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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:29pm EST
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:22pm EST
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says one of the country's most wanted paramilitary leaders, known as Martin Llanos, has been captured in Venezuela.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:34pm EST
Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:04pm EST
A report suggests poor young students are dropping out of college because the government's bursary scheme is "inadequate".
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:04pm EST
A study suggests a quarter of today's UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:48pm EST
Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:23pm EST
Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:09pm EST
Work to stop children falling victim to abuse and bullying could be hampered by police cuts, the Police Federation chairman says.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:53pm EST
Money-off coupons are making a big comeback in cash-strapped America - we went to a couponing class to find out how to save big money at the grocery store.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:26pm EST
How do we keep our web-savvy children safe online?
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:12pm EST
Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including live video from children's rooms.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:02pm EST
A US television network has apologised after a pop star showed her middle finger during the Super Bowl halftime show. When did the gesture become offensive?
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:49pm EST
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe have tightened their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:14pm EST
Brazilian troops clash with police striking over pay and conditions in the state of Bahia, as they try to remove them from the state assembly.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:28pm EST
President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:17pm EST
Ore Oduba and Sonali Shah continue to look ahead to this year's London Games, featuring profiles of open-water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne and rower Alan Campbell. (UK users only)
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:11pm EST
Explosions have hit a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano and a market in Maiduguri to the west.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:32pm EST
The Brazilian government privatises operations at three airports as part of moves to upgrade transport links ahead of the World Cup.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:21pm EST
1.5 million football tickets remain available for London 2012 after the sport is identified as the only discipline which has not sold out its allocation
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:56pm EST
A former Roman Catholic priest is found guilty of sexually abusing seven boys aged between seven 16.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:20pm EST
BBC Scotland uncovers evidence which suggests Rangers owner Craig Whyte may have lied in court.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:27pm EST
Researchers develop headphones which can detect which speaker is in which ear, to provide the correct audio stream.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:27pm EST
The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:21pm EST
The price of gas increases sharply around Europe as below-freezing temperatures lead to a surge in demand.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:46pm EST
A 41-year-old Lurgan man appears in court charged with attempting to murder two police officers.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:24pm EST
Residents in the restive Syrian city of Homs are suffering one of the fiercest assaults from government troops since the uprising began.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:15pm EST
The ex-wife of TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson says she was "terrified" when he gained an injunction preventing her from mentioning their alleged affair.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:09pm EST
US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:05pm EST
Climate sceptics say they've cracked the consensus
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:01pm EST
The Queen has visited a school in Norfolk as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:26am EST
A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu musician who apparently died in 2009 is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 11:26am EST
A group of men decided against becoming suicide bombers because they wanted a "long-term future" as terrorists, a court is told.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:51am EST
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses China and Russia of "betraying the Syrian people" by vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence there.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:43am EST
Teachers say an increasing number of pupils are wetting themselves at school, because they are not toilet trained.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:42am EST
The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:40am EST
Radical cleric Abu Qatada is granted bail following a hearing at the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:39am EST
Network Rail bosses, including chief executive Sir David Higgins, say they will not accept bonuses this year amid growing political pressure.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:26am EST
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will head a unity government between Hamas and Fatah ahead of elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:24am EST
Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:23am EST
The Daily Mail's editor was aware the paper was using private detectives but not of the extent to which it was doing so, the Leveson Inquiry hears.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:20am EST
Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:14am EST
A 32-year-old man is convicted for the second time of murdering his baby daughter at the family home in Glasgow.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:11am EST
The Queen visits a school in Norfolk and there are gun salutes around the UK as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:10am EST
At least 15 people die and 29 are missing after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes islands in the central Philippines.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:09am EST
Three of the UK's biggest news providers write to the prime minister urging legislation to overturn the ban on cameras in courtrooms to be included in this year's Queen's Speech.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:03am EST
Northern Ireland's first and deputy first minister urge people to pray for Ian Paisley, who is being treated in hospital for a heart condition.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:56am EST
US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:55am EST
Ghana admit they are lucky to have reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals, after being gifted an extra-time winner by Tunisia.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:45am EST
Government talks in Greece to try to agree new austerity measures needed to secure bailout funds and avoid defaulting on its debts are delayed.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:40am EST
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe tighten their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:33am EST
The US is working closely with Israel to use diplomacy to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama says.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:23am EST
Dozens of protests are planned across Europe in opposition to the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:07am EST
An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:05am EST
The Stephen Carroll murder trial has heard "a very high level of gunshot particles" were found on a jacket alleged to belong to one of the accused.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:59am EST
Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers' Association, calls Fabio Capello's criticism of the FA's decision to oust John Terry as England captain "bizarre and disappointing".
