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Inmate reoffending 'costs £10bn'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:55:17 PM CST
Reoffending by thousands of criminals serving short sentences in England and Wales costs up to £10bn a year, says a report.
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US attacks East Jerusalem plans
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:59:33 PM CST
The US vice-president condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, as he prepares to visit the West Bank.
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US 'hid terror suspect treatment'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:01:57 PM CST
A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.
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Indonesia militant 'was killed'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:42:15 PM CST
Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed terror suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
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Call to halt NHS medical database
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:48:42 PM CST
Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
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Banking fraud 'moves to internet'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:00:44 PM CST
Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.
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Baby P rules 'may increase risks'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:16:16 PM CST
Rules to improve child protection after the Baby P case may leave children more vulnerable to harm, council leaders warn.
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Social care deal 'dead in water'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:36:06 PM CST
Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water ahead of a key summit.
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UK seeks Afghan political drive
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:04:10 PM CST
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.
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Collider to fix faults for a year
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:19:18 PM CST
The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
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Man admits blackmailing Letterman
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:38:35 PM CST
A US TV producer pleads guilty to attempting to blackmail US chat show host David Letterman over his affairs.
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Ancient eggshells of extinct species yield DNA
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:22:57 PM CST
The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.
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Leaping off the page - Belgian paper prints '3D edition'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:35:26 PM CST
A Belgian daily has issued what is thought to be Europe's first 3D newspaper - complete with cardboard viewing glasses.
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Bendtner shines as Arsenal progress
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:41:03 PM CST
Nicklas Bendtner silences his recent critics with a hat-trick as Arsenal see off Porto in emphatic fashion to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.
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Portsmouth 1-2 Birmingham
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:41:37 PM CST
Two goals from Cameron Jerome inspire Birmingham to a battling win against bottom-club Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
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Sunderland 4-0 Bolton
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 4:28:16 PM CST
Darren Bent scores a hat-trick as Sunderland claim their first league win of 2010 against ten-man Bolton.
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Does the UK need fewer graduates?
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:27:00 AM CST
Targets for getting young people into university should be scrapped, say graduate recruiters. What do you think?
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Dotcom Crash
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:27:19 PM CST
10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst
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Royal junk mail
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:31:00 PM CST
Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailers
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Art 'crime'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:15:45 PM CST
UK painter defiant despite Turkish conviction
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Tracked down
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:32:53 AM CST
Paedophile priest left alone by Church and state
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Taking a chance
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:21:03 AM CST
Can we write off the rehabilitation of offenders?
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Stephanomics
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 4:01:46 AM CST
Maybe we can't devalue our way out of trouble
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Pyramid fraudster guilty of £34m scam
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:46:29 PM CST
A professional gambler is found guilty of running a pyramid scheme which targeted people on low incomes.
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Medical records lost after error
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:40:04 PM CST
A woman whose medical records disappeared from her GP surgery has sparked questions over the security of patient record transfers.
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Chevron looks for refinery buyer
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:45:00 AM CST
The Chevron oil firm is looking for bids for a refinery that directly employs around 1,400 people in Pembrokeshire.
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PM hails 'historic' justice vote
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:50:22 PM CST
The devolution of policing and justice powers to NI marks the end to decades of strife, Gordon Brown says.
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Nigeria 'ignored attack warnings'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 4:50:04 PM CST
A Nigerian governor accuses the army of ignoring warnings of attacks, as communal tension remains high near Jos.
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Ban honours UN's Haiti 'heroes'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:12:44 PM CST
Ban Ki-moon pays tribute to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti quake, as President Preval seeks US support for the economy.
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Activist case to open in Israel
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:04:35 PM CST
A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, is to open.
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Formal Suu Kyi ban in Burma poll
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:47:02 PM CST
A new election law formally bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part in elections planned in Burma.
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EU concern over end of tanker bid
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 4:44:03 PM CST
Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.
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Indian MPs approve women's bill
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:02:49 PM CST
India's upper house sees a second day of uproar as it backs a bill to reserve a third of all parliamentary seats for women.
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BA strike action talks to resume
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:04:31 PM CST
Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended.
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MPs query coalfields revival plan
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:12:04 PM CST
A £1bn government scheme to regenerate former coalmines has been poorly co-ordinated and lacks vision, MPs argue.
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'No proof' IVF aided by acupuncture
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:17:10 PM CST
There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.
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More schools likely to be failed
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:25:57 PM CST
More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, figures are expected to show.
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Ring may be giant 'impact crater'
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:26:56 PM CST
Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, according to Italian scientists.
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Wonderland film breaks 3D record
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:20:24 AM CST
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland enters the UK and Ireland box office at number one, with record opening takings for a 3D movie.
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Hard drive evolution could hit XP
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:29:38 AM CST
Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years but it could cause problems for Windows XP users.
