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  1. Bonuses for the 10 most senior BBC executives are to be suspended indefinitely, the chairman of the BBC Trust s.. http://tinyurl.com/nfxe2r
  2. Software giant Microsoft takes aim at Google, announcing a free web-based version of its successful Office soft.. http://tinyurl.com/l6tjeo
  3. The first test cases of whether private schools should have charitable status rejects two out of five schools. http://tinyurl.com/nxulta
  4. Research into the internet use of 30,000 pupils suggests 10% of harmful content may not be picked up by schools. http://tinyurl.com/ne9wel
  5. Research shows young Scots from deprived backgrounds are six times more likely to die from heart disease. http://tinyurl.com/mfmsga
  6. Alcohol misuse in people aged over 60 is becoming a widspread problem, research suggests. http://tinyurl.com/ny4gzj
  7. The UK's honeybees are vanishing at an "alarming" rate, yet the government is taking "little interest", a group.. http://tinyurl.com/nst6ed
  8. Older people in England could be asked to take out insurance to pay for long-term care in their old age, it is .. http://tinyurl.com/ldcavq
  9. Defence chiefs failed to act on warnings which could have averted three fatal military aircraft crashes, a BBC .. http://tinyurl.com/l3lc9f
  10. More than 20 Iraqis who worked for UK forces are to sue the government over their protection, the BBC learns. http://tinyurl.com/mqq64t
  11. A 21-year-old woman is to appear in court charged with murdering Marek Muszynski last week. http://tinyurl.com/lb84cp
  12. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is to take to the stand for the first time at his war crimes trial in .. http://tinyurl.com/mgcu6r
  13. Nasa is preparing to make a fifth attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour, delayed by bad weather. http://tinyurl.com/nc9f9d
  14. MPs agree changes designed to limit donations to political parties by tax exiles to £7,500 a year. http://tinyurl.com/mcbmpl
  15. London Mayor Boris Johnson says the £250,000-a-year pay for his column in the Daily Telegraph is "chicken feed". http://tinyurl.com/lz7u32
  16. At least one shot is fired at police by republicans in north Belfast and there are other disturbances after Ora.. http://tinyurl.com/n3ohrj
  17. The government suffers a defeat in the Lords as peers back plans for an independent commissioner for terrorist .. http://tinyurl.com/mgb6ag
  18. The US budget deficit has moved above $1 trillion (£616bn) for the first time, just nine months into the financ.. http://tinyurl.com/mx47tj
  19. Burma will release political prisoners to allow them to take part in next year's elections, the Burmese envoy t.. http://tinyurl.com/kk853p
  20. Manchester City are expected to sign former Man Utd striker Carlos Tevez. http://tinyurl.com/lmbmar