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Greeks go on general strike again
11 Mar 2010 at 6:35am
Services in Greece are grinding to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of workers stage a general strike.

Mexican heads world rich list
11 Mar 2010 at 1:27pm
The world's new richest man is a Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim.

Biden rebukes Israel over housing plans
11 Mar 2010 at 12:13pm
US Vice-President Joe Biden has stressed support for Israel despite his condemnation of their plans to build on occupied land.

Elephant surprises Australian zoo
11 Mar 2010 at 10:27am
An elephant in an Australian zoo has shocked vets by giving birth to a live elephant calf which zoo-keepers believed had died in the womb

Italy sees purple over politics
11 Mar 2010 at 6:44am
Italians fed up with the political parties on offer have begun their own pressure group, the Purple People Movement.

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Police 'risk public confidence'
11 Mar 2010 at 7:20am
Public confidence in the police could be damaged by failures to tackle anti-social behaviour, the chief inspector of constabulary has warned.

'Living hell' for crime victims
11 Mar 2010 at 8:12am
The chief inspector of constabulary has said some victims of anti-social behaviour feel they are in a '"living hell", as he warned that police risk losing public confidence.

UK develops 'intelligent CCTV'
11 Mar 2010 at 6:30am
CCTV cameras that can pick out abandoned luggage, suspicious behaviour and lock onto potential suspects are being developed by UK researchers.

'Family tiff' in Pakistan boy kidnap
11 Mar 2010 at 12:54pm
Authorities believe a five-year-old British boy's abduction in Pakistan was linked to a "family dispute", Pakistan's high commissioner to the UK has said.

'Right time' for speedy rail plans
11 Mar 2010 at 12:30pm
It is "absolutely the right time" to plan for a new high-speed rail network to be prepared for the future, Lord Adonis has said.

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Profile: Thailand's reds and yellows
11 Mar 2010 at 3:29pm
The BBC looks at the two opposing camps driving protests and fuelling instability in Thailand.
Pink Floyd win EMI court ruling
11 Mar 2010 at 3:28pm
EMI may be forced to stop selling individual Pink Floyd tracks on digital services like iTunes after a High Court ruling went against the record label.
James Bulger's mother meets Straw
11 Mar 2010 at 3:28pm
Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets with the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of his killers.
'A 10-month living nightmare'
11 Mar 2010 at 3:26pm
Police failures to tackle anti-social behaviour risk public confidence, says the chief inspector of constabulary.
Drug smuggler stopped at Gatwick
11 Mar 2010 at 3:24pm
A convicted drug smuggler is stopped from entering the country after a monitoring system warned officials he was bound for Gatwick.


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