| BNP teachers will not be banned |
| Members of groups which may promote racism, such as the BNP, will not be banned from teaching in England, the government says. |
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| Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding |
| Former US President George W Bush's senior adviser, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding and it prevented attacks. |
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| Handcuffs asylum use criticised |
| The use of handcuffs by immigration, escort and security staff to restrain asylum seekers is criticised in a report. |
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| New York agrees 9/11 dust payout |
| New York City agrees to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site. |
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| Man arrested over death in street |
| An 18-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a man died outside his home in Greater Manchester. |
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| Warning on public sector pensions |
| The amount of money paid as public sector pensions could more than triple in the next 50 years, says the National Audit Office. |
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| Turkey and Sweden in genocide row |
| Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI. |
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| Salmond to meet BBC over debates |
| SNP leader to meet with the BBC to discuss the row over the party's exclusion from televised general election debates. |
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| Thalidomide effect mystery solved |
| The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists. |
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| Home 'cervical cancer' test hope |
| At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases, say researchers. |
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| How one group of Viking 'visitors' was dealt with by Anglo-Saxons |
| Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say. |
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| Live - Bangladesh v England |
| Bangladesh win the toss and field first in Chittagong as England hand Test debuts to Steve Finn and Michael Carberry. |
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| Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal |
| Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead. |
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| Juventus 3-1 Fulham |
| Three first-half goals see Juventus take command of their Europa League last-16 tie with Fulham but Dickson Etuhu's goal gives the Cottagers' hope. |
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| Will high-speed rail improve transport? |
| Ministers have revealed plans for a new high-speed rail link. Will this improve transport links in the UK? |
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| School Report |
| Thousands of pupils swap classrooms for newsrooms |
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| Spy snapshot |
| Report gives insight into everyday work of security services |
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| Bosnian fallout |
| Pressure on UK after arrest of ex-Bosnian president |
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| Hoodwinked? |
| Were rumours of Sarkozy's infidelity a media hoax? |
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| 'What benefit?' |
| High-speed rail plan faces opposition in the Chilterns |
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| Between friends |
| US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation |
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| James Bulger's mother meets Straw |
| Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers. |
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| Plaster treatment for skin cancer |
| A sticking-plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. |
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| Man jailed for killing ex-partner |
| A man is jailed for murdering his ex-girlfriend but his barrister says she would be alive if a 999 call had been handled differently. |
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| Homes evacuated in Armagh alert |
| A number of houses have been evacuated in Armagh due to a security alert, the police have said. |
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| Nigeria women protest at killings |
| Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last week's violence near Jos, where women and children were massacred. |
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| Pinera sworn in as new quake hits |
| Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country. |
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| Biden tries to ease Mid-East row |
| US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans. |
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| Thailand braces for mass protests |
| Thailand mobilises thousands of troops ahead of mass rallies by planned supporters of ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra. |
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| Ukraine president forms coalition |
| Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM. |
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| Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars' |
| Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad. |
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| 'Slow start' for 2010 home sales |
| The number of homes sold in England and Wales at the start of 2010 was at a low level, a survey says. |
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| Four deny charges over expenses |
| Three MPs and a peer tell a court they are not guilty of charges of false accounting in relation to their expenses claims. |
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| New blood pressure checks urged |
| Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than high readings as a warning sign for stroke, say researchers. |
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| Crackdown call over school cheats |
| Whistleblowing hotlines and random checks should be used to catch parents who cheat over school places, a report says. |
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| Scientists to review climate body |
| The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body. |
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| Take That star sorry for affairs |
| Take That star Mark Owen says he is "deeply sorry" for cheating on his partner of five years before they married in 2009. |
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| 'Console killer' launches in June |
| A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year. |
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