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Obama pleads for Koran row calm
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:31:20 GMT
President Obama makes a plea for religious tolerance, as a church threatening to burn the Koran demands contact with a New York imam.
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MPs 'held back' on phone inquiry
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:50:02 GMT
MPs held back in an inquiry into phone-hacking allegations for fear that their own private lives could be targeted, a former MP claims.
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Wayne Rooney requesting privacy
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:39:40 GMT
Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen ask the media to respect their privacy while they discuss newspaper allegations about the footballer.
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40,000 police jobs 'threatened'
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:32:39 GMT
As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs may be at risk across England and Wales if funding cuts of 25% go ahead, the Police Federation says.
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Royal Mail sell-off is confirmed
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:15:51 GMT
The government confirms it is to press ahead with a complete sale of Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service.
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Church abuse detailed in Belgium
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:09:55 GMT
Harrowing details of alleged sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium are released by an official Church investigator.
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Connaught sale saves 2,500 jobs
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:31:31 GMT
About 2,500 jobs are saved after administrators KPMG agree to sell most of Connaught's failed social housing group.
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Jones wants to be first minister
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:58:24 GMT
Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones tells his party conference that after next year's assembly elections he wants to be first minister of Wales.
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Garden burial murder son jailed
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:05:54 GMT
A man is jailed for at least 16 years for murdering his father and burying his remains in concrete in a garden in Buckinghamshire.
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Several die in California blast
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:55:55 GMT
At least four people have been killed in an explosion which tore through a town near San Francisco, officials say.
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Investors bet on prisoner rehab
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:41:46 GMT
A "payment-by-results" project to cut reoffending is officially launched, with investors getting a return only if reoffending drops.
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C4 bids farewell to Big Brother
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:29:03 GMT
Former air steward Brian Dowling is the bookies' favourite to win Ultimate Big Brother as the Channel 4 reality show comes to an end.
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Lifeboat crew rescues man and wheelie bin
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:15:09 GMT
Lifeboat crews made a most unusual rescue off the coast of Anglesey - an 81-year-old man and his wheelie bin.
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No jam today: hospice rejects home-made donations
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:24:27 GMT
Allotment owners are disappointed their vegetables and homemade jam can no longer be sold in a Cumbria hospice shop.
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Ferguson brushes off Rooney talk
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:06:01 GMT
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and Everton manager David Moyes refuse to be drawn on Wayne Rooney's off-field problems as the troubled striker returns to face his former club on Saturday.
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