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| Wednesday, 13 June, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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Nick Robinson
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Hamas battles for control of Gaza Palestinian faction Hamas pushes back rivals Fatah in a battle to control Gaza as dozens die in the fighting. |
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| Sex crime drug treatments planned Plans to offer more drug treatments to sex offenders to help cut reoffending are being unveiled by ministers. | |
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| Firm rockets into space tourism The aerospace company EADS Astrium says it will build a plane to take fare-paying passengers on sub-orbital space rides. | |
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| Police probing Madeleine letter A Dutch paper receives an anonymous letter claiming to know where Madeleine McCann's body is. | |
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| Senior judge cleared of flashing One of Britain's most senior judges is cleared of exposing himself to a woman on packed commuter trains. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Hamas battles for control of Gaza Palestinian faction Hamas pushes back rivals Fatah in a battle to control Gaza as dozens die in the fighting. |
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| Lebanese MP dies in Beirut blast An anti-Syrian MP is among at least 10 people killed in a blast in the waterfront area of Lebanon's capital. | |
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| Strike escalates in South Africa Thousands march in South African cities as trade unions hold a general strike aimed at a "total shutdown". | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Strike escalates in South Africa Thousands march in South African cities as trade unions hold a general strike aimed at a "total shutdown". |
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| "Oil for food" in Sudan proposed An oil-for-food programme in Sudan could end the conflict in Darfur, says a prominent judge. | |
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| Somali conference postponed again Somalia's reconciliation conference is again delayed after the Hawiye clan and Islamists refuse to take part. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US allies put on trafficking list The US places key Middle East allies on its blacklist of countries that fail to stop people trafficking. |
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| Afghans free US 'bounty hunter' A US man jailed for running a private prison in Kabul and torturing Afghans is freed, officials say. | |
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| Woolmer 'died of natural causes' Jamaican police say Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes and was not murdered. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Indonesia holds extremist leader Indonesian police arrest Abu Dujana, alleged military leader of the Islamic group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombs. |
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| Olympic firm admits child labour A Chinese company making products for the Beijing Olympics admits using child workers, despite initial denials. | |
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| Khmer Rouge trials ready to start The judges for the Khmer Rouge Trials in Cambodia confirm they are ready to start proceedings. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | EU's carbon trade 'set to fail' The EU's carbon trading scheme - deemed key to tackling climate change - will fail again, says the WWF. |
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| Anger over day release for Nazi Jewish groups and politicians in Italy criticise a decision to grant day release to a convicted Nazi war criminal. | |
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| Firm rockets into space tourism The aerospace company EADS Astrium says it will build a plane to take fare-paying passengers on sub-orbital space rides. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Hamas battles for control of Gaza Palestinian faction Hamas pushes back rivals Fatah in a battle to control Gaza as dozens die in the fighting. |
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| Lebanese MP dies in Beirut blast An anti-Syrian MP is among at least 10 people killed in a blast in the waterfront area of Lebanon's capital. | |
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| Calm urged amid Iraq shrine bombs Political and religious leaders in Iraq call for calm after bombers strike one of Shia Islam's holiest sites. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Strike disrupts flights in India Thousands of staff at India's state-run domestic airline go on strike, disrupting air travel across the country. |
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| Musharraf foes split on US view Pakistan's opposition parties differ on how to interpret remarks by US officials on President Musharraf's future. | |
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| Afghans free US 'bounty hunter' A US man jailed for running a private prison in Kabul and torturing Afghans is freed, officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Senior judge cleared of flashing One of Britain's most senior judges is cleared of exposing himself to a woman on packed commuter trains. |
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| Sex crime drug treatments planned Plans to offer more drug treatments to sex offenders to help cut reoffending are being unveiled by ministers. | |
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| Thatcher rallying call to troops The Falklands victory 25 years ago shows "fortune favours the brave" in the fight against evil, Baroness Thatcher says. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Bodies of sisters found in house A 39-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of two teenage sisters are found in a house. |
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| Senior judge cleared of flashing One of Britain's most senior judges is cleared of exposing himself to a woman on packed commuter trains. | |
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| MP demands inquiry into Leeds Utd A Yorkshire MP calls for a police investigation into the business dealings surrounding Leeds Utd. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | 14-year-old is accused of rapes A 14 year-old boy is charged with raping two 10-year-old girls and committing an act of gross indecency. |
