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Politicians' taxes divide papers

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Papers divided over politicians revealing tax details
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Australia warns on PNG poll delay

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Australia expresses concern at a decision in Papua New Guinea to delay elections by six months, amid an ongoing political crisis in PNG.
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Cups of Tea author must repay $1m

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
The author of Three Cups of Tea has agreed to repay $1m (£631,000) to his charity after an inquiry found millions of dollars of its cash was mis-spent.
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Rarest ducklings on Earth hatch

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Eighteen Madagascan pochards hatch in captivity, bringing the world population of this critically endangered duck to just 60, conservationists say.
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VIDEO: Pompeii receives cash boost

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
The Italian government has launched a 105m-euro (£87m) project to save one of the world's greatest archaeological treasures, the ancient city of Pompeii.
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Tobacco shop display ban begins

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
A ban on tobacco displays is coming into force in England - with ministers promising it will help curb the number of young people taking up smoking.
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'Use antibiotics' in appendicitis

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Antibiotics may be a better alternative to surgery for treating appendicitis, according to a doctor at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
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VIDEO: US Coast Guard fires on 'ghost ship'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
The US Coast Guard has used cannon to fire on and sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami.
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VIDEO: Urban rivers get anglers hooked

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Evan Davis finds out why improvements in rivers in Britain's towns and cities means
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Mexican cartel leader gets life

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
A US judge sentences a Mexican cartel leader to life in prison for the murder of three people linked to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez in 2010.
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Samsung expects profits to double

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Samsung Electronics says it expects profit for the first quarter to almost double as its smartphone sales continue to grow.
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Quiz of the week's news

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
How will the colour of New York taxis change?
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Reality theatre throws out script

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
The play with no script - just actors playing real people
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Battle to save daughter's smile

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
A three-year-old girl with a rare facial deterioration disorder needs £70,000 for US treatment
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Could 'pink slime' be rebranded?

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Critics dubbed a type of processed US beef "pink slime" and killed an industry - can it be rebranded?
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Clean urban rivers get anglers hooked

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Cleaner urban rivers are getting anglers hooked
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In pictures: Bond style is 50

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Exhibition illustrates 50 years of James Bond style
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Worker injury reporting reduced

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Changes to the reporting of injuries to workers will save businesses thousands of hours of form-filling every year, says the government.
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The most expensive place to post a letter

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
The price of postage is going up sharply in the UK, but it still won't be the most expensive place in the world to post a letter, or not quite. Which countries win the booby prize?
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VIDEO: Arms dealer Viktor Bout sentenced

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:40
Arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed the "merchant of death", has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by a US judge.
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