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Tuesday, 23 December, 2008, 17:00 GMT 09:00 -08:00:US/Pacific |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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Activists guilty of hate campaign Four animal rights activists are guilty of a blackmail campaign against firms that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences. |
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| Iraqi MPs back foreign troop deal Iraqi MPs authorise the government to sign agreements allowing British and other non-US troops to stay on after 2008. |
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| Gay groups angry at Pope remarks Gay groups and activists react angrily after Pope Benedict XVI says mankind needs to be saved from a blurring of gender. |
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| Contraction of economy speeds up The UK economy shrank faster than previously thought between July and September, official figures show. |
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| No promise on gas supply repairs Engineers trying to restore gas supplies to 18,000 Lancashire homes say they cannot promise the work will be completed by Christmas. |
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| WORLD | |
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Iraqi MPs back foreign troop deal Iraqi MPs authorise the government to sign agreements allowing British and other non-US troops to stay on after 2008. |
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| Military 'seizes power' in Guinea Guinea's army says the government has been dissolved after the president's death, but civilian leaders dispute this. |
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| Putin says 'cheap gas era' ending Russia's Vladimir Putin warns that the era of inexpensive natural gas is coming to an end, in a keynote speech to gas-exporting nations. |
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| AFRICA | |
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Military 'seizes power' in Guinea Guinea's army says the government has been dissolved after the president's death, but civilian leaders dispute this. |
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| France releases Rwandan official Rwandan presidential aide Rose Kabuye is allowed to leave France to return home for Christmas, one month after her arrest. |
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| Gays welcome Uganda arrest payout A Ugandan judge awards $7,000 to two lesbians, saying their rights were infringed when harassed by police. |
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| AMERICAS | |
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France backs Brazil UN ambition Brazil should have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, says French President Nicolas Sarkozy. |
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| Sopranos actor cleared of murder Former Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato is cleared of murdering an off-duty police officer, but convicted of attempted burglary. |
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| Flood traps motorists in Maryland US rescue crews using helicopters and boats battle to pull motorists from ice-cold floodwater near Washington DC. |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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Chinese pandas arrive in Taiwan Two giant pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, arrive in Taiwan from China as a gift from Beijing to symbolise warming ties. |
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| China urged to release dissident More than 150 writers and activists call on Chinese President Hu Jintao to release of a prominent rights advocate. |
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| NZ and Fiji each expel diplomats New Zealand and Fiji expel each other's top diplomats in a deepening row over Fiji's slow return to democracy. |
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| EUROPE | |
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Putin says 'cheap gas era' ending Russia's Vladimir Putin warns that the era of inexpensive natural gas is coming to an end, in a keynote speech to gas-exporting nations. |
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| Gay groups angry at Pope remarks Gay groups and activists react angrily after Pope Benedict XVI says mankind needs to be saved from a blurring of gender. |
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| Earthquake strikes northern Italy Northern Italy is rocked by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake, officials say, but there are no reports of casualties so far. |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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Iraqi MPs back foreign troop deal Iraqi MPs authorise the government to sign agreements allowing British and other non-US troops to stay on after 2008. |
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| Pope 'to visit Holy Land in May' Pope Benedict XVI is to make his first visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan in May, Jerusalem's Latin patriarch says. |
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| Saudi campaign against maid abuse A Saudi campaign against the abuse of domestic workers in the country sparks controversy. |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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Interpol 'not given Mumbai data' Global police agency Interpol says that India has not yet shared any information on the deadly Mumbai attacks. |
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| Taleban leader Omar denies talks Taleban leader Mullah Omar says reports of talks to end the Afghan insurgency are "baseless propaganda". |
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| India win series with Mohali draw India clinch a 1-0 victory in the two-Test series against England after the second match in Mohali ends in a draw. |
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| UK | |
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Activists guilty of hate campaign Four animal rights activists are guilty of a blackmail campaign against firms that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences. |
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| Iraqi MPs back foreign troop deal Iraqi MPs authorise the government to sign agreements allowing British and other non-US troops to stay on after 2008. |
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| No promise on gas supply repairs Engineers trying to restore gas supplies to 18,000 Lancashire homes say they cannot promise the work will be completed by Christmas. |
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| ENGLAND | |
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Activists guilty of hate campaign Four animal rights activists are guilty of a blackmail campaign against firms that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences. |
