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AUDIO: 'Cameron's forbidden from liking The Smiths'

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 23:57
Johnny Marr tells the BBC's arts correspondent Colin Paterson about why he has now decided to go solo - and admits that he is still angry David Cameron picked The Smiths on Desert Island Discs.
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Oscar Pistorius returns to court

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 23:56
Oscar Pistorius is back in court in Pretoria for a bail hearing that may reveal further details of the murder case against him.
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Ecstasy 'pink love' drug warning

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 23:48
Doctors join police in a renewed warning about illegal drug taking after two young people who took 'pink love' ecstasy tablets needed hospital treatment.
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BP agrees to emergency tug deal

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 23:17
A deal is brokered between the UK government and BP to use one of the oil company's vessels to provide emergency tug cover in the Northern Isles.
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Papers mourn death of Richard Briers

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 23:03
Death of actor Richard Briers dominates coverage
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Consider this: How film-makers court the Oscar voters

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 23:00
How film makers court the Oscars
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Concern over Garda station closures

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 22:44
There has been strong reaction in border areas of the Irish Republic to the closure of local Garda stations.
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Brailsford looking to the future

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 22:28
Sir Dave Brailsford wants new British cycling talent to emerge at the forthcoming World Track Championships in Minsk.
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Police call for ticket resale laws

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 22:16
The Metropolitan Police calls on the government to introduce legislation around the resale of tickets to gigs and sports events.
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Two charged in PNG 'sorcery' killing

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 22:09
Two people are charged in Papua New Guinea with burning alive a woman they accused of sorcery, officials say.
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Kelly Hoppen joins Dragons' Den show

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 22:01
The interior designer joins the BBC Two show after Theo Paphitis and Hilary Devey leave the panel.
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China bans footballers for fixing

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 21:55
China's football authorities ban 33 players and officials for life and strip Shanghai Shenhua of league title after investigation.
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Afghanistan civilian casualties fall

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 21:54
The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan has fallen for the first time in six years, a new UN report says, with 2,754 losing their lives.
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VIDEO: Nestle finds horsemeat in beef meals

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 21:10
Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from shelves in Italy and Spain after tests revealed traces of horse DNA.
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Australia Olympic swim team 'toxic'

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 21:08
Australia's 2012 Olympic swimmers existed within a "toxic" team culture that led to bullying and misuse of prescription drugs, a report finds.
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VIDEO: Unlocking the secrets of physics

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 21:07
With researchers set to use the Hubble Space telescope to study a force called dark energy, Pallab Ghosh explains why modern physics is set for its next big revolution in thinking.
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New Zealand acts on tobacco packets

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 20:08
New Zealand says it will put all tobacco products into plain packaging, following the landmark move by Australia last year.
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UK soldiers to train forces in Mali

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 19:39
British soldiers will be deployed to Mali for up to 15 months to carry out infantry and artillery training, the government announces.
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Belarus guard jailed over bear drop

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 19:37
A court in Belarus jails a border guard for failing to stop a plane dropping hundreds of teddy bears with pro-democracy messages over the country.
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Mr & Mrs host Derek Batey dies at 84

BBC - Mon, 2013-02-18 19:31
Derek Batey, host of ITV gameshow Mr & Mrs in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 84, his former employers at ITV Border Television announce.
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