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Mozambique arrests for food riots

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 08:22
Police in Mozambique arrest 142 people over last week's riots which led to 10 deaths in the capital, Maputo.
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Lobster catches may be tracked by smart phones

CBC Canadian Headlines - September 6, 2010 - 08:18
A Charlottetown company is working on a new way to use smart phone technology to track lobster catches.
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Red Planet 'may not be lifeless'

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 08:18
Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.
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Former head jailed for sex abuse

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 08:14
A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.
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Hilary Bonnell's mother still mourns her death

CBC Canadian Headlines - September 6, 2010 - 08:14
A year after Hilary Bonnell disappeared from a northern New Brunswick First Nation community, the teenager's mother says her pain is unbearable.
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Brit Awards to move to O2 Arena

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 08:12
The Brit Awards are to move to the O2 Arena in east London from Earl's Court in the west of the city.
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Schoolboy: 'I found a pipe bomb'

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 08:08
The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil.
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'Car thieves as young as seven'

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 08:05
Children as young as seven are stealing and driving cars on the streets of Oxford, the city's priority crime team reveals.
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Gove defends free school numbers

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 08:04
Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".
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Chinese pilots lied about records

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:55
China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience.
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Spain dismisses Eta 'ceasefire'

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:48
The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.
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Rooney flies with England squad

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:43
England striker Wayne Rooney joined the rest of the squad on a flight from Luton Airport.
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Bookie cuts Weller Mercury odds

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:43
The odds of Paul Weller winning the Mercury Prize are slashed after a bookmaker takes an "unprecedented" rush of bets backing him.
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Bill Clinton due in NI next month

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:41
The former US president Bill Clinton is to make a brief visit to NI ahead of an economic summit next month.
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Unswung hero

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:35
What does this man tell us about the real 1960s?
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Rare colour footage of the Blitz

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:34
Remarkable new footage of the the London blitz goes on show.
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NZ quake 'damaged 100,000 homes'

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:28
Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.
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Papal travel plans 'left in pub'

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:27
A package of confidential documents relating to the Pope's visit are handed in to police.
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Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:11
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
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Insect brains to fight MRSA

BBC News - September 6, 2010 - 07:08
Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say.
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