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Shelling 'kills 15 in Gaza shelter'
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At least 15 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a UN-run school used as a shelter in Gaza was shelled, the Gaza health ministry says.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:40:00 GMT
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Algeria passenger jet feared crashed
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A passenger plane carrying 116 people is missing, feared crashed, on a flight from Burkina Faso to the Algerian capital, Algiers.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:34:43 GMT
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Ex-boyfriend guilty of Jayden murder
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The ex-boyfriend of pregnant teenager Jayden Parkinson, whose body was found in an Oxfordshire graveyard, is convicted of murder.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:05:06 GMT
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Sudan 'apostasy' woman meets Pope
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A Sudanese woman who fled to Italy after being spared a death sentence for renouncing Islam meets Pope Francis at the Vatican.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:18:08 GMT
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More MH17 bodies leave Ukraine
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Two planes carrying bodies of those killed on board flight MH17 land in the Netherlands, as UK experts start examining data from the two flight recorders.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:42:30 GMT
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Barclays challenges US fraud case
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Barclays challenges legal action brought by US prosecutors alleging fraud in its "dark pool" trading operations.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:35:28 GMT
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Met investigated 18 justice campaigns
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The Met Police collected information on 18 justice campaigns - including that of Jean Charles de Menezes - a report into a now defunct undercover unit says.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:57:57 GMT
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IMF lowers global growth forecast
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for global economic growth this year, from 3.7% to 3.4% but the UK's forecast is raised.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:50:10 GMT
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Fewer young smokers and drinkers
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Smoking, drinking and drug use among secondary school pupils have more than halved over the past 10 years, figures show.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:26:20 GMT
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Hacking reporter spared prison
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Ex-News of the World and Sunday Mirror reporter Dan Evans is sentenced to a 10-month suspended jail sentence after admitting charges including phone hacking.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:00:57 GMT
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Police investigate abuse 'cover-up'
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Police investigating sexual abuse allegations at a school in Rochdale refer themselves to the independent police watchdog over the way they handled previous inquiries.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:38:40 GMT
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VIDEO: 'Cheesegrater' construction complete
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Building work is completed on the tallest skyscraper in the City of London.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:23:33 GMT
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VIDEO: Who was that man on the moon?
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Why one year after Apollo 11, most Americans couldn't name Neil Armstrong as the first man on the moon. We spoke to Matthew Tribbe, author of No Requiem for the Space Age.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:01:36 GMT
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AUDIO: Why don't women write to newspapers?
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Iain Hollingshead and Yvonne Roberts discuss why men write more letters to newspapers than women.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:46:30 GMT
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VIDEO: How to build and fly your own drone
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Personal aerial drones that take pictures could soon become a lot more common, thanks to a new invention.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:00:13 GMT
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VIDEO: Seals 'stressed' by warming seas
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Warming seas are reducing the food supply for Antarctic seals, say researchers.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:12:08 GMT
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VIDEO: Pupils confuse Merkel with the Queen
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Indian and Kenyan school pupils explain what they understand about the Commonwealth Games and tried to identify the Royal family.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:39:29 GMT
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VIDEO: Amur leopards born at zoo
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A pair of Amur leopards, which are said to be the rarest big cats in the world, have been born in Leicestershire.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:33:32 GMT
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Queen 'photo-bombs' athletes' selfie
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Two Australian Commonwealth Games hockey players have a huge surprise when the Queen appears smiling in the back of their selfie.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:31:53 GMT
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Drone finds missing 82-year-old man
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A model drone has helped locate an elderly man in Wisconsin who had been missing for three days.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:24:27 GMT
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Wiggins thwarted in gold bid
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Sir Bradley Wiggins is denied a first Commonwealth Games gold as Australia beat England in the final of the 4,000m team pursuit.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:53:55 GMT
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Nibali wins stage to all but seal Tour
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Italy's Vincenzo Nibali underlines his superiority by winning final mountain stage to all but wrap up the overall victory.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:38:32 GMT
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Alistair Brownlee wins triathlon gold
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England's Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee beats his brother Jonny to gold in the Glasgow 2014 men's triathlon.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:13:34 GMT
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Stimpson captures triathlon gold
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England's Jodie Stimpson wins the first medal at Glasgow 2014 with victory in the women's triathlon.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:05:01 GMT
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Lampard joins MLS side New York City
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Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard joins Major League Soccer side New York City FC on a two-year deal.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:59:21 GMT
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GM profits hit by recall problems
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Earnings at the US carmaker General Motors slump because of the cost of vehicle recalls.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:33:05 GMT
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VIDEO: Bill Gates talks Africa with the BBC
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Bill Gates calls for an improved audit of international aid in Africa, to ensure it achieves its aims.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:56:43 GMT
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Government to end nuclear waste veto
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The UK government wants to scrap a community veto which allows local politicians to block a future £12bn nuclear waste repository.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:26:33 GMT
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VIDEO: UK 'disappointed' no Gaza ceasefire
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The Foreign Secretary, Phillip Hammond, has said he is "disappointed" that Hamas has rejected a ceasefire proposal aimed at easing the conflict in Gaza.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:08:50 GMT
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Government 'loses £700m NHS IT case'
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Taxpayers could be hit with a £700m bill after the government reportedly loses a legal fight with Fujitsu.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:55:37 GMT
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VIDEO: The rehydration unit in an Indian slum
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An Indian charity has set up a rehydration unit in their health centre to ensure local people get access to oral rehydration therapy
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:57:21 GMT
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Degrees least likely for white teens
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University application levels have increased among all groups, but ethnic minority pupils are the most likely to seek places.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:13:53 GMT
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VIDEO: Student texts make fly on wall TV show
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BBC Click's Spencer Kelly goes behind the scenes of the TV programme The Secret Lives of Students.
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Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:01:08 GMT
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Nasa seeks aid with Earth-Mars links
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Nasa is asking for help to get data back from future science missions orbiting Mars or roaming its surface.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:33:24 GMT
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Carbon concerns over wood burning
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Burning wood to fuel power stations can create as many harmful carbon emissions as burning coal, according to a government report.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:58:56 GMT
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VIDEO: Seals 'stressed' by warming seas
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Warming seas are reducing the food supply for Antarctic seals, say researchers.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:12:08 GMT
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Pet Shop Boys premiere Turing tribute
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Pop duo the Pet Shop Boys unveil their latest work, a tribute to wartime code-breaker Alan Turing, at the first of this year's Late Night BBC Proms.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:18:52 GMT
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VIDEO: Olympic cauldron secrets revealed
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The London 2012 Olympic Cauldron is going on display for the first time in a purpose-built gallery.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:11:00 GMT
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Caption Challenge: Flying piano
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It's the Caption Challenge. Oh yes it is.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:33:16 GMT
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Is it normal to search envoys?
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US Secretary of State John Kerry was stopped and scanned for weapons in Egypt.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:58:49 GMT
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'Elvis' jailed over child sex images
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An Elvis Presley impersonator is jailed for a year for downloading and distributing more than 900 indecent images of children.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:21:17 GMT
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Flying car hits first floor of house
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A car careers off the road and flies through the air, smashing into the first floor of a house in Lincolnshire.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:56:36 GMT
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First medals as Glasgow 2014 begins
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Scotland wins its first medal - Silver for Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston in the Para-cycling women's tandem sprint.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:35:21 GMT
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Family of four in death crash named
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Police release the names of the West Lothian family killed in a crash between their car and a lorry in Polmont.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:09:14 GMT
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Sinn Féin confident on budget plans
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Sinn Féin says it is now confident agreement can be reached quickly on the latest quarterly budget, known as June monitoring.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:16:14 GMT
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A&E units miss 12-hour wait targets
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The 12-hour waiting time target for Northern Ireland A&E units was breached more than 700 times between April and June, according to the latest figures.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:37:36 GMT
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Knife hidden in bra killer jailed
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A woman who stabbed a businessman in the neck in his car is jailed for eight-and-a-half years for his manslaughter.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:40:41 GMT
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Teen to pay £300 for supercar damage
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A teenager who jumped on the bonnet of a £245,000 supercar has been told to pay the owner £300 compensation towards the £11,000 repairs.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:05:25 GMT
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SA teachers 'racially abused pupils'
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South Africa's Human Rights Commission finds a school guilty of hate speech towards black and mixed-race pupils.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:44:39 GMT
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CAR factions announce ceasefire
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Rival armed groups in the Central African Republic sign a ceasefire deal aimed at ending over a year of religious conflict - but fighting continues.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:30:32 GMT
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Taiwan plane crash toll reaches 48
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Forty-eight people are now known to have died after a passenger plane crashed in Taiwan's Penghu island, as a storm passed over the area.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 05:29:17 GMT
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Mirza hits back in nationality row
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza rejects claims by a ruling party MP that she is not fit to represent newly-created Telangana state because she is married to a Pakistani.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:53:33 GMT
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Poland 'helped in CIA rendition'
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Poland violated the human rights convention and helped the CIA's rendition of terror suspects, the European Court of Human Rights finds.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:53:28 GMT
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Norway in Syria-linked terror alert
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Norway is boosting security because of an imminent threat from people linked to Islamist militants in Syria, Norway's intelligence chief says.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:01:34 GMT
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Venezuela trial 'test for democracy'
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One of Venezuela's main opposition leaders, Leopoldo Lopez, says his trial for inciting violence will "test the quality" of the Venezuelan democracy.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:58:58 GMT
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Colombian army kills ELN rebels
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The Colombian armed forces kill eight rebels from the left-wing National Liberation Army in an operation in eastern Arauca province.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:11:03 GMT
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Deadly ambush on Iraq prison convoy
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Suicide attackers mount a bomb and gun attack on a prison convoy in Iraq, killing 51 prisoners and nine police officers, security sources say.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:58:39 GMT
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Iraq MPs elect Massoum as president
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Iraqi parliament elects Kurdish politician Fouad Massoum as the country's next president, succeeding Jalal Talabani.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:20:53 GMT
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Inquiry urged into two-hour execution
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Lawyers for a double murderer whose lethal injection in Arizona took nearly two hours to kill him have called for an independent review of the execution.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:51:23 GMT
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Fake wine merchant to be sentenced
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A California wine dealer, who made $20m by selling fake vintage bottles to rich clients, faces years in prison when he is sentenced in New York.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:06:38 GMT
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Peaches' drug 'secrets' and Games pictures - papers
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Many papers focus on the inquest of TV presenter Peaches Geldof, while others give their views on the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 05:41:23 GMT
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Your pictures: Cycling
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Readers' photos on the theme of "cycling"
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:14:53 GMT
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Day in pictures: 24 July 2014
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24 hours of news photos: 24 July
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:24:01 GMT
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Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas
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Concept designs by famous manufacturers on show in US
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:14:09 GMT
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Taiwan plane crash: In pictures
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TransAsia Airways plane crashes in Taiwan
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:50:20 GMT
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Prince George's first year
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Prince George's first year
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Tue, 22 Jul 2014 03:37:31 GMT
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Day in pictures: 22 July 2014
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24 hours of news photos: 22 July
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Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:44:47 GMT
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In pictures: Royal first birthdays
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A long line of royal baby photos
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Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:54:44 GMT
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In pictures: One man's HIV campaign
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An Indonesian prisoner's campaign against HIV
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Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:04:14 GMT
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VIDEO: House of Commons
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Israel's response to rocket attacks must be "proportionate", insists a minister.
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Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:41:42 GMT
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VIDEO: Fears MH17 crash site 'abandoned'
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There are renewed calls for tighter security at the site of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine, after some reports it had been left abandoned.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:19:49 GMT
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VIDEO: Witnesses describe two hour execution
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Victims' family speak out, saying they don't believe inmate Joseph Wood was 'suffering' after a two-hour execution in Arizona.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:32:23 GMT
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VIDEO: Red Cross attacked by Gaza civilians
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Paul Adams sees a Red Cross evacuation mission come under attack by local people in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighbourhood
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:13:58 GMT
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VIDEO: Aerial view of new Glasgow landscape
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Glasgow has been getting ready for the Games and investing money in 13 sporting venues across the city for more than six years.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:52:50 GMT
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VIDEO: Last journey of Costa Concordia
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The BBC's Alan Johnston reports on the journey so far of the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia as it is towed to Genoa for scrapping.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:16:41 GMT
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VIDEO: Wine fraudster to be sentenced in US
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Rudy Kurniawan, who manufactured phony vintage wine in his kitchen, will be sentenced for fraud on Thursday.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 01:24:26 GMT
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VIDEO: MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
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Two planes carrying bodies from crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have landed in the Netherlands.
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:47:29 GMT
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VIDEO: Ukraine rebel leader admits Russia links
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The leader of Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, Alexander Borodai, has admitted contacts with Russian security services.
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:47:27 GMT
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When time stood still
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The Japanese man who lost everything but found peace
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:24:31 GMT
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Europeans with an eye on Edinburgh
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Eight places in Europe that also want independence
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:16:21 GMT
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How Scottish are Scottie dogs?
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How Scottie dogs became a symbol of Scotland
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:32:38 GMT
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MH17 crash: Abandoned crime scene
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Where are the investigators for the MH17 crash?
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:29:19 GMT
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How 'Tut-mania' gripped the world
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How discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb changed popular culture
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:02:48 GMT
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VIDEO: Meet the 'Women Against Feminism'
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The young women who say they don't need feminism
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:25:52 GMT
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Wildlife film-makers' tricks of the trade
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Wildlife film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 01:00:40 GMT
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The rise of solo dining
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The restaurants that love solo diners
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:00:08 GMT
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VIDEO: The blind art of conducting a choir
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Can you learn to conduct a choir if you can’t see?
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 01:16:17 GMT
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Central African Republic's road to anarchy
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Andrew Harding crosses paths with Central African militias
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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:50:27 GMT
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