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08/09/2009 20:12

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UK spending plan: Darling v Cameron - Massive bomb defused in N.Ireland: police - Commuters facing more travel chaos.



UK spending plan: Darling v Cameron

The Chancellor insists the Government will not flinch from the "hard choices on public spending" after the country emerges from recession.

Massive bomb defused in N.Ireland: police

Army experts in Northern Ireland defused a massive roadside bomb on Tuesday, averting what could have been a "devastating" explosion in the long-troubled province, police said.

Commuters facing more travel chaos

Rail passengers on busy commuter and other routes are facing fresh travel chaos after more strikes by train drivers were announced in a long-running row over pay and conditions.

Army defuses 600lb bomb in Northern Ireland

A massive bomb found near the Northern Ireland border was intended to blow up police, a security chief has said.

Man acquitted in BNP 'threats' case

A businessman who confronted British National Party members when they put a leaflet through his door has said he feels "vindicated" after being found not guilty of threatening the men.

US says Tamiflu for the sick, not a preventive

Federal health officials put out new guidelines Tuesday that say the flu medicines Tamiflu and Relenza should only be used to treat people who are sick with the flu and at high risk for complications.

SF bridge reopens after repairs completed

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened Tuesday just in time for the start of the work week after transit officials hastily announced that crews were able to make a crucial repair a day ahead of schedule.

Minn. man accused of killing toddler with bat

A court official says a man accused of killing a 14-month-old girl with a baseball bat during an attack in a western Minnesota church will be charged with two counts of second-degree murder.

Yale criticized for nixing Muslim cartoons in book

Yale University has removed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from an upcoming book about how they caused outrage across the Muslim world, drawing criticism from prominent alumni and a national group of university professors.

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