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FaviconBriton killed in 'shark attack' 17 Aug 2011, 2:43 am

A British man dies in the Seychelles following what locals say was the second shark attack off the island of Praslin in just over two weeks.

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FaviconName game 17 Aug 2011, 2:30 am

Arab-Israeli land dispute writ large on road signs

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FaviconRare sightings: Best wildlife photos picked 17 Aug 2011, 2:25 am

A charging gorilla and a tern taking to the air are among the images to shortlisted in one of the world's top wildlife photography competitions.

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FaviconHTC sues Apple in patent dispute 17 Aug 2011, 2:23 am

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has escalated a patent war against Apple, accusing the company of a number of infringements.

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FaviconAnti-leak tactics 17 Aug 2011, 2:16 am

How Jay-Z and Kanye stopped their album seeping out early

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FaviconVIDEO: Market opens in 'no-man's-land' 17 Aug 2011, 2:14 am

A new weekly market has started up in the middle of the no-man's-land between India and Bangladesh in the hope of bringing the two countries closer together.

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FaviconNumbers up at visitor attractions 17 Aug 2011, 2:12 am

Admissions to England's visitor attractions rose by 3% in 2010, a survey by tourism body VisitEngland suggests.

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FaviconGreen wave 17 Aug 2011, 2:11 am

How the Rainbow Warrior wrote the rulebook for direct action

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FaviconRetail sales 'return to growth' 17 Aug 2011, 2:06 am

Retail sales in Scotland have returned to growth but underlying trends have little changed, a survey suggests.

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FaviconQuebec premier laughs off death hoax 17 Aug 2011, 1:54 am

The premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, Jean Charest, laughs off a report that he had died, after a news website is targeted by hackers.

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FaviconPerry warns Fed against 'treason' 17 Aug 2011, 1:35 am

Republican presidential contender Rick Perry raises eyebrows by suggesting the Federal Reserve chairman would commit treason if he printed more money.

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FaviconEcuador police to take polygraph 17 Aug 2011, 1:09 am

Police officers in Ecuador will be subject to lie detector tests under new anti-corruption measures, the police chief says.

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FaviconArsenal 1-0 Udinese 17 Aug 2011, 1:04 am

Theo Walcott's first-half goal is enough to give Arsenal a slender advantage over Udinese going into the second leg of their Champions League play-off tie.

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FaviconNew 'enterprise zones' revealed 17 Aug 2011, 1:01 am

Newly announced Enterprise Zones around England could create 30,000 new jobs by 2015, the government says.

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FaviconSyria targets port for fourth day 17 Aug 2011, 1:00 am

Syrian troops again open fire on the port of Latakia, reports say, in the fourth day of an assault that has drawn growing international condemnation.

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FaviconDell cuts sales growth forecast 17 Aug 2011, 12:45 am

Computer-maker Dell cuts its forecast for sales growth this year, blaming a 'more uncertain demand environment'.

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FaviconBiden in China amid debt concerns 17 Aug 2011, 12:10 am

US Vice-President Joe Biden visits China later, with talks likely to focus on addressing concerns over his country's budget deficit.

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FaviconVIDEO: Israel debates living cost protests 16 Aug 2011, 11:12 pm

An emergency debate has been held in Israel on the protests over the country's high cost of living.

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FaviconIndia holds hundreds of activists 16 Aug 2011, 10:58 pm

India denies stifling democratic protest after police arrest some 1,300 people supporting a planned fast by high-profile anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare.

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FaviconGroup claims newspaper HQ attack 16 Aug 2011, 10:37 pm

A group of vandals who smashed 17 windows at the headquarters of the Bristol Evening Post claim responsibility for the attack.

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FaviconMan in US held over 'collar-bomb' 16 Aug 2011, 10:28 pm

An Australian man is detained in the US after a police hunt for the man who locked a teenage girl to a fake bomb leads to the state of Kentucky.

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FaviconIndictment served on Nat Fraser 16 Aug 2011, 10:00 pm

An indictment is served on Nat Fraser citing him to appear at a preliminary hearing for a retrial over the murder of his wife.

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FaviconMinisters consider 'area curfews' 16 Aug 2011, 9:40 pm

Theresa May tells police chiefs they have backing to use tough tactics to deal with rioting and says new curfew powers are being considered.

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FaviconVIDEO: Anti-corruption protester arrested 16 Aug 2011, 9:31 pm

Thousands have taken to the streets of India in protest, after one of the country's leading anti-corruption activists was arrested ahead of a planned hunger strike.

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FaviconPC's knife attacker sent to jail 16 Aug 2011, 9:18 pm

A man is jailed after admitting stabbing a police officer four times after he was stopped during a routine police patrol in south London.

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FaviconFacebook riot posts pair jailed in UK 16 Aug 2011, 8:57 pm

Two men are jailed for four years each for using Facebook to incite disorder during riots in England last week.

