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	Thursday, 21 June, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul

Afghan patrol Huw Edwards on a taste of life (and mint tea) with UK troops		Are we there yet? Ever feel bored... so what does prolonged monotony do to us?

TOP STORIES
	Lib Dem anger over Brown 'tricks' Gordon Brown is accused of "dirty tricks" over his Cabinet job offer to former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown.
	EU summit braced for treaty rows EU leaders are meeting to discuss a new treaty on managing the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
	Dead soldier 'father of regiment' The MoD names the soldier who was killed in Iraq as a major who had served his country for 30 years.
	Union sets Royal Mail strike date Royal Mail workers are to hold a 24-hour strike on Friday 29 June, the main postal union confirms.
	Iraq attacks kill 14 US soldiers Insurgents in Iraq kill 14 US soldiers in two days, US military officials say, as a truck bomb kills 15 Iraqis.

WORLD
	Iraq attacks kill 14 US soldiers Insurgents in Iraq kill 14 US soldiers in two days, US military officials say, as a truck bomb kills 15 Iraqis.
	EU summit braced for treaty rows EU leaders are meeting to discuss a new treaty on managing the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
	Inquiry into 'teenager surgeon' Officials in southern India investigate reports that a doctor couple let their teenage son perform surgery.

AFRICA
	Curfew after Somali grenade blast Somalia's government orders a night-time curfew in the capital, Mogadishu, as it struggles to end a wave of violence.
	Army recaptures Nigerian oil base Fifteen people are reportedly killed in a gun battle, as Nigeria's army drives militants from an oil platform.
	Kenya sect leader sent to prison The ex-leader of Kenya's outlawed Mungiki sect is sent to prison, amid hysterical scenes from his two wives.

AMERICAS
	Iraq attacks kill 14 US soldiers Insurgents in Iraq kill 14 US soldiers in two days, US military officials say, as a truck bomb kills 15 Iraqis.
	New Orleans 'still a flood risk' Large parts of New Orleans are still at risk of floods nearly two years after Katrina, a US Army report says.
	Amistad ship retraces slave route A replica of the 19th Century ship Amistad begins a transatlantic voyage retracing the route of the slave trade.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Thaksin lodges bid for Man City Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra lodges an £81.6m formal takeover bid for Manchester City.
	US envoy Hill visits North Korea US envoy Christoper Hill goes to N Korea, as the country casts doubt on a planned trip by nuclear inspectors.
	Alcohol banned in Aborigine areas Australia is to ban alcohol and pornography in the Northern Territory's Aboriginal areas in a bid to curb child sex abuse.

EUROPE
	EU summit braced for treaty rows EU leaders are meeting to discuss a new treaty on managing the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
	Austria frees Russia spy suspect Vienna releases a Russian space agency official who was arrested last week on suspicion of spying.
	Bosnia war dead 'under 100,000' An independent study says at least 97,207 people were killed in the Bosnian war in the 1990s.

MIDDLE EAST
	Iraq attacks kill 14 US soldiers Insurgents in Iraq kill 14 US soldiers in two days, US military officials say, as a truck bomb kills 15 Iraqis.
	Egyptians to host Mid-East summit Israel says PM Ehud Olmert will meet Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders at talks in Egypt next week.
	Arrests at Jerusalem gay parade Jerusalem's Gay Pride march begins amid tight security, as a man is arrested for plotting to bomb the parade.

SOUTH ASIA
	Taleban not a threat, says Karzai The Taleban are not a threat in Afghanistan, President Karzai says, as the militants vow to step up attacks.
	Bangladesh minister is sentenced The special anti-corruption court of Bangladesh hands down its first sentence to a former minister.
	'Suicide' minister may go to UK Pakistani minister who said Salman Rushdie's knighthood could justify suicide attacks may visit the UK.

UK
	Lib Dem anger over Brown 'tricks' Gordon Brown is accused of "dirty tricks" over his Cabinet job offer to former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown.
	Union sets Royal Mail strike date Royal Mail workers are to hold a 24-hour strike on Friday 29 June, the main postal union confirms.
	Dead soldier 'father of regiment' The MoD names the soldier who was killed in Iraq as a major who had served his country for 30 years.

