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| Tuesday, 27 October, 2009, 8:00 GMT 13:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Postal union plans legal action The Communication Workers Union plans legal action to stop Royal Mail using agency staff to clear the backlog of post. |
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| Steep rise in Down's pregnancies The number of Down's syndrome pregnancies has gone up by 70% in the last twenty years, but the abortion rate remains above 90%. | |
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| Colossal 'sea monster' unearthed The fossilised skull of a colossal pliosaur - perhaps one of the biggest ever found - is unearthed on the Dorset coast. | |
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| Boys held over homophobic attack Six boys, one aged 14, are arrested after a homophobic attack on a trainee police officer, who was set upon by up to 20 people in Liverpool. | |
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| Credit card terms 'to be curbed' Some unfair credit card terms are to be outlawed under proposals being put forward by the government. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Czech court to hear Lisbon case The top Czech court is set to consider what could be the last legal challenge to the ratification of the EU's Lisbon Treaty. |
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| Israel 'cuts Palestinian water' Israel is denying Palestinians access to the basic minimum of clean, safe water, Amnesty International says. | |
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| New Nasa rocket prepares to fly A rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle is set for its first test flight, despite questions over its future. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Czech court to hear Lisbon case The top Czech court is set to consider what could be the last legal challenge to the ratification of the EU's Lisbon Treaty. |
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| Karadzic court case due to resume The genocide and war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to resume in The Hague. | |
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| McDonald's pulls out of Iceland McDonald's is to close its business in Iceland because the country's financial crisis has made it too expensive to operate. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraqi MPs to discuss election law Iraqi lawmakers are to try to break the deadlock over election legislation, two days after bombs killed 155 in Baghdad. |
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| Pakistan frees Iranian 'officers' Pakistan authorities release 11 Iranian "security officers" who were detained on its border, police say. | |
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| Israel 'cuts Palestinian water' Israel is denying Palestinians access to the basic minimum of clean, safe water, Amnesty International says. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Obama vows no rush on Afghanistan US President Barack Obama says he will not be rushed as he considers whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan. |
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| Pakistan frees Iranian 'officers' Pakistan authorities release 11 Iranian "security officers" who were detained on its border, police say. | |
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| Pakistani army vehicle attacked Two gunmen on a motorcycle fire on a military vehicle in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, police say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Credit card terms 'to be curbed' Some unfair credit card terms are to be outlawed under proposals being put forward by the government. |
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| Postal union plans legal action The Communication Workers Union plans legal action to stop Royal Mail using agency staff to clear the backlog of post. | |
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| BP profits hit by lower oil price Lower oil prices have continued to hurt BP, with its third-quarter profits more than halving from a year ago. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Sir Elton cancels Wembley concert Singer Sir Elton John cancels his Wembley Arena concert, the third gig he has pulled out of after being diagnosed with flu. |
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| Polanski victim seeks dismissal The victim of the sexual assault committed by Roman Polanski calls for charges against the director to be dismissed. | |
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| Lily leads pop charge at Q Awards Pop acts Lady Gaga and Lily Allen scoop prizes at the Q Awards, alongside rock act winners Muse and the Arctic Monkeys. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Colossal 'sea monster' unearthed The fossilised skull of a colossal pliosaur - perhaps one of the biggest ever found - is unearthed on the Dorset coast. |
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| New Nasa rocket prepares to fly A rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle is set for its first test flight, despite questions over its future. | |
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| Particle beams injected into LHC Particle beams have been injected into the Large Hadron Collider for the first time since September 2008. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Net set for 'language shake-up' The net is on the cusp of the "biggest change" to its working "since it was invented forty years ago", the regulator Icann says. |
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| New Nasa rocket prepares to fly A rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle is set for its first test flight, despite questions over its future. | |
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| Mobile net 'heading for data jam' The number of people using their mobile phone to get online could soon outstrip the capacity of networks, experts warn. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Leisure centre 'junk food' alert Vending machines stocked with unhealthy snacks in leisure centres run the risk of fuelling childhood obesity, warn experts. |
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| Patients 'at risk over drug data' Patients leaving hospital may be being put at risk of harmful reactions to drugs due to poor communication between hospitals and GPs, a study says. | |
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| HPV jab girls are 'sex cautious' Eight in 10 girls say that having the HPV vaccine makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, a poll finds. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Career advice for seven-year-olds Children as young as seven are to be offered careers advice under a government pilot in seven areas of England. |
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| Darwin teaching 'divides opinion' Millions of adults across the world think evolutionary theories should be taught alongside creationism in schools, a survey suggests. | |
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| Loans firm tightens debt recovery The Student Loans Company tightens its debt recovery procedures as it writes off £29m | |
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| 1978: Gunman runs amok in West Midlands Four people are killed and four others seriously wounded after a gunman goes on a shooting spree in the Midlands. | |||
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| 1982: RUC officers killed by IRA bomb Three RUC officers investigating reports of a robbery in Lurgan die after a bomb explodes beneath their armoured police car. | |||
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| 1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters An estimated 6,000 marchers demonstrating against the Vietnam War face up to police outside the US Embassy in London. | |||
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