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Tweets of the Week: Hackers, Google Glass, and the Oscars

Fri, 2013-02-22 16:21
Hackers, Google Glass, and the Oscars

Why speaking English can make you poor

Fri, 2013-02-22 16:19
Why speaking English makes you poor

UK's first airbase marks centenary

Fri, 2013-02-22 16:11
An Angus airfield marks 100 years since becoming the first military airbase to be established in the United Kingdom.

Lord it like Beckham

Fri, 2013-02-22 16:02
How to live on a mere £14,000 a night

VIDEO: Newsnight's tribute to Roobarb animator

Fri, 2013-02-22 15:34
BBC Newsnight paid tribute to the animator of cartoons Roobarb and Henry's Cat, Bob Godfrey by running its end credits in the style of Roobarb.

Italy general election campaign ends

Fri, 2013-02-22 15:25
Political parties in Italy hold their final campaign rallies ahead of a general election that begins on Sunday.

Police seek gun death tip-offs

Fri, 2013-02-22 15:22
Police are to return to the scene of the murder of a university student a week ago in a bid for fresh information.

VIDEO: UK rating: 'Reminder of problems'

Fri, 2013-02-22 15:19
The UK has had its top AAA credit rating cut by Moody's, based on its expectation that growth will "remain sluggish over the next few years".

'Civilians killed' by Aleppo rockets

Fri, 2013-02-22 15:12
At least 12 civilians are killed by rockets in Aleppo, activists say, as opposition groups agree to form a rebel government.

Sale 21-30 Harlequins

Fri, 2013-02-22 14:52
Nick Easter is among the Harlequins scorers as they beat Sale to extend their lead at the top of the Premiership.

UKIP MEP defects to Conservatives

Fri, 2013-02-22 14:52
UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen announces she is defecting to the Conservatives, but party leader Nigel Farage says the Tories "deserve what is coming to them".

US grounds entire F-35 jet fleet

Fri, 2013-02-22 14:50
The US grounds its entire fleet of F-35 fighters - the Pentagon's most expensive weapons programme - after a cracked engine blade is discovered.

Leeds Rhinos 14-18 Melbourne Storm

Fri, 2013-02-22 14:25
Melbourne Storm win their third World Club Challenge title with a victory against reigning champions Leeds Rhinos.

Girl, 13, dies on school skiing trip

Fri, 2013-02-22 14:07
A teenage girl from Berkshire dies in a chairlift accident on a school skiing trip in Italy.

VIDEO: Inside Ukraine's 'cistern chapel'

Fri, 2013-02-22 13:37
Roman-Catholics in a small village in Ukraine have been congregating for prayer in an unusual venue, a metal cistern.

VIDEO: One supermarket's meat supply chain

Fri, 2013-02-22 13:26
As the horsemeat scandal continues to make the headlines, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced results from 1,133 new tests on beef products.

Variations on a theme of grief

Fri, 2013-02-22 13:25
Painstaking work lies ahead for prosecution and defence

Court grants Oscar Pistorius bail

Fri, 2013-02-22 13:19
South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is granted bail pending his trial for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Police officer died from gun wound

Fri, 2013-02-22 12:53
A Metropolitan Police officer found dead at a property in north London, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, post-mortem tests find.

US government to sue Armstrong

Fri, 2013-02-22 12:38
The US government joins a lawsuit against Lance Armstrong after talks with the disgraced cyclist's lawyers broke down.
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