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Ofsted to target weakest teaching
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:38 AM, Tue
The English education watchdog says a stubborn core of inadequacy blights children's life chances.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
UK banks received emergency loans
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:35 AM, Tue
The Bank England reveals it lent RBS and HBOS £61.6bn in emergency funding in October and November 2008.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Charges Detail Road to Terror for 20 in U.S.
New York Times - Nov 24, 2009, 06:34 AM, Tue
In an extensive terrorism investigation, officials charged 14 people who they say joined a Somali extremist group.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Charges Detail Road to Terror for 20 Recruited in U.S. International Herald Tribune
Philippines Declares Emergency After Election Violence
New York Times - Nov 24, 2009, 06:34 AM, Tue
The Philippine president declared a state of emergency in the southern region where gunmen on Monday kidnapped and killed at least 46 people.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Philippines Declares Emergency After Election Violence International Herald Tribune
SC legislators begin Sanford impeachment hearings
Associated Press - Nov 24, 2009, 06:33 AM, Tue
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Legislators irked for months over Gov. Mark Sanford's summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a rendezvous with his lover plan to start debating a measure Tuesday that ultimately would remove him from office....
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
Boy, 4, stabbed to death at flat
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:33 AM, Tue
A four-year-old boy is found stabbed to death at a flat in the Southwark area of south London, police say.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Heavy rain hits flooded Cumbria
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:33 AM, Tue
Heavy rain has returned to Cumbria, raising fears of further flooding just as residents begin to clean up after the last deluge.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Study criticises hospital hygiene
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:27 AM, Tue
An independent hygiene report into Northern Ireland's eight acute hospitals finds that considerable improvement is needed.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Afghan Address in One Week
New York Times - Nov 24, 2009, 06:26 AM, Tue
President Obama is expected to announce his military strategy for Afghanistan in an address to the nation next Tuesday.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
CPSC chief concedes it moved slowly on crib safety
Associated Press - Nov 24, 2009, 06:23 AM, Tue
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission concedes it has not been "acting as quickly as it should" on crib safety problems....
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
Netanyahu Says Prisoner Swap Is Not Certain
New York Times - Nov 24, 2009, 06:22 AM, Tue
Israel’s prime minister sought to dampen speculation about a deal with Hamas to recover an Israeli soldier.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Netanyahu Says Prisoner Swap Is Not Certain International Herald Tribune
Congo 'warlords' ICC trial opens
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:18 AM, Tue
The trial of two alleged Congolese militia leaders begins at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Political massacre death toll hits 46
MSNBC - Nov 24, 2009, 06:18 AM, Tue
 Two provinces were placed under emergency rule as Filipino security forces unearthed more bodies from one of the worst incidents of election violence in the nation's history.
Source URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Police 'errors' over terror raids
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:16 AM, Tue
A report into anti-terror raids across north-west England criticises police for failing to consult specialist lawyers.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Woman's body found in river
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:14 AM, Tue
Rescue teams searching for a missing woman find a body in the River Usk near Brecon, Powys.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
'Don't scrap M4 relief road' call
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:14 AM, Tue
Congestion on the M4 in Wales is costing £40m a year, and an academic warns that a relief road must eventually be built.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Netanyahu says Hamas prisoner deal might not happen
Reuters - Nov 24, 2009, 06:13 AM, Tue
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and might not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, after a senior cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
Last salute for army bomb victim
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:13 AM, Tue
The widow of an army explosives expert killed in Afghanistan and buried with full military honours in Cornwall praises her "warrior" husband.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Philippines declares emergency after 46 killed
Associated Press - Nov 24, 2009, 06:11 AM, Tue
AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies, pushing the death toll to 46 in some of the deadliest election violence in the nation's history....
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
Jordan parliament dissolved by king
BBC News - Nov 24, 2009, 06:05 AM, Tue
Jordan's King Abdullah dissolves the country's parliament halfway through its four-year term and calls for early elections.
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
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