| Safety questions after flat fire |
| Questions are raised about the design of a South London block of flats after a fire which killed six people. |
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| Calm urged after N Korea missiles |
| Russia, China and the US call for calm after North Korea test-fires a series of missiles off its east coast, defying UN sanctions. |
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| Serena powers to Wimbledon title |
| Serena Williams ends her sister's recent dominance at Wimbledon with a straight-sets victory in the final. |
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| Brown facing fresh 10p tax fight |
| Gordon Brown may face a fresh backbench revolt over the scrapping of the 10p bottom rate of income tax. |
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| Court law 'hinders terror police' |
| A former senior counter-terror officer calls for limits on reporting cases involving suspected terrorists to be eased. |
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| US community fears serial killer |
| A teenage girl's death from a gunshot wound brings to five the victims of a suspected serial killer in a rural South Carolina community.
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| Gay row 'may cause Church split' |
| A traditionalist Anglican group warns the issue of homosexuality could split the Church of England. |
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| Beatles 'shark' Klein dies at 77 |
| Ruthless music entrepreneur Allen Klein, blamed by many for contributing to The Beatles' demise, dies in New York at 77. |
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| Madonna in Jackson stage tribute |
| Madonna starts her revamped Sticky And Sweet tour at London's O2 Arena with a tribute to Michael Jackson. |
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| Super Lions grab consolation win |
| The British and Irish Lions roar back with a commanding consolation victory at Ellis Park to end the 2009 series 2-1 down in South Africa. |
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| Murray urged to change mentality |
| Andy Murray is "stuck playing defensive tennis" and needs to "change his mentality" in order to win grand slams according to top coach Larry Stefanki. |
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| Federer ready for historic final |
| Roger Federer will try to win a sixth Wimbledon and record 15th Grand Slam title when he takes on Andy Roddick. |
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| Australian sailors in hot water as navy probes 'sex game' |
| Australia's navy is investigating claims sailors competed with each other to bed female crew, for cash prizes. |
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| Young Slumdog Millionaire star moves into new home |
| One of the child stars of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire moves from his Mumbai shanty dwelling into a new home.
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| Have you been to the beach recently? Was it clean? |
| Have you been to the beach recently? Was it clean or did you find evidence of sewage and pollution? |
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| Another surprise |
| Profile of Alaska's maverick governor Sarah Palin |
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| In pictures |
| Gay Pride - politics and celebration, the journey so far |
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| Winning sister |
| Pundits on Wimbledon final |
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| Made for you |
| Things making life in US convenient and entertaining |
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| Korea change |
| How a British beer ended up as Pride of Pyongyang |
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| Mike Baker |
| Is it time to start trusting our teachers? |
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| Man's body found near shot girl |
| A teenage girl is found seriously injured with gunshot wounds and the body of a man is found in a nearby field in Lincolnshire. |
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| Bangladeshi banking to help Scots |
| A radical form of banking pioneered in Bangladesh could be brought to Scotland to help people out of poverty. |
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| Eight hurt in multiple M4 pile-up |
| At least eight people are taken to hospital as 10 vehicles collide on the M4 near Bridgend, closing the motorway for a time. |
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| Appeal over mystery head injuries |
| Detectives in Coleraine are trying to establish how a man received head injuries which left him critically ill in hospital. |
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| African move on Bashir dismissed |
| The African Union's decision not to help arrest Sudan's president will not affect the international court's work, its prosecutor says. |
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| Zelaya vows to return to Honduras |
| Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya vows to return home on Sunday accompanied by several Latin American leaders. |
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| Mousavi 'must face treason trial' |
| A conservative Iranian daily says the main protest leader should be tried for treason for inciting unrest after June's elections. |
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| UK threatens new Burma sanctions |
| UK PM Brown threatens new sanctions against Burma after it refused to let the UN chief meet the jailed opposition leader. |
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| Chechen police die in Ingushetia |
| Nine Chechen police are killed in Russia's volatile republic of Ingushetia in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months. |
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| US soldiers killed in Afghanistan |
| The US military says two of its soldiers have been killed in a sustained attack on a military base in eastern Afghanistan. |
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| BT offers holidays for pay cuts |
| BT offers staff the chance of long holidays in return for a big pay cut in a bid to reduce costs during the economic downturn. |
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| UK investigates Iran charge claim |
| A staff member at the British Embassy in Iran is to face trial on security charges, reports suggest. |
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| Majority 'do not exercise enough' |
| Nearly two thirds of UK adults risk their health through insufficient exercise, a survey shows. |
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| Fears over student place shortage |
| Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns. |
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| Honeybee mobs overpower hornets |
| Bees smother hornets in a "bee ball" that kills the giant predators with heat and carbon dioxide. |
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| 'Abba concert' set for September |
| Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus are to take part in a UK concert showcasing Abba's biggest hits later this year. |
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| Mixed results for green IT goals |
| A majority of tech workers in the public sector do not know about the emission reduction targets they face, says a survey. |
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