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Brics agrees to explore bank plan

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
The main emerging economies meet in the Indian capital, Delhi, to look at ways of strengthening their position against Europe and the United States.
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Phoenix referred to commission

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
The Utility Regulator is referring Phoenix Gas to the Competition Commission over the company's refusal to accept new controls which would have slashed the price of gas
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Met backing new law for openness

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
The Met Police backs calls for a law change to ensure fuller details can be revealed in cases in which people have died at the hands of officers.
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Petrol and pasties fill headlines

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Pasty 'farce' and petrol 'panic' fill the papers
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Bo scandal claims 'preposterous'

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Bo Xilai, the politician at the centre of China's biggest political scandal in years, is the victim of a smear campaign, a source close to his family tells the BBC.
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Three prisoners executed in Japan

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Japan hangs three death row inmates in its first executions since July 2010, local media report.
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Grammar school's growth approved

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Kent County Council backs plans for a grammar school to expand onto a new site - the first major expansion of a grammar in England for 50 years.
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Arab states back Syria peace plan

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Arab League states call for the immediate implementation of a plan to end a year of violence in Syria as Syria's president says he backs the plan.
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Jerrycan fuel advice 'a mistake'

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
The government made a mistake in advising people to store petrol in jerrycans to prepare for a possible strike by fuel tanker drivers, a minister says.
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Pope criticises US Cuba embargo

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Pope Benedict XVI criticises the 50-year-old US trade embargo on Cuba and calls for greater rights as he ends his visit to the island.
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Teachers strike over term changes

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Teachers in Nottingham walk out on strike over proposed changes to terms, forcing several schools to shut for the day.
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Key Republican backs Mitt Romney

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Florida senator and conservative favourite Marco Rubio endorses Mitt Romney in the race for the US Republican presidential nomination.
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Starling numbers 'at 30-year low'

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
The RSPB's annual wildlife survey has recorded the lowest number of starlings in UK gardens for 30 years.
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Fewer places in most universities

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Most universities in England are going to have fewer places to offer students this year, as the funding changes in higher education are implemented.
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Funding cuts 'close arts groups'

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
A significant number of arts companies who lost all their core Arts Council England funding last year have shut down or are closing, research reveals.
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Arts cuts losers: One year on

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
What happened to bodies that lost Arts Council England funding?
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UK 'must end' overseas aid target

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
The government should end its commitment to spend 0.7% of national income in overseas aid by next year, a parliamentary committee says.
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Nominations close in council vote

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Nominations close for May's council elections - the first since devolution to be held separately from the election to the Scottish Parliament.
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Audio slideshow: South African paramedics

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Sound and images of a South African paramedic's life
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A vote of confidence in Burma

Sat, 2024-11-30 12:49
Why the world is watching by-elections in Burma
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