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| | | | |  Police shoot dead a man who allegedly gunned down three colleagues in a California quarry and wounded six others on Wednesday. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The film company rewriting the rules of the Brit flick | | | | | |
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| | | | |  After 10 years in Afghanistan, the US still lacks the knowledge to bring the conflict to a successful end, retired Army Gen Stanley McChrystal says. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Who got Primal Scream hot and bothered for no reason? | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Four-in-10 disabled children in the UK live "in poverty", according to the Children's Society. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  A massive recruitment drive begins, aimed at matching thousands of diabetes patients with research projects aimed at finding a cure for the disease. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The cause of a severe form of hypoglycaemia - very low levels of sugar in the blood - is genetic, say researchers. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Dangerous drivers could face longer jail terms under a proposal to go before Parliament. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Samsung Electronics forecasts a dip in profits for the third quarter as demand for flat-screen TVs and computer chips falls. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka is underway, with Sebastian Vettel looking to recover his composure after a surprise crash in the first session. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka will get underway at 0600 BST, with Sebastian Vettel looking to recover his composure after a surprise crash in the first session. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  First practice is well underway at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, where Sebastian Vettel is set this weekend to clinch his second straight title. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | First practice at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka is well underway as Sebastian Vettel looks to clinch his second straight title. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | First practice at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka is due to begin at 0200 BST. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Health service managers have called on the government to be more honest with the public about the financial challenges facing the NHS in England. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The Olympics must be remembered "for peace as well as sport", the brother of a teenager killed in south-east London says. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Parents on low incomes who are working less than 16 hours a week will be eligible for childcare support from 2013, under new government plans. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The rare flame brocade moth has established a colony on the south coast of England, according to the charity Butterfly Conservation. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The story of the admiral who inspired the character Jack Aubrey, portrayed in the film Master and Commander, is to form an exhibition. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane say they expect to hear soon that the government will hold a full inquiry into his death. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The Scottish fishing industry is to receive £12.3m to ensure a fit-for-purpose fleet, to help reduce discards and to improve safety. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  A disease which kills larch trees is discovered in Galloway following an aerial survey of the west of Scotland. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Has anything changed for jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo? | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Nigeria's anti-corruption agency arrests three former state governors for allegedly embezzling funds amounting to $615m (£400m). | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Nigeria's anti-corruption agency arrests three former state governors for allegedly embezzling funds amounting to more than $600m (£387m). | | | | | |
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| | | | |  How the Apple guru spoke to our deepest desires | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Qatar confident of hosting a successful 2022 World Cup | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Lecturers at 67 UK universities are going to re-start a programme of industrial action from 10 October over changes to their pension scheme. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Protests against corporate influence in politics spread to Washington DC as unions step up support for demonstrators near Wall Street in New York. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  The man who made accessing the internet and creating technology easier than ever inspired several techy tributes after his death | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Work on the rail line between Coleraine and Londonderry is to begin sooner than planned so it is ready for much of Derry's year as City of Culture in 2013. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  England captain John Terry praises the way in which England rugby manager Martin Johnson has defended his players at the World Cup. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented drought and is appealing for food aid for 10 million people. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  A dozen baby pandas, a mile-long bikini parade and a very long football header - it's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Work on a multi-billion-dollar dam project in Chile's Patagonia region is allowed to go ahead after an appeals court lifts a suspension order. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Defence Secretary Liam Fox orders an investigation into whether he broke the ministerial code over his working relationship with a close friend. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  US defence secretary Leon Panetta insists that any US troops remaining in Iraq after 2011 must remain immune from prosecution. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Police in Poland have seized one million euros in forged banknotes. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  A Nobel prize may be the most sought after gong in the scientific world, but a lecturer from the University of Lincoln has picked up the next best thing. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Scientists find that gamma rays coming from the Crab Nebula are far more energetic than expected, and higher than our understanding of pulsars can explain. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Extreme runner Val Muskett from Cheddar regularly runs races of more then 50km (31 miles). | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Convicted killer and plane hijacker George Wright, on the run from the FBI for more than 40 years, fights extradition from Portugal to the US. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Syrian forces cross into Lebanon and shoot dead a Syrian living in a border area, reports say, raising fears of a spillover of unrest. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  A Gwynedd coach holiday company goes into administration after 93 years in business, with 12 jobs set to be lost. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Jonny Wilkinson says he would be happy to hand over kicking duties to Toby Flood if necessary as they prepare for final practice ahead of the World Cup quarter-final against France. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Liverpool's Jamie Carragher is adamant that all future England managers and their staff should be home grown. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  Ericsson shares rise nearly 8% in US trading on a report that Sony will buy it out of their mobile phone handsets joint venture. | | | | | |
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| | | | |  A group of 30 veterans from the US and UK are taking part in a transatlantic charity cycle ride to raise funds for other wounded servicemen. | | | | | |
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