UK to meet Germany over EU migration
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 07:45
The UK is to meet Germany and "a series of European nations who share our concerns" over stopping "benefit tourism", Iain Duncan Smith says.
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Met defends actions in killer case
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:59
Background checks on a psychotic killer by police officers would not have stopped her murdering again, the Met Police insists.
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Czech court acquits US rock star
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:46
Randy Blythe, frontman of US metal band Lamb of God, is acquitted by a Czech court of causing the death of a fan at a concert in Prague in 2010.
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VIDEO: Meet the Colombian 'Billy Elliot'
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:41
Colombia's Fernando Montano talks to the BBC about how, after deciding at the age of four that he wanted to become a professional ballet dancer, he travelled the world from Cuba to Italy before ending up in the UK where he is now the only Colombian dancer in the Royal Ballet.
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US fugitive jailed for £1.2m theft
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:39
A man who spent almost 20 years on the run in the US is jailed for five years for stealing a security van containing £1.2m in Suffolk.
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Chavez suffers new severe infection
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:35
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a new, severe respiratory infection following cancer surgery, the government says.
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VIDEO: Bradford Batman's identity unveiled
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:31
A takeaway delivery driver is revealed as the mystery Batman figure who handed a wanted man in at a police station in Bradford.
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UK 'lagging in Europe health league'
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:20
The UK is lagging behind progress by similar countries on many indicators for ill-health, research published in the Lancet suggests.
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China and US 'reach N Korea deal'
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:12
The US and China reach a tentative deal on a new sanctions resolution to punish North Korea for its nuclear test, UN diplomats say.
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Madagascar jail raid over nun murder
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:11
Two people are killed after a crowd storms a jail in Madagascar where the three alleged killers of a French nun were believed to be held.
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Syrian governor held 'as city falls'
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 06:05
Syrian rebels have captured the governor of the northern province of Raqqa after over-running most its capital city, activists say.
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NHS boss 'determined to carry on'
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 05:50
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson spells out his determination to carry on leading the health service as he faces a grilling from MPs over his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal.
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Call to fill EU IT skills shortage
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 05:40
A "grand coalition" to get some of Europe's 26 million unemployed into IT-related jobs is outlined by the European Commission.
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Pistorius family row over gun claims
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 05:33
The family of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of murder, distances itself from his father's comments that guns are needed to protect white people from crime.
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Day in pictures: 5 March 2013
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 05:21
News photos over 24 hours: 5 March
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VIDEO: Russia divided over 'hero' Stalin
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 05:14
On the 60th anniversary of the death of Soviet supreme ruler Joseph Stalin there is still controversy over how to view his legacy.
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Top judge: Secret courts troubling
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 04:37
The UK's most senior judge warns that the legal profession will be "troubled" by aspects of plans to allow courts to examine secret intelligence in private.
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Kabul Bank chiefs jailed for fraud
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 04:36
Two former chiefs of Afghanistan's Kabul Bank are sentenced to five years in jail for the multi-million dollar fraud that almost led to its collapse in 2010.
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Boos as Bieber goes on stage late
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 04:31
Teen pop idol Justin Bieber angers parents by emerging onstage for a concert at London's O2 Arena almost two hours late.
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VIDEO: 10 years on: What did we learn from Iraq?
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 04:18
The war in Iraq had a dramatic effect on politics and diplomacy in UK, in the Middle East and across the globe, and still has the power to provoke debate 10 years on,
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