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The Times - Live: Bloody Sunday families shown Saville report 9.40 BST On a January morning 38 years ago, 13 protesters died at the hands of British paratroopers and 14 were injured, one so seriously he died four months later. For many of their relatives, the years since have been dominated by the search for truth about what happened during 25 chaotic minutes in central Londonderry.
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The Times - News Corp reaches for the Sky with takeover offer News Corporation, the media group headed by Rupert Murdoch, confirmed this morning that it had made an offer to take full control of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster in which it has a 39 per cent stake.
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The Times - Emails ‘prove BP systematically put safety at risk’ Congressional investigators have published a series of internal BP memos which they say proves that the British company systematically and negligently put safety at risk on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in order to increase profits.
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The Times - Uzbekistan closes borders to refugees Uzbekistan last night closed its borders to refugees fleeing neighbouring Kyrgyzstan as the numbers killed in the ethnic violence spiralled and aid agencies reported fresh allegations of atrocities from the survivors.
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The Times - Benayoun could prompt Anfield exodus Yossi Benayoun has taken a significant step towards leaving Liverpool for Chelsea by agreeing in principle a four-year contract with the Barclays Premier League champions.
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The Times - Taleban zone's mineral riches may rival Saudi Arabia, says Pentagon Afghanistan is sitting on mineral resources worth $1 trillion and could become one of the world$’s most important mining centres, the Pentagon announced yesterday, as it tried to drum up foreign investment and wean the country off the opium trade.
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The Times - OBR slashes economic growth forecasts UK economic growth forecasts have been slashed, as the damage wreaked by the recession on long-term growth were assessed independently for the first time.
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The Times - President Obama to address nation on ‘epidemic’ effect of oil spill President Obama will address the American people tomorrow night to prepare them for what his Administration accepts will be an environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, comparable in its reach and impact to “an epidemic”. In his first speech direct from the White House — a forum reserved by his predecessors for moments of national trauma and anxiety — Mr Obama will console those whose livelihoods have been affected by the BP oil spill; set out “what we can do and what we can’t do” to clean it up; and announce a plan to force BP to put aside billions of dollars for compensation payments, which will be paid by an independent body.
