Police hand over to the Crown Prosecution Service a file on their investigation into late donations to Peter Hain.
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The chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, is stepping down from his day-to-day job at the world's largest software company.
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The Church of England is in danger of "shattering" into thousands of stained-glass pieces if women are ordained as bishops, its governing body was warned this morning.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Three U.S. defense contractors freed after five years as rebel-held hostages in Colombia are in good health and could go home within a few days, U.S. Army doctors said Thursday.

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A rare triple organ transplant was performed in India after a tapeworm infection caused a 45-year-old woman's liver, right lung and spleen to fail.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Exhausted California firefighters worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were expected to give the blazes more power.

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Olympic medals formally turned over to Beijing Games organizers.
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AP - Weary firefighters got no rest during the holiday weekend as a pair of out-of-control wildfires roared across the landscape along California's central coast at opposite ends of the arid Los Padres National Forest.

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The UK's biggest union Unite is on the brink of a formal tie-up with a prominent North American union.
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A comprehensive guide to clinical conditions
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Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed with New York state officials to block access to child pornography.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Jerome Kerviel, the trader accused of causing record losses at French bank Societe Generale , has found a new job, French magazine Le Point reported on its website on Thursday.
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The UN will give an additional $1.2bn (£613m) of food aid to the nations hardest hit by rising food prices.
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The committee on standards in public life is considering an inquiry into MPs' expenses, the BBC understands.
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It was business as usual for most troops stationed across Iraq, but some larger bases tried to bring touches of home, like red, white and blue cake.
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Plans for Google and Yahoo search advertising deal may stall as the Justice Department investigates.
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Network of satellites currently tracks rainfall, vegetation, temperature across globe -- factors that affect spread of malaria, Ebola, West Nile.
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3 women drown in severe flash flood in southwestern Germany.
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