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Brown urges new banks 'contract'
UK PM Gordon Brown tells a G20 summit there should be a new contract with the world banks to make them more responsible.
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Obama praises army base heroism
President Barack Obama praises the "valour" of those who responded to the deadly attacks at a US army base in Texas.
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British doctors call for human tissue to be routinely kept for genetic testing when young people die without explanation.
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Hidden anguish
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Pieces of history
Where to find fragments of the Berlin Wall
David Haye
Staying power
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Murder probe into firework death
A murder inquiry is started into a fatal house fire in Cornwall thought to have been caused when a firework was put through the letterbox.
Doubts cast over expenses reforms
Legal aid cut 'threatens justice'
Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews
G20 summit tries to tackle rifts
G20 finance ministers begin their meeting in Scotland, but are faced with divisions over stimulus packages and climate change.
Cohabitee rights plan criticised
Queen due at remembrance festival
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Israeli air strike in Rafah, Gaza, on 13 January 2009
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