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Plane crashes in Pakistan capital A plane crashes in hills north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, with more than 150 people on board. |
Profits rise 98% at British Gas British Gas profits almost double as the company, which supplies energy to more than half of households, benefits from the cold winter. |
Cameron begins Indian trade drive David Cameron begins a two-day visit to India with the aim of strengthening relations and creating jobs back in Britain. |
US Lockerbie hearings postponed US Senate hearings on the release of the Lockerbie bomber are postponed because key witnesses have declined to take part. |
Warning for obese mothers-to-be Obesity levels among pregnant women have reached epidemic levels, putting the health of their babies at risk, experts say. |
Trident cut urged to save money The government should scale back the UK\'s Trident nuclear deterrent to make \"significant financial savings\", a think tank says. |
24-hour drinking culture \'failed\' The benefits of 24-hour drinking have failed to materialise and tougher action is needed to tackle alcohol-related problems, the Home Office says. |
Family deaths man in cash crisis A father who was found dead along with his wife and two daughters at their Hampshire home had faced bankruptcy, it is revealed. |
Afghanistan bus blast \'kills 20\' A roadside bomb kills 20 civilians and injures two dozen more on a bus in Afghanistan, a provincial governor says. |
Boy, 10, quizzed over death crash A 10-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a 47-year-old man died following a lorry crash in Kent . |
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