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| Friday, 29 June, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Police avert car bomb 'carnage' A car bomb defused in central London was packed with petrol, gas and nails and would have caused "carnage". |
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| Brown brings in more 'outsiders' Gordon Brown drafts more non-Labour figures into his team, including former Met chief Lord Stevens. | |
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| Insurers face £1bn flood claims Insurers says they are already looking at £1bn worth of claims arising from this week's floods. | |
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| US court admits Guantanamo cases The top US Court will hear an appeal by Guantanamo inmates who want to challenge their confinement. | |
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| Motorists lose speed camera case A European court rules against two British motorists who said speed camera rules breached their human rights. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | US court admits Guantanamo cases The top US Court will hear an appeal by Guantanamo inmates who want to challenge their confinement. |
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| Iraq Sunnis to boycott government Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc will boycott cabinet meetings because of legal action against one of its ministers. | |
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| Rockets fired at Ivorian PM plane The Ivory Coast prime minister survives a rocket attack on a plane he was travelling in, his New Forces group says. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Rockets fired at Ivorian PM plane The Ivory Coast prime minister survives a rocket attack on a plane he was travelling in, his New Forces group says. |
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| Deserted cocaine boat in Senegal An empty sailing boat with 1.2 tons of cocaine is found in Senegal - the latest seizure in West Africa. | |
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| Nigeria's new leader 'worth $5m' Nigeria's new President Umaru Yar'Adua publicly declares his assets, in an effort to combat corruption. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| US court admits Guantanamo cases The top US Court will hear an appeal by Guantanamo inmates who want to challenge their confinement. |
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| Canada natives in day of protests Aboriginal groups in Canada block roads as part of protests to raise awareness of poverty in their communities. | |
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| Police accused over Rio killings Rio shanty town residents say innocent people were among the 19 killed by Brazilian police during a raid on drug gangs. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | 'Deal' on N Korea reactor closure The UN says it has reached an understanding with N Korea on monitoring the closure of a nuclear reactor. |
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| East Timor set for critical poll East Timor is set to vote in a parliamentary poll dominated by promises to ease poverty and strengthen security. | |
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| Hu in Hong Kong for anniversary Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Hong Kong to mark the 10th anniversary of its handover from Britain. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Police avert car bomb 'carnage' A car bomb defused in central London was packed with petrol, gas and nails and would have caused "carnage". |
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| French unemployed at 25-year low New French President Nicolas Sarkozy gets a boost as the jobless total falls to 2.2 million - the lowest since June 1982. | |
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| Greek forest fire close to Athens Firefighters battle to contain a major forest fire near the suburbs of the Greek capital, Athens. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraq Sunnis to boycott government Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc