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Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies

Posted on 21 May 2012 at 1:37 am
Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died aged 62 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family say.
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Cameron issues eurozone warnings

Posted on 21 May 2012 at 12:29 am
Prime Minister David Cameron warns EU leaders that uncertainty over the eurozone cannot be allowed to go on beyond upcoming elections in ...
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A fifth 'have no pension savings'

Posted on 21 May 2012 at 1:24 am
A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement - leaving them in a "precarious" position, a pensions provid...
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Greens' concern for energy bill

Posted on 21 May 2012 at 1:55 am
Environmentalists fear the UK government's draft energy bill to be published on Tuesday will end in a new "dash for gas".
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HSBC machines hit by IT failure

Posted on 20 May 2012 at 10:10 pm
UK customers of HSBC report problems using cash machines, making card payments and online transactions, but the bank says the problem is ...
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Single 30% income tax rate urged

Posted on 21 May 2012 at 1:47 am
A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business lead...
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Calls to mental health lines rise

Posted on 21 May 2012 at 2:29 am
Mental health charities say they have seen a surge in calls to their helplines since the start of the recession.
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England's 'poorest' in north-west

Posted on 21 May 2012 at 1:33 am
Nine out of the ten poorest areas in England are in the north-west, a church charity survey shows.
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Teenager died 'protecting sister'

Posted on 20 May 2012 at 11:07 pm
Bellaghy parish priest Fr Andrew Dolan says teenager Lauren O'Neill died trying to protect her sister, as police charge a man with the sh...
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Scots shops see footfall plummet

Posted on 21 May 2012 at 12:35 am
Shoppers deserted Scotland's high streets last month as footfall fell by nearly a fifth, according to a survey by retailers.
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Karzai Wants 'World's Burden' Lifted By 2014

President Hamid Karzai has said he hopes the transition out of war in Afghanistan will mean his country is "no longer a burden" on the in...
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Thousands Evacuated From Italy Quake Zone

Some 3,000 people have reportedly been evacuated from an earthquake zone in northern Italy, after a tremor and powerful aftershocks kille...
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Victim's Father: Megrahi's Death 'Sad Event'

A man whose daughter was among 270 people killed in the Lockerbie atrocity has described the convicted bomber's death as a "very sad event".
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Facebook Founder Changes Status To Married

Facebook's co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan, announcing the wedding through a status update ...
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Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over 'Blasphemy'

Pakistan has blocked Twitter over "blasphemous content" on the microblogging website, according to a senior government official.
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Profile: The Life Of The Lockerbie Bomber

He was the only person convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie.
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Blind Chinese Activist Arrives In New York

Blind Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng has arrived in New York with his family.
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Italian Bomb Blast 'Not Linked To Mafia'

The school bombing that killed a teenage girl in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably the work of an individual with no lin...
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Deaths As Rally Car Smashes Into Spectators

A car competing in a rally in southern France has crashed into the crowd, killing at least two people and seriously injuring 15 others.
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Greece Crisis Threatens To 'Open Door To Hell'

Greece's former finance minister has told Sky News that if Greece reneges on its bailout deal with the EU and the IMF it will "open the d...
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Bull 1, Mexican matador: never again

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 7:34 am
Watch video of the bullfight
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Emails ‘prove BP systematically put safety at risk’

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 7:21 am
Congressional investigators have published a series of internal BP memos which they say proves that the British company systematically an...
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Uzbekistan closes borders to refugees

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 5:46 am
Uzbekistan last night closed its borders to refugees fleeing neighbouring Kyrgyzstan as the numbers killed in the ethnic violence spirall...
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Serbia closer to EU membership thanks to ‘co-operation’ over Ratko Mladic

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 1:01 am
Serbia took a significant step towards joining the EU after European foreign ministers relaxed demands for the alleged genocide fugitive ...
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Russia poised to intervene as ethnic violence rages in Kyrgyzstan

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 1:01 am
The Kremlin edged closer last night to military intervention in Kyrgyzstan as the number of people killed in ethnic violence spiralled an...
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India fails to honour its elephant promise over granting of freedom

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 1:01 am
Swaying forlornly in her concrete pen the rheumy-eyed Laxmi does not look like a cold-blooded killer.
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US military to punish culprits behind toxic waste dumping in Iraq

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 1:01 am
The American military has announced an investigation into its disposal of hazardous material in Iraq and declared its intention to prosec...
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Turkish aid flotilla was bringing wheelchairs, toys — and hope

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 1:01 am
For the people of Gaza the most precious commodity on board the Turkish flotilla stormed by Israel last month was not electric wheelchair...
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Gaza crossing points opened as Israel bows to international pressure

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 1:01 am
Israel bowed to international pressure yesterday when it agreed to reopen crossing points into Gaza for everyday goods.
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World Cup footballers Messi and Ronaldo join roar for ban on ‘deafening’ vuvu...

Posted on 15 Jun 2010 at 1:01 am
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi joined calls by broadcasters and fans to ban the vuvuzela at the World Cup as British supermarkets rep...
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