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| No promise on gas supply repairs Engineers trying to restore gas supplies to 18,000 Lancashire homes say they cannot promise the work will be completed by Christmas. |
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| Funeral held for sitcom actress The funeral of actress Kathy Staff, who played Nora Batty in BBC sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine, takes place in Greater Manchester. |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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Border kidnap 'terrifying ordeal' A man who was kidnapped and robbed by an armed gang in Londonderry suffered a "terrifying ordeal", say police. |
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| Two gang hammer attacks in city The police in Londonderry are investigating a link between two armed assaults in the Waterside area of the city. |
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| Phone ban over blackmail plot A would-be blackmailer who threatened to burn down his victim's house is banned from using mobile phones. |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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Christmas action by water staff Union members at Scottish Water are refusing to work overtime or be put on standby during the festive period. |
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| Crackdown on cigarette machines The Scottish Government is to crack down on the use of cigarette vending machines by youngsters. |
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| Missing man's family makes appeal The family of a missing Grangemouth pensioner say they are desperate to have him home for Christmas. |
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| WALES | |
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Jail warning to scrapyard dealer An illegal scrapyard dealer who made nearly £360,000 is told he must pay almost £190,000 or spend a year in prison. |
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| Man arrested after petrol threat A man is arrested and is in police custody after he poured petrol around a house and refused to leave. |
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| 'Inconsistency' over cancer drug A review begins into decisions on funding a cancer drug after apparent inconsistencies were highlighted. |
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| BUSINESS | |
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Contraction of economy speeds up The UK economy shrank faster than previously thought between July and September, official figures show. |
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| Mortgage lending 'shrinks again' UK mortgage lending by the major banks has fallen sharply with approvals for house purchases 60% lower than a year ago. |
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| IMF criticises the UK's VAT cut The International Monetary Fund's chief economist says the UK's cut in VAT is unlikely to influence consumer spending. |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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Jackson 'transplant' claim denied A spokesman for Michael Jackson denies the singer is suffering from a rare respiratory disease. |
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| Mockingbird director dies aged 83 Oscar-nominated director Robert Mulligan, best known for creating the classic 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, dies. |
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| US actors' strike vote is delayed The Screen Actors Guild postpones its vote on whether to go on strike because of divisions among its members. |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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Tangled web of spider evolution Further study of the 385m-year-old Attercopus spider has shown that it could not have spun webs as modern spiders do. |
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| Activists guilty of hate campaign Four animal rights activists are guilty of a blackmail campaign against firms that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences. |
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| Pair of tombs discovered in Egypt Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered two ancient tombs, indicating that a burial site is bigger than expected. |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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US questions net overhaul plans Plans to create hundreds of new domain names could be stalled as the US government questions the wisdom of the scheme. |
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| Third subsea cable repairs begin A second ship has started repairing damage to an undersea communications cable in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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| New guidelines boost web access Websites look set to get more accessible as standards are drawn up to help sites cater for the needs of disabled people. |
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| HEALTH | |
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Branson issues NHS infection call Sir Richard Branson says politicians have failed to take a tough enough line on hospital infections. |
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| Wealth gap in child critical care Children from the most deprived homes are more likely to need intensive care than their wealthier counterparts, say researchers. |
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| Blind man navigates maze Scientists discover that a blind person can navigate through a maze of obstacles unaided using the power of sense alone. |
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| EDUCATION | |
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Violence: Schools seek police aid The police were called to violent incidents in schools in England more than 7,000 times last year, the Tories say. |
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| Bad parents 'widen ability gap' Early gaps in ability between children from poor and rich homes is mostly due to poor quality parenting, a report says. |
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| Four in five failed trial tests An evaluation of new school tests in England reveals a very high failure rate among secondary pupils. |
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| 1972: Earthquake wreaks devastation in Nicaragua Ten thousand people are feared dead after a two-hour earthquake rips through the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. |
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| 1956: Jubilation as allied troops leave Suez The United Nations Emergency Force takes over in Egypt after British and French forces withdraw from Port Said and Port Fuad ending the Suez Crisis. |
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| 1992: Queen's Christmas speech leaked The BBC investigates a leak which led to the Queen's Christmas speech being published in a national newspaper. |
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