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US apologises for helicopter raid
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GDP growth 'slower than thought'
The global economy will grow slightly more slowly than previously expected next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
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Red Sox owners to buy Liverpool
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Liverpool owners dismay chairman
Technology
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Libya takes hard line on domains
An adult-friendly url shortener has been sezied by the Libyan domain register, threatening other Libyan-based web addresses.
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Tablet PC for developing nations
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Man jailed over password refusal
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Sam Neill wades into Hobbit row
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Documentarian Flaum dies aged 85
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Josie Russell in first art show
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Molecule building work wins Nobel
Three scientists have shared this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new ways of linking carbon atoms together.
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Oldest dino-like animals revealed
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Indian language is new to science
Health
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Nigeria lead poisoning 'doubles'
At least 400 children have died from lead poisoning in northern Nigeria this year, twice as many as previously reported, the UN says.
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Flu jabs in pregnancy 'aid child'
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Vatican critical of IVF Nobel win
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Eyewitness: Hungary's toxic spill
It will take at least a year and cost tens of millions of dollars to clean a spill of toxic sludge, Hungary's environment minister says.
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Do hard times equal good art?
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7 questions on British history
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'Le spin'
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Dirty secrets
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