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Concerns have been raised about pregnant women being induced "unnecessarily", after a Scottish audit of 17,000 births.
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Barack Obama arrives in Washington on a special inaugural train, three days before he is due to be sworn in as president.
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US air accident investigators give details of the drama aboard an airliner which successfully ditched in a New York river.
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A Chinese girl aged two is critically ill with bird flu, in the second case reported by China in as many weeks.
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A unilateral Israeli ceasefire comes into effect in Gaza, but several rockets are fired into Israel hours later.
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Opener Shaun Marsh hits 78 as Australia beat South Africa by five runs at Hobart to level the one-day international series at 1-1.
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Russia and Ukraine's prime ministers close a late-night deal in Moscow to resume natural gas supplies to Europe.
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A unilateral Israeli ceasefire takes effect in Gaza but a fresh volley of rockets fired by militants triggers an Israeli air strike.
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Jermain Defoe earns Tottenham a point against old club Portsmouth while West Ham move up to eighth with a 3-1 win over Fulham.
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Aberdeen host Celtic and Motherwell travel to Dundee United in the SPL.
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Taiwan hands out shopping vouchers to its citizens in a bid to stimulate the island's economy.
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Nato's secretary general says Afghan government corruption is as much to blame as insurgents for instability.
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At least 18 civilians are killed as Sri Lanka's military continues its offensive on Tamil Tiger rebels, medical staff say.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas declares a one-week ceasefire to allow Israeli soldiers to withdraw from Gaza.
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US singer Katy Perry is wrongly handed the award for best international song at France's main music award ceremony.
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Stars turn out for NRJ music awards in Cannes
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Barack Obama tells hundreds of thousands of supporters at a pre-inauguration rally that "anything is possible in America".
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British 1960s folk singer Donovan receives a prestigious cultural honour from the French government.
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A senior Sunni politician, running in upcoming provincial elections, is killed in a suicide bomb attack in northern Iraq.
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