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| Friday, 23 October, 2009, 8:00 GMT 13:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Griffin attacks Islam on BBC show BNP leader Nick Griffin uses his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan. |
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| UK expected to exit its recession Latest GDP figures to be published on Friday will show the UK is no longer in recession, many analysts believe. | |
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| 'Distracted' pilots fail to land US pilots blame a "heated discussion" in the cockpit after they fly 150 miles (240km) past their destination. | |
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| Child services are 'inadequate' Children's services in Cornwall have been ruled as "inadequate" in a detailed report by Ofsted inspectors. | |
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| Bomb blast rocks NW Pakistan city An explosion hits Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar amid an upsurge of militant violence across the country. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Bomb blast rocks NW Pakistan city An explosion hits Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar amid an upsurge of militant violence across the country. |
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| N Korea food shortage 'desperate' North Korea's food situation is desperate because of economic restrictions and world reactions to nuclear tests, the UN says. | |
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| 'Distracted' pilots fail to land US pilots blame a "heated discussion" in the cockpit after they fly 150 miles (240km) past their destination. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, says it is suing Apple for infringing its patents with the iPhone. |
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| Griffin attacks Islam on BBC show BNP leader Nick Griffin uses his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan. | |
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| Sarkozy son pulls out of job bid French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son says he is withdrawing from a bid to run the Paris business district. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | White House urges Mid-East push The White House urges both sides in the Middle East conflict to press forward to re-launch a deadlocked peace process. |
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| Israel 'met Iran' at atomic talks Israeli and Iranian representatives met in face-to-face talks in Cairo and discussed nuclear arms proliferation, Israeli officials say. | |
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| Rights group denies Israel bias Human Rights Watch has rejected accusations by its founder, Robert Bernstein, that it is biased against Israel. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Bomb blast rocks NW Pakistan city An explosion hits Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar amid an upsurge of militant violence across the country. |
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| Bangladesh Islam group is banned The Islamist organisation, Hizb-ut Tahrir is banned in Bangladesh, the home ministry announces. | |
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| US passes giant Pakistan aid bill US Senate passes a bill which aims to ensure that military aid to Pakistan is solely used to fight America's "war on terror". | |
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| UK | |
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| Griffin attacks Islam on BBC show BNP leader Nick Griffin uses his Question Time appearance to criticise Islam and defend a past head of the Ku Klux Klan. |
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| Child services are 'inadequate' Children's services in Cornwall have been ruled as "inadequate" in a detailed report by Ofsted inspectors. | |
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| Second 24-hour mail strike starts Delivery and collection staff at Royal Mail start a 24-hour strike, as part of a nationwide dispute over modernisation. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Robbie to get lifetime Brit award Pop star Robbie Williams will receive the prestigious outstanding contribution to music award at next year's Brit Awards in London. |
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| Goody family wins legal damages Jade Goody's family are to receive £35,000 in damages over photographs taken of the reality star's private burial. | |
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| Cocker to host Sunday music show Musician Jarvis Cocker is to present BBC 6 Music's Sunday afternoon show from the New Year, the network announces. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Panel supports commercial space Experts asked to review the US human spaceflight programme give strong support to the use of commercial services to launch astronauts. |
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| Secrets of frog killer laid bare Scientists unravel the mechanism by which the lethal frog disease sweeping the world kills its victims. | |
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| Leaping wolf snatches photo prize A captivating image of a wolf on the hunt wins the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Kindle sales boost Amazon profits Online retailer Amazon reports strong profits between July and September, thanks in part to the Kindle electronic reader. |
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| Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, says it is suing Apple for infringing its patents with the iPhone. | |
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| Real-time search rivalry hots up All public Twitter message streams will soon be searchable via the Microsoft and Google search sites. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | New way to 'stop' premature birth A drug used to treat cancer can stop contractions and may prevent premature labour, researchers say. |
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| Low dose radiation 'harms heart' Mathematicians at Imperial College say they have worked out that low radiation doses can cause cardiovascular disease. | |
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| NHS told to brace itself over flu The NHS has been told to brace itself after a steep rise in swine flu infections. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Child services are 'inadequate' Children's services in Cornwall have been ruled as "inadequate" in a detailed report by Ofsted inspectors. |
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| Fears strike could hit admissions Parents worried about missing school admissions deadline are being given extra advice. | |
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| Faith schools warned on RE texts Independent faith schools must ensure all resources used to teach other religions are accurate and unbiased, says Ofsted. | |
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| 1956: Hungarians rise up against Soviet rule Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Hungary to demand an end to Soviet rule. | |||
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| 1983: Beirut blasts kill US and French troops At least 146 American marines and 27 French servicemen have been killed after two separate bomb attacks on military headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut. | |||
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| 2001: IRA begins decommissioning weapons The Northern Ireland peace process reaches an historic breakthrough as the IRA announce they are decommissioning their weapons. | |||
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