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We won't desert Afghans - Cameron

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Britain will not desert the people of Afghanistan when troops end their combat role there in 2014, David Cameron says at a Nato summit in Chicago.
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Man held over Italy school bomb

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Italian PM Mario Monti is among mourners paying their last respects to Melissa Bassi, as a man is questioned over the attack.
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Williams ready after fire drama

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Chief engineer says the team is ready for the Monaco GP despite having their preparations "hampered" by Spanish GP fire.
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VIDEO: Will.i.am carries Olympic torch

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Will.i.am, a judge on the programme The Voice, has carried the Olympic torch in Taunton.
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Iran sacks 'pool abuse' diplomat

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
The Iranian Foreign Ministry announces it had dismissed a diplomat accused of molesting girls at a swimming pool in Brasilia.
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VIDEO: Facebook drops below float price

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Facebook has plunged in value to well below its offer price, two days after its shares were floated in New York. So what does this mean for the social networking site?
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Bank of England's role examined

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
The Bank of England's supervisory court commissions three independent reviews into its performance during the financial crisis.
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Newco Gers could avoid sanctions

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Rangers could play in next season's Scottish Premier League without sanctions even if they form a new company.
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Wife stabbed Alzheimer's husband

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
A "devoted" 79-year-old woman who was shot by police with a Taser gun after stabbing her husband 17 times is spared jail.
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VIDEO: Widow 'disgusted' at sentence

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Two dissident republicans have been jailed for the murder of the police officer Stephen Carroll in County Armagh. Constable Carroll's widow likened the sentences to a rap over the knuckles, as Mark Simpson reports.
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VIDEO: Lockerbie bomber's funeral held

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been buried in a private ceremony in a western suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
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Olympic ticket design unveiled

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Pictograms of sporting events - including cycling, swimming and equestrianism - form the basis of the design of the London 2012 Olympic tickets.
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Huntsman is jailed for party rape

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
A Devon huntsman is sentenced to four years in prison for raping a guest as he gave her a lift home from a ball.
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Kuwaiti denies Twitter blasphemy

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
A Kuwaiti man pleads not guilty to charges that he insulted the Prophet Muhammad and the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in messages on Twitter.
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Stars pay tribute to Robin Gibb

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Sir Cliff Richard, Ringo Starr and Dionne Warwick lead the tributes to Bee Gee Robin Gibb, who has died aged 62.
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Man denies phone call confession

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
A man denies confessing to the murder of a takeaway food delivery driver in a telephone call to his girlfriend, a court hears.
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Jonathan Agnew column

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
"When Trott and Pietersen were out that was looking pretty dangerous, but England will be pleased they were challenged"
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In pictures: Sanaa suicide attack

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
Suicide bomb in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa
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Italians count high cost of quake

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
A day after seven people were killed in a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, Italians assess the damage to one of their most historic regions.
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Doctor 'could have caused injury'

Wed, 2025-05-14 06:48
A consultant gynaecologist accepts that the injuries to Rebecca McKeown could have been caused by a doctor who examined her.
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