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| Tuesday, 26 June, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Floods force thousands from homes Thousands of people are evacuated from their homes amid severe floods that have claimed at least three lives. |
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| £53m raid gang 'kidnapped child' The trial of a gang accused over the UK's biggest cash heist is told they posed as police and abducted a child at gunpoint. | |
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| Conservative MP defects to Labour Quentin Davies defects to Labour, "delighting" new leader Gordon Brown, but Tories call it "treachery". | |
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| Blair 'to quit as MP to be envoy' Tony Blair is expected to step down as a Labour MP if he gets the role of a Mid-East envoy, the BBC learns. | |
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| CIA releases past secrets on site The CIA posts hundreds of papers on its website detailing some of its illegal activities from the 1950s to 1970s. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | CAR children 'seized for ransom' Armed gangs are seizing children for ransom payments in lawless northern CAR, Amnesty says. |
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| US Senate revives migration plan The US Senate votes to revive discussion of immigration legislation backed by President Bush. | |
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| CIA releases past secrets on site The CIA posts hundreds of papers on its website detailing some of its illegal activities from the 1950s to 1970s. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| CAR children 'seized for ransom' Armed gangs are seizing children for ransom payments in lawless northern CAR, Amnesty says. |
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| Bomb kills Somali cleaning women A huge roadside bomb kills at least five people, including four women street cleaners, in the Somali capital. | |
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| Pfizer wins early Nigeria battle A Nigerian judge rejects the inclusion of more cases in a $7bn Nigerian lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US Senate revives migration plan The US Senate votes to revive discussion of immigration legislation backed by President Bush. |
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| US firms reject Venezuelan deal ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil fail to sign a deal on nationalisation of Venezuela's oil, says state firm PDVSA. | |
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| CIA releases past secrets on site The CIA posts hundreds of papers on its website detailing some of its illegal activities from the 1950s to 1970s. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | UN inspectors arrive in N Korea UN nuclear inspectors arrive in Pyongyang for talks, as South Korea says it will restart food aid to the North. |
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| Aborigines threaten tourist ban Aboriginal elders in Australia consider a tourist ban at Ayers Rock in protest at a child abuse crackdown. | |
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| China's Hu sets out policy goals Chinese President Hu Jintao puts clean government and sharing wealth fairly at the top of his political agenda. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Nato urges calm in Russia dispute Nato's chief calls on the West and Russia to tone down their rhetoric in their row over defence and Kosovo. |
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| Turkey unhappy at EU talks delay Turkey registers frustration as France prevents the EU opening membership talks with Ankara in a key area. | |
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| Chirac to face corruption inquiry French ex-President Jacques Chirac is to be questioned over claims of corruption while he was Paris mayor. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Mid-East group debates Blair role The Quartet of Middle East mediators considers naming Tony Blair for a top peacemaking post. |
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| Wahhabi opponent killed in Iran A Shia cleric known for his stance against Wahhabism, a strict version of Sunni Islam, is killed in south-western Iran. | |
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| Warrant issued for Iraqi minister An arrest warrant has been issued for Iraq's culture minister on terrorism charges, Iraqi officials say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Cyclone adds to Pakistan misery Thousands of people flee their homes as a cyclone batters Pakistan's coast after days of rain in the south. |
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| Afghan opium production 'soars' Opium production in Afghanistan is soaring out of control, the annual UN report on illegal drugs warns. | |
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| UN rules Nepal monuments now safe Officials in Nepal welcome a decision to remove seven historic monuments from a list of world sites in danger. | |
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| UK | |
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| Floods force thousands from homes Thousands of people are evacuated from their homes amid severe floods that have claimed at least three lives. |
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| Six men sentenced for abduction Gang members involved in the abduction and detention of a Glasgow shopkeeper are sent to prison. | |
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| Conservative MP defects to Labour Quentin Davies defects to Labour, "delighting" new leader Gordon Brown, but Tories call it "treachery". | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Dam 'stable' after burst worries A dam at bursting point in South Yorkshire is stabilised but the situation remains critical, engineers say. |
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| £53m raid gang 'kidnapped child' The trial of a gang accused over the UK's biggest cash heist is told they posed as police and abducted a child at gunpoint. | |
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| Six men sentenced for abduction Gang members involved in the abduction and detention of a Glasgow shopkeeper are sent to prison. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | 'Life term' warning for attacker A Ballymena man is warned he faces a life sentence for an attack on a man who had to feign death. |
