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Jobless Claims Fall To Lowest Level In Months
The Labor Department says new claims for unemployment benefits plunged last week by a seasonally adjusted 27,000 to 451,000. Economists had predicted a much smaller decline of just 2,000.
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Chote set to head Budget office
Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
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Injured Defoe out for six weeks
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is ruled out for at least six weeks because of an ankle injury.
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Car bomb rocks Mogadishu airport
At least two people are killed by a car bomb attack on Somalia's main airport in Mogadishu, residents say.
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Man picks up suspected pipe bomb
A Strabane taxi driver picks up a suspicious object and takes it to waste ground.
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Trains sent on collision course
A Tube train was sent into the path of another train during Wednesday morning's rush hour, Transport for London confirms.
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Assembly post tackles trafficking
An anti-human trafficking coordinator is to be appointed in Wales for the first time to tackle the problem.
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MPs debating phone hacking claims
MPs are debating allegations that MPs had their mobile phones hacked into by News of the World journalists.
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Planes nearly collide over London
A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in 2009, a report reveals.
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Obama condemns Koran burning plan
US President Barack Obama says a small church's plans to burn the Koran are a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaeda.
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Yemeni soldier killed in ambush
Gunmen open fire on soldiers in southern Yemen, killing at least one and wounding others.
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Obama: Quran-Burning Would Benefit Al-Qaida
The president, appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, exhorts a Florida minister to call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend, saying it would serve as a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida."
Obama: Quran-Burning Would Benefit Al-Qaida
The president, appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, exhorts a Florida minister to call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend, saying it would serve as a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida."
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Spending cuts 'to hit north harder'
Industrial towns in the north east of England may be least able to cope with deep cuts in public spending, BBC-commissioned research suggests.
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Euro MPs condemn France over Roma
Euro MPs call on France to suspend its deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as Paris seeks co-operation from Romania.
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Air Zimbabwe pilots in pay strike
Striking pilots at Air Zimbabwe have began talks with management over a pay dispute that has grounded the carrier's flights.
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Met officer charged with assault
A Metropolitan Police officer is charged with assaulting a prisoner in west London.
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Suicide Bomber Strikes Market In Russian Region
At least 15 people, including the suicide bomber, were killed and 133 were wounded in the explosion
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Suicide Bomber Strikes Market In Russian Region
At least 15 people, including the suicide bomber, were killed and 133 were wounded in the explosion
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