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| Saturday, 16 June, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Fatah militants storm parliament Fighting between Hamas and Fatah spreads to the West Bank, with Fatah gunmen storming the parliament. |
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| Botham and Rushdie lead honours Ex-cricketer Ian Botham and novelist Salman Rushdie are among the new knights in the Queen's Birthday Honours. | |
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| England stars' wedding hat-trick Footballers Gary Neville, Steven Gerrard and Michael Carrick marry their girlfriends in lavish ceremonies. | |
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| Brown sets out plans for Mid-East The chancellor promises an "economic road map" for Middle East peace at a final hustings before becoming PM. | |
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| Soldier dies in Iraq bridge crash A British soldier dies as his Warrior armoured vehicle rolls off a bridge into water south of Basra in Iraq. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Fatah militants storm parliament Fighting between Hamas and Fatah spreads to the West Bank, with Fatah gunmen storming the parliament. |
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| N Korea invites nuclear monitors North Korea invites monitors from the UN nuclear watchdog to discuss shutting down a key reactor. | |
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| Athletes' remains found in Iraq The bodies of 13 members of an Iraqi taekwondo team kidnapped more than a year ago are found, officials say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Indian hostages freed in Nigeria Militants in Nigeria reportedly free 10 Indians more than two weeks after their abduction near Port Harcourt. |
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| Court blow for Malawi president Malawi's Supreme Court says MPs who switch parties can be expelled - which could bring down the government. | |
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| Amazon river 'longer than Nile' Scientists in Brazil claim to have established that the Amazon, not the Nile, is the longest river in the world. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Head of US military 'forced out' The US military's outgoing top commander says he opposed plans to replace him at the end of his term. |
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| Amazon river 'longer than Nile' Scientists in Brazil claim to have established that the Amazon, not the Nile, is the longest river in the world. | |
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| DeGeneres rules at Daytime Emmys Ellen DeGeneres wins her third consecutive Daytime Emmy, while the newly-retired Bob Barker is also honoured. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea invites nuclear monitors North Korea invites monitors from the UN nuclear watchdog to discuss shutting down a key reactor. |
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| Thai PM 'ready' for Thaksin talks Thai prime minister offers to hold talks with ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra as supporters rally in Bangkok. | |
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| China 'will catch slave owners' The Chinese state pledges to bring to justice traffickers who enslaved children and adults to work in brick kilns. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Polish leader to debate EU treaty Poland's president is in Germany for crucial talks on the future of a new EU constitutional treaty. |
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| Free 'spy', Russia tells Austria Moscow demands the release of a Russian space agency official who was arrested in Austria on suspicion of spying. | |
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| Designer Ferre 'is seriously ill' Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre is taken to hospital and is in a serious condition, Italian media say. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Fatah militants storm parliament Fighting between Hamas and Fatah spreads to the West Bank, with Fatah gunmen storming the parliament. |
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| US forces in new Iraq offensive US forces launch a major security offensive in Baghdad as Defence Secretary Robert Gates visits the Iraqi capital. | |
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| Athletes' remains found in Iraq The bodies of 13 members of an Iraqi taekwondo team kidnapped more than a year ago are found, officials say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Nato troops kill Afghan civilian Nato soldiers shoot dead a civilian at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul. |
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| Indian hostages freed in Nigeria Militants in Nigeria reportedly free 10 Indians more than two weeks after their abduction near Port Harcourt. | |
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| Pakistan to interview Aussie trio Geoff Lawson and Richard Done join fellow Australian Dav Whatmore on the shortlist to become Pakistan coach. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Botham and Rushdie lead honours Ex-cricketer Ian Botham and novelist Salman Rushdie are among the new knights in the Queen's Birthday Honours. |
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| Brown sets out plans for Mid-East The chancellor promises an "economic road map" for Middle East peace at a final hustings before becoming PM. | |
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| England stars' wedding hat-trick Footballers Gary Neville, Steven Gerrard and Michael Carrick marry their girlfriends in lavish ceremonies. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Mother in court over dead girls The mother of two sisters found stabbed to death in Cambridgeshire is remanded in custody by magistrates. |
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| Elderly man found dead on common A man in his 80s is found dead with a stab wound, on a grassy common in Cheshire. | |
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| Boat rescue for flooding victims Firefighters battle to rescue dozens of residents by boat after they became stranded by flood waters. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Stab victim's home petrol bombed The west Belfast home of a man murdered last year is extensively damaged in a petrol bomb attack. |
