 8:30 PM
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| | The UN launches a Year of Biodiversity, warning that the on-going loss of species affects human well-being worldwide. | | |
| Detroit motor show goes electric
January 10, 2010 at 8:20 PM
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| | Electric cars are set take centre stage as Detroit tries to reinvent itself as a centre for automotive technologies. | | |
| Burma's Karen refugees struggle in UK
January 10, 2010 at 8:13 PM
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| | The BBC's Vincent Dowd catches up with two families of ethnic Karens who fled repression in Burma and found asylum in the UK. | | |
| Views sought on new city square
January 10, 2010 at 7:22 PM
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| | Public consultation is set to start on proposals to create a multi-million pound civic square in the centre of Aberdeen. | | |
| Scots economic recovery 'weakens'
January 10, 2010 at 7:20 PM
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| | The recovery in the Scottish economy weakened last month and manufacturing output fell, according to a survey. | | |
| Concern over prostate cancer test
January 10, 2010 at 7:03 PM
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| | One in eight men screened for prostate cancer will test positive when they do not have the disease, a major European study shows. | | |
| Why light can worsen migraines
January 10, 2010 at 7:03 PM
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| | The visual pathway that underlies a migraine sufferers sensitivity to light has been uncovered by Harvard scientists. | | |
| Hope for spine-fusing arthritis
January 10, 2010 at 7:02 PM
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| | Scientists in Oxford have identified two genes that have strong connections to with a spine-fusing type of arthritis. | | |
| Shock at credit card mortgage use
January 10, 2010 at 7:01 PM
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| | Housing charity Shelter says it is shocked by the number of people using credit cards to help pay mortgages. | | |
| Finance sector 'sees weak growth'
January 10, 2010 at 7:01 PM
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| | Activity in the UK's financial services sector rose less than expected in the last three months of 2009, a report warns. | | |
| Clegg to set out election fight
January 10, 2010 at 7:00 PM
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| | Nick Clegg will accuse Labour and the Conservatives of election campaigns based on "playground politics and make-believe economics". | | |
| Chavez warns price 'speculators'
January 10, 2010 at 6:01 PM
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| | Venezuela's President Chavez says troops will seize control of any business raising prices after the country's currency was devalued. | | |
| Schools urged to open for exams
January 10, 2010 at 5:58 PM
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| | The schools secretary urges schools to do all they can to open in the cold snap so pupils can sit exams. | | |
| ETA suspects held outside Spain
January 10, 2010 at 5:27 PM
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| | Four suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA have been arrested in Portugal and France, officials say. | | |
| Islamists scrap war protest plan
January 10, 2010 at 5:07 PM
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| | Islam4UK says it has cancelled plans for an anti-war march through Wootton Bassett, where dead UK soldiers are honoured. | | |
| Iran report criticises detentions
January 10, 2010 at 4:51 PM
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| | An Iranian parliamentary committee makes a rare official criticism of treatment of opposition detainees held after the disputed election. | | |
| The Solway Harvester tragedy
January 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM
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| | The story of the the scallop dredger that sank in January 2000 with details of how the tragedy happened. | | |
| Fishing tragedy crew remembered
January 10, 2010 at 3:48 PM
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| | A memorial service is held to honour the seven men who died on board Solway Harvester scallop dredger 10 years ago. | | |
| S Lanka 'to keep rebel suspects'
January 10, 2010 at 1:53 PM
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| | Thousands of Tamil Tiger suspects in government custody will not be released soon, a Sri Lankan minister has said. | | |
| Winter weather closes NI schools
January 10, 2010 at 1:52 PM
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| | A number of schools are expected to be closed on Monday as Northern Ireland remains in the grip of severe winter weather. | | |
| NI man hurt in Afghan bomb attack
January 10, 2010 at 1:38 PM
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| | A newspaper photographer from Larne is seriously hurt in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan. | | |
| Appeal issued over young vicars
January 10, 2010 at 1:02 PM
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| | A special video report is shown in some churches in the West Midlands region in a bid to get more young people to become vicars. | | |
| Air strike kills Gaza militants
January 10, 2010 at 12:56 PM
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| | Three Palestinian militants have been killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli air strike, Palestinian and Israeli sources say. | | |
| Motorists warned over icy roads
January 10, 2010 at 12:49 PM
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| | Motorists are still being warned to take care despite the winter weather easing in the county. | | |
