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Majority back assisted suicides - Exam Chief Quits Over Sats Fiasco - Brown visits Afghanistan.



Majority back assisted suicides

More than two thirds of people would back a change in the law on assisted suicide, according to a new poll.

Exam Chief Quits Over Sats Fiasco

The head of the Government's schools testing agency has resigned after this summer's marking delays, which affected a million children.

Brown visits Afghanistan

Prime Minister Gordon Brown Saturday paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he spoke to troops battling the Taliban and held talks with President Hamid Karzai.

Exam chief quits over Sats fiasco

The head of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has resigned his post, it has been announced.

Takeaway crash victims named

Police have named a man and three teenage boys who were killed when a stolen car crashed into a takeaway and exploded.

Brown arrives in India ahead of talks with Singh

Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in India late Saturday ahead of talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh following last month's attacks on Mumbai which killed 172 people.

Brown to visit India

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will head to India for talks with his counterpart Manmohan Singh following the devastating Mumbai attacks, an AFP correspondent travelling with him said on Saturday.

Canada announces 2.8 billion dlrs in auto sector aid

Canada has agreed to issue some 2.8 billion dollars in aid to the country's auto sector once the United States agrees on a rescue plan for its carmakers, authorities said Friday.

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