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8 Surrey workers sickened by mystery gas
A garbage processing plant in Surrey, B.C., is in lockdown after an unknown gas suddenly filled the facility early Monday, causing eight workers to fall ill.
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More bodies pulled from mudslides in Guatemala
Searchers on Monday pulled more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them.
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MoD names two killed UK soldiers
Two British soldiers who died in Afghanistan and in a UK hospital on the same day are named by the Ministry of Defence.
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Children hurt in school bus crash
More than 60 children were involved a collision between two school buses in south Wales, say police.
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Student migration 'unsustainable'
The number of foreign students let into the UK is "unsustainable", minister Damian Green says in his first major speech on immigration.
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B.C. plane crash kills 2
Two men were killed when a small plane crashed shortly after it took off near Lumby, B.C., police say.
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Obama unveils $50bn building plan
President Barack Obama announces a $50bn infrastructure plan as part of efforts to jump-start the faltering US economy.
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Man dies in Philippines stabbing
A 27-year-old Aberdeen man is stabbed and killed two days after flying to the Philippines.
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Mail set to resume despite nosediving hawks
People living in a southwest Calgary neighbourhood can expect to start getting their mail again on Tuesday despite an aggressive family of hawks still being in the area.
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Extra police drafted in for case
Extra police are drafted into Airdrie Sheriff Court when a teenager appears in private charged with assault to severe injury.
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Saatchi art gallery deal hits setback
Charles Saatchi's plan to donate his gallery to the British public hits a stumbling block after talks with Arts Council England break down.
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Ontario wants tax credit for children’s activities
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is a proposing a children’s activity tax credit.
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Barclays bank to create 600 jobs
Banking giant Barclays announces it is to expand its presence in Glasgow, creating 600 jobs.
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Quad bike men died 'accidentally'
Verdicts of accidental death are recorded on two men struck by a train while riding a quad bike on a railway line.
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Fresh exodus from Pakistan floods
Hundreds of thousands of people flee towns and villages threatened by fresh floods in Pakistan's deluged southern Sindh province.
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Striker Kuyt suffers injury blow
Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt injures shoulder during training with the Netherlands, according to Dutch boss Bert van Marwijk
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End UK rebate - EU budget chief
The EU budget commissioner says he sees no grounds for the UK to keep its budget rebate.
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Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan
The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters.
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SA public sector strike suspended
South African trade unions suspend a nationwide strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.
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NI school evacuated in bomb alert
A primary school is closed in Antrim after an explosive device is found by an eight-year-old pupil and carried into a classroom.
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