| Horse rescued from frozen river
January 10, 2010 at 12:26 PM
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| | A horse that went through ice into a river is pulled to safety by firefighters using ropes and a digger. | | |
| Sleet or snow forecast in county
January 10, 2010 at 12:19 PM
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| | Further sleet or snow is predicted, but there are no severe weather warnings in the West Midlands region. | | |
| Firefighters hit out at vandals
January 10, 2010 at 12:16 PM
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| | Fire crews hit out at vandals who they believe are responsible for a series of fires in the Leyland area. | | |
| Police appeal over cash box raid
January 10, 2010 at 12:10 PM
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| | Police make a fresh appeal for witnesses after a vehicle used during a robbery is found abandoned in Surrey. | | |
| Cordon remains at gas blast site
January 10, 2010 at 12:08 PM
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| | Roads leading to the site of a gas explosion in Bristol three days ago remain closed as the fire is not yet out. | | |
| Power reconnected to Luton homes
January 10, 2010 at 12:01 PM
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| | Power is finally restored after blown fuses at an electricity sub-station cut supplies to more than 800 homes in Bedfordshire. | | |
| Mother's snow death 'a mystery'
January 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM
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| | Police try to piece together the last movements of a Tyneside mother who died after being found in the snow. | | |
| Warnings following chimney fires
January 10, 2010 at 11:51 AM
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| | Homeowners are warned to have their chimneys checked regularly following a spate of fires in Sussex. | | |
| Artistic input for town's revamp
January 10, 2010 at 11:50 AM
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| | Artists on the Isle of Man will be asked to help shape the regeneration of the capital's town centre, it is revealed. | | |
| Man charged after crossing crash
January 10, 2010 at 11:49 AM
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| | A man is charged with a road traffic offence following a collision between a van and a train at a railway level crossing. | | |
| Afghan bomb kills Mirror reporter
January 10, 2010 at 11:48 AM
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| | The Sunday Mirror's defence correspondent is killed, along with a US Marine, by a blast in Afghanistan's Helmand province. | | |
| Bug shuts more wards at hospital
January 10, 2010 at 11:42 AM
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| | Five wards are shut to visitors and new admissions at a Suffolk hospital where winter sickness bug norovirus is spreading. | | |
| Retailers face 'very tough' 2010
January 10, 2010 at 11:42 AM
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| | Retailers face a difficult 2010, despite posting upbeat Christmas sales figures, the British Retail Consortium warns. | | |
| Hundreds affected by power fault
January 10, 2010 at 11:40 AM
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| | Engineers are working to restore supplies after hundreds of Kent homes lose power following a fault. | | |
| Flat death man had been stabbed
January 10, 2010 at 11:38 AM
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| | Police investigating the death of a man in Nottingham reveal he had died as a result of stab wounds. | | |
| Ten wards affected by norovirus
January 10, 2010 at 11:36 AM
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| | Restrictions are placed on ten wards at the Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton after an outbreak of the norovirus vomiting bug. | | |
| Germany suffers more snow misery
January 10, 2010 at 11:31 AM
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| | More than 160 people are trapped in their cars on a German motorway as heavy snow continues to cause misery in Europe. | | |
| Army chief expects fewer losses
January 10, 2010 at 11:26 AM
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| | The head of the British army says he expects fewer British casualties in Afghanistan from the end of this year. | | |
| Battle to beat freeze continues
January 10, 2010 at 11:25 AM
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| | The government pledges to do all it can to keep roads and schools open as the severe wintry weather eases its grip on the UK. | | |
| Warnings to stay off frozen ponds
January 10, 2010 at 11:24 AM
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| | People are urged to stay off frozen ponds and lakes after children are spotted playing on an iced-over reservoir. | | |
| Woman found outside church dies
January 10, 2010 at 11:18 AM
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| | A woman aged in her 30s dies after being found lying on a path outside a church in South Lanarkshire. | | |
| Play plan for park moves forward
January 10, 2010 at 11:16 AM
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| | Groundwork South West offers to help the Kimberley Park Community Group with plans for a new play area. | | |
| Community praised after explosion
January 10, 2010 at 11:14 AM
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| | A priest praises the community in Shrewsbury for the way it has coped following an explosion above an empty shop. | | |
| UAE sheikh cleared over torture
January 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM
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| | A member of the UAE's ruling family is cleared of torturing a business associate, in an incident which was captured on video. | | |
| 'Allah' church fire attacks grow
