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In the News
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UN closer to resolution on Gaza
8 Jan 2009 at 5:56pm
The UN Security Council appears to have overcome its divisions and is close to passing a Gaza ceasefire resolution.
Pakistan al-Qaeda chief 'killed'
8 Jan 2009 at 5:52pm
Al-Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan and another top aide are believed to have been killed, US intelligence sources say.
UK e-mail law 'attack on rights'
8 Jan 2009 at 4:50pm
A law ensuring the details of every e-mail sent in the UK are kept is an attack on civil liberties, critics say.
Interest rates hit all-time low
8 Jan 2009 at 9:18am
The Bank of England cuts rates to 1.5%, the lowest level in its 315-year history, as it continues efforts to help the economy.
Nissan plant to shed 1,200 jobs
8 Jan 2009 at 7:48am
Wearside car plant Nissan is to axe around 1,200 jobs - about a quarter of its workforce - blaming the economic downturn.
Pakistan slum-dwellers die in blaze
8 Jan 2009 at 2:53pm
At least 30 people are killed when fire engulfs homes in a shanty town in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say.
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