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Polarised Egypt result confirmed

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi and old regime figure Ahmed Shafiq will contest June's Egypt presidential run-off, state media confirm.
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VIDEO: From Time Lord to torchbearer

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Matt Smith, the star of the BBC drama Doctor Who, has started the eighth day of the Olympic torch relay from Cardiff.
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Finland gunman in deadly rampage

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
A teenager is arrested after two people are killed and several others wounded in an apparently random shooting in southern Finland.
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Boy dies after river bridge jump

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
A 15-year-old boy dies after getting into difficulties when he jumped from a bridge into the River Thames at Oxford.
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Humperdinck kicks off Eurovision

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
The UK's Engelbert Humperdinck is to go head to head with six Russian grannies as 26 countries compete in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan.
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Man dies after shooting in pub

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
A man is shot dead and three others are injured when a gunman opens fire in a crowded pub in Droylsden, Greater Manchester.
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Eurozone, Eurovision and Jubilee

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Eurozone and Eurovision grab papers' attention
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High Streets to share £1.2m pot

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Twelve English High Streets - from Cornwall to Northumberland - will share a £1.2m pot of government cash to rejuvenate shopping areas.
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Colombia troops jailed for murder

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Six Colombian soldiers are jailed for killing a man and passing him off as a guerrilla killed in combat, in order to gain extra holiday and promotion.
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Spain's Bankia vows transparency

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
The head of Spain's fourth-largest bank, Bankia, promises greater transparency after announcing 3bn-euro losses and asking for a state bailout.
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Elvis inspires UK's Humperdinck

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Veteran crooner Engelbert Humperdinck will take to the stage for Britain at the Eurovision song contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, later on Saturday.
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Singapore in keenly-watched poll

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Singapore holds a keenly-watched by-election to fill a parliamentary seat vacated after an opposition MP was expelled by his party in February.
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VIDEO: The skyscrapers London never saw

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
London's skyline would look very different today if some of the plans for towers and skyscrapers that have been proposed in the past had been built.
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Last daily edition for newspapers

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Two local newspapers end daily publishing to move over to a once-a-week edition.
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Made in Chelsea

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
What happens to gardens when the show's over?
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Medvedev named ruling party chief

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Russia's ruling party elects Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its new leader at a congress in Moscow.
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VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Graeme Swann

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
England cricketer Graeme Swann on the mental side of the game
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Thousands breach new cookie law

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Thousands of UK websites are in breach of a law that dictates what they can log about visitors.
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Mount Everest's continuing pull

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
Are there too many people trying to scale Everest?
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UK plans for EU immigration rise

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 18:43
The Home Office draws up contingency plans to cope with a possible large increase in immigration from Greece if the euro collapses.
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