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| Market target of fake goods swoop Police in County Fermanagh seize thousands of pounds or suspected counterfeit goods at a market. | |
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| Olympic swimming pool for Bangor North Down has won the race to build Northern Ireland's first 50-metre swimming pool. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Council chief knighted in honours More than 100 Scots, including former council leader Charlie Gray, feature in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. |
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| Search for missing man called off A search for a man missing after a capsized boat was discovered off Orkney will resume on Sunday. | |
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| New high in seaside house prices House prices on the South Ayrshire coast outperformed the rest of Britain in the past year, latest figures show. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | OBE for Welsh football hero Giggs Two weeks after ending his Wales career, Manchester United's Ryan Giggs is rewarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours. |
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| Plaid considers coalition deals Senior Plaid Cymru figures meet in Aberystwyth to study two possible coalitions in the Welsh assembly. | |
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| Search halted as yacht crew safe A sea search held after a yacht is found beached off Pembrokeshire is halted, with the crew safe and well. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Brown sets out plans for Mid-East The chancellor promises an "economic road map" for Middle East peace at a final hustings before becoming PM. |
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| Birth certificates to name father Ministers are to make the registration of fathers on children's birth certificates compulsory. | |
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| EU treaty referendum is ruled out Downing Street has indicated the treaty that emerges from next week's EU summit will not be put to a referendum. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Angry eBay pulls Google adverts Auction website eBay pulls its US advertising from search engine giant and adversary Google. |
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| Ashley boosts stake in Newcastle Mike Ashley is on course to withdraw Newcastle United from the stock exchange after lifting his stake. | |
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| Help for people in mortgage trap A rescue package is announced for thousands of people suffering hardship because of a loan they took out in the 90s. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Low-key wedding for Rod Stewart Rod Stewart marries partner Penny Lancaster in a private ceremony on the Italian Riviera. |
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| Rushdie and Eavis lead honours Salman Rushdie, singer Emma Kirkby and Michael Eavis are among the figures honoured by the Queen. | |
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| Police alert over TV contestant A contestant on ITV's Britain's Got Talent is withdrawn after police reveal he is on the sex offenders' register. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Cash row at wildlife trade forum A budget row dominates the final day of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species forum. |
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| Repairs ease space mission woes A spacewalk repairs the Atlantis heat blanket as ISS engineers finally reboot a crashed computer system. | |
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| Wonders bid for heritage status Five natural wonders of the world are nominated for inclusion on the UN World Heritage List. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Hackers meet for coding festival The BBC and Yahoo are holding a hack day for web developers and designers. |
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| Sony apologises over violent game Entertainment giant Sony apologises for using Manchester cathedral as a backdrop to one of its violent games. | |
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| Web tool to help survivors cope US researchers are turning to peer-to-peer technology to help in the wake of natural disasters. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Tomlinson honoured with CBE Terminal cancer sufferer, Jane Tomlinson, has been made a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list. |
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| Op threat for anaemic older men Elderly men with abnormal red blood counts have more risk of dying after surgery, a study claims. | |
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| Teenagers risk sex health crisis Young people face a "sexual health crisis" fuelled by alcohol, drugs and risky sexual behaviour, a report warns. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Birth certificates to name father Ministers are to make the registration of fathers on children's birth certificates compulsory. |
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| Knighthood for phonics champion A phonics champion and university academics feature prominently in the Queen's Birthday Honours. | |
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| New smacking laws to be reviewed The government confirms it is to review the ban in England and Wales on smacking children hard. | |
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| 1976: Soweto protest turns violent Violence spreads through South African townships in clashes between police and demonstrators. | |||
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| 1963: Soviets launch first woman into space Valentina Tereshkova, a former textile worker from the Soviet Union becomes the first woman in space. | |||
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| 1989: Hungary reburies fallen hero Imre Nagy Thousands of Hungarians attend the funeral of the leader of the 1956 uprising executed in 1958 by the Soviets. | |||
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