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All 155 passengers aboard US Airways flight survive plane crash in Hudson river
- Bird strike on both engines 'a terrible coincidence'
- 'The engine blew … the pilot did a hell of a job'
- How the plane crash brought us together
- In pictures: Passengers rescued from plane
- Blog: How the crash and rescue developed
- Profile: Pilot Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
- Map: trace the path of flight 1549
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Foreign secretary and Rahul Gandhi sleep side by side on wooden cots in brick shack with mud floor
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Doctors detail burns to victims' entire bodies from chemical that is forbidden to be used as a weapon
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Customers and shopkeepers in India's capital face up to five years' jail or stiff fine for using polythene bags
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Video: Gaza conflict: day 21 (1min 44sec)
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Video: George Bush's farewell speech (3min 22sec)
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Chinese mother sentenced to death for hiring man to kill her 9-year-old son
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Gaza conflict: day 21
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16 Jan 2009:
Israeli forces continue to attack Gaza City and hundreds attend funeral of prominent Hamas leader, Said Siam
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Critics attack new US guidelines on chemical-contaminated water
16 Jan 2009:The chemical PFOA, used to make non-stick coatings, has been linked to cancer and birth defects
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Barack Obama's victory is just one step
16 Jan 2009:Tamara Winfrey Harris: How should racial equality campaigners adjust to the first black president's inauguration? First rejoice. Then get back to work
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24 hours in pictures
Gallery (17 pictures),
16 Jan 2009:
A selection of images from around the world
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Growing stocks of unsold cars around the world
Gallery (10 pictures),
16 Jan 2009:
Carmakers around the world are cutting production as inventories build up to unprecedented levels
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Phosphorus bombs in Gaza – the evidence
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16 Jan 2009:
Dr Ahmed Almi from the al-Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis describes serious injuries and chemical burns, with victims covered in a white powder that continues to burn long after initial exposure
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News quiz: Week in review
Quiz,
16 Jan 2009:
Jo Adetunji tests your knowledge of this week's stories
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EU to help patients get transplants abroad
16 Jan 2009:New directive will allow Britons who need organs urgently to get them in countries that have a surplus
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No friend to America's workers
16 Jan 2009:Sasha Abramsky: Misunderestimated: George Bush broke America's economic and social bonds. We'll be paying for these mistakes long after he's gone
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Meredith Kercher murder trial
Gallery (10 pictures),
16 Jan 2009:
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito arrive for the first day of their trial n Perugia, Italy, over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher
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Meredith Kercher murder trial begins
16 Jan 2009:Accused student Amanda Knox appears smiling and relaxed but makes no eye contact with Raffaele Sollecito, her co-accused in Perugia killing
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Guitar Hero worship
16 Jan 2009:Stephanie Mangold: Guitar Hero III is the first video game to reach $1bn in sales. What makes it so popular?
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Zimbabwe unveils 100 trillion dollar banknote
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Why Rwanda said adieu to French
16 Jan 2009:The central African state says its switch to teaching in English is aimed at increasing access to the global economy and is not linked to fraught relations with its former colonial master
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