ENGLAND
	Trader loses discrimination case A City trader who claimed a sexist work culture forced her out of one of Europe's biggest banks loses her £1.3m compensation claim.
	Nine held in dangerous dog raids Four suspected dangerous dogs are seized and nine people arrested in raids as part of an investigation into dog fighting.
	Firemen sacked over striptease Two Leicester firemen are sacked and after a clip of a woman stripping at their station was posted on the web.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Cameroon woman told she can stay A woman fighting deportation has been told by the Home Secretary she can stay in NI for the next three years.
	Extradited man on murder charge A man is extradited from Hong Kong over the murder of a woman who was strangled in Belfast in 1998.
	Union sets Royal Mail strike date Royal Mail workers are to hold a 24-hour strike on Friday 29 June, the main postal union confirms.

SCOTLAND
	Crown Office drops Kerelaw cases The Crown Office announces it will not take further action over 10 allegations of abuse at a home for vulnerable children.
	Snapshot of global climate change BBC Scotland wants your help to record unusual weather events to illustrate possible climate change.
	New notes feature famous bridges Famous bridges from around Scotland feature on a brand new series of notes unveiled by a high street bank.

WALES
	Cycle driver 'wished he was dead' The driver of a car which collided and killed four cyclists says he wishes he had died instead of them.
	Seized cash back with footballer Nearly £9,000 is returned to ex-Wales footballer Nathan Blake after a court rejects police suspicions it came from crime.
	Water company prosecuted over bug Dwr Cymru faces charges of supplying water unfit for consumption after 230 fell ill in a cryptosporidium outbreak.

POLITICS
	Lib Dem anger over Brown 'tricks' Gordon Brown is accused of "dirty tricks" over his Cabinet job offer to former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown.
	EC boss argues against referendum European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso urges Britain not to hold an EU referendum.
	Labour deputy race nears climax The contenders to be Labour's next deputy leader continue to battle for support as voting deadlines loom.

BUSINESS
	Union sets Royal Mail strike date Royal Mail workers are to hold a 24-hour strike on Friday 29 June, the main postal union confirms.
	House sales matching 1980s boom The number of homes sold in England, Wales and Northern Ireland hits its highest level since the 1980s boom.
	Latest world trade talks collapse Talks in Germany to secure a breakthrough on establishing a new global trade deal have collapsed.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Brand receives rape claim damages Comedian Russell Brand accepts damages over claims a girl was drugged and raped during a party.
	Apprentice hopeful claim rejected The BBC rejects a complaint by an Apprentice contestant Mani that he was unfairly portrayed in the show.
	Mills felt 'trapped by paparazzi' Heather Mills-McCartney tells a court she felt trapped by the paparazzi during the trial of a photographer accused of assault.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Shuttle return delayed by weather Bad weather forces Nasa to delay by 24 hours the landing of its space shuttle Atlantis.
	Fruit could make 'powerful fuel' Sugar found in fruit such as apples can be made into a powerful low carbon biofuel, US researchers say.
	Lake disappears suddenly in Chile Experts try to establish what caused the disappearance of a glacial lake in southern Chile over just a few weeks.

TECHNOLOGY
	Banned video game is 'fine art' The US publishers of a video game banned in the UK and Ireland describe it as a "fine piece of art".
	New Yahoo boss buys sport website Jerry Yang makes his first move as chief executive of Yahoo, buying the college sports website Rivals.com.
	Hyper-personal search 'possible' Google says it would consider keeping search data for longer than 18 months in an opt-in scheme.

HEALTH
	Public support for smoking ban The majority of people are in favour of the smoking ban due to start on July 1st, figures suggest.
	Emergency ambulance calls 'peak' The number of emergency ambulance calls in England has hit a new high, figures show.
	NHS 'customer service' a priority The health service should focus more on customer service to improve performance and staff morale, says a report.

EDUCATION
	Schools to help children in care Plans to boost the educational chances of children in care are outlined in a White Paper.
	Schoolgirl wins fight for French A teenager who took her campaign to study GCSE French to the prime minister has won her battle.
	Student numbers 'may not decline' Falling numbers of young people may not dent university recruitment as feared, analysts say.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1976: Westerners evacuated from Beirut Hundreds of Americans and Britons are moved from Beirut and taken to safety in Syria by the US military, following the murder of the US ambassador.
	1995: Shell makes dramatic U-turn Oil giant Shell caves in to international pressure and abandons plans to dump the Brent Spar oil rig at sea.
	1990: Major proposes new Euro currency British Chancellor John Major proposes a new European currency which would circulate alongside existing national currencies.

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