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US university breaks funding record

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 12:54
Stanford University becomes the first US college to raise more than $1bn (£650m) in a year, leaving rivals Harvard and Yale trailing.
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Armstrong refuses Usada interview

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 12:41
Lance Armstrong refuses the opportunity to be interviewed under oath and will not have his lifetime ban overturned.
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Body found after US diner blast

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 12:32
Search crews picking through rubble of a restaurant destroyed by a gas explosion in Kansas City, Missouri find a body.
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Grenada opposition sweeps into power

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 11:51
The opposition New National Party in Grenada has won all 15 constituencies in Tuesday's general election, preliminary results suggest.
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Ukraine ex-leader accused over death

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 11:24
A Ukrainian prosecutor says the there is evidence former President Leonid Kuchma was involved in the 2000 killing of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
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Jury discharged in Pryce points case

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 11:05
Chris Huhne's ex-wife Vicky Pryce faces a retrial after the jury, which is criticised by the judge, fails to reach a verdict in her speeding points trial.
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Bank chief outvoted on stimulus move

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 10:43
Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King backed more action to boost the economy earlier this month, but was outvoted by his colleagues.
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VIDEO: Ofcom raises £2.3bn from 4G auction

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 10:43
The winning bidders are Everything Everywhere; Hutchison 3G UK; Niche Spectrum Ventures, a BT subsidiary; Telefonica (O2); and Vodafone.
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Strike shuts down Malawi's airports

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 10:41
All airports in Malawi are shut because of a civil servants' wage strike, the biggest since Joyce Banda became president last year, leaving passengers stranded.
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Fire deaths dad 'said ex was evil'

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 10:39
A father accused of the manslaughter of six children in a fire described his former mistress as evil, a trial hears.
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Man 'lured pregnant ex to death'

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 10:12
A man beat his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend to death and killed their unborn child in a "brutal" attack, a court hears.
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Tiniest planet yet found with sound

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 10:03
Astronomers spot the smallest-yet planet outside our Solar System, thanks to measurements of the sound waves within the planet's host star.
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Suspicious death of woman in Wrexham

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 09:58
The suspicious death of a 65-year-old woman whose body was found in a Wrexham house is being investigated by North Wales Police.
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Mantel to receive literature medal

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 09:54
Two-time Booker winner Hilary Mantel - criticised this week over comments she made about the Duchess of Cambridge - is to be honoured next month at the Oxford Literary Festival.
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VIDEO: Lost Antarctic penguin found in NZ

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 09:49
A royal penguin is being cared for at a New Zealand zoo after being found stranded on a beach 2,000km (1,240 miles) from home its Antarctic.
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Two Tibetan youths 'self-immolate'

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 09:46
Two Tibetan youths, aged 17 and 18, have burned themselves to death in protest in western China, reports from activists and Tibetan exiles say.
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Police protection officer found dead

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 09:41
A Metropolitan Police protection officer is found dead from a bullet wound at a property in north London.
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Ding murder suspect extradited to UK

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 09:39
The man arrested in the case of a family murdered at their home is extradited from Morocco.
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Exploring the strange ocean depths

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 09:38
Explore the strange world of the underwater smokers
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'Appalling' GCSE attainment gap

BBC - Wed, 2013-02-20 09:37
Twice as many pupils at the best schools in England got at least five good GCSEs last year than those at the worst, government data shows.
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