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FaviconChild victims 16 Aug 2011, 8:38 pm

Family tragedies amid Karachi's escalating ethnic tension

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FaviconTributes to mum after tent death 16 Aug 2011, 8:29 pm

The husband of a 34-year-old mother who died while camping with her family in Gwynedd pays tribute to a "loving and caring wife".

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FaviconJobs worry over credit cards HQ 16 Aug 2011, 8:09 pm

A Welsh MP is concerned about the future of thousands of jobs after Bank of America decided to withdraw from the UK credit card market.

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FaviconUltimate protest 16 Aug 2011, 8:06 pm

Do hunger strikes work?

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FaviconLibya rebels fight for key town 16 Aug 2011, 8:05 pm

Forces loyal to Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi are fighting rebels for control of the key coastal town of Zawiya, as the rebels close in on the capital Tripoli.

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FaviconSportsday Live - breaking sports news 16 Aug 2011, 8:01 pm

Arsenal striker Gervinho's three-game ban upheld, Wales make nine changes for Argentina rugby union match, plus more.

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FaviconTelescope search for ET revived 16 Aug 2011, 7:46 pm

Private donors, including actress Jodie Foster, raise enough money to re-open an array of mothballed telescopes looking for extra terrestrial life

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FaviconZimbabwe ex-army boss dies 16 Aug 2011, 7:36 pm

Zimbabwe's ex-military chief and one of the country's most powerful politicians Solomon Mujuru dies in a fire on his farm, the state security minister confirms.

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FaviconLeaders demand 'euro governance' 16 Aug 2011, 7:30 pm

The German chancellor and the French president propose a number of measures to strength the euro, after talks on the eurozone debt crisis.

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FaviconRights panel shuts Bahrain office 16 Aug 2011, 7:24 pm

An international commission investigating recent unrest in Bahrain closes its office after an angry crowd clashed with staff.

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FaviconOne dead, others injured in crash 16 Aug 2011, 7:21 pm

A 65-year-old man dies after an accident in Kilkeel in County Down, while two other people are taken to hospital.

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FaviconVIDEO: The collapse of the USSR 20 years on 16 Aug 2011, 7:05 pm

Twenty years on since the collapse of the Soviet Union, BBC Russian Service journalist Oleg Antonenko sums up what has been gained and lost.

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FaviconHacking 'widely discussed' at UK paper 16 Aug 2011, 7:02 pm

British MPs release a key letter alleging senior figures at Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News of the World paper knew about phone hacking.

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FaviconEngland wait on Anderson injury 16 Aug 2011, 6:57 pm

England seam bowler James Anderson remains a doubt for the fourth Test against India at the Oval as he struggles with a minor thigh injury, while Chris Tremlett is ruled out with a back problem.

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FaviconYemen's Saleh vows to return home 16 Aug 2011, 6:45 pm

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh vows to return home following hospital treatment in Saudi Arabia despite continuing unrest and against the wishes of the US.

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FaviconVIDEO: Protests over Australia carbon tax 16 Aug 2011, 6:33 pm

Thousands of people gathered in the Australian capital, Canberra, to protest against a planned carbon tax aimed at curbing greenhouse emissions.

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FaviconExcitement over 'early wood' find 16 Aug 2011, 6:26 pm

Fossilised plants show that woody plants probably first appeared on the Earth about 10 million years earlier than previously thought, a study suggests.

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FaviconTripoli defiant 16 Aug 2011, 6:21 pm

Gaddafi loyalists upbeat despite rebel advance

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FaviconMan Utd ponders Asian flotation 16 Aug 2011, 6:11 pm

Manchester United is considering a number of refinancing options, including a partial share sale, the BBC has learnt.

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FaviconRembrandt sketch found in church 16 Aug 2011, 6:09 pm

A pen-and-ink drawing by Dutch master Rembrandt stolen from a hotel in California at the weekend has been recovered at a church 20 miles (32 km) away, police confirm.

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FaviconSamsung Galaxy Tab ban is on hold 16 Aug 2011, 5:50 pm

The Europe-wide ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 is temporarily lifted while a court examines its validity.

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FaviconCanadian forces 'royal' once more 16 Aug 2011, 5:39 pm

Canada's navy and air force are to be known as "royal" once again, the country's media report, more than 40 years after the prefix was dropped.

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FaviconShell finds second oil leak point 16 Aug 2011, 5:38 pm

A second leak point is found by Shell in the flow line beneath the Gannet Alpha oil platform in the North Sea.

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FaviconPhone snooping 'prevented riot' 16 Aug 2011, 5:38 pm

Police say they prevented attacks by rioters on the Olympic site and London's Oxford Street after picking up intelligence on social networks.

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FaviconLeona Lewis backs down over song 16 Aug 2011, 5:28 pm

The X Factor singer will release her new single as a 'collaboration' after the Swedish producer had claimed a sample was used without his permission.

