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Arabs to discuss Syria escalation

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Feb. 12 (News Report) - Basic supplies are said to be running low in Homs Arab foreign ministers are meeting in Cairo on Sunday to decide their next move after a resolution on Syria failed in the UN Security Council last week.

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How the Daily Mail stormed the US

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Brian Wheeler - Jan. 27 (News Report) - The Daily Mail has overtaken the New York Times as the world's most popular newspaper website. How did it do it?

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UK nuclear subsidies 'unlawful'

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:25:00 -0800

BBC News - Jan. 20 - 20 January 2012 Last updated at 08:25 ET By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News The Fukushima accident illustrates why governments pick up the bills for nuclear disaster Green energy campaigners are attempting to block new nuclear power sta

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Unusually heavy snow hits Austria

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Jan. 07 (News) - Heavier than usual snowfall in many parts of Austria has left villages and tourist resorts cut off, and part of a major railway route has also been shut.

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Can Pakistan step back from the brink?

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Jan. 02 (News) -

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Writer Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Bbc - Dec. 16 (News Report) - ..tony blair...., "he was fearless in the pursuit of truth and any cause in which he believed. and there was no belief he held that he did not advocate with passion, commitment and brilliance."

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Net founders oppose piracy laws

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Dec. 16 (News) - Some of the founding fathers of the modern web have signed a strongly-worded letter opposing US piracy laws.

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Escape from a WWII submarine

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:03:00 -0800

BBC News - Dec. 02 - 1 December 2011 Last updated at 19:03 ET By Tim Clayton Military historian HMS Perseus was launched in May 1929 Seventy years ago, off the Greek island of Kefalonia, the British submarine HMS Perseus hit an Italian mine, sparking one of the greatest and

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Egypt prepares for Friday protest

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Nov. 25 (Opinion) - Egyptians are preparing to hold another mass rally on Friday to demand that the country's military rulers step aside ahead of planned elections.

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Parkinson's 'linked with solvent'

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:57:00 -0800

BBC News - Nov. 14 - 13 November 2011 Last updated at 23:57 ET By Neil Bowdler Health reporter, BBC News A doctor examines the hands of a man with Parkinson's disease An international study has linked an industrial solvent to Parkinson's disease. Researchers found a six-fold

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What is a Tobin Tax?

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Andrew Walker - Nov. 08 (News) - In a BBC interview, he acknowledged that there are counter-arguments, but said "where you have a scheme backed by a lot of very serious economists, by people who can't just be written off as knee-jerk anti-capitalists, the likes of George Soros and Bill Gates, there has to be be something to be said for it."

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Xenon detected at Fukushima plant

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Roland Buerk - Nov. 02 (News Report) - A radioactive gas has been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the facility's operator says. Tepco said xenon had been found in reactor two, which was previously thought to be near a stable shutdown. There has been no increase in temperature or pressure, but the discovery may indicate a problem with the reactor. Boric acid - used to suppress nuclear reactions - has been injected as a precaution. Ever since the meltdowns in March triggered by the huge earthquake and tsunami, engineers have been working to bring the Fukushima reactors under control.

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'Fatty apron' fuels ovary cancer

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 30 (News) - In 80% of cases, it has spread to this apron, called the omentum, by the time it is diagnosed. The Nature Medicine research found once ovarian cancer cells reach the omentum, they take it over. UK experts said the study was important in aiding understanding of ovarian cancer, the fifth most common cancer in women in the UK. The omentum lies in the upper abdomen near the stomach. It helps support the organs nearby, but it is not essential.

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Iran denies US meeting over Saudi ambassador plot

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

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Deaths after Egypt church protest

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 09 (News) - At least three soldiers are killed and dozens of people injured after a protest in the Egyptian capital Cairo against an attack on a Coptic Christian church.

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European shares rise despite Italy's rating downgrade

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 05 (News Report) - European stock markets ignored fresh warnings about Italy's ability to repay its debts by staging a strong rally. Reports that European leaders are considering co-ordinated action to bolster banks sent European markets up 3%-5%, though Wall Street opened flat. On Tuesday, Moody's cut Italy's credit rating by three notches and warned about the country's growth rate. But investors focused on signs that the debt-laden banking system may soon be recapitalised by European authorities. In an interview in the Financial Times, Olli Rehn, European commissioner for economic affairs, said: "There is an increasingly shared view that we need a concerted, co-ordinated approach.

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Western anger at UN Syria vetoes

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 05 (News Report) - Western nations have lamented China and Russia's vetoes of a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on anti-government protests. France said it was a "sad day" for Syria, while the US ambassador to the UN expressed "outrage". The resolution had been watered down to try to avoid the vetoes, dropping a direct reference to sanctions. Meanwhile, Syrian TV has broadcast images of a woman it said Amnesty International had declared dead.

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Crowds swell Wall Street protests

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 01 (News) - Some 2,000 people march on New York's police HQ in the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street, amid rumours of an appearance by Radiohead.

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Somalia denies CIA detention base

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Sep. 09 (News Report) - The centre is alleged to be under the presidential palace in Mogadishu Somalia has dismissed reports that the US runs an underground detention centre where the CIA helps interrogate terror suspects in the capital

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German court to rule on euro funds

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Sep. 07 (News Report) - The court is expected to rule that the German parliament must be given more say over future aid Germany's highest court is expected to rule later that the country's parliament should have more say over future

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Buffett buys into Bank of America

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:42:09 -0700

BBC News - Aug. 25 - Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway invests $5bn in Bank of America, sending the bank's shares 25% higher.

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West pushes for Syria sanctions

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:58:00 -0700

BBC News - Aug. 24 (News Report) - President Assad says his security forces are tackling "armed criminal gangs" The US and several European nations have called for the UN to impose sanctions against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his ruling

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London Riots: BBC Interview Gets Testy

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Aug. 10 (News Report) - it's surprising how little has yet to emerge about the rioters themselves: What are they after? What drove them into the streets, for four nights straight, to burn buses and shatter windows? Earlier Tuesday, the BBC interviewed Darcus Howe, a 68-year-old radical West Indian writer and journalist from Brixton, where some of the most violent disturbances took place over the last couple of days. Faced with a stern and flummoxed interviewer, Howe offered a rare, unvarnished glimpse into the mind of the young people in the streets this week, describing the regular mistreatment exacted upon his sons and grandsons by the police. "Our political leaders have no idea, the police have no idea," Howe said, of the level of frustration and discontent among the youth in England.

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Clean-up as England riots spread

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Aug. 10 (News Report) - The prime minister has said the "fightback" is under way, after cities in England suffered a fourth night of violence and looting. David Cameron said every action would be taken to restore order, with contingency plans for water cannon to be available at 24 hours' notice. On Tuesday night, unrest spread to cities including Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham. Three men aged 21, 30 and 31 died when they were hit by a car in Birmingham. Haroon Jahan, Shahzad Ali, and Abdul Musavir were taken to hospital but died from their injuries.

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Syrian Tanks Attack Eastern City of Deir al-Zour

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Lina Sinjab - Aug. 07 (News) - Scores of tanks and armoured vehicles launch an assault on the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, human rights activists say.

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