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| Two women raped by their father over 25 years - bearing nine of his children - are given a public apology by the authorities. |
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| Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced. |
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| Talks between BA and the Unite union aimed at averting strike action by cabin crew break down without agreement. |
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| The UN Secretary-General asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body. |
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| The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan has returned home against police wishes, the BBC learns. |
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| Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says. |
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| The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and urges bold steps to peace. |
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| More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released. |
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| Oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. |
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| Plaid Cymru and the SNP say planned televised debate plans breach the BBC's duty of impartiality. |
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| Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms. |
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| Actress Farrah Fawcett was not in the Oscars memorial segment because she was more known as a TV star, the Academy says. |
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| Parents with buggies who take up wheelchair spaces on buses face a crackdown in a government campaign to improve passengers' experiences. |
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| David Beckham returns to Old Trafford as his AC Milan side try to overcome Man Utd and reach the Champions League quarter-finals, while Burnley host Stoke in the Premier League. |
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| Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs. |
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| England bowler Graham Onions is ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh with a back injury, but there are more encouraging signals about Stuart Broad. |
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| About 60% of prisoners serving short sentences reoffend within a year. Is prison the right answer? |
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| PM tries to be seen as modern-day Churchill |
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| It's a big task, but how do you recycle a plane? |
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| Test yourself, now Royal Mail will no longer limit the stuff |
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| Who can read my notes? Electronic records explained |
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| Can a fatwa to counter a fatwa really work? |
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| Church authority at risk as scandals spread in Europe |
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| A Leeds drugs gang are jailed for torturing a boy, 16, to force his family to pay a £20,000 ransom over a "drugs debt". |
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| Police searching for a Dundee mother-of-three who went missing two weeks ago believe they have found her body. |
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| A man stabbed to death his 17-year-old daughter with a hunting knife as she sat in the passenger seat of his car. |
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| There is a renewed threat to the Tyrone Crystal factory in Dungannon, County Tyrone, according to staff. |
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| Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead. |
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| The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates. |
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| Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81. |
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| Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday. |
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| A Spanish woman aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says. |
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| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan. |
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| Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses. |
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| The Conservatives pledge to reverse what they say is the UK's "shrinking" influence in the world if they win power. |
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| Doctors leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England. |
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| Lottery admissions can be destabilising for children and bad for their welfare, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, says. |
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| Reports indicate that the EU has decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna. |
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| Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly says her marriage to fellow presenter Vernon Kay is "worth fighting" for. |
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| The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. |
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