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Troops deployed in western Libya

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
The Libyan government declares a "military zone" in the west of the country, deploying troops to quell days of clashes between rival militia.
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£1bn contract for UK nuclear subs

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
A £1bn contract for reactors for the next generation of the UK's nuclear-armed submarines is set to be announced on Monday.
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Probe into 'Olympic ticket fraud'

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
The International Olympic Committee begins an investigation into claims Olympics representatives were willing to sell thousands of tickets for the London Games on the black market.
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Hollande's party wins majority

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
France's Socialist Party scores a big victory in elections, giving President Hollande strong backing for his tax-and-spend programme.
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Viewpoint: Why the young should welcome austerity

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Historian Niall Ferguson on governments and money
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Leveson complained about minister

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Lord Justice Leveson complained to the UK's top civil servant after a cabinet minister raised concerns about his inquiry into the press, it emerges.
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Drop in drink-drive convictions

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Drink-drive convictions in Scotland have fallen by a third in five years, according to statistics from the Scottish government.
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Five media myths of Watergate

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Was Watergate really a triumph of journalism?
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Slovakia policeman kills three

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
A policeman in Slovakia kills three people and wounds two more, thought to be members of a Roma family, reports say.
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Radiohead stage fall kills one

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
One person is killed and another seriously hurt after a stage collapses before a Radiohead show in the Canadian city of Toronto.
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Egypt row as parliament dissolved

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood denounces the dissolution of parliament as a coup against democracy, as the country votes for a new president.
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Charges after Paraguay land clash

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Nine landless farmers in Paraguay are charged with murder after a deadly clash between the landless and police trying to evict them from a private property.
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Greece 1-0 Russia

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Giorgos Karagounis scores as Greece produce one of the shocks of Euro 2012 to knock Russia out of the tournament.
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Czech Republic 1-0 Poland

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Petr Jiracek scores the only goal to break Polish hearts and send Czech Republic into the quarter-finals as group winners.
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Greeks urged to respect austerity

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Greek voters to elect a new government that will stick to the country's austerity measures.
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Afghan death: UK soldier is named

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
A British soldier killed in Afghanistan on Friday has been named as Corporal Alex Guy from the 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment.
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No contact from Spurs, says Moyes

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Everton manager David Moyes insists he has no contact from Tottenham Hotspur and that he is happy at Goodison Park.
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Russell Brand hosts Dalai Lama

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Comedian Russell Brand comperes for the Dalai Lama at the Manchester Arena, as part of the Tibetan spiritual leader's 10-day tour of Britain.
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Cricket boys hit by falling tree

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
Three nine-year-old boys are injured when a tree falls at a cricket ground in south-west London.
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Cricketer starts relay in Durham

BBC - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 19:56
The Olympic flame makes its way from Durham's World Heritage Site to the industrial heartland of Teesside on day 30 of the relay.
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