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MP claim 'put my life in danger'

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
A retired Dundalk garda accuses MP Jeffrey Donaldson of putting his life in danger by naming him in the House of Commons as a rogue officer.
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Texts in bed 'impair learning'

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Parents should worry less about cyberbullying and more about sleep and memory disruption when children use technology at night an expert warns.
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Hu urges Iran to be 'flexible'

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Chinese President Hu Jintao holds meetings with his Iranian and Afghan counterparts on the sidelines of a regional summit in Beijing.
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Blazer faces apartment rent claim

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Chuck Blazer, the official who blew the whistle on corruption within Fifa, is accused of secretly funding rent on a New York apartment.
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Vampire-slaying kit up for sale

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
A Victorian vampire-slaying kit is expected to fetch £2,000 at an auction in North Yorkshire.
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Flame makers send 'suicide' code

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
The creators of the Flame virus have sent commands to wipe it off many of the computers it managed to infect.
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Rowan Atkinson gets West End role

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Rowan Atkinson is to act in his first play for almost 25 years, appearing as a teacher in a revival of Simon Gray's 1981 comic drama Quartermaine's Terms.
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Day in pictures: 8 June 2012

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 8 June
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Warnings as strong winds lash UK

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Severe weather warnings are issued as winds of up to 82mph and torrential rain batter England and Wales.
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PM and Osborne called to Leveson

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
David Cameron, Nick Clegg, George Osborne and Gordon Brown will appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week, it is announced.
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Investigation into slurry death

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
A Health and Safety inquiry is under way into the death of a 43-year-old man who fell into a slurry pit on a farm in Dromore, County Down.
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M&S to launch in-store banking

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
High Street retailer Marks and Spencer says it will launch an in-store banking service and a current account this year, backed by HSBC.
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Olympus plans to cut 2,700 jobs

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Olympus, the Japanese camera maker recovering from an accounting scandal, announces a five-year plan that includes cutting 2,700 jobs.
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New car sales accelerate in May

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
New car sales in the UK rose 7.9% in May, the industry body says, the largest increase for almost two years.
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Gales hamper South West clean-up

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Attempts to clear up storm damage in the South West are hampered by gale-force winds.
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Uefa confirms 'racist chanting'

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Uefa confirms there were "isolated incidents of racist chanting" aimed at Netherlands players during an open training session in Krakow.
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Eurozone outlooks still diverging

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
The French central bank has cut its forecast for the French economy, but Germany is now expected to grow much faster than previously predicted.
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Teachers vote against exam action

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Members of Scotland's largest teaching union vote against taking industrial action over exams linked to the new curriculum.
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Fatal bomb attack on Pakistan bus

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
At least 18 people are killed in a bomb attack on a bus carrying government employees in north west Pakistan, police say.
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Japan PM urges reactor restart

BBC - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 23:37
Japan must restart two nuclear reactors to protect the country's economy, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says in a televised broadcast.
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