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Cutty Sark ship-shape once again

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
Cutty Sark reopens after five-year restoration
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Shoe-bomber supergrass testifies in US

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
Would-be shoe bomber Saajid Badat becomes the first UK terror convict to testify at an al-Qaeda operative trial in the US.
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Why do so many French people vote?

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
The turnout in the French presidential election was more than 80%. Why are the French so politically engaged?
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Olympic security test to begin

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
At least 4,000 people are taking part later in the biggest security exercise ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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In pictures: The Ford Transit

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
Celebration of the Ford Transit, from 1965 to now
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Trayvon Martin police chief saved

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
The police chief who chose not to arrest George Zimmerman after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in Florida sees his offer to resign blocked.
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VIDEO: Pair rescued from sinking trawler

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
A skipper and his crewman were rescued from a fishing trawler just seconds before it sank off the Hampshire coast.
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Rangers get 12-month transfer ban

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
Rangers owner Craig Whyte is banned for life by the SFA, which also hands the club a 12-month transfer embargo.
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VIDEO: Inside Obama's campaign headquarters

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
A rare look inside President Obama's campaign headquarters as he seeks re-election later this year.
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Chavez dismisses rumours of death

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez phones state TV to deny rumours he has died while undergoing radiotherapy in Cuba for a malignant tumour.
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Leicester 1-2 West Ham

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
West Ham come from behind to beat Leicester and take the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League to the final day.
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Mexico row prompts Wal-Mart dip

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
Two US congressmen launch an investigation as Wal-Mart shares fall 5% following weekend reports of a cover-up at Mexican subsidiaries.
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Accused had 'paedophile hit list'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
A man accused of murdering a 57-year-old supermarket worker had a hit list of men he planned to kill in an attempt to rid the world of "paedophiles", a court hears.
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'No Colombia link' to White House

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
An internal White House probe finds no link between its staff and the Secret Service scandal in Colombia, President Obama's spokesman says.
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Heywood death discussed with US

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
The Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to his US counterpart Hillary Clinton, about the death of UK businessman Neil Heywood in China.
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John Edwards criminal case begins

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
The campaign finance trial of ex-US presidential candidate John Edwards opens with a judge revealing a key accuser called other witnesses before the trial.
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End lifetime drug bans - Edwards

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
Former Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards is happy the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban for drug cheats looks set to be overturned.
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Facebook buys Microsoft patents

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
Facebook says it is paying Microsoft $550m for some of the patents it recently bought from AOL, while reporting a drop in first quarter profits.
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Marathon runners' details leaked

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
The home and email addresses of 38,000 entrants to the London Marathon were accidentally published on the organisers' website, the BBC discovers.
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Extradited Briton granted US bail

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 23:56
A retired British businessman extradited to the US over allegations of arms dealing is allowed bail by a Texas court.
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