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The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
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Iran 'delays US hiker's release'
Iran delays the release of Sarah Shourd, one of three US hikers arrested last year on suspicion of espionage, a Tehran prosecutor says.
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Obama pleads for Koran row calm
President Obama makes a plea for religious tolerance, as a church threatening to burn the Koran demands contact with a New York imam.
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Lifeboat crew rescues man and wheelie bin
Lifeboat crews made a most unusual rescue off the coast of Anglesey - an 81-year-old man and his wheelie bin.
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MPs 'held back' on phone inquiry
MPs held back in an inquiry into phone-hacking allegations for fear that their own private lives could be targeted, a former MP claims.
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Colombia rebels kill six police
Colombia's Farc rebels kill six policemen, in the latest in a surge of attacks that have killed more than 30 security personnel since President Juan Manuel Santos took office a month ago.
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Two men jailed for hammer attack
Two men are jailed over a hammer attack which left a teenager from Leicester brain damaged.
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Rally for peace
The tennis players with a message at US Open
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No jam today: hospice rejects home-made donations
Allotment owners are disappointed their vegetables and homemade jam can no longer be sold in a Cumbria hospice shop.
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Castro quote 'was misinterpreted'
Fidel Castro says he was misinterpreted when he was quoted by a US reporter as saying that the Cuban economic model no longer worked.
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Wayne Rooney requesting privacy
Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen ask the media to respect their privacy while they discuss newspaper allegations about the footballer.
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Royal Mail sell-off is confirmed
The government confirms it is to press ahead with a complete sale of Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service.
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Ferguson brushes off Rooney talk
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and Everton manager David Moyes refuse to be drawn on Wayne Rooney's off-field problems as the troubled striker returns to face his former club on Saturday.
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Fire union warning over job cuts
The Fire Brigades Union warns any further cuts to frontline provision would be dangerous for the public and crews.
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Mudslide engulfs Italian village
In Italy the town of Antrani on the Amalfi coast has been hit by flash flooding and mudslides.
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England defeat spirited Pakistan
England compound Pakistan's off-field problems with a deserved 24-run win to take a 1-0 lead in the five-game one-day series.
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40,000 police jobs 'threatened'
As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs may be at risk across England and Wales if funding cuts of 25% go ahead, the Police Federation says.
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Live text - Venus v Clijsters
Venus Williams faces Kim Clijsters after Vera Zvonareva shocks Caroline Wozniacki on women's semi-finals day at the US Open.
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Push for choice on special needs
The children's minister says parents should have more choice over special educational needs provision in England, as she seeks input for a Green Paper.
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Concern over police jobs threat
Police forces in Wales are warning of tough times ahead amid fears over job cuts in front-line roles.
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Church abuse detailed in Belgium
Harrowing details of alleged sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium are released by an official Church investigator.
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Cases of Legionnaires' rise to 17
Three more cases of Legionnaires' disease are identified as health officials close a cooling tower in Merthyr Tydfil until it is cleaned and disinfected.
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Murderer appeals guilty verdict
A man convicted of battering and strangling a vulnerable young woman in County Antrim is to appeal the guilty verdict.
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Stress hormone heart death link
High levels of the stress hormone cortisol are closely linked to death from cardiovascular disease, a Dutch study has found.
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Plea to save MS respite centres
Volunteers are calling on the MS Society not to abandon four respite care centres in York, Surrey, Warwickshire and East Lothian
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Three jailed over 'filmed' rape
Three men are jailed for a sex attack on a woman which only came to light when the victim saw footage of it on a mobile phone.
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Man held after Danish hotel blast
Danish police hold a man injured by a small blast at a Copenhagen hotel amid reports he was a would-be suicide bomber.
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Jones wants to be first minister
Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones tells his party conference that after next year's assembly elections he wants to be first minister of Wales.
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Several die in California blast
At least four people have been killed in an explosion which tore through a town near San Francisco, officials say.
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US jobs recovery 'painfully slow'
US President Barack Obama has said that progress in pulling the American economy out of recession has been "painfully slow".
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Iran denies 'secret atomic plant'
Iran rejects claims by dissident groups that it has almost completed a secret uranium-enrichment facility near Tehran.
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US officials try to stop spy book
The US Department of Defense is trying to stop the distribution of a book by a former intelligence officer.
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Man arrested over 'grenade siege'
A 22-year-old man is arrested after an eight-hour police siege at a flat in the west end of Glasgow.
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Hirst joins arts funding campaign
Leading artists including Tracey Emin, David Hockney and Damien Hirst join a campaign against proposed government cuts to arts funding.
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Party time
Greens celebrate first MP but will their success continue?
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Wenger worry at Walcott injuries
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he is concerned how Theo Walcott's latest injury setback will affect the England international on a mental level.
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Cyrus Cylinder is loaned to Iran
The British Museum settles a dispute with Iran's national museum over the loan of ancient Persian treasure the Cyrus Cylinder.
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Air Zimbabwe strikers 'face sack'
Air Zimbabwe has warned striking pilots that they could lose their jobs unless they return to work, according to state media.
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The world's first Klingon opera
The first ever Klingon opera is underway in The Hague
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Microsoft executive to lead Nokia
Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new head after a profits slump.
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The family Smith
The achievements of Will Smith and his talented brood
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