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| The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site. |
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| Three Pakistan cricketers accused of corruption are set to be questioned again by police, after being charged and provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council. |
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| Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations. |
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| England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say. |
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| Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest. |
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| Twenty-seven suspected drug gang members are killed in a clash with troops near the US border, Mexico's army says, hours after the country's president vows to continue the fight against drug cartels. |
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| Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears the US East Coast, though officials warn it remains "large and powerful". |
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| Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost. |
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| The BBC denies the director general compromised its independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts. |
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| The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion. |
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| UK Independence Party members gather for their autumn conference in Torquay with the search for a new leader top of its agenda. |
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| Japan imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme but maintains its oil import schedule. |
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| X Factor judge Cheryl Cole will reportedly be granted a divorce from her footballer husband Ashley in a court hearing on Friday. |
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| A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings. |
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| The Royal Mail launches the world's first "intelligent" stamp, the first to work with image recognition technology. |
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| Roger Federer overcomes windy conditions to beat Andreas Beck and reach the US Open third round, but seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Maran Cilic crash out. |
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| England coach Fabio Capello says he hopes the pressure of expectation over the team's Euro 2012 qualifier with Bulgaria will bring out the best in him. |
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| Former England captain David Beckham hopes to play for the LA Galaxy against Columbus Crew on 11 September. |
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| Lee McCulloch and Steven Naismith are among six Rangers players in the Scotland team to face Lithuania on Friday. |
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| Team news ahead of Wales' 2012 European Championship Group G opener in Montenegro on Friday. |
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| A four-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his foster parents in Lincolnshire is found safe and well by police. |
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| A health watchdog reports a marked improvement in 999 response times at Yorkshire Ambulance Service. |
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| Unison Scotland members will discuss how to respond to a move by councils to impose a pay deal on 150,000 workers. |
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| Engineering manufacturing in Scotland is showing its best performance since 2006, according to the latest figures. |
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| A senior civil servant at the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure says that job losses are inevitable because of the cuts it has to make |
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| Prayers are said in Rathfriland for a six-year-old boy who has died after being struck by a speedboat in County Down on Monday. |
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| The first specialist college for young people with Asperger syndrome in Wales opens its doors. |
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| A World War II veteran receives France's highest decoration for bravery, 66 years after liberating a town there. |
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| The government of Mozambique says price rises which have led to deadly riots are "irreversible", as Maputo residents are urged to continue their protests. |
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| South Africa is to start expelling Zimbabweans again, from 31 December, the government announces. |
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| The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties. |
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| One of four key independent lawmakers endorses Australian PM Julia Gillard, leaving her just two seats short of the majority needed to form the next government. |
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| The European Union agrees to reform financial supervision, with new agencies to oversee banks, insurers and financial markets. |
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| The German central bank calls on the country's president to dismiss one of its board members over comments he made about immigration and Jews. |
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| The River Amazon has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, leaving boats stranded. |
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| Honduras accuses Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa of risking the life of a Honduran migrant who survived last month's Mexico massacre. |
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| Posters promoting Egypt's intelligence chief appear on the streets of Cairo, amid growing speculation over who will succeed President Hosni Mubarak. |
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| President Barack Obama hails the end of US combat operations in Iraq, saying the US has paid "a huge price" to "put Iraq's future in its people's hands". |
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| Maoist rebels in the Indian state of Bihar say they have killed one of four policemen they have been holding hostage. |
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| Ten election campaign workers have been killed in an air strike by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, Afghan officials say. |
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| An explosion rips through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill. |
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| A tanker carrying 9m litres of diesel fuel runs aground off the coast of northern Canada but no environmental damage is reported. |
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| BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone. |
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| Chinese investors approach Canadian pension fund over a possible rival bid for the fertiliser giant Potash Corporation. |
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| Rival Canadian gold mining companies, Goldcorp and El Dorado, lock horns in a $3bn fight to buy up Andean Resources. |
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| David Cameron supports William Hague "100%" following speculation about the foreign secretary's private life, the PM's spokeswoman says. |
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| Labour defends its leadership election rules amid evidence some people can cast multiple votes. |
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| Tony Blair's memoirs, based on his time as the prime minister, break sales records, booksellers say. |
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| Long-term use of bone-strengthening drugs may boost the risk of oesophageal cancer, a study suggests. |
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| British scientists say they are closer to knowing why older women trying to fall pregnant are more likely to produce abnormal eggs. |
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| One in five elderly people with broken hips do not get surgery quickly enough, a survey shows. |
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| School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests. |
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| Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur has set herself a new challenge - creating an educational foundation to promote sustainability. |
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| Sharon Shoesmith is given leave to appeal over her sacking as the head of children's services at Haringey Council after the death of Baby Peter. |
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| A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time. |
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| The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures. |
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| Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab. |
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| Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. |
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| Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke. |
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| A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it. |
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| Two-thirds of people agree with the government stance on cutting arts funding and relying more on private cash, a survey suggests. |
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| A former Britain's Got Talent hopeful who claimed she was discriminated against at an audition fails to get her case taken to an employment tribunal. |
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| Some of musician Bob Dylan's artwork, never seen before by the public, is to be displayed at Denmark's National Gallery. |
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| Tony Blair used alcohol as a 'prop' during his time in power but how many of us do the same? |
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| It's goodbye to GMTV on Friday, after 17 years on ITV. How well do you remember it and all the other morning shows? |
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| Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser reported - people of the past month. |
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| A British discount store is buying in Polo mints from Indonesia even though the same mints are being manufactured just a mile up the road in York. |
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| A man sailing the sea in a bath tub, mud sculptures and an ugly fish who finds love - it's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne. |
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| Hurricane Earl is downgraded to a category two storm as it nears the US East Coast. |
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| Commander Andy Coles shows BBC News around the control room of the Royal Navy's new attack submarine and talks about life on board. |
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| The 33 miners trapped in Chile will soon be able to share some wine. |
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| Toshiba’s UK business manager says its Foilo 100 tablet PC complements trends in media usage. |
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| The panel of judges in a child sex abuse trial in Portugal is to deliver its verdict, more than five years after court hearings began. |
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| A rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex. |
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| Inside the Royal Navy's newest, most powerful attack submarine |
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| Why bed-bugs are on the march again |
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| How far can BMW stretch the brand before it snaps? |
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| How much is a bottle of beer under new price laws on booze? |
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| Why aren't black American children taught to swim? |
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| Preparations for Commonwealth Games behind schedule |
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| Papers discuss existence of God |
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