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Asthma death boy 'was neglected'
World news - 2 hours 50 min ago
An boy who suffered an asthma attack at a Stockport school died of natural causes contributed to by neglect, an inquest jury rules.
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Planck spies massive dust clouds
World news - 2 hours 55 min ago
Europe's Planck space telescope pictures the colossal swathes of cold dust that spread through the Milky Way galaxy.
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PM admits defence spending error
World news - 3 hours 12 min ago
Gordon Brown admits giving incorrect evidence to the Iraq inquiry in what the Tories call a "humiliating climb-down".
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Nigeria leader dissolves cabinet
World news - 3 hours 13 min ago
Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolves the cabinet five weeks after assuming executive powers, sources say.
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Live - Wednesday football
World news - 3 hours 21 min ago
Barcelona host Stuttgart and Olympiakos travel to Bordeaux in the last of the Champions League last-16 ties, while Newcastle and Scunthorpe face each other in the Championship.
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BA adds flights to strike dates
World news - 3 hours 28 min ago
British Airways says it will increase the number of flights during the forthcoming strike as more staff volunteer to work.
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Pilot cleared over huntsman death
World news - 3 hours 43 min ago
A gyrocopter pilot is found not guilty of manslaughter over the death of a hunt supporter killed by the machine's propeller.
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Cuba police break up Havana march
World news - 3 hours 46 min ago
Cuban police detain about 30 of the wives and mothers of political dissidents at a demonstration in the capital, Havana.
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Net piracy takes 'toll on jobs'
World news - 4 hours 3 min ago
The growth of illegal file-sharing could cost European countries 1.2m jobs and 240bn euros by 2015, an industry report says.
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New exoplanet like 'one of ours'
World news - 4 hours 3 min ago
A new temperate planet, found 1,500 light-years away from Earth, has similarities to planets within our own Solar System.
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Ransom 'was paid to free Sahil'
World news - 4 hours 9 min ago
Ransom money was paid to secure the release of kidnapped British boy Sahil Saeed, the Pakistan interior minister confirms.
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Suspected suicides alarm Cornell
World news - 4 hours 18 min ago
Cornell University monitors bridges over river gorges on its campus and checks on students after three fell to their deaths.
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Irish church head apologises
World news - 4 hours 21 min ago
The Irish Catholic church's head apologises for an alleged cover-up of child abuse, as concern grows at the issue in Europe.
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Iran tightens petrol sanctions
World news - 4 hours 24 min ago
Petrol within Iran is heavily subsidised but the ration is being cut - is there a link between that and the threat of petrol sanctions linked to its nuclear programme?
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Day in pictures
World news - 4 hours 34 min ago
Striking images from around the world
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Terry's car hits security guard
World news - 4 hours 40 min ago
Chelsea captain John Terry is breathalysed after breaking the leg of a security guard as he drove out of Stamford Bridge.
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Bordeaux vs Olympiakos Preview UEFA Champions League Preview 17/03/2010
News in Catalonia and Spain - 4 hours 40 min ago
The numbers heavily favour Bordeaux, managed by former French international Laurent Blanc|Preview Bordeaux vs Olympiakos Preview UEFA Champions League 17/03/2010 Bordeaux vs Olympiakos Match Kick-off time 20.45 CET hours, Stade Chaban Delmas, French Champions Bordeaux heavy favourites against Greek Olympiakos. French champions Girondins Bordeaux have taken over after a decade of national domination by Olympique Lyon and can become the second French side Wednesday to qualify for this years...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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Turkey 'could deport Armenians'
World news - 4 hours 43 min ago
Turkey's PM threatens to deport 100,000 Armenians, amid fresh tensions over Turkish mass killings of Armenians in World War I.
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Rubber bullets fired at SA youths
World news - 4 hours 54 min ago
South African police use rubber bullets to disperse children protesting at a rapper's court appearance on murder charges.
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Mephedrone drug review promised
World news - 5 hours 35 min ago
The government says it will "take any action" needed over the legal drug mephedrone after the deaths of two teenagers.
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