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The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
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Mexico crime 'like an insurgency'
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.
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Rig firms hit back at BP report
Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Could music be given on prescription?
Patients could be prescribed music tailored to their needs as a result of new university research.
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Nutrient clue to common disorder
Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect.
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Boundary move 'gives Tories hope'
Boundary changes for the next Scottish Parliament elections suggest a possible boost to the Conservatives, according to experts.
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Low pay and squalor
The plight of Commonwealth Games workers in Delhi
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Shot boy's family still suffering
Police use the anniversary of the killing of Manchester schoolboy Jessie James to once again appeal for help to catch his killer.
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Off the dial
What happened to Mercury, as in Mercury music prize?
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Planes in 'near-miss' over London
A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in July, a report reveals.
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Shoppers turning to card payments
The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.
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Child detention 'harm' documented
A medical charity says it has documented for the first time the effects of immigration detention on children facing removal from the UK.
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Piers Morgan to replace CNN host Larry King
Former newspaper editor and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers will replace US TV presenter Larry King on the US network CNN, it is announced.
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Capello eyes life as a pensioner
Fabio Capello is looking forward to his retirement as the Italian confirms he will stand down as England coach after Euro 2012.
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Taliban chief says victory close
Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".
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Cameron's father dies in hospital
David Cameron's father Ian dies in hospital in France shortly after the Prime Minister joined other members of his family at his bedside.
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Cuts 'must be resisted' says SF
Sinn Fein says cuts "proposed or imposed by the British goverment must be challenged and resisted", following Peter Robinson's call for savings.
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Google unveils 'instant' searches
Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries.
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Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'
High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says.
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US economic growth 'decelerating'
US economic growth showed "widespread signs of deceleration" in August, says the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.
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Merkel defends Danish cartoonist
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006.
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Labour MPs to pick shadow cabinet
Labour MPs have rejected a move to allow the new party leader to choose who serves in the shadow cabinet.
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Obama defiant on tax cut stance
President Obama urges Congress to approve billions in tax breaks and spending to boost the US economy ahead of November's elections.
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Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA
Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.
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Ashes warm-up in SA for Pietersen
England batsman Kevin Pietersen hopes to play for South African franchise Kwa-Zulu Natal in two matches as a warm-up for this winter's Ashes.
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Houllier named Aston Villa boss
Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is named the new manager of Aston Villa.
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Koran bonfire 'still going ahead'
A US pastor says he is not "backing down" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international condemnation.
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Hague: Axing embassies 'unlikely'
Closing dozens of small embassies to save money would be a "false economy" as they do not cost much, says William Hague.
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Dino clue to 'earliest feathers'
Palaeontologists uncover a new dinosaur with what may be the earliest evidence of feathers.
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Second Iraqi TV presenter killed
Gunmen in Iraq have killed an Iraqi TV journalist - the second in as many days - while four other people were killed in two attacks in the capital Baghdad.
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Pressure mounts against Koran burning
A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.
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Ferrari escape further punishment
Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled.
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Higgins cleared of fixing claims
John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.
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Live text - US Open day 10
Caroline Wozniacki, Dominika Cibulkova, Robin Soderling and Roger Federer are going for semi-final spots at the US Open.
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New-style device killed soldier
A 29-year-old soldier on foot patrol in Afghanistan was killed by a sophisticated explosive device which was hard to detect, an inquest hears.
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One in four gives fake net names
A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest.
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House giant enters administration
Property giant Connaught formally enters administration, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
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European police in pirate raids
Premises across Europe, including a Swedish university, have been raided by police in a piracy crackdown
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The science of manly dance moves
Scientists say they have carried out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.
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MPs to probe Cameron-Clegg deal
MPs are to examine how the coalition was formed after the election and issues arising from the negotiations between the two parties.
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Outbreak probe at industry sites
There are now 12 cases linked to a Legionnaires' outbreak, as health officials focus on south Wales industrial sites in the search for the cause.
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