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The wife of Ghostbusters actor Bill Murray files for divorce, alleging he is addicted to drink and drugs.
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Pakistani scientist AQ Khan says in a rare interview that allegations he passed on nuclear secrets are false.
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A senior UN official says any coercion of Burmese cyclone victims to return home is completely unacceptable.
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Expect higher food prices and volatile commodity markets, says a report by the UN’s food organisation and OECD.
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There should be tighter controls on the BBC website to prevent it stifling commercial rivals, the BBC Trust says.
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A gunman kills at least eight people after opening fire at a mosque in Yemen, officials say.
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One of South America’s few remaining uncontacted tribes is photographed from the air on the Peru-Brazil border.
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Hull FC sign versatile Australia forward Michael Crocker on a three-year contract from next season.
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Time is running out for Europe to embrace the net’s new addressing system, Brussels warns.
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A seven-year-old student of a religious seminary in Pakistan dies after he is punished by his teacher, police say.
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Many cancer survivors are not getting the help they need to cope with after-effects, experts warn.
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Hungary leads a push by several new EU member states to get the EU’s CO2 emission targets recalculated.
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Four Coptic Christians are shot dead in broad daylight at a jewellery shop in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
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A father is jailed for killing his three-week-old baby by shaking him when he refused to take his bottle.
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The third Skynet military satellite - part of Britain’s single biggest space project - is held on the pad because of a fault on its rocket.
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Police in India have killed two protesters from the Gujjar tribe, a senior policeman in Rajasthan state tells the BBC.
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The part-privatisation of rail operator Deutsche Bahn gets the green light from German politicians.
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Sticking to a diet which includes fruit, vegetables, fibre and healthier fats could protect against type two diabetes.
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People in the South West are the most likely in England and Wales to live to their mid 70s, data shows.
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One in seven women could develop breast cancer if public health trends do not improve, experts warn.
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A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 hits southern Iceland, 50km (30 miles) from the capital, Reykjavik.
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An apparent cooling period in the mid-20th Century was due to different measurement methods, scientists say.
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Tropical Storm Alma hits Nicaragua, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people and flooding low-lying areas.
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Comic actor Harvey Korman, who starred in Blazing Saddles, dies at the age of 81 in Los Angeles.
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Three men are killed when a van crashed into a car after going through the central reservation on the M5 in Gloucestershire.
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The fastest spinning natural object in the Solar System is discovered by a British amateur astronomer.
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Computer-generated images and drawings of child sex abuse would be made illegal under new proposals.
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Computer giant Dell is the latest firm to offer a cut-down laptop aimed at the developing world.
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Software giant Microsoft gives a sneak peek of its next operating system, Windows 7, at a conference.
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The king of Bahrain appoints aJewish female legislator as the country’s new envoy to the United States.
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International police agency Interpol arrests 185 people in five Latin American countries in a big anti-smuggling operation.
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Expanding nuclear power capacity would help meet demands caused by electric cars, a leading scientist says.
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It will be at least seven years before Nigeria can generate enough electricity for its needs, the president says.
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The father of late children’s presenter Mark Speight talks for the first time about his grief for his son.
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The first group phase of the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifying begins with 22 games.
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Doctors are failing to follow guidelines for managing heart failure, a Europe-wide survey suggests.
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The Caldas region of Colombia is buying 65,000 XO laptops for schoolchildren throughout the state.
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Two cargo ships have been hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast, a Kenyan maritime body says.
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Nasa’s Mars lander Phoenix has unstowed its robotic arm - one of the key tools in its mission.
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The Pakistani army dismisses a report that the army chief has tried to persuade President Musharraf to resign.
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