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| Criticism over Washington numbers Alliance leader David Ford criticises the executive for sending seven ministers to a US folklife festival. | |
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| Ahern unhappy over Finucane move Bertie Ahern is disappointed by the decision not to charge any security force members over Pat Finucane's murder | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Six men sentenced for abduction Gang members involved in the abduction and detention of a Glasgow shopkeeper are sent to prison. |
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| Study fails to find E.coli source A report into an E.coli O157 outbreak at a Fife nursery fails to identify the source, a year after the incident. | |
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| Tram plans could be back on track Holyrood opposition parties are joining forces to demand that the Edinburgh tram scheme goes ahead. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Jury reaches cycle deaths verdict An inquest jury records narrative verdicts on four cyclists killed when a car skidded on ice and hit them. |
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| Shambo 'likely to face slaughter' Shambo - the "sacred" bullock tested positive for bovine TB - is to be put down despite a campaign to save him. | |
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| Man marooned for two days rescued A man trapped for two days by floodwater on an island in a river in a town centre is rescued after being spotted. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Conservative MP defects to Labour Quentin Davies defects to Labour, "delighting" new leader Gordon Brown, but Tories call it "treachery". |
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| Blair 'to quit as MP to be envoy' Tony Blair is expected to step down as a Labour MP if he gets the role of a Mid-East envoy, the BBC learns. | |
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| Lib Dems poised 'to rattle cage' The Lib Dems will "rattle the cage of British politics" when Gordon Brown becomes PM, Sir Menzies Campbell says. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | US to probe BAE over corruption UK defence firm BAE Systems is the subject of an anti-corruption probe by the US Department of Justice. |
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| UK 'may face Airbus job battle' The UK may have to renegotiate job cuts planned by planemaker Airbus, a committee of MPs warns. | |
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| Thomas Cook to close 150 stores Travel company Thomas Cook, which recently merged with rival MyTravel, will close 150 stores and six offices. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Parkinson quits as talk show host Veteran broadcaster Michael Parkinson calls time on his career as a TV chat show host. |
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| Final farewell to comic Manning Hundreds of mourners, including fellow comedians, attend the funeral of Bernard Manning in Manchester. | |
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| Five in record Brainteaser fine Channel Five is fined a record £300,000 by media watchdog Ofcom for faking winners on its Brainteaser quiz show. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Team makes Tunguska crater claim Scientists find a possible crater left by the biggest space impact of modern times - the Tunguska event of 1908. |
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| Tropical giant penguin discovered Scientists find the fossil of a giant penguin which lived 36 million years ago in the tropics of what is now Peru. | |
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| Artificial skin 'cuts scarring' A prototype artificial skin which can be used to heal wounds has been developed by British researchers. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | EC threat to BBC over downloads The BBC is threatened with a complaint to the EC over use of Microsoft software in its iPlayer. |
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| 'Day of silence' for US web radio Sharp rises in royalty fees could be "fatal" to the nascent web radio industry, broadcasters warn. | |
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| Two-tiered net could be coming An analyst firm predicts ISPs could start charging websites for faster, prioritised access to its customers. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Artificial skin 'cuts scarring' A prototype artificial skin which can be used to heal wounds has been developed by British researchers. |
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| Doctors back tougher alcohol laws Doctors say tougher measures are needed as figures show alcohol-related deaths are rising. | |
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| Epilepsy care 'scandal' reported Almost half of the 990 epilepsy-linked deaths in England each year are avoidable, says a report. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Rise in 'short, sharp' exclusions There were apparently fewer expulsions of pupils in England last year - but more suspensions. |
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| Asylum pupils awarded top marks Children from asylum seeker families overcome language barriers and racism to do well in exams, a report says. | |
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| Record numbers stay in education New figures show record number of school children stayed in full-time education after their GCSEs last year. | |
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| 1963: Kennedy: 'Ich bin ein Berliner' President Kennedy inspires the people of West Germany with a morale-boosting speech of defiance to the Soviet Union. | |||
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| 1970: Violence flares as Devlin is arrested Riots break out in Londonderry after it is revealed Bernadette Devlin has been arrested. | |||
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| 2000: IRA weapons dump inspected International inspectors say they have seen a large number of IRA weapons "safely and adequately stored" in bunkers. | |||
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