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Russian 'miracle' crash landing
A Russian passenger plane makes a safe landing in the Siberian taiga after a power failure at more than 10,000 metres.
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Drink driver admits cyclist death
A driver who was almost three times over the alcohol limit admits causing the death of a 37-year-old cyclist in West Lothian.
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Dublin to break up Anglo Irish
The Irish government says it will break up the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank as part of the failed lender's resolution.
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Clubs want Fifa scheduling review
Europe's top clubs call on Fifa to re-assess its scheduling of international friendlies.
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Extradition laws to be reviewed
The government orders an independent review of the UK's extradition laws, which will examine if the US-UK treaty is "unbalanced".
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Metal plant to be decommissioned
Metal plant owners Anglesey Aluminium confirm production will not restart at their Holyhead factory which was mothballed 12 months ago.
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Four admit animal lab hate plot
Four animal rights activists admit waging a hate campaign against people linked to a Cambridgeshire animal testing laboratory.
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Man in court over India Pune bomb
A man appears in court in Mumbai in connection with a bomb blast at a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune six months ago.
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'No decisions' over World Service
No decisions have been taken about possible funding cuts to the BBC World Service, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
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Cable's plan to cut science funds
Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled plans for a squeeze on public funding for scientific research.
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EU tightens rules on lab animals
The EU agrees on new rules to reduce the number of animals used in lab experiments and tighten controls over such procedures.
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Man guilty over van roll deaths
A driver is found guilty of causing death by careless driving after he left his handbrake off and his van rolled down a slope in London, killing two people.
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Taxi driver test 'open to abuse'
Malicious complaints could be used to exploit plans to ensure Cardiff taxi drivers have good English, a drivers' association chief warns.
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Pope's blessing on people of UK
Pope Benedict XVI prays for God's blessing on the people of the UK ahead of his visit to Scotland and England.
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Pope 'looking forward' to UK visit
The Pope has said he is "very much looking forward" to his visit to the UK next week, and thanked all those involved in advance for their efforts.
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Kelly inquest calls under review
Ministers meet to discuss whether to release information about the death of government scientist Dr David Kelly and whether to hold a formal inquest.
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FIA rejects new team applications
Formula 1's governing body turns down all the entries from teams hoping to fill the vacant 13th slot in 2011, with former champion Jacques Villeneuve among those to miss out.
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Inquiry to hear from HIV victims
The injury into contaminated NHS blood products in the 1980s will hear from the victims who contracted HIV and Hepatitis.
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BP oil spill report released
A "sequence of failures involving a number of different parties" was to blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP says.
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How BP will kill the oil spill
A scale model of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how it is being repaired
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