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Cheaper Raspberry Pi goes on sale

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 09:08
Europeans are the first to get their hands on the Model A version of the hugely popular Raspberry Pi bare-bones computer.
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In pictures: Seabirds cleaned

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:58
Seabirds washed and cared for at an RSPCA centre in Somerset
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India out of Women's World Cup

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:48
Hosts India are out of the Women's World Cup with a 138-run defeat by Sri Lanka in their final group match in Mumbai.
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Hailo - cabbies and capitalists

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:47
Mobile phone taxi app Hailo on verge of going global
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Drone strikes legal case revealed

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 08:47
A leaked US justice department memo reveals its legal case for drone strikes on American citizens abroad, which a civil liberties group calls "reckless".
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Avoid violence, Obama urges Kenya

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 07:36
The US President Barack Obama urges the people of Kenya, where his father was born, to avoid violence and intimidation in next month's elections.
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Liberty Global eyes Virgin Media

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 07:02
US billionaire John Malone's cable group Liberty Global is in discussions about a deal with Richard Branson's UK cable operator Virgin Media
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Kashmir girl band asks 'why us?'

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 06:50
A member of a girl band in Indian-administered Kashmir queries why they are described as "un-Islamic" when male bands are allowed to perform
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VIDEO: 'Bionic man' surprises roboticists

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 06:35
A bionic man, complete with working artificial organs, synthetic blood and functioning limbs has been built by robotics experts.
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VIDEO: Madrid's placard philanthropist

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 06:25
Martin Sagrera uses his free time and his money to make the placards that many people carry during protests in Madrid
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Adlington retires from swimming

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 06:24
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington retires at the age of 23 to focus on her campaign and mentoring work.
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Cities fight for king's remains

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 06:22
A campaign to bring Richard III's body back to York gains momentum after a skeleton found beneath a car park in Leicester is confirmed as his.
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Troggs singer Reg Presley dies at 71

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 06:21
Reg Presley, frontman of British rock band The Troggs - behind hits including Wild Thing - dies aged 71, a year after being diagnosed with cancer.
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China 'locks radar' on Japan ship

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 06:21
A Chinese vessel locked its weapon-targeting radar on a Japanese ship near disputed islands, Tokyo says, amid mounting tensions over a territorial row.
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South Africa holds Congo 'rebels'

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 06:06
South Africa's counter terrorism unit arrests 19 suspected Congolese rebels in northern Limpopo province, police say.
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'No a la carte Europe' - Hollande

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 05:58
French President Francois Hollande tells the European Parliament there can be no "a la carte" attitude to the EU in an apparent swipe at the UK.
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France takes aim at Britain

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 05:46
France to blame UK for EU budget fight, Gavin Hewitt says
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Reconstructed face of Richard III

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 05:38
A facial reconstruction of how Richard III may have looked is released, after archaeologists confirmed a skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park was that of the English king.
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BP posts fall in full-year profits

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 05:27
Oil giant BP reports a fall in full-year profits as it continued to settle charges related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Day in pictures: 5 February 2013

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 05:27
24 hours of news photos: 5 February
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