World Update from BBC News
Four deny charges over expensesThree MPs and a peer tell a court they are not guilty of charges of false accounting in relation to their expenses claims.High-speed rail plans announcedPlans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.Man, 64, dies after 'youth abuse'A 64-year-old man is found dead outside his home in Greater Manchester after police receive reports of youths causing trouble.James Bulger's mother meets StrawJustice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers.Pinera sworn in as new quake hitsSebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 7.2-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.
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