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LibyaThe Foreign Secretary William Hague has said the apparent defection to Britain of one of Colonel Gaddafi's most senior ministers shows the Libyan regime is crumbling from within.
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A youth thought to have been targeted by the gang who shot a five-year-old girl and another man in south London contacts police.
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LibyaThe UK says it has not offered immunity from prosecution to Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, who reportedly defected when he flew to Britain on Wednesday.
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BrazilScottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan writes to the Brazilian FA to request an apology for Neymar's accusation of racism from Scotland fans.
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Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says the military is on standby if prison officers strike over the first privatisation of a UK public sector prison.
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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish says Andy Carroll is focused on football, despite England boss Fabio Capello's concerns.
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IndiaUK mobile giant Vodafone is to pay local partner Essar Group $5bn to buy out its share in their Indian joint venture.
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TunisiaUK officials say they want other senior Libyan officials to abandon Col Gaddafi after his foreign minister flees to Britain and resigns.
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LibyaLibyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa is in Britain and "no longer willing" to work for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, the Foreign Office has said.
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LibyaLibyan FM Moussa Koussa arrives in Britain and "is resigning", the UK Foreign Office says, as rebel fighters are pushed back by Gaddafi forces.
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A female security guard is arrested near the Olympic Stadium in east London on suspicion of possessing explosives.
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Motherwell knock holders Dundee United out of the Scottish Cup and set up a semi-final meeting with St Johnstone.
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LibyaThe UK takes steps to expel five Libyan diplomats as the prime minister says he is not ruling out the arming of rebels.
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Motherwell knock holders Dundee United out to book a Scottish Cup semi-final tie against St Johnstone.
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ThailandBritish tourists are among thousands stranded in popular Thai holiday resorts after severe flooding swept through the south of the country.
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Asamoah Gyan compares his last-gasp equaliser against England at Wembley to his exploits at the 2010 World Cup.
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Output of the UK services sector rebounded sharply in January, suggesting the economy made a stronger start to the year, figures show.
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The chief inspector of constabulary says some police forces in England and Wales will struggle to make cuts without losing front line officers.
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An investigation has been launched into how a fake bomb was put on a cargo plane and flown from the UK to Turkey without being detected.
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Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance market, reports a sharp fall in profits in 2010 as a series of disasters hit the sector.
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British thriller writer John Le Carre asks judges to withdraw his name from the Man Booker International Prize shortlist saying he does not wish to compete.
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LibyaForeign Secretary William Hague hints that the UK might accept Col Gaddafi going into exile as a way of solving the crisis in Libya.
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will be honoured at a spectacular concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London to celebrate his 80th birthday.
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GhanaCoach Fabio Capello believes striker Andy Carroll is still short of his best form, despite scoring his first England goal in the 1-1 draw against Ghana.
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LibyaAllied strikes on Libya will continue until its leader, Muammar Gaddafi, meets UN terms, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
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GhanaAsamoah Gyan scores an injury-time leveller to earn Ghana a draw against England at Wembley, cancelling out Andy Carroll's first international goal.
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A love letter written by poet John Keats to his neighbour in London before his death is auctioned for £96,000.
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LibyaLibyan rebels retreat tens of kilometres under pro-Gaddafi attack, as delegates attend a conference in London on Libya's future.
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UruguayEngland host Ghana and the Republic of Ireland face Uruguay in friendlies, while Northern Ireland play Slovenia in a Euro 2012 qualifier and there are several games in League One and League Two on a busy night of international and domestic football.
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Patients in Wales and Essex may have been put at risk of contracting Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) during surgery, it has been revealed.
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Construction work on London's Olympic Stadium finishes as the last piece of turf is laid, although the venue's track is yet to be installed.
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An inquest jury looking into the death of Ian Tomlinson has seen new video footage of his final moments at the G20 protests in London in 2009.
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BrazilA German teenage tourist admits throwing a banana at Brazil star Neymar at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, Arsenal football club confirm.
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England rugby player Ben Foden is arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in central London.
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Thirty eight patients may have been put at risk of contracting Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) during surgery in south Wales, it is revealed.
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JapanLow levels of radioactive iodine believed to be from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan are detected in Glasgow and Oxfordshire.
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British detective writer HRF Keating, best known as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Mumbai CID, dies at the age of 84.
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The UK economy shrank by 0.5% in the last three months of 2010, revised figures show, which is less than previously thought.
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GhanaSunderland striker Danny Welbeck is called into the England squad for Tuesday's international friendly against Ghana at Wembley.
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England boss Fabio Capello reveals he has spoken to striker Andy Carroll about his use of alcohol.
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England's children's commissioner says more schools should involve pupils in teacher recruitment, as a survey suggests many pupils would welcome it.
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China, 
United StatesChina is on course to overtake America in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013, far earlier than expected, a UK study suggests.
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LibyaPrime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that the British government is in what he called "proper contact" with rebel leaders in Libya.
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The home secretary condemns the "mindless thugs" who attacked police and smashed property in London on Saturday, and warns of more arrests.
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Former Ghana captain Stephen Appiah says Fabio Capello's decision to rest senior England players for Tuesday's friendly is disrespectful.
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France, LibyaBritain and France are calling upon supporters of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi to "drop him before it is too late".
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GhanaAsamoah Gyan says Ghana will give England a good run for their money when the two sides meet for the first time at Wembley on Tuesday.
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Cabin crew at British Airways vote heavily in favour of new strike action in their long-running industrial dispute.
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CanadaA Canadian schoolgirl is questioned by police after a dead baby was found in a London hotel room.
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The UK rejects calls from the EU for a ban on petrol and diesel cars from city centres by 2050.
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Police charge 149 people after unrest broke out alongside a peaceful anti-spending cuts protest in London on Saturday.
