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Survivors recount massacre horror

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Survivors of Friday's massacre in Syria tell the BBC of their terror as regime forces killed their families, although Damascus denies their claims.
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Canada bill to end rail strike

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
The Canadian government introduces legislation to force striking workers at Canadian Pacific Railway to go back to their jobs.
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Montgomerie misses out on US Open

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Colin Montgomerie makes a 900-mile round trip for a new putter but fails to qualify for the US Open on Monday.
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Quebec in fee talks with students

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
The provincial government of Quebec, Canada, resumes talks with student groups in Quebec City in an effort to end a standoff over tuition fee hikes.
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Watchdog to examine gypsy adverts

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
The advertising watchdog reverses its decision not to investigate a billboard campaign for Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
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Fifa appoints human rights lawyer

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Fifa is set to appoint top human rights lawyer Luis Moreno Ocampo as the first head of the ethics committee's investigations arm.
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U-turn over 'Cornish pasty tax'

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
The government is to reverse its plan to impose VAT on Cornish pasties and reduce the proposed charges on static caravans, the BBC learns.
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Rangers' CVA proposal on Tuesday

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Rangers' administrators say notice of company voluntary arrangement meetings will be sent to creditors on Tuesday.
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'Tip-toeing back to third runway'

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Boris Johnson on Newsnight has accused the government of trying to kick a decision about a new airport into "the long grass" until after the next election.
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Waste blamed for fly infestation

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
People living near an East Yorkshire port say their homes have been infested with flies after waste was left on the docks.
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First images of abducted reporter

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Colombia's Farc rebels release a tape, broadcast on Venezuelan TV, showing the first images of the abducted French journalist, Romeo Langlois.
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Rabies case woman dies in London

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
A woman who was being treated in London for rabies has died, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says.
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Search for teen at disused quarry

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
A search and rescue operation is underway for a missing teenager at a disused quarry in County Tyrone.
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Fatal stab victim was from Latvia

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
The name is released of a 28-year-old woman killed in a stabbing in Lisburn.
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VIDEO: Bryn Terfel takes torch in Bangor

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Bryn Terfel carries Olympic torch into Bangor's Faenol park for a celebration on Monday evening
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Can Abu Qatada get a fair trial in Jordan?

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
What treatment does Abu Qatada face if finally returned to Jordan?
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VIDEO: Fair trial for Qatada in Jordan?

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Abu Qatada will remain in prison in the UK until his deportation appeal is heard in October, a judge has ruled.
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Murray set for Ito test in Paris

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
Andy Murray dismisses concerns over his fitness ahead of Tuesday's meeting with Tatsuma Ito in the French Open first round.
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'Bin Laden doctor' appeal urged

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
The brother of a Pakistani doctor recently sentenced to 33 years in prison for helping US intelligence calls for an appeal of the verdict.
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VIDEO: 1000 year-old tomb discovered in Peru

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 11:43
A 1000 year-old tomb, containing the skeletal remains of over 70 people - most of them thought to be children - is discovered in Peru.
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