Kyrgyz former president sentenced
A court in Kyrgyzstan sentences the former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev in absentia to 24 years in prison for a series of offences, including abuse of power .
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Dave Clark Five bassist Huxley dies
Bass player Rick Huxley, one of the founding members of 60s pop group The Dave Clark Five, dies aged 72.
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Patient treated 'like an animal'
A Stafford Hospital worker described a dementia patient as being "like an animal", a tribunal hears.
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Obama to announce Afghan troop cut
President Obama will say in his State of the Union speech that 34,000 US troops will leave Afghanistan over the next year, the White House says.
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Vergeer quits after 100% decade
Wheelchair tennis champion Esther Vergeer retires after going over 10 years unbeaten, winning her last 470 matches.
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VIDEO: 'How I told world about Pope'
Knowledge of Latin delivered a reporter from the Italian news agency Ansa a world exclusive on the news of the Pope's resignation.
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Death of man treated as suspicious
Detectives are treating the death of a man whose body was found in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow as suspicious.
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Lightning really does strike twice
The day lightning struck twice in the Holy See
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MPs debate horsemeat-beef crisis
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is to hold another meeting with food industry representatives, as MPs debate the horsemeat crisis.
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Attacker granted jail term hearing
A man given a life sentence for attacking a tourist who later died is granted a hearing over the minimum length of his sentence.
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Horsemeat fraud 'a real possibility'
Available information on contaminated meat points to fraudulent activity and to Europe, a special meeting at Stormont has heard.
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Caterpillar creating 200 jobs in NI
The global manufacturing firm Caterpillar is to create 200 new administrative jobs in west Belfast.
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Veteran BBC space journalist dies
Reg Turnill, the BBC's aerospace correspondent from the beginning of the space age through to the shuttle era, has died aged 97.
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Shanty singer dies after accident
A Cornish shanty group singer injured in a music venue accident - which also killed the band's tour manager - dies.
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Action call on Irish meat processing
A former chairman of Quality Meat Scotland calls for the Irish meat processing sector to be "cleaned up" over the horsemeat scandal.
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Sculpture sections arrive on site
The first sections of two large sculptures, which will transform the Falkirk skyline, have arrived on site.
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Cairngorms death hillwalker named
A man found dead after a major search for six missing hillwalkers in the Cairngorms is named as a 31-year-old West Yorkshire man.
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Jamaica in crisis debt-swap plan
Jamaica announces plans for its second debt swap in three years in the face of a "serious economic crisis".
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Pope has pacemaker, Vatican says
A day after Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, the Vatican acknowledges the pontiff has had a pacemaker for years.
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VIDEO: Inside lab that tests for horsemeat
As authorities across Europe continue to investigate how horsemeat came to be used as a substitute for beef in ready-made meals, there is also a renewed push to tests products for contamination.
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