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'Jihadi John was cold and a loner'
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The Islamic State fighter known as "Jihadi John" was cold and a loner who set himself apart from others, says an IS defector who met him in Syria.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:34:28 GMT
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UK cuts 'concern' head of US Army
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The US Army's most senior general says he is "very concerned" about the impact spending cuts will have on the strength of the UK's armed forces.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:58:33 GMT
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UK to pioneer lagoon power plants
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Plans to generate electricity from the world's first series of tidal lagoons are unveiled in the UK, with sites proposed in Wales, Somerset and Cumbria.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 03:58:02 GMT
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Iraq launches Tikrit operation
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Iraq launches military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State, Iraqi TV says.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:05:58 GMT
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Specialist teams search for Becky
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The search for missing 16-year-old Becky Watts is set to resume in Bristol with police helicopters and specialist dog teams.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 03:43:10 GMT
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Stolen van drags man along motorway
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A man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a motorist is dragged along a motorway by his own stolen van and seriously injured.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:22:19 GMT
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Tories promise 200,000 starter homes
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Some 200,000 "starter homes" will be built for first-time buyers in England by 2020 if the Tories win May's general election, the PM is to say.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:13:00 GMT
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Lib Dems want extra £1bn bank levy
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Lib Dem Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander is calling for an extra £1bn tax on Britain's banks to help pay off the deficit.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:26:53 GMT
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US police shoot homeless man dead
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A video has captured the moment US police shot and killed a homeless man after an altercation in downtown Los Angeles.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:09:57 GMT
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Prince William meets China president
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The Duke of Cambridge meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the prince begins the highest-profile UK royal visit to China in nearly 30 years.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:47:31 GMT
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N Korea opens fire as drills start
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North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the sea as annual US-South Korea military exercises get under way, officials in Seoul say.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:58:36 GMT
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Drug drivers targeted by new rules
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New regulations aimed at stamping out drug driving, including the first legal limits on cannabis and cocaine, come into force in England and Wales.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 04:28:19 GMT
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Jihadist concerns, and Army cuts
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Stories about jihadists abound in Monday's press, and the Telegraph features US concerns about the scale of Britain's defence cuts.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:22:43 GMT
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Has globalisation fundamentally slowed?
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Are we living through a structural change in the global economy as big as any since WWII without fully realising it?
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:55:59 GMT
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Uruguay bids farewell to pauper president
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Uruguay's departing leader, Jose Mujica, has acquired almost celebrity status, not just for his political achievements, but also for his humble lifestyle, writes the BBC's Wyre Davies.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 01:50:06 GMT
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Mumbai attacks suspect's luxury jail time
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Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, one of the main suspects behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is allowed unfettered access to internet and visitors from jail.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:38:37 GMT
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IS using love as a recruitment tool
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IS needs women to build a state, says Razia Iqbal - and it is using social media to lure impressionable recruits.
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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:03:42 GMT
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Nemtsov killing polarises Russian society
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Both government and opposition in Russia are coming up with theories about the killing of Putin critic Boris Nemtsov, but it could be years before it becomes clear why it happened, says the BBC's Artyom Liss.
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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:26:24 GMT
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The rise of Yemen's Houthi rebels
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Ansar Allah, or the Houthi movement, began as a defence of the Zaidi religious tradition but experienced several major transformations in arriving at its current dominance of Yemeni politics, Charles Schmitz writes.
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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:11:06 GMT
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Cage: Rights group or terror apologists?
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As details emerge about the identity of "Jihadi John"' what do we know about the advocacy group that was in close contact with Mohammed Emwazi in the two years before he left for Syria?
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:57:31 GMT
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VIDEO: Why is IS smashing statues in Iraq?
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The Islamic State (IS) group has released a video appearing to show the destruction of statues in Iraq. Why is it doing this?
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:29:18 GMT
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Net loss: Anatomy of a pledge
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Where David Cameron's pledge to cut net migration to below 100,000 came from - and how it fell apart.
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Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:29:23 GMT
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Viewpoint: What West must do in Ukraine
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The West must show huge resolve if the Ukrainian ceasefire is to hold, writes Prof Anatol Lieven.