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On the eve of its closure, the UK Film Council issues a report saying more should be done in film to portray the country's audiences authentically.
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IrelandHow Irish hero Eamon de Valera helped Britain
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Adele matches Madonna's record with nine weeks at number one in the UK album chart - the longest for a female solo artist.
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United StatesAstraZeneca announces a deal between US and UK tax authorities that will help increase its earnings this year.
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A new study of pay packets finds that the average British worker's "real" take-home pay has fallen by 5% in two years.
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Union leaders who organised an anti-cuts protest condemn later violence in London's Trafalgar Square in which some 200 people were arrested.
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New ZealandThe Prince of Wales joins hundreds of people at a Westminster Abbey memorial service for the victims of February's New Zealand earthquake.
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BrazilScotland are taught a lesson by five-time World Cup winners Brazil in a friendly at the Emirates Stadium.
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BrazilNeymar strengthens his burgeoning reputation with both of Brazil's goals as they see off Scotland 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium.
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AfghanistanA British army medic who put herself in "mortal danger" to treat a wounded Afghan soldier under heavy Taliban fire is awarded the Military Cross.
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A snapshot of British life will be taken today - the official day for people in the UK to complete the 2011 census.
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More than 250,000 people have attended a rally and march in central London against public spending cuts.
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England coach Fabio Capello says that his team's 4-3-3 system was a key factor in his team's 2-0 win in Wales.
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Netherlands, 
SeychellesBritish Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy wins a silver medal in the keirin and Victoria Pendleton takes bronze at the Track World Championships in the Netherlands.
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Sri LankaEngland crash out of the World Cup as Sri Lanka openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga both score centuries in an emphatic 10-wicket quarter-final win.
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England ease to victory over Wales at the Millennium Stadium as qualifying for Euro 2012 continues, with Fabio Capello's side moving top of Group G on goal difference.
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New Zealand, Sri LankaSri Lanka are cruising towards their victory target of 230 in the World Cup quarter-final against England in Colombo.
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Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says Lockerbie reminds British people of the "curse of Gaddafi".
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FranceFrench and British planes bomb Colonel Gaddafi's forces on the outskirts of the town of Ajdabiya, as rebels fight to take control of the town.
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Britain's Jason Kenny wins silver in the men's sprint as Frenchman Gregory Bauge successfully defends his world title.
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France, LibyaLibyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is reportedly arming volunteers to fight the uprising against his rule, a US official says.
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SeychellesBritain's Jason Kenny wins silver in the men's sprint, while Victoria Pendleton reaches the semi-finals of the women's sprint on day three in Apeldoorn.
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Muttiah Muralitharan tells the BBC that he will be fit to play against England in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final in Colombo.
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England boss Fabio Capello admits he made mistakes over the captaincy issue and that he has still not spoken to former skipper Rio Ferdinand.
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England coast to a comfortable win against Wales as their campaign to reach Euro 2012 stays on course at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
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Night Stalker rapist Delroy Grant, who carried out a series of sex attacks on elderly people, is jailed for 27 years.
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JapanThe European Union should offer Japan a free trade deal to help it recover from the tsunami, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says.
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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp denies claim that Gareth Bale was injured before joining the Wales squad for Saturday's match with England.
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A Gurkha who single-handedly fought off an attack by at least a dozen Taliban insurgents is among 136 UK service personnel honoured for bravery.
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LibyaMore than a quarter of a century after police constable Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead during a protest outside the Libyan Embassy in London, a member of the embassy staff has spoken publicly about the atrocity.
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Delroy Grant is found guilty of a 17-year series of sex attacks on elderly people in south London, Kent and Surrey.
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Gareth Bale will miss Wales' Euro 2012 qualifier against England at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday with a hamstring injury.
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LibyaUK forces take part in a fifth night of coalition action to enforce the UN resolution on Libya, launching missiles at air defence targets.
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A British woman who died when a bomb exploded at a crowded bus stop in Jerusalem on Wednesday has been named by the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
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The volume of UK retail sales fell by more than expected in February, dropping by 0.8% on the previous month.
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Tens of thousands of jobs in the UK will go, as a result of a windfall tax on North Sea oil producers announced in the Budget, the industry warns.
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Afghanistan, IrelandTwo soldiers from 1st Battalion Irish Guards are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, six days before they were due to return to the UK.
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British observational documentary maker Richard Leacock, who filmed John F Kennedy on his 1960 presidential campaign, dies at the age of 89.
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Sri LankaEngland all-rounder Michael Yardy flies home from the World Cup because he is suffering from depression.
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Incoming Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce believes it is still possible for a united Great Britain team featuring the likes of Wales' Gareth Bale to take part at the London Olympics.
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Libya, United StatesFighting has been continuing between rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces in key Libyan cities, after a fifth consecutive night of air strikes.
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Reports of suspected sham marriages in England and Wales rise by 66% in a year, as the Home Office steps up measures to tackle them.
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LibyaAfter suffering five days of coalition attacks, the Libyan air force no longer exists as a fighting unit, according to the officer leading the British air operation.
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YemenBritain is temporarily withdrawing part of its embassy team from Yemen due to ongoing violence in the country, the Foreign Office says.
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LibyaThe commander of British aircraft operating over Libya says that Col Gaddafi's air force "no longer exists as a fighting force".
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Sir Chris Hoy wins his 21st World Championship medal as Britain win bronze in the team sprint and team pursuit in Apeldoorn.
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Chancellor George Osborne announces a greater than expected cut in fuel duty as he sets out a "Budget for growth".
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The UK economy will grow more slowly this year than previously forecast, the Chancellor George Osborne announces.
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Wales star Gareth Bale believes his side can cause an upset against England in the Euro 2012 qualifier at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
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