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| Greens in Irish coalition talks The Green Party meets to decide if it will go into coalition government with Fianna Fail in Dublin. | |
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| Executive in pledge over flooding Executive ministers meet to decide how best to respond to severe floods across Northern Ireland. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Graduate endowment fee abolished The Scottish government announces plans to scrap the £2,000 fee paid by students after graduation. |
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| Fresh protest over Lockerbie row The first minister writes a second letter of protest to the prime minister over the fate of the Lockerbie bomber. | |
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| North Pole trek adventurer dies A man hailed as one of Britain's greatest polar explorers dies in hospital. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | 'Success' in burns girl's hair op A remarkable operation to replace the skin and hair of a five-year-old burns victim is said to have gone very well. |
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| Labour MPs to warn on Plaid deal Welsh Labour MPs are expected to warn Rhodri Morgan not to offer Plaid too much in coalition talks. | |
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| East European migration revealed More than 16,000 migrants from eastern Europe have registered to work in Wales, new statistics reveal. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Thatcher rallying call to troops The Falklands victory 25 years ago shows "fortune favours the brave" in the fight against evil, Baroness Thatcher says. |
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| Sex crime drug treatments planned Plans to offer more drug treatments to sex offenders to help cut reoffending are being unveiled by ministers. | |
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| PM plays down Labour deputy role Tony Blair says it is the leader who matters, after the Tories liken Labour's deputy leader race to the Muppet show. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | UK sees unemployment total fall The number of unemployed people in the UK fell by 15,000 to 1.68 million in the three months to April, figures show. |
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| Taxpayers to get warning letters About 200,000 people are to get a warning letter over unpaid taxes on their offshore accounts, the BBC learns. | |
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| EU's carbon trade 'set to fail' The EU's carbon trading scheme - deemed key to tackling climate change - will fail again, says the WWF. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Sugar defends interview technique Sir Alan Sugar answers criticisms of his treatment of a former Apprentice hopeful, ahead of the final show. |
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| Singer Power wins US music prize American singer-songwriter Cat Power wins the Shortlist Music Prize for her album The Greatest. | |
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| Shabnam favourite for BB eviction Bookies make housemate Shabnam Paryani favourite to be evicted from Big Brother this week. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Firm rockets into space tourism The aerospace company EADS Astrium says it will build a plane to take fare-paying passengers on sub-orbital space rides. |
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| Design boost for European rover The ExoMars project to land a European robot rover on the Red Planet moves forward with an enhanced design. | |
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| Deadlock on elephant ivory deal African nations fail to find a compromise on the ivory trade at a major wildlife trade meeting. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft unveils patch package Windows users are being urged to download the latest batch of security updates from Microsoft. |
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| Microsoft to reflect UK dialects Microsoft is calling on people around the UK to make final submissions to a project to keep regional dialect alive in Office. | |
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| Google backs green computer plan Leading hardware and software firms join a campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from computers by cutting energy use. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Birth surge 'stretches midwives' Midwives are delivering almost 25% more babies than experts believe is appropriate, Tories suggest. |
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| Harsh soaps blamed for allergies Use of harsh soaps and abrasive skin care products is blamed for a rise in allergic diseases such as eczema. | |
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| Cod liver oil 'treats depression' In the latest claim for Omega-3 fatty acids, Norwegian scientists claim cod liver oil could prevent depression. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | GCSE home coursework is scrapped GCSE coursework carried out at home is to be scrapped for most academic subjects because of fears about cheating. |
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| Graduate endowment fee abolished The Scottish government announces plans to scrap the £2,000 fee paid by students after graduation. | |
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| Hay fever link to poorer GCSEs GCSE candidates with hay fever are more likely to drop a grade between their mocks and final exams - research. | |
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| 1967: Moscow calls for UN action against Israel The United Nations Security Council rejects Soviet demands for an immediate vote to condemn Israel's aggression in the so-called six-day war. | |||
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| 1981: Queen shot at by youth A 17-year-old man is arrested for shooting a replica gun at the Queen as she rode past crowds in London. | |||
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| 2005: Michael Jackson cleared of abuse Pop star Michael Jackson is found not guilty of all charges after a four-month-long child abuse trial. | |||
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