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Face knife attacker is detained

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
A teenager who attacked a friend with a knife leaving him with facial injuries that needed 100 stitches and staples is detained for 16 years.
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VIDEO: Karachi kidnappings help fund Taliban

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
In Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, police say the Taliban are generating funds through bank robberies, protection rackets and kidnappings.
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VIDEO: Inside F1 from the Malaysian GP

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
Watch BBC Sport's Inside F1 programme from the Malaysian Grand Prix. (UK only).
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Belfast airport pulls runway plan

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
The management of Belfast City Airport withdraw their plans to extend the runway at the east Belfast site.
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Glass victim advised counselling

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
A 22-year-old woman who received permanent facial scars after a pint glass was smashed into her face says her doctor has advised she attend counselling.
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Mozart piece uncovered in Austria

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
A previously unknown piano composition by Mozart, believed to have been written when he was as young as 10, is uncovered in Austria.
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Week in pictures: 17-23 March 2012

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
News photos from around the world
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Breivik spurs health law revision

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
Norway plans new mental health laws to cater for mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's detention, as his trial looms.
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Inbreeding did not kill mammoths

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
The last known population of woolly mammoths did not "inevitably" die out because of inbreeding and lack of genetic diversity, a study suggests.
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Bed-bound man guilty of murders

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
A man who appeared at a murder trial at the Old Bailey in a hospital bed is found guilty of murdering his ex-wife and her mother.
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Schools 'required to fill vacuum'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
Schools are 'too often asked to make up for much wider failings within families and communities', Ofsted chief inspector says.
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Murray eases past Falla in Miami

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
Great Britain's Andy Murray beats Colombian Alejandro Falla to book a spot in the third round of the Miami Masters.
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VIDEO: Live - Sport Relief

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
TV and sports stars join in charity drive
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Taliban's brisk trade of kidnapping in Karachi

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
Taliban's Karachi kidnappings on the rise
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Mali coup leader promises polls

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
The leader of this week's coup in Mali, Capt Amadou Sanogo, tells the BBC he has no intention of staying in power, but the former leaders will face justice.
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Solicitor jailed for client theft

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
A solicitor from Leeds is jailed for 26 months for stealing more than £50,000 from an elderly client he had known for 30 years.
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Borat tune stuns Kazakh medallist

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
A Kazakh shooting gold medallist is stunned as the comedy national anthem from the film Borat is played for her victory in Kuwait instead of the real one.
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A Point of View: Hi-yo, silver screen

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
Can box-office bait Johnny Depp save the Western now he's signed up for a silver screen remake of The Lone Ranger? Or are the golden days of this genre long gone, asks historian David Cannadine.
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VIDEO: Could GPS be used to predict earthquakes?

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
Professor Kosuke Heki of Hokkaido University in Japan believes he has found a way to predict earthquakes.
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S Lanka minister in media threat

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 20:58
A Sri Lankan cabinet minister threatens violence against journalists and human rights activists who he says have been opposing the government.
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