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Jazz legend Lyttelton dies at 86
Humphrey Lyttelton, the veteran jazz musician and chairman of BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, dies at the age of 86.
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Security tight for torch in Japan
The Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay is due to be held amid tight security in the city of Nagano.
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Police acquitted over NY shooting
A judge in New York acquits three police officers over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in 2006.
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Oil climbs on UK pipeline fears
Oil prices approach record levels as a planned UK refinery strike threatens production in the North Sea.
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Iraq militias 'recruit child bombers'
Insurgent groups in Iraq are recruiting children for suicide attacks, according to a senior UN official.
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Angola allows arms ship to dock
Angola authorises a Chinese ship to dock, but arms on board will not be allowed passage to Zimbabwe.
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Many dead in Sri Lanka bus blast
At least 24 people are killed by a blast on a bus near Sri Lanka's capital, which officials blame on Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Scappaticci wins newspaper case
An alleged high-ranking British spy within the IRA has won an apology from a tabloid newspaper.
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Disabled man's body was in suitcase
The body of a 22-year-old disabled man was found in a suitcase in the garden of his family home, police confirm.
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Klitschko rules out Haye showdown
Wladimir Klitschko says proposed talks with David Haye over a heavyweight title fight came to nothing.
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Morrissey saves anti-racism gig
Singer Morrissey steps in to save Sunday's Rock Against Racism music festival from possible financial ruin.
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Tables 'restrict A-level choices'
The pressure of league tables forces independent and state schools to stop pupils taking difficult subjects, it is claimed.
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Refinery shut down ahead of strike
The Grangemouth oil refinery shuts down ahead of a planned strike - which BP says could mean a major oil pipeline shutting.
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Winehouse arrested over 'assault'
Singer Amy Winehouse is arrested at a police station in London over an alleged assault on Wednesday.
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Mission to prove Europe's sat-nav
Europe's quest to build its own version of GPS is about to take an important step forward with the launch of a test spacecraft, Giove-B.
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UN condemns Turkey border deaths
The UN blames Turkish police for the deaths of four men forced to cross a fast-flowing river on the Iraqi border.
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Trucker jailed over woman's death
A sleep-deprived lorry driver is jailed over a fatal crash after he had been on the road almost non-stop for 19 hours.
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