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Lib Dems to abstain in Hunt vote

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Lib Dem MPs will withdraw their support from the culture secretary in a Commons vote calling for an investigation into whether Jeremy Hunt broke the ministerial code.
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VIDEO: Civilians trapped amid Syria violence

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
The head of peacekeeping at the United Nations, Herve Ladsous, says the conflict can now be considered a civil war. It is the first time a UN official has formally voiced that view.
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Afghan drug lord jailed for life

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
An Afghan man found guilty of running one of the world's largest heroin trafficking rings and funding the Taliban is jailed for life in the US.
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Redknapp's Spurs future uncertain

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Harry Redknapp's position at Tottenham is increasingly uncertain despite a strenuous denial that he would resign as manager.
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RUAS members vote for Maze move

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Members of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society vote in favour of moving their headquarters to the site of the former Maze prison.
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Cuba buries boxing hero Stevenson

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Heavyweight boxing champion Teofilo Stevenson, who won three Olympic gold medals for Cuba and refused offers to fight abroad, is buried in Havana.
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Poland 1-1 Russia

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Poland captain Jakub Blaszczykowski scores a stunning second-half equaliser as the co-hosts claim a point against Russia.
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Yacht hoax call 'came from land'

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
The US Coast Guard releases the recordings of an emergency call describing an explosion on a yacht that turned out to be a hoax.
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Murdoch too powerful - Miliband

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells the Leveson Inquiry that Rupert Murdoch's dominance of the British media fuelled his empire's "arrogance".
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Tunisia imposes curfew after riot

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Tunisia declares a curfew in eight regions, including the capital, after rioting which the government blames on Islamists angered by an art show.
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Nigeria financial chief suspended

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
The head of Nigeria's stock exchange regulator, Arunmah Oteh, is suspended pending an investigation into allegations of malpractice.
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WPP shareholders oppose pay deal

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
WPP shareholders vote against the advertising agency's executive pay report, which includes a £6.8m deal for chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell.
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Greek radical defies EU pressure

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
The leader of Greece's radical leftist party Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, warns the EU against trying to cow him if he wins Sunday's election.
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Brazil tries to curb crime wave

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Some 400 extra policemen are deployed in the streets of Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, to deal with a wave of robberies at bars and restaurants.
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VIDEO: Clashes as Russian fans march in Poland

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Russian and Polish football fans in Warsaw have clashed ahead of a Euro 2012 match between the two teams.
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VIDEO: 'A day of sodden, soaking misery'

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Persistent rain has caused serious flooding across large parts of southern England.
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Greece 1-2 Czech Republic

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Czech Republic's Euro 2012 campaign comes alive thanks to two goals in the first six minutes against 2004 champions Greece.
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VIDEO: '10,000 macaroons and 6,000 tarts'

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
The Queen has hosted a Jubilee garden party for 3,500 guests at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
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Irish Republic pardons deserters

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
The Irish government pardons more than 4,500 former soldiers who deserted the Defence Forces during World War II to fight with the Allied Forces.
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Jubilees show UK's declining ability to protect itself

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 10:46
Jubilee years reveal UK's diminishing ability to protect itself
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