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Updated: 15 min 48 sec ago

PSNI to show riot suspect images

33 min 9 sec ago
The police are due to release images of 14 people they want to speak to in connection with rioting in north Belfast.
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Live - Hungarian GP practice

33 min 15 sec ago
The first session of Friday's practice is about to get under way for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Festivals give anti-rape advice

34 min 45 sec ago
The UK's leading music festival promoter is to give extra safety information after two alleged rapes at this month's Latitude Festival.
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Violence in Dhaka over wage rise

52 min 53 sec ago
Violence erupts in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands of garment workers protest over a government-backed wage increase that fell short of their demands.
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Takeover deal agreed for EDF UK

57 min 28 sec ago
A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK arm of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).
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Strikes and ash extend BA losses

1 hour 6 min ago
BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.
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Boys and teenager saved from sea

1 hour 30 min ago
Two 12-year-old boys who were swept out to sea and an 18-year-old who tried to rescue them are pulled to safety.
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Symphony to celebrate Yorkshire

1 hour 35 min ago
Hundreds of amateur musicians have set the sights and sounds of Yorkshire to music.
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Chip sales boost Samsung profits

1 hour 50 min ago
Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.
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Family funeral tribute to soldier

2 hours 20 min ago
The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan pay tribute ahead of his funeral, calling him "brave, courageous and loyal".
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Greek dolphin park welfare row

2 hours 21 min ago
Animal welfare groups in Greece are calling for the closure of the country's first dolphinarium and urging schools not to visit the attraction.
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Murray battles through LA opener

2 hours 29 min ago
Andy Murray survives a second-set wobble to beat Tim Smyczek 6-1 4-6 6-2 and book his place in the Farmers Classic quarter-finals in Los Angeles.
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UK author's Singapore trial delayed

2 hours 29 min ago
The singapore trial of UK author Alan Shadrake - for defamation and contempt of court over a book on the death penaly - opens and is adjourned.
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London's cycle-hire scheme explained

2 hours 48 min ago
Transport correspondent Richard Scott investigates how London's new cycle-hire scheme works.
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Army shootings report is released

2 hours 52 min ago
Previously undisclosed eyewitness reports on 11 people killed by the Army almost 39 years ago are to be released later.
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Victim's remains taken to Dublin

2 hours 54 min ago
Human remains found during a search for one of the disappeared in County Monaghan are taken to Dublin for post mortem examination.
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Newspaper review

3 hours 5 min ago
Public spending cuts fill many papers
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US closes its consulate in Juarez

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:59
The US consulate in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has been closed indefinitely while a security review is carried out.
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UN-North Korea meeting goes ahead

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:35
North Korea enters third round of talks with the US-led United Nations Command, days after a US military exercise.
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Syria and Saudi leaders in Beirut

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:12
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are to travel together to Lebanon, following a striking reconciliation between regional rivals.
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