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Southampton 2-3 Millwall

Tue, 2012-02-07 21:59
Liam Feeney's stunning late winner helps Millwall fight back to win 3-2 and dump Southampton out of the FA Cup at St Mary's.
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Bonuses row 'threatens business'

Tue, 2012-02-07 21:54
George Osborne promises to fight an "anti-business culture", warning that the row over bonuses and pay threatens to undermine jobs and prosperity.
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Sheffield Wed 0-3 Blackpool

Tue, 2012-02-07 21:38
Blackpool seal an FA Cup fifth-round tie at Everton after a convincing 3-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday.
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Gulf states fuel Syria isolation

Tue, 2012-02-07 20:51
Gulf Arab states expel Syria's ambassadors, accusing Damascus of shunning Arab efforts to end months of bloodshed, as Russian officials visit President Assad.
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Euro 'could survive Greece exit'

Tue, 2012-02-07 20:42
Pressure is rising as Greece's government once more postponed a crucial meeting to agree tough reforms, as Europe's leaders openly discuss Greece leaving the euro.
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UK temperatures set to reach -15C

Tue, 2012-02-07 20:02
The UK is braced for its coldest night yet this winter as temperatures in some parts of England could reach as low as -15C.
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Contador has no cycling quit plan

Tue, 2012-02-07 20:00
Alberto Contador reveals he has no plans to quit and intends to appeal against his two-year ban for a failed drugs test.
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California court backs gay unions

Tue, 2012-02-07 19:57
A California court rules that a bar on same-sex unions is unconstitutional, in the latest stage of a long-running battle over the issue in the US state.
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Boy dies after 'choking' incident

Tue, 2012-02-07 19:52
A five-year-old boy has died after apparently choking at a sports centre in Newtonhill in Aberdeenshire, police say.
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'Last' WWI service veteran dies

Tue, 2012-02-07 19:26
A woman thought to be the world's last known surviving service member of World War I dies aged 110.
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Monaco royals in privacy defeat

Tue, 2012-02-07 19:12
The European Court of Human Rights rejects a complaint by Princess Caroline of Monaco, in a ruling backing media rights on celebrity reporting.
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VIDEO: Jubilee concert acts announced

Tue, 2012-02-07 19:08
Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney are among the artists who will play at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in June.
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Fall from grace for Maldives' democratic crusader

Tue, 2012-02-07 19:02
How the Maldives' President Nasheed fell from grace
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NI sex industry 'fastest growing'

Tue, 2012-02-07 18:51
An organisation that campaigns for ethnic minorities has said Northern Ireland has "the fastest growing sex industry in any part of the UK".
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VIDEO: Syria's first lady stands by husband

Tue, 2012-02-07 18:41
The wife of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad has spoken out to defend her husband in a letter to a British newspaper.
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Iranian president summoned by MPs

Tue, 2012-02-07 18:30
Iran's parliament summons the country's president for questioning - the first time this has happened since the 1979 revolution.
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Times editor in hacking apology

Tue, 2012-02-07 18:29
The editor of the Times publicly apologises at the Leveson Inquiry for a reporter who hacked into an email account to write a story.
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Milly Dowler killer seeks appeal

Tue, 2012-02-07 18:26
Former bouncer Levi Bellfield is due to seek permission to appeal against his conviction for the kidnap and murder of teenager Milly Dowler.
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New Maldives leader pledges order

Tue, 2012-02-07 18:20
New Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan vows to uphold the rule of law following the dramatic resignation of his predecessor Mohamed Nasheed.
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VIDEO: Woman found alive in Lahore rubble

Tue, 2012-02-07 18:08
Rescue workers in Pakistan have found a 65-year-old woman alive in the rubble of a Lahore factory, 31 hours after the building collapsed.
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