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Papers horrified by Europe polls

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Papers horrified by Europe polls
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US drug company in $1.6bn payout

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Drug firm Abbott Laboratories agrees to pay out $1.6bn (£1bn) after improperly marketing mood-stabilising drug Depakote.
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Tenants evicted for Olympic cash

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Tenants in east London are being evicted from their homes as landlords attempt to cash in on the Olympics.
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Groups demand social care reform

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
There must be no half-measures on the reform of social care in England, campaigners and council chiefs are warning.
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VIDEO: 'Islamic Facebook' woos Muslims

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Salamworld, a social networking site with Islamic influences, is due to launch in July with the hope of challenging Facebook's supremacy.
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China expels foreign journalist

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Al-Jazeera says it has been forced to close its English-language bureau in Beijing after China carries out a rare expulsion of a foreign journalist.
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Netanyahu agrees coalition deal

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu strikes a surprise deal with the opposition Kadima party to form a new coalition, avoiding an early general election.
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Cameron and Clegg: No letting up

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
David Cameron says there will be no "let-up" in tough decisions on the economy while Nick Clegg says the recovery will not happen "overnight" on a joint appearance.
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Greek threat to scrap EU bailout

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza bloc says he will try to form a coalition based on tearing up the terms of the EU/IMF bailout deal.
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VIDEO: Prince Harry receives humanitarian award

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Prince Harry has received the Atlantic Council's 2012 award for distinguished humanitarian leadership for his charitable work with wounded service members.
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Tony Sale computer award launched

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
The life of a pioneering computer conservationist is being commemorated with an award for the best computer restoration project.
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AUDIO: Damon Albarn previews new Blur song

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Albarn sings a preview of This is Under The Westway to Front Row's John Wilson and says it is not necessarily the last Blur song.
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Harry praises wounded 'heroes'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Prince Harry has paid tribute to wounded UK service personnel who took part in a tournament called Warrior Games, during a short trip to the US.
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VIDEO: US 'foils underwear bomb plot'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
An upgraded "underwear bomb" plot designed by al-Qaeda in Yemen to blow up a plane bound for the US is disrupted, US officials say.
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Unions call for end to pay freeze

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Three unions representing local government workers in Scotland call for an end to the two-year pay freeze.
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What was France like in 1981?

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
What was France like under its last Socialist president?
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MPs criticise referendum question

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
The Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster criticises the Scottish government's proposed question in the independence referendum.
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Niger 'worst place to be mother'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
The West African state of Niger is now the worst place in the world to be a mother, a Save the Children annual report says.
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VIDEO: Baseball organist crowdsources music requests

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
A baseball organist who takes requests
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Forces secretly kept body samples

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 20:20
Two police forces kept body parts and tissue samples in nearly 90 suspicious and unexplained death cases without notifying relatives, it emerges.
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