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Corals inflate to escape the sand
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 04:38Time-lapse footage reveals how mushroom corals inflate and deflate to free themselves from smothering sand.
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Santorum declared Missouri winner
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 04:36Rick Santorum is declared the winner of Missouri's Republican primary and, according to initial results, is leading in Minnesota and even Colorado.
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Whales 'stressed by ocean noise'
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 04:28A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping.
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Pakistan US drone 'kills eight'
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 04:25A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills eight people, Pakistani security officials say.
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Ministers admit benefits backlog
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 03:55The Department for Work and Pensions admits to a large backlog of new sickness benefit claims, as tens of thousands await a decision beyond the 13-week assessment period.
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Lords to debate NHS concessions
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 03:46The government is set for a difficult time when the House of Lords debates concessions to its plans to overhaul the NHS.
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Libya mission 'could be one-off'
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 03:23MPs say spending cuts raise concerns over the UK's ability to launch another mission on the same scale as the operation in Libya.
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Scottish budget plan to be passed
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 03:02Finance Secretary John Swinney looks set to offer last minute changes to his budget in an effort to secure opposition support.
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Mackenzie Crook up for book award
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 02:51British actor Mackenzie Crook, best known for playing Gareth in The Office, is shortlisted for this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
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Jamaica melts down illegal guns
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 02:46Jamaica throws about 2,000 illegal firearms into a furnace as part of a programme to reduce gun trafficking and violent crime on the island.
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VIDEO: Radcliffe takes on horror role
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 02:38Harry Potter star is spooked in new film Woman in Black
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The rise and fall of lap dancing
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 02:23The rise and fall of the lap dancing club
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Call for 'joined-up' elderly care
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 02:06Older people needing social care are let down by fragmented services - and the Health and Social Care Bill will not simplify the system - says a group of MPs.
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Argentina to go to UN on islands
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 02:02Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Ape versus machine
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 01:46The primate who solves a memory test faster than a blink
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Satellites spy on Europe’s farms
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 01:43How drones and satellites are catching farming cheats
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VIDEO: Katie Price: Implants 'need age limit'
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 01:09Katie Price has told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman she thinks breast implants should have an age limit of 21, following the health scare over implants manufactured by French firm PIP.
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Two arrested over Lurgan murder
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 01:08Two more men are arrested by police investigating the murder of a man in Lurgan at the weekend.
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Profits decline at BHP Billiton
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 00:56Anglo-Australian firm BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, reports lower profits due to falling prices of iron ore and coal.
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Southampton 2-3 Millwall
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 00:26Liam Feeney's stunning late winner helps Millwall fight back to win 3-2 and dump Southampton out of the FA Cup at St Mary's.
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