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| The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site. |
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| The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns. |
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| The UK could face a growing threat from "lone wolf" terrorists returning from fighting overseas in the next few years, a think tank warns. |
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| The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will lead global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth later. |
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| A new law making stalking a specific offence is needed in England and Wales to stop harassment ending in violence, MPs and peers have said. |
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| Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace. |
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| Radical cleric Abu Qatada is granted bail following a hearing at the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission. |
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| Italy activates emergency measures to conserve gas supplies as freezing weather continues to grip the country and much of Europe. |
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| President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%. |
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| The Treasury is criticised for the way it monitors government spending and manages risk, in an MPs' report. |
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| The former first minister and leader of the DUP, Ian Paisley, has been admitted to hospital. |
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| A new record for activity on Twitter during a sports event was set during the 2012 Super Bowl, with more than 10,000 messages sent per second, Twitter says. |
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| Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show. |
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| Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including live video from children's rooms. |
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| Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year. |
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| The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists. |
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| Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers' Association, calls Fabio Capello's criticism of the FA's decision to oust John Terry as England captain "bizarre and disappointing". |
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| 1.5 million football tickets remain available for London 2012 after the sport is identified as the only discipline which has not sold out its allocation |
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| Luis Suarez returns after a lengthy ban but cannot inspire Liverpool to victory as they share a goalless draw with Tottenham. |
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| The number of empty shops on the UK's high streets is set to increase this year, a survey says, as economic conditions get tougher. |
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| Greece holds further talks with its international lenders, as the debate on more austerity measures continues. |
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| A report suggests poor young students are dropping out of college because the government's bursary scheme is "inadequate". |
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| The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy. |
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| The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue. |
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| Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe. |
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| A study suggests a quarter of today's UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development. |
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| Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works. |
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| Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines |
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| An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind. |
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| US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018. |
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| Russian scientists are attempting to beat US and British rivals to be first to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake. |
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| Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British film awards for his roles in sex addiction drama Shame and Jane Eyre. |
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| Madonna "rose to the occasion" to give "a shot of female brass" to the Super Bowl in her 12-minute half-time show, reviewers say. |
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| Princess Elizabeth was enjoying a brief break from her royal duties in Kenya when she learnt that her father, George VI, had suddenly died, and she was now Queen Elizabeth II. |
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| Cochlear implants offer some deaf people the chance to have a "sensation of sound". So why would deaf teenagers choose not to have it? |
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| Work to stop children falling victim to abuse and bullying could be hampered by police cuts, the Police Federation chairman says. |
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| Relatives seek compensation for a boy orphaned when his parents were killed by timber falling off a lorry. |
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| BBC Scotland uncovers evidence which suggests Rangers owner Craig Whyte may have lied in court. |
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| A new bill which could aid publication of a secret legal report on the Lockerbie bomber may fail to work properly, it is claimed. |
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| A 41-year-old Lurgan man appears in court charged with attempting to murder two police officers. |
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| A Kircubbin woman has called for the hunting laws in Northern Ireland to be changed after her cat was killed by dogs from the North Down hunt. |
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| Criticism of a charity facing allegations of financial irregularity is racially motivated, its chair suggests. |
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| A group of men decided against becoming suicide bombers because they wanted a "long-term future" as terrorists, a court is told. |
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| Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital. |
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| The body of a Chinese worker who fled a camp in Sudan when rebels attacked has been found, says China, while 29 kidnapped workers are still missing. |
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| Search and rescue efforts are continuing for survivors of a 6.7 magnitude quake that shook the central Philippines on Monday, leaving at least 15 dead and 44 missing. |
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| An illegal medicine factory collapses in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people and leaving many trapped, officials say. |
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| Romania's intelligence service chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is nominated as prime minister after Emil Bloc resigns amid widespread austerity protests. |
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| Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. |
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| Brazilian troops clash with police striking over pay and conditions in the state of Bahia, as they try to remove them from the state assembly. |
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| The Brazilian government privatises operations at three airports as part of moves to upgrade transport links ahead of the World Cup. |
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| An assault by the Syrian army on the restive city of Homs enters its fourth day as Russia's foreign minister is due in Damascus for talks. |
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| The US is working closely with Israel to use diplomacy to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama says. |
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| Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a court case arguing that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans. |
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| US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank. |
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| Much of UK with several inches of snow |
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| New York Giants beat New England Patriots |
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| Making make use of old rubber trees in Liberia |
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| News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February |
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| Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne |
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| Haunting views of Venice's waterways |
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| Drawing offices where Titanic was designed |
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| 24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012 |
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| Foreign Secretary William Hague has hit out at Russia and China's veto of a recent UN Security Council resolution on Syria, describing the decision as "a betrayal of the Syrian people". |
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| The Queen has visited a school in Norfolk as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. |
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| The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe have tightened their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200. |
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| Sixty years ago today King George VI died and his 25-year-old daughter Princess Elizabeth became Queen. |
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| A 25-mile stretch of the A1 northbound in North Yorkshire has been closed after a series of accidents in icy conditions early on Monday. |
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| The man accused of Norway's worst mass killing has appeared on camera for the first time since the crime. |
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| The Independent's Simon Calder explains why Heathrow airport was so badly affected by the severe weather on Sunday. |
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| A factory building has collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore, with many people including child workers feared trapped, officials say. |
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| BBC Scotland's Cameron Buttle gives a behind the scenes look at a British army base in Afghanistan. |
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| When did the middle finger become offensive? |
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| The prison, the pub and other landmarks that influenced author |
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| How do we keep our web-savvy children safe online? |
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| Why spend 15 hours a week cutting up newspapers? |
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| How realistic are police shows on television? |
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| Why climate sceptics claim they've cracked the consensus |
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| Why biggest firms in UK feel let down by the government |
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