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:49:03 GMT
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Google camera zips along rainforest
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Google flew one of its Street View cameras down a zip wire in the Amazon rainforest to capture new images of the forest canopies.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:55:34 GMT
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First tree seeds for Doomsday vault
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The Svalbard "Doomsday" seed vault, which protects the world's food crops, accepts its first consignment of seeds from forest tree species.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:39:48 GMT
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Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
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Jose Mourinho lifts his first trophy since returning to Chelsea as his side see off Tottenham in the League Cup final.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:21:30 GMT
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How Man City let Liverpool duo shine
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MOTD2 pundit Danny Murphy says Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini's team selection suited Liverpool in the Reds' win.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:07:55 GMT
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Mourinho's perfect day
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The first trophy win of a new Jose Mourinho era at Chelsea had a familiar, special, look to it, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:04:38 GMT
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Ireland 19-9 England
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Ireland remain on course for a Six Nations Grand Slam after a convincing 19-9 win over England in Dublin.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:41:49 GMT
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'Like last year's car, but better'
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Mercedes' testing times leave competitors unable to hide their dejection, but there's still plenty to race for - writes Andrew Benson.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 21:32:36 GMT
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Oligarch faces North Sea deal block
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The UK government says it will block the sale of 12 North Sea oil and gas fields to Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:54:43 GMT
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Excessive salaries 'damage' UK firms
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Public anger over the size of top executives' salaries is damaging the reputation of UK firms, according to a survey of business leaders.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:02:36 GMT
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Child health 'an election issue'
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Measures to protect children's health should be put at the forefront of the general election, say doctors.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 04:07:59 GMT
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Coalition row over 'hate preachers'
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The Conservatives accuse Vince Cable of trying to water down a ban on "hate preachers" in English universities to protect free speech.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:46:08 GMT
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Concern over online gonorrhoea care
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Some websites offering treatment for gonorrhoea are putting patients at risk by failing to follow national guidelines, BBC 5 Live Investigates finds.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:30:43 GMT
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Distinct ME stages found, says study
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Scientists say they have found distinct changes in the immune systems of patients with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome, which could lead to better diagnosis and treatment.
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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:31:15 GMT
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Labour pledges £6,000 tuition fees
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Ed Miliband says £9,000 tuition fees in England have been a "disaster" and promises Labour would fund a reduction by cutting tax relief on high earners' pensions.
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:38:14 GMT
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L'Oreal to change 'bad at maths' ad
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A numeracy charity's challenge prompts beauty giant L'Oreal to change an advert boasting about not being good at maths.
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:13:33 GMT
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Samsung S6 phone has curved screen
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Samsung confirms that one version of its new Galaxy S6 flagship smartphone will have a screen that curves round its sides
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:31:05 GMT
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HTC to sell virtual reality headsets
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HTC reveals it is to sell a virtual reality headset featuring tracking technology developed by video games firm Valve.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:33:48 GMT
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'Exquisite' gravity probe leaves UK
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UK industry completes construction of the modules that make up the Lisa Pathfinder satellite - a remarkable probe that will test the key technologies needed to detect gravitational waves in space.
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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:54:23 GMT
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Wheat present in UK 'for 8,000 years'
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Fragments of wheat DNA suggest wheat was present in Britain 8,000 years ago, long before it was grown by British farmers.
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 03:23:25 GMT
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Brit winners dominate revamped chart
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Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and Royal Blood take the top spots in the first UK album chart to count streaming data alongside sales.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 19:07:00 GMT
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Ageism a disaster, says Scott Thomas
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A lack of film roles for actresses in their 50s is "a disaster" and the situation is unlikely to change, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas says.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 11:07:53 GMT
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What would Wittgenstein say about that dress?
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The colour of "that dress" has been fascinating people all around the world, including Prof Barry C Smith of the University of London's Institute of Philosophy.
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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:37:07 GMT
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Weekend edition: The best of the week's reads
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A collection of some of the best reads from the BBC News website this week.
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:53:55 GMT
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Body at Richard III site 'was woman'
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A coffin-within-a-coffin discovered next to Richard III's remains contained a woman, who could have been an early Church benefactor, experts reveal
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:11:46 GMT
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Friends remember girl killed in 1993
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Friends of a murdered schoolgirl whose killer was not convicted until 21 years after she died talk of how their lives changed.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 03:29:08 GMT
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Rangers chairman Somers steps down
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David Somers leaves his role as Rangers chairman four days before the club's extraordinary general meeting.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:06:32 GMT
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Murder inquiry after man's death
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Detectives launch a murder inquiry into the death of a 35-year-old man in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:27:20 GMT
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'No naming after terrorists' law bid
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Ulster Unionist MLA Tom Elliott plans to introduce legislation to prevent public facilities being named after people convicted of terror offences.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:09:23 GMT
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Civil service exit scheme to open
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An application process opens on Monday for volunteers for redundancy from the Northern Ireland Civil Service.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:20:13 GMT
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New GP deal allows more caring time
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GPs are to have more time to focus on caring for the most vulnerable patients under a new contract with the Welsh government.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:32:28 GMT
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'Huge overcrowding' in Welsh prisons
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A penal reform charity says there is a huge overcrowding problems in two Welsh prisons.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:39:54 GMT
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'Hundreds' of S Sudan boys seized
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Hundreds of South Sudanese boys have been kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers, the UN says, blaming a government-allied militia.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:20:59 GMT
