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Mexico rejects drug 'insurgency' analogy
Mexico has rejected remarks from the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, that drug-related violence in Mexico increasingly has the hallmarks of an insurgency.
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Empty shops highlighting 'divide'
The number of shops closing in Britain is slowing but a north-south divide has emerged, a survey by retail analysts the Local Data Company suggests.
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Koran bonfire 'still going ahead'
A US pastor says he is not "backing down" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international condemnation.
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Mexico crime 'like an insurgency'
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.
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Rig firms hit back at BP report
Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Could music be given on prescription?
Patients could be prescribed music tailored to their needs as a result of new university research.
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Nutrient clue to common birth defect
Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect.
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Boundary move 'gives Tories hope'
Boundary changes for the next Scottish Parliament elections suggest a possible boost to the Conservatives, according to experts.
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Low pay and squalor
The plight of Commonwealth Games workers in Delhi
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Shot boy's family still suffering
Police use the anniversary of the killing of Manchester schoolboy Jessie James to once again appeal for help to catch his killer.
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Off the dial
What happened to Mercury, as in Mercury music prize?
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Planes in 'near-miss' over London
A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in July, a report reveals.
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Shoppers turning to card payments
The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.
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Child detention 'harm' documented
A medical charity says it has documented for the first time the effects of immigration detention on children facing removal from the UK.
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Piers Morgan to replace CNN host Larry King
Former newspaper editor and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers will replace US TV presenter Larry King on the US network CNN, it is announced.