Politics and Such

Mozambique police fire at rioters

BBC News (Headlines) - 23 min 40 sec ago
Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.
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Explosion at Hare Krishna temple

BBC News (Headlines) - 24 min ago
A Hare Krishna temple is Leicester is partly destroyed in an explosion, with reports of people trapped inside.
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PSNI rescue 'trafficking victims'

BBC News (Headlines) - 25 min 11 sec ago
Several "potential victims of human trafficking" have been rescued in raids on suspected brothels in Belfast, police say.
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Probe as police crash seized car

BBC News (Headlines) - 26 min 34 sec ago
Two police officers are suspended from driving duties after crashing a car they had seized from a suspected drink-driver.
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Wolves fail to halt aspen decline

BBC News (Headlines) - 29 min 13 sec ago
The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.
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Thompson defends BBC No 10 visit

BBC News (Headlines) - 35 min 28 sec ago
Director general denies he compromised the BBC's independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts.
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Tycoon Nadir bailed in fraud case

BBC News (Headlines) - 42 min 5 sec ago
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.
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US sees 54,000 jobs go in August

BBC News (Headlines) - 44 min 35 sec ago
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
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Plane body women face no charges

BBC News (Headlines) - 45 min 56 sec ago
Two women who were arrested after trying to take a dead relative on to a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will not face charges.
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Lib Dem veteran Cyril Smith dies

BBC News (Headlines) - 46 min 13 sec ago
The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died aged 82, the party confirms.
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Police questioning Pakistan trio

BBC News (Headlines) - 46 min 35 sec ago
Police are questioning the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that the players implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.
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Live text - US Open day five

BBC News (Headlines) - 47 min 48 sec ago
Women's fifth seed Samantha Stosur is in action early on day five at Flushing Meadows, while Andy Murray takes on Dustin Brown at about 2000 BST.
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Portugal child sex abuse 'proved'

BBC News (Headlines) - 57 min 4 sec ago
Portuguese judges say charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home are proved against all seven defendants on trial.
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Farage to contest UKIP leadership

BBC News (Headlines) - 57 min 27 sec ago
Nigel Farage says he will stand for the leadership of the UK Independence Party, a position he held until last year.
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Hurricane Earl skirts eastern US

BBC News (Headlines) - 59 min 50 sec ago
A weakened hurricane Earl skirts past North Carolina's Outer Banks and continues up the US east coast as a "category one" storm.
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BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn

BBC News (Headlines) - 1 hour 21 min ago
BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.
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Pakistan rally bomb kills dozens

BBC News (Headlines) - 1 hour 25 min ago
A bomb kills at least 42 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.
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UN calls special food price talks

BBC News (Headlines) - 1 hour 38 min ago
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
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Mosque foe hits extremist pastor's 9/11 Christian Center

Salon.com's News and Politics - 1 hour 42 min ago

We're finally seeing one of the opponents of the so-called "ground zero mosque" speak out against the "9/11 Christian Center" that an extremist evangelical pastor is launching this weekend.


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Daughter denies murdering father

BBC News (Headlines) - 1 hour 48 min ago
A teenager pleads not guilty to murdering her 61-year-old father along with three other people.
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