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Statehood bid wins Abbas respect
Mahmoud Abbas's bold bid for UN recognition of Palestinian statehood is doomed to fail but has won him admiration at home and re-energised international efforts to seek a negotiated settlement....
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UBS chief resigns over trading loss
Swiss bank UBS says its chief executive has resigned over a £1.5 billion rogue trading loss. The bank says its Europe chief Sergio Ermotti will take over as interim chief executive until Oswald...
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Mother in court charged with murder
A mother has appeared in court charged with the murder of her four-year-old daughter. Chantelle Blake, 31, was arrested on Thursday when the body of the child, named locally as Kaiya, was found at...
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Six killed in house fire in London
Six people, including three children, two teenagers and an adult, have died in a house fire in London. The victims, thought to be members of the same family, include a five-year-old who died despite...
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Miliband pledges to help families
Ed Miliband has promised to show that Labour is "back" as the party of hard-working families at this week's annual conference in Liverpool. The Labour leader, elected a year ago this weekend, said the...
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Prosecution attack in Knox appeal
An Italian prosecutor is firing back at independent forensic experts who reviewed - and trashed - the DNA evidence used to convict American student Amanda Knox of murder. Manuela Comodi was wrapping...
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Man charged over Nurofen drug case
A man has been charged with contaminating packs of Nurofen Plus which were found to contain anti-psychotic and anti-epileptic drugs, police said. Christopher McGuire, 30, of no fixed abode, was...
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Labour pledges education fees limit
Labour leader Ed Miliband has unveiled plans to dramatically reduce the cap on student tuition fees. In his most eye-catching policy announcement since winning the leadership a year ago, Mr Miliband...
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80mph M-way report 'speculation'
Reports that the speed limit will be raised to 80mph on motorways to shorten journeys and help boost the economy have been described as "speculation" by the Department for Transport. A review of road...
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UK Muslims cheer for global peace
A leading Islamic scholar has received a standing ovation from thousands of UK Muslims as he denounced terrorism and called for peace. Wembley Arena in north-west London was a sea of colourful robes...
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Job loss fears at defence giant
Defence giant BAE Systems is reportedly set to announce thousands more job losses. The firm has previously warned that it expects to further cut staffing levels, and Sky News claims up to 3,000 posts...
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Court told to jail Knox for life
Italian prosecutors have asked an appeals court to increase Amanda Knox's prison sentence to life for the murder of her British house-mate Meredith Kercher. In their final arguments, the prosecutors...
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Family killed in house fire tragedy
A mother and five of her children have died after a fire swept through their home. The family's father and a sixth child, a teenager girl, escaped the blaze in Neasden, north west London, in the early...
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Osborne hails debt crisis resolve
Chancellor George Osborne has warned that the global economic crisis has reached a "dangerous phase", but he hailed progress in agreeing emergency action. He said finance ministers are "optimistic...
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Home Office IT project costs rocket
The cost of a multimillion-pound Government IT project has more than quadrupled. The 10-year deal signed by the Passport Agency, part of the Home Office, was supposed to cost between £80 million and...
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System 'lets down stalking victims'
Tens of thousands of victims are being let down by a criminal justice system which fails to recognise stalkers, campaigners have said. Only offenders whose behaviour escalates to violence are handed...
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Miliband makes vow on tuition fees
Student tuition fees would be capped at £6,000 under Labour plans unveiled by Ed Miliband in a crowd-pleasing eve of party conference announcement. The Opposition leader said the £1 billion move to...
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BAE job cuts 'a devastating blow'
Labour has described news of 3,000 expected job losses at defence giant BAE Systems as a "devastating blow". Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy spoke after it emerged the company was set to announce...
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Mount Everest tourist plane crashes
A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest has crashed while attempting to land in dense fog in Nepal, police and eyewitnesses said. The Beechcraft plane belonging to Buddha Air was carrying 16...
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Labour courted media over voters
The previous Labour government lost the confidence of voters because it was addicted to the "crack cocaine" of courting the media rather than listening to the public, Tessa Jowell has said. The shadow...
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