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Ahmadinejad in Iran poll setback

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffers a fresh setback after supporters of the Supreme Leader make new gains in run-off parliamentary polls.
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Helicopter in rescue of kayakers

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
A kayaking couple who became separated and ended up in the water themselves off Anglesey for about 40 minutes are rescued.
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VIDEO: Court hearing for key 9/11 suspects

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks have appeared before a US military tribunal at Guantanamo to be charged.
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Olympic advert criticised by IOC

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
An advert showing an Argentine Olympic hopeful training in the Falkland Islands is criticised by the International Olympic Committee.
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Family witness cliff fall death

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
A holidaymaker dies in a 50m fall from cliffs in Cornwall in front of his wife and children.
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Long airport wait 'unacceptable'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Long queues for passport control checks at UK airports are a fact of life but are still "unacceptable", Stansted Airport bosses say.
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VIDEO: The rise of dancing with dogs

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
The BBC's Mike Bushell looks at how dancing with dogs has become more and popular and is now a competitive sport.
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Peru drug clinic blaze kills 14

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
A fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in the Peruvian capital Lima has killed 14 people, firefighters say, the second such tragedy this year.
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Stoner races to pole in Portugal

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Australia's Casey Stoner will start Sunday's Portuguese MotoGP on pole, despite leaving it late to record the best qualifying lap.
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Mass arrests after Egypt clashes

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
More than 300 people are detained after deadly clashes between protesters and Egyptian security forces in Cairo, military sources say.
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Absconded inmate hands himself in

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
A man serving 12 years for armed robbery who absconded from a prison in Surrey has been returned to jail after he handed himself in to police in Kent.
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Arsenal 3-3 Norwich

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Steve Morison's late equaliser earns Norwich a draw that leaves Arsenal's Champions League hopes out of their hands.
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French ponder Sunday poll choice

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
French President Nicolas Sarkozy spends the day with his family and his challenger Francois Hollande visits a market a day before the crucial second round.
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VIDEO: Protesters call for nuclear free Japan

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
In Japan, thousands of people have taken to the streets to celebrate the temporary switching off of the country's last operating nuclear reactor.
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Couple drop church bell complaint

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
A couple who had a chiming church clock silenced because it kept them awake at night are withdrawing their complaint.
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VIDEO: Boris sworn in as London Mayor

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Mr Johnson, who was running for the Conservatives, narrowly beat Labour's Ken Livingstone, ending a long-running rivalry.
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Retreat on no-notice inspections

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Education Secretary Michael Gove signals to head teachers there will be a re-think over plans for Ofsted to inspect schools without any warning.
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Johnson 'to work his socks off'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Boris Johnson says he will "work his socks off' as he was sworn in for his second term as London mayor.
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VIDEO: Clinton leaves China without activist

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
China says he can leave the country and the Americans say they will welcome him. But he is still confined to a hospital in Beijing.
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Airlift plan for South Sudanese

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 05:43
Thousands of South Sudanese stranded for months in a camp in Sudan by cross-border fighting are to be airlifted home, an aid group says.
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