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Nigerian mob kills bomb suspect
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A young woman is beaten to death by a Nigerian mob in the belief she was on a suicide mission, in an area hit by Boko Haram attacks.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:25:24 GMT
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Arrests after HK shopping protest
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Hong Kong police arrest more than 30 people after protesters gathered for a third time against mainland Chinese tourists.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:42:45 GMT
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Brandis censured over Triggs row
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Australia's Senate censures Attorney General George Brandis over his treatment of human rights chief Gillian Triggs amid an asylum row.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 04:50:55 GMT
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Kerry to tackle Lavrov on Ukraine
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US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart ahead of the release of a UN report on human rights violations in Ukraine.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 04:57:49 GMT
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Estonia ruling party wins election
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Estonia's ruling party has won national elections and is expected to form a governing coalition after defeating its pro-Russian rival.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:14:52 GMT
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Argentine leader hails lower debt
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner defends her economic policy in her last speech to Congress before she steps down in December.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:44:41 GMT
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Murder charge for Peru ex-minister
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An ex-minister in Peru is charged with involvement in the killing of a journalist during the Shining Path rebel insurgency in the 1980s.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:57:18 GMT
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Netanyahu goes to US for Iran speech
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington to argue against a nuclear deal with Iran, ahead of a controversial speech to Congress.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:11:12 GMT
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IS frees 19 abducted Christians
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Nineteen of the 220 members of an Assyrian Christian community kidnapped by Islamic State in Syria have been freed, activists say.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 21:12:05 GMT
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US 'to deport Bosnian war suspects'
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US officials are trying to deport 150 Bosnian immigrants suspected of involvement in war crimes during the 1992-95 war, the New York Times says.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 08:48:15 GMT
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'Progress' in US-Cuba diplomatic talks
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Cuban and US diplomats are optimistic about progress at talks in Washington on restoring full relations between the two countries.
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:19:46 GMT
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Week in pictures: 21-27 February 2015
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News photos from around the world
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:56:41 GMT
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Halfway in 24-year photo project
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Photographers recording the first 24 hours of each year
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:50:50 GMT
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Day in pictures: 27 February 2015
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Images from around the world: 27 February
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:22:17 GMT
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Your pictures: Gardens
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Readers' photographs on the theme of gardens
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:13:02 GMT
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Brit Awards 2015: In Pictures
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Highlights from this year's ceremony in London
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Thu, 26 Feb 2015 02:11:56 GMT
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In pictures: Vintage Nasa photographs for sale
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Space photos go under the hammer
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Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:37:26 GMT
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Day in pictures: 25 February 2015
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Images from around the world: 25 February
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Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:54:04 GMT
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Sony World Photography Awards: 2015 shortlist
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Finalists in this year's Sony World Photo Awards
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Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:33:28 GMT
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VIDEO: Treasury Committee
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MPs take evidence on the Bank of England’s Inflation Report.
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Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:43:40 GMT
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VIDEO: CCTV of missing girls on way to Syria
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CCTV images have emerged showing the three British teenage girls who are believed to have gone to Syria to join Islamic State.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:44:44 GMT
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VIDEO: Living underground in the outback
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Jon Donnison visits Coober Pedy in the Australian outback, where residents are moving underground to escape the heat.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:59:58 GMT
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VIDEO: IS defector: 'Jihadi John a loner'
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The BBC speaks exclusively to a former member of Islamic State who met Mohammed Emwazi - dubbed "Jihadi John" - during his early days in Syria.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:41:42 GMT
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VIDEO: S6 Edge: First look at Samsung phone
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Samsung shows off the Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone's new features to the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:31:03 GMT
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VIDEO: The Sound of Music marks 50 years
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The Sound of Music is celebrating its 50th anniversary, after the story of the Von Trapp family first captivated audiences around the world in 1965.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 19:31:06 GMT
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VIDEO: Astronauts brave week's third spacewalk
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Two American astronauts have ventured out on a spacewalk for the third time in a week, to install cables on the International Space Station.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:18:44 GMT
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VIDEO: Search for Becky Watts to resume
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Police will resume their search on Monday morning for the missing Bristol schoolgirl, Becky Watts, as the BBC's Jon Kay reports.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 06:44:44 GMT
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VIDEO: The monk who ordains trees
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A Buddhist monk from northeast Thailand is so worried about the environment that he has been ordaining trees for 25 years.
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:02:51 GMT
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Are humans getting cleverer?
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Why are people getting better at intelligence tests?
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:03:55 GMT
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How do you solve a problem like the 'Beefalo'?
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The hybrid animal causing havoc in the Grand Canyon
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:26:21 GMT
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Would it be realistic to renationalise the railways?
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Would it be realistic to renationalise the railways?
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:58:59 GMT
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What's love got to do with politics?
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Fergal Keane on the relationship between love and politics
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:59:41 GMT
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The dogged old man of the badlands
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The world's worst interview - with one of the loneliest men on Earth
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:05:28 GMT
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VIDEO: YouTube diplomacy and the Ukraine crisis
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Could students' video messages avert all-out war?
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:30:12 GMT
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VIDEO: Glassblowing keeps kids out of gangs
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How an ancient art form is saving troubled lives
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Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:27:36 GMT
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