World & UK News for 21 January 2012

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Bungalow tanker crash: Man charged Jan 21 2012

A man has been charged with a string of offences after a woman had a lucky escape when a fuel tanker crashed into the front of her bungalow, police said.Read

Woman's body found on cruise ship Jan 21 2012

Italian divers searching the wreckage of a grounded cruise liner have found the body of a woman wearing a life vest.Read

South Carolina votes in primary Jan 21 2012

Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich campaigned for every last vote in South Carolina before polls closed in a closely contested high-stakes primary battle that could shape the race to choose a Republican challenger to US President Barack Obama.Read

Nigeria terror attacks condemned Jan 21 2012

Britain has condemned a series of terrorist bomb attacks in Nigeria which have left scores of people dead.Read

Woman's body found in ship search Jan 21 2012

Divers have found a woman's body in a submerged section of the grounded Costa Concordia, raising the death toll in the cruise liner tragedy to at least 12.Read

My DNA was planted, Duffy claims Jan 21 2012

A man cleared of murdering two soldiers In Northern Ireland has claimed his DNA was planted in the getaway car.Read

Service held for student shot dead Jan 21 2012

A memorial service has been held at the university of an Indian student who was shot dead in the street.Read

Protesters occupy city building Jan 21 2012

Occupy London protesters have taken over a nine-storey office building in the City.Read

Redundancy pay-offs cost MoD £75m Jan 21 2012

The Ministry of Defence has paid out £75 million to civil servants made redundant over the past three months.Read

Parents face wait for test results Jan 21 2012

Parents of 24 babies tested for an infection that has killed three others in a Northern Ireland hospital face an agonising wait to see if their child has been infected.Read

Co-op offers to pay moving penalty Jan 21 2012

Gas and electricity supplier Co-operative Energy is offering to pay penalties for customers who switch from other companies, urging other firms to do the same.Read

UK boosts tropical disease funding Jan 21 2012

Britain will spend five times as much money helping the international effort to eliminate infectious tropical diseases, it has been announced.Read

Clegg 'sympathy' at Goodwin outcry Jan 21 2012

Nick Clegg has said he is "sympathetic" to calls for former RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin to be stripped of his knighthood.Read

Deep clean at baby deaths hospital Jan 21 2012

Staff are to carry out a deep clean at a hospital's neonatal room after an infection killed three babies.Read

Duffy to speak out after acquittal Jan 21 2012

A prominent republican cleared of murdering two soldiers in Northern Ireland will give his first public reaction.Read

Hostage's family: Now we can grieve Jan 21 2012

The widow of a British hostage whose body was handed in to the British embassy in Baghdad five years after he was kidnapped has said his family can now grieve for him properly.Read

Hollywood fanfare for tiny Melinda Jan 21 2012

One of the world's smallest surviving babies has been discharged from the hospital where she spent nearly five months in an incubator - but not before getting the Hollywood treatment.Read

France threatens early Afghan exit Jan 21 2012

France threatened to withdraw early from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier killed four French troops and wounded 15, in a setback for the US-led coalition's efforts to build a national army and allow foreign troops to go home.Read

Tiny baby leaves hospital for home Jan 21 2012

One of the world's smallest surviving babies has been discharged from the hospital where she spent nearly five months in an incubator - but not before getting the Hollywood treatment.Read

Abortion clinics get TV ad go-ahead Jan 21 2012

Private clinics that charge for pregnancy services, including abortions, will be able to advertise on television and radio under new regulations.Read

Failing schools 'will be exposed' Jan 21 2012

Weak secondary schools that try to "game" the system or fail to push bright children will be exposed when previously undisclosed information is made public, the schools minister said.Read

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