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Breivik: Delay led to more deaths

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
Anders Behring Breivik tells his trial that, when he called police to surrender and they failed to return his call, he decided to carry on killing.
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Papers' influence 'overestimated'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
Newspaper owner Evgeny Lebedev says politicians overestimate the influence of newspapers, as he reveals to the Leveson Inquiry the extent of his meetings with leaders.
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How Nasa first saw the early universe

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
Celebration of Cosmic Background Explorer mission
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Russian shooting suspect on CCTV

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
The suspect in the attempted murder of a Russian banker was captured on CCTV moments after the shooting in east London, police say.
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Hi-tech car aid for older drivers

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
A team at Newcastle University is developing new technology - including a "Granny-Nav" - aimed at helping older drivers stay on the road.
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White killer whale adult spotted

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
A white orca is identified off Russia's Kamchatka peninsula - believed to be the first white adult seen in the wild.
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Olympics train hotspots revealed

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
Olympics organisers publish full details of the Tube and rail "hotspots" that those who live, work and travel in London are advised to avoid during the Games.
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AUDIO: Journalist deported from Bahrain

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
A team from Channel Four News, led by foreign correspondent Jonathan Miller, is being deported from Bahrain after being detained by the police.
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Colombia seizes 'rebel cocaine'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
More than two tonnes of cocaine and drug-making equipment believed to belong to Farc rebels are seized in southern Colombia, the army says.
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VIDEO: The vegetarian chef who turned carnivore

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
The vegetarian chef who turned into ultimate carnivore
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What did 'best job' man do next?

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
He won a job as caretaker of a tropical island. Where is he now?
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Audio slideshow: 'Pimp my matatu'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
Kenya's embattled graffiti-art minibuses, in images and sound
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Hamlet: The play Stalin hated

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
Behind the Iron Curtain, Shakespeare's plays were a way to send secret messages about Soviet society to theatre audiences. Now a Lithuanian staging of Hamlet - designed to make Stalin, who hated the play, turn in his grave - will be performed in the UK. Why do these 400-year-old plays resonate in the former Eastern Bloc?
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Are North Koreans really three inches shorter than South Koreans?

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
It's often been reported that North Koreans are a few inches shorter than their counterparts south of the border. Is that true?
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Sinclair's ZX Spectrum turns 30

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
The BBC reunites the team behind Sinclair's computer 30 years on
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Somerset village tops longevity

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
The great variation in life expectancy among pensioners has been highlighted in a new study by the actuarial firm Towers Watson.
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Intel launches Ivy Bridge chips

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
Intel unveils 13 Ivy Bridge chips, promising more processing power and less energy use to help it head off Arm and AMD's challenges.
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Salmon exports at record levels

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
Exports of fresh Scottish salmon leap to record levels for the second consecutive year, according to official figures.
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Unions warn on youth unemployment

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
The STUC accuses the UK and Scottish governments of failing to address youth unemployment, as it publishes new research.
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Wal-Mart probes bribery claim

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 16:53
US retailing giant Wal-Mart is investigating allegations made in a New York Times article accusing its Mexican subsidiary of bribery.
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