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Brown Urges Cabin Crew To Stop BA Strike

Brown Urges Cabin Crew To Stop BA Strike

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged British Airways cabin crew not to strike, as thousands of air passengers faced travel misery.

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Train Chaos Threat As Workers Vote For Strike

Train Chaos Threat As Workers Vote For Strike

Train passengers could face travel chaos over Easter after signal workers voted to hold the first national rail strike in 16 years.

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Obama's Final Push For Healthcare Reform

Obama's Final Push For Healthcare Reform

US President Barack Obama has delivered his closing argument in the battle to pass sweeping healthcare reform.

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Brothers Convicted Over 'Terror Video'

Brothers Convicted Over 'Terror Video'

Two brothers who called themselves 'The Blackburn Resistance' and filmed al-Qaeda style propaganda in a park have been convicted of terrorist offences.

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Brown Urges Cabin Crew To Stop BA Strike

Train Chaos Threat As Workers Vote For Strike

Obama's Final Push For Healthcare Reform

Brothers Convicted Over 'Terror Video'

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Family's Plea Over Ex-Soldier Facing Death

Family's Plea Over Ex-Soldier Facing Death

The family of a former soldier facing the death penalty in Iraq are calling for help from the British...

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New chilli grenade packs a punch

New chilli grenade packs a punch

It's the hottest new bit of hardware in the arms race - a non-lethal hand grenade loaded with the world's most...

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Jackson death helped Janet's angry role

Jackson death helped Janet's angry role

Janet Jackson channelled her anger at the death of her beloved brother Michael into one furious scene in Tyler...

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Brown Urges Cabin Crew To Stop BA Strike

Brown Urges Cabin Crew To Stop BA Strike

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged British Airways cabin crew not to strike, as thousands of air passengers...

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A neighbour hangs out a banner to welcome home five-year-old Sahil Saeed to Oldham, Greater Manchester, after his release from kidnappers in Pakistan. Exhausted Sahil enjoyed his first full day back home since being freed from his two week ordeal.

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President Barack Obama described the stakes of this weekend's health care vote in stark terms today, using words uttered so rarely out of the White House that they seem all but banned: "If this vote fails."

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