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Kyrgyz former president sentenced

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:48
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 .

Dave Clark Five bassist Huxley dies

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:42
Bass player Rick Huxley, one of the founding members of 60s pop group The Dave Clark Five, dies aged 72.

Patient treated 'like an animal'

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:38
A Stafford Hospital worker described a dementia patient as being "like an animal", a tribunal hears.

Obama to announce Afghan troop cut

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:33
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.

Vergeer quits after 100% decade

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:33
Wheelchair tennis champion Esther Vergeer retires after going over 10 years unbeaten, winning her last 470 matches.

VIDEO: 'How I told world about Pope'

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:28
Knowledge of Latin delivered a reporter from the Italian news agency Ansa a world exclusive on the news of the Pope's resignation.

Death of man treated as suspicious

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:26
Detectives are treating the death of a man whose body was found in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow as suspicious.

Lightning really does strike twice

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:23
The day lightning struck twice in the Holy See

MPs debate horsemeat-beef crisis

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:15
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is to hold another meeting with food industry representatives, as MPs debate the horsemeat crisis.

Attacker granted jail term hearing

Tue, 2013-02-12 07:13
A man given a life sentence for attacking a tourist who later died is granted a hearing over the minimum length of his sentence.

Horsemeat fraud 'a real possibility'

Tue, 2013-02-12 06:52
Available information on contaminated meat points to fraudulent activity and to Europe, a special meeting at Stormont has heard.

Caterpillar creating 200 jobs in NI

Tue, 2013-02-12 06:36
The global manufacturing firm Caterpillar is to create 200 new administrative jobs in west Belfast.

Veteran BBC space journalist dies

Tue, 2013-02-12 06:27
Reg Turnill, the BBC's aerospace correspondent from the beginning of the space age through to the shuttle era, has died aged 97.

Shanty singer dies after accident

Tue, 2013-02-12 06:24
A Cornish shanty group singer injured in a music venue accident - which also killed the band's tour manager - dies.

Action call on Irish meat processing

Tue, 2013-02-12 06:19
A former chairman of Quality Meat Scotland calls for the Irish meat processing sector to be "cleaned up" over the horsemeat scandal.

Sculpture sections arrive on site

Tue, 2013-02-12 06:18
The first sections of two large sculptures, which will transform the Falkirk skyline, have arrived on site.

Cairngorms death hillwalker named

Tue, 2013-02-12 06:13
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.

Jamaica in crisis debt-swap plan

Tue, 2013-02-12 06:02
Jamaica announces plans for its second debt swap in three years in the face of a "serious economic crisis".

Pope has pacemaker, Vatican says

Tue, 2013-02-12 05:56
A day after Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, the Vatican acknowledges the pontiff has had a pacemaker for years.

VIDEO: Inside lab that tests for horsemeat

Tue, 2013-02-12 05:52
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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