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1. Court lifts ban on MI5 criticism
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Some MI5 officers are accused of having a "dubious record" in the mistreatment of former detainee Binyam Mohamed. ...

2. Slimming sixties not a myth
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Despite fewer visits to gyms and a love of high fat foods, people in the 1960s were slimmer simply because they were more active, figures show. ...

3. Iran Sunni rebel says U.S. offered him military aid: report (Reuters)
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Reuters - The leader of a Sunni Muslim rebel group has "confessed" that the United States promised to provide him with financial and military aid if he agreed to work with them, Iranian state television ...

4. Brisk 5.9 percent growth in Q4 will likely fade (AP)
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AP - The economy rocketed ahead at a 5.9 percent pace in the final quarter of 2009, stronger than initially estimated. But the growth spurt isn't expected to carry over into this year. ...

5. US economy in upward revision
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Official figures show the US economy grew at an annualised rate of 5.9% in the last three months of 2009. ...

6. Haiti aid effort marred by slow U.N. response (Reuters)
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Reuters - Clutching automatic assault rifles, truckloads of U.N. troops patrolled the streets of Haiti's shattered capital on the day after the earthquake hit last month, seemingly oblivious to the misery ...

7. Obama aides push back on venue for terrorism trials (Reuters)
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Reuters - The Obama administration bluntly urged the Congress on Thursday to steer clear of directing where terrorism suspects should be prosecuted, pushing back against efforts to require military rather ...

8. Pair jailed after £4.5m tax fraud
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A Dungannon couple are jailed over the biggest ever case of tax fraud in Northern Ireland, amounting to more than £4.5m. ...

9. Suicide attack on Afghan capital
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Explosions and gunfire in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, leave at least 17 people dead, officials say. ...

10. Huge Eastern storm darkens homes, disrupts travel (AP)
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AP - An unceasing winter storm unleashed multiple dangers across the Northeast on Friday, blasting the coast with hurricane-force winds that fanned a hotel fire, flooding parts of Maine, dropping 2 feet ...

11. VA to reopen Gulf War vets' files (AP)
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AP - The Veterans Affairs Department says it will take a second look at the disability claims of what could be thousands of Gulf War veterans suffering from illnesses they blame on their war service, the ...

12. 'Darkest hour'
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Pompey fans give their verdict on their club's crisis ...

13. Taliban attacks in central Kabul kill 16 (Reuters)
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Reuters - Taliban fighters opened fire, hurled grenades and staged suicide bombings in central Kabul on Friday, killing at least 16 people in defiance of the Western-backed government and a NATO offen ...

14. Death row Briton in video appeal
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A British grandmother on death row in Texas is lodging a last-ditch appeal with the US Supreme Court. ...

15. Snow leaves homes without power
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Severe weather continues to disrupt Scotland and thousands of householders are left without power. ...

16. Foreigners among 16 dead in Taliban attacks on Kabul (AFP)
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AFP - Taliban suicide bombers targeted guesthouses in downtown Kabul on Friday, killing 16 people including Westerners and Indians in one of the deadliest attacks on foreigners in the Afghan capital. ...

17. Deadly crush at Timbuktu mosque
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Twenty-six people are killed in a crush at the famous Djinguereber mosque in Timbuktu, sources tell the BBC. ...

18. Canada beats US 2-0 for gold in women's hockey (AP)
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AP - Gold was the only option for both Canada's women's hockey team and South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na. For the U.S. Nordic combined squad, any medal in any color would do. ...

19. Dubai cameras shine light on killers' dark arts (Reuters)
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Reuters - Suspected Israeli assassins have inadvertently given the world an unusual master class in clandestine killing in broadcast surveillance video of them going about their murderous trade. ...

20. Suicide bombers strike in heart of Kabul; 17 dead (AP)
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AP - Insurgents struck in the heart of the Afghan capital Friday with suicide attackers and a car bomb, targeting hotels used by foreigners and killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, police s ...

21. Turkish PM warns army as coup probe deepens (AFP)
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AFP - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned the army that no one is above the law as prosecutors grilled the suspected ringleader of an alleged 2003 coup plan to oust the Islamist-rooted ...

22. Glencoe ski centre boasts the heaviest snowfalls in the world
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The ski centre at Glencoe Mountain is reporting to have had the heaviest snowfalls of any winter sports resort in the world. ...

23. Growth encouraging, says Darling
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The chancellor welcomes the upward revision in economic growth figures, but the Tories urge ministers to deal with debt. ...

24. £1.9m for thalidomide survivors
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Victims in Wales of the thalidomide scandal are to share £1.9m to improve their care, nearly 50 years after the drug was withdrawn. ...

25. Biden to announce retirement savings safeguards (AP)
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AP - The Obama administration on Friday is proposing regulations aimed at protecting workers' retirement savings. ...

26. Bad debts of £24bn knock Lloyds
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Lloyds Banking Group lost £24bn on bad loans in 2009, forcing the bank heavily into the red, annual results show. ...

27. Bad teachers 'not being reported'
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A report suggests local councils in England are failing to report poor teachers to their disciplinary body. ...

28. Where should the BBC cut back?
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The Times claims the BBC will two radio stations and scale back its website. Does the BBC need to downsize? ...

29. Public sector savings 'essential'
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NHS, council and police leaders will be told they need to make efficiency savings to avoid cuts in services. ...

30. UK economic growth revised upward
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The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of last year, faster than previously thought, figures show. ...