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Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:24The 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
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:14South 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
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:07A 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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Police 'will decide on phone hacking inquiry'
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:02The police and not the government should decide whether to re-open the investigation into the News of the World phone-hacking allegations, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.
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Afghan journalist knifed to death
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:56The body of a prominent Afghan broadcast journalist is found near his home in the capital, Kabul, police say.
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Rooney 'happy to play' says Capello
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:49England manager Fabio Capello says striker Wayne Rooney is in the right frame of mind to play against Switzerland on Tuesday despite allegations about his private life.
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Body recovered from Arthur's Seat
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:34Police and search and rescue teams recover a man's body spotted on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.
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Travolta extortion case dismissed
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:30Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.
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No 10 aide denies hacking claims
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:13Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson says he is happy to meet police after fresh claims of phone tapping while he was a tabloid editor.
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Capello insists Rooney will play
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:09England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday.
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Blair cancels London book signing
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:05Tony Blair cancels a planned book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".
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American Pie star gets probation
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:04American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation.
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Suicide attack on Pakistan police
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:02Nearly 20 people die as a suicide bomber rams an explosives laden pickup truck into a police station in north-west Pakistan.
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Live text - US Open day eight
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:59Roger Federer takes on Jurgen Melzer in the US Open night session after Caroline Wozniacki sees off Maria Sharapova.
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Five jailed over postal vote scam
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:59Five men, including two ex-councillors, are jailed over a failed postal vote scam in Bradford during the 2005 general election.
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'Disgust' over killer's sentence
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:56A Flintshire mother calls for tougher sentences for so-called "one-punch killers" after her son's attacker was jailed for 40 months for manslaughter.
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ELO cellist killed by bale of hay
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:51Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.
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Hall works tipped to fetch £1.5m
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:48Contemporary artwork owned by model Jerry Hall are expected to fetch more than £1.5 million when they are sold in October at Sotheby's in London.
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Pietersen fined for Twitter rant
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:47England batsman Kevin Pietersen is given an undisclosed fine by the ECB over his Twitter tirade.
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Gang 'advertised city brothels'
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:43A Scottish crime gang spent more than £50,000 advertising brothels in Belfast, a court is told.
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