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Pope defends celibacy of priests

31 min 51 sec ago
Pope Benedict XVI defends celibacy for Catholic priests, amid a new controversy about child sex abuse.
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Tweets 'fundamental to democracy'

33 min 49 sec ago
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams believes social networks will be the fundamental way the public communicates with government.
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BA union announces strike dates

35 min 11 sec ago
BA cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March in a dispute over pay and staff levels.
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Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city

48 min 17 sec ago
At least 45 people die in twin suicide attacks on Pakistani security forces in the eastern city of Lahore, police say.
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Eta suspect arrested in Portugal

1 hour 12 sec ago
Portuguese police arrest a suspected Eta Basque militant who was trying to catch a flight from Lisbon to Venezuela.
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Eurozone industry grows strongly

1 hour 2 min ago
Factory output in the eurozone rose 1.7% between December and January, the biggest monthly rise since records began.
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Charles Taylor's wife gives birth

1 hour 5 min ago
The wife of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor - on trial in The Hague for war crimes - has a baby girl.
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Baroness not to face expenses charge

1 hour 8 min ago
Labour peer Baroness Uddin says she is "relieved" after being told she will not be prosecuted over her expenses.
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Couple jailed for starving girl

1 hour 12 min ago
The mother of a girl who starved to death is sentenced to 15 years and her stepfather jailed indefinitely.
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'Murdered soul'

1 hour 16 min ago
German campaigner tells of childhood Catholic abuse
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Sarkozy to meet UK party leaders

1 hour 22 min ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is holding separate talks in London later with Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron.
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Jay Sean wins Asian Music Awards

1 hour 25 min ago
Jay Sean sweeps the boards at the 2010 Asian Music Awards by winning the four awards for which he was nominated.
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Lib Dems unveil election slogan

1 hour 50 min ago
The Liberal Democrats unveil their election campaign slogan ahead of their spring conference in Birmingham.
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Lehman bosses severely criticised

2 hours 6 min ago
A report into the collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers criticises senior executives and auditor Ernst & Young for serious lapses.
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Day in pictures

2 hours 8 min ago
Striking images from around the world
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BNP teachers will not be banned

2 hours 59 min ago
Members of the BNP or any group that might promote racism will not be banned from teaching in England, the government says.
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Funeral held for Karachi cleric

3 hours 6 min ago
Security is tight in the Pakistani city of Karachi as funerals are held for a Sunni Muslim cleric and four others killed on Thursday.
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Net clash for web police projects

3 hours 20 min ago
A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces.
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China oil demand is 'astonishing'

3 hours 22 min ago
Oil demand in China rose by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with a year ago, the International Energy Agency says.
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Microsoft rebuffed in Word appeal

3 hours 54 min ago
Microsoft has lost a second appeal in a case that will see it pay $240m (£160m) in damages to software firm i4i.
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