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:53am EST
A five-year-old girl was "happily playing" in a shop when she was hit by gang gunfire and left permanently paralysed, a jury hears.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:48am EST
The winter weather brings out the UK's playful side
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:44am EST
A Sunderland fan admits two offences after racist comments directed at Newcastle United were made on Twitter.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:44am EST
There is no evidence a Surrey police officer leaked information to the media during the investigation into Milly Dowler's disappearance in 2002, says the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:43am EST
A Kircubbin woman has called for the hunting laws in Northern Ireland to be changed after her cat was killed by dogs from the North Down hunt.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:38am EST
Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and mass shooting in Norway, has appeared in court in Oslo.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:37am EST
Criticism of a charity facing allegations of financial irregularity is racially motivated, its chair suggests.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:33am EST
The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:26am EST
How realistic are police shows on television?
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:13am EST
Toddler table tennis player Jamie Myska-Buddell is proving a smash on YouTube.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:09am EST
24 hours of news photos: 6 February 2012
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:08am EST
England slump to a 71-run defeat in the third Test in Dubai to suffer a series whitewash by Pakistan for the first time.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:05am EST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint cabinet session with President Nicolas Sarkozy, 80 days before French voters go to the polls.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:04am EST
Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:02am EST
An illegal medicine factory collapses in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least nine people, including women and children, officials say.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:59am EST
A woman gives birth on the pavement outside a Fife hospital after she was unable to get inside the building.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:58am EST
Simon Thomas pulls out of the Plaid Cymru leadership election and throws his support behind Ceredigion Assembly Member Elin Jones.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:52am EST
Romania's intelligence service chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is nominated as prime minister after Emil Bloc resigns amid widespread austerity protests.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:49am EST
A 25-mile stretch of the A1 northbound in North Yorkshire has been closed after a series of accidents in icy conditions early on Monday.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:40am EST
Prime Minister David Cameron praises the "magnificent service" given by the Queen, as she celebrates 60 years on the throne.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:29am EST
Drivers are being warned of black ice and some schools are closed, after the snow that fell across much of Britain at the weekend.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:18am EST
Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 7:10am EST
Taiwan smartphone maker HTC reports a 57% jump in annual profits, but it predicts a downbeat start to trading this year.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:47am EST
Madonna "rose to the occasion" to give "a shot of female brass" to the Super Bowl in her 12-minute half-time show, reviewers say.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:31am EST
Demand for credit cards is "feeling the strain" as UK borrowers turn to other forms of finance, a report suggests.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 6:31am EST
Cochlear implants offer some deaf people the chance to have a "sensation of sound". So why would deaf teenagers choose not to have it?
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:53am EST
Princess Elizabeth was enjoying a brief break from her royal duties in Kenya when she learnt that her father, George VI, had suddenly died, and she was now Queen Elizabeth II.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:05am EST
David Miliband has defended his political activity against accusations that it undermines his brother, Labour leader Ed Miliband.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:01am EST
Why biggest firms in UK feel let down by the government
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:42am EST
The Independent's Simon Calder explains why Heathrow airport was so badly affected by the severe weather on Sunday.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:25am EST
Mexico's governing conservative party selects its first woman candidate to run in the country's presidential election.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:21am EST
The mother of the actress Phil Spector murdered has settled a wrongful death case against the music producer, according to her lawyer.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:45am EST
A factory building has collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore, with many people including child workers feared trapped, officials say.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:44am EST
Nudes and portraits - 20 years of working with artist Lucian Freud
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:06am EST
Sixty years ago today King George VI died and his 25-year-old daughter Princess Elizabeth became Queen.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:03am EST
Making make use of old rubber trees in Liberia
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:51am EST
American broadcaster apologises after British singer puts her middle finger up during Super Bowl performance.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:44am EST
Pop singer Cher Lloyd tells Panorama's Declan Lawn about being cyberbullied and her fears for her family's safety.
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Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:28am EST
BBC Scotland's Cameron Buttle gives a behind the scenes look at a British army base in Afghanistan.