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FaviconCamp child death rates 'alarming' 16 Aug 2011, 5:12 pm

An average of 10 children aged under five are dying each day at a refugee camp in drought-hit Ethiopia, the United Nations says.

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FaviconBelfast man in yacht race drama 16 Aug 2011, 4:07 pm

A Belfast man describes how he helped rescue five crew members after their yacht capsized off county Cork in the Fastnet Race.

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FaviconVIDEO: Chinese boy rescued from well 16 Aug 2011, 4:01 pm

Firefighters have rescued a four-year-old boy who fell down a well in south west China's Guizhou Province. The dramatic rescue was shown on state television.

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Favicon'Toxic link' to Chiang Mai deaths 16 Aug 2011, 2:55 pm

The deaths of tourists and a tour guide in the Thai city of Chiang Mai may be linked to exposure to toxic chemicals, the government says.

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FaviconUS artist Robert Breer dies at 85 16 Aug 2011, 2:20 pm

US artist Robert Breer, regarded as one of the founding members of the American avant-garde, dies at the age of aged 85.

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FaviconEritrean leader in 'peace trip' 16 Aug 2011, 2:08 pm

Eritrea's president visits Uganda, which contributes African Union troops to Somalia, in an attempt to boost peace in the Horn of Africa, Ugandan officials say.

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FaviconYour pictures 16 Aug 2011, 1:39 pm

New Zealand reels from "once-in-a-lifetime" winter storm

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FaviconUK inflation rate rises to 4.4% 16 Aug 2011, 1:33 pm

The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation rose to 4.4% in July from 4.2% the month before, official figures show.

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FaviconWhat's the evidence gangs were behind the riots? 16 Aug 2011, 12:35 pm

Gangs are being blamed for the explosion of riots and looting. But how do we know they were responsible?

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FaviconN Korea anger at military drill 16 Aug 2011, 12:07 pm

The US and South Korea begin a massive military exercise to improve combat readiness on the Korean peninsula - sparking a furious North Korean reaction.

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FaviconPetrobras profit jumps by a third 16 Aug 2011, 11:52 am

Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras reports a 32% jump in its second-quarter net income thanks to investment gains.

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FaviconEleven die in Honduras land clash 16 Aug 2011, 11:38 am

Honduran authorities send police and troop reinforcements to the north-east, after clashes over land ownership leave 11 dead.

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FaviconRural broadband to be rolled out 16 Aug 2011, 11:37 am

Rural areas in England and Scotland are allocated £362m from the TV licence fee to improve their broadband connections.

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FaviconGaddafi forces 'use first Scud' 16 Aug 2011, 10:19 am

Col Gaddafi's forces fire a Scud missile for the first time in Libya's conflict, US officials say, as rebels continue their push towards the capital, Tripoli.

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FaviconVIDEO: Severe snow storm causes chaos in NZ 16 Aug 2011, 10:06 am

New Zealand has been hit with what forecasters are calling a 'once-in-a-lifetime' winter storm, which has brought much of the country to a standstill.

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FaviconGoogle deal boost for phone firms 16 Aug 2011, 9:13 am

Shares in Asian makers of Android mobile phones rise after Google decides to buy Motorola's handset business for $12.5bn.

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FaviconUS drone 'kills four' in Pakistan 16 Aug 2011, 8:55 am

A suspected US drone attack kills four militants in north-western Pakistan, local intelligence officials said.

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FaviconProtest over Australia carbon tax 16 Aug 2011, 8:03 am

Thousands of people gather in Canberra to campaign against government proposals for a carbon tax to curb greenhouse emissions.

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FaviconIron Age road link to Iceni tribe 16 Aug 2011, 5:55 am

Archaeologists uncover a suspected Iron Age track, built of timber and kept hidden and preserved in peat for 2,000 years.

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FaviconDaily exercise 'increases life' 16 Aug 2011, 5:23 am

Just 15 minutes of exercise a day is enough to boost life expectancy by three years and cut death risk by 14%, researchers in Taiwan say.

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FaviconCancer spreads with sharp elbows 15 Aug 2011, 6:04 pm

Scientists have discovered how cancerous cells can "elbow" their way out of tumours, offering clues for new drugs to prevent cancers spreading.

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FaviconVIDEO: Timelapse: Installing a turbine 15 Aug 2011, 2:01 pm

Timelapse footage reveals how a wind turbine is installed over a day and night at sea.

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FaviconTurkey general faces 'plot' trial 15 Aug 2011, 1:22 pm

Senior Turkish general Bilgin Balanli and 27 others go on trial accused of plotting to undermine the government.

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FaviconWould you shake hands with someone reviled? 15 Aug 2011, 11:24 am

How do ambassadors and envoys manage to sit down and talk with people they see as tyrants or terrorists?

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FaviconThe advantages of pessimism 12 Aug 2011, 5:25 pm

Life is bound to disappoint us unless we learn to be a bit more gloomy, says Alain de Botton.

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