January 10, 2010 at 11:11 AM
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| | More churches in Malaysia have been attacked, in a growing dispute over the use of the word Allah by non-Muslims. | | |
| Council plan to close care homes
January 10, 2010 at 11:06 AM
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| | Plans are announced to replace four care homes for the elderly in Suffolk after a period of consultation. | | |
| Thieves steal old sledge from bin
January 10, 2010 at 11:03 AM
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| | A wooden Triang sledge which has been in the same family for 40 years is stolen from a compost bin in a garden in Ivybridge. | | |
| Man dies after icy river plunge
January 10, 2010 at 11:02 AM
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| | A man dies after falling through thick ice on the River Tees in Stockton while trying to rescue his two dogs. | | |
| School closures across Scotland
January 10, 2010 at 10:56 AM
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| | Councils review the weather situation after hundreds of schools were forced to close across Scotland last week. | | |
| Israelis reject US loan 'threat'
January 10, 2010 at 10:47 AM
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| | Israeli officials shrug off a US envoy's suggestion that the US could withhold loan guarantees to pressure Israel over peace. | | |
| Cold sea plea after canoe rescue
January 10, 2010 at 10:46 AM
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| | Coastguards warn people to take care out at sea after a man capsized in a canoe into freezing water in Dorset. | | |
| Bug blamed for hospital visit ban
January 10, 2010 at 10:32 AM
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| | A hospital in Norfolk imposes restrictions on visitors to all wards because of an outbreak of a winter sickness bug. | | |
| Pope call to Italy over migrants
January 10, 2010 at 10:29 AM
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| | Pope Benedict XVI calls on Italians to respect the rights of illegal migrants, after days of clashes in the south. | | |
| Weather delays university exams
January 10, 2010 at 10:26 AM
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| | Exams due to take place at the University of Bournemouth on Monday are postponed due to the icy weather. | | |
| Bishop's radio service beats ice
January 10, 2010 at 10:25 AM
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| | The Bishop of Lincoln delivers a Sunday service on Radio Lincolnshire for thousands of worshippers unable to get to church. | | |
| Roads plea after spate of crashes
January 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM
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| | Emergency services in Oxfordshire urge people to be extra careful on the county's roads, as icy conditions persist. | | |
| Most schools to open amid freeze
January 10, 2010 at 10:15 AM
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| | Thousands of pupils are expected to return to schools across Scotland on Monday despite the freezing weather. | | |
| Police warning after sudden thaw
January 10, 2010 at 9:56 AM
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| | Police in Suffolk warn drivers not to be complacent over the sudden thaw as ice remains on many roads. | | |
| Homes left without water for days
January 10, 2010 at 9:50 AM
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| | Residents in a village in the Yorkshire Dales are left without water for more than three days after a mains pipe bursts. | | |
| More fractures due to icy falls
January 10, 2010 at 9:40 AM
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| | Staff at a fractures clinic in Gloucestershire say they are seeing significantly more patients than normal due to snow-related injuries. | | |
| 'Deadly fire' at India Games site
January 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM
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| | One person is killed and 12 hurt in a fire at an athletes' village being built for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Indian media reports say. | | |
| Emergency salt sent to councils
January 10, 2010 at 6:38 AM
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| | Fifty lorry-loads of gritting salt are being sent to areas of the country worst affected by the freezing weather. | | |
| Houseboat on the market for £1m
January 10, 2010 at 6:37 AM
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| | A houseboat moored in one of London's most desirable neighbourhoods goes on the market for £1m. | | |
| Woman hurt as fire guts building
January 10, 2010 at 6:31 AM
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| | A passer-by suffers the effects of smoke inhalation as a major fire wrecks a disused storage building in Hull. | | |
| Robinson's position 'untenable'
January 10, 2010 at 6:26 AM
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| | A close friend of ex-DUP leader Ian Paisley repeats his view that Peter Robinson's position as NI first minister is "untenable". | | |
| Plea to help nurses during snow
January 10, 2010 at 6:21 AM
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| | An appeal is made for 4x4 vehicle owners to transport nurses to home appointments as bad weather continues in Warwickshire. | | |
| Pat on back for sledging posties
January 10, 2010 at 6:20 AM
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| | A couple employed as postal workers use a sledge to haul mail around villages in Lincolnshire to beat the severe weather. | | |
| Praise for work of 'snow heroes'
January 10, 2010 at 6:19 AM
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| | Volunteers who have helped others in Scotland's big freeze are hailed as "snow heroes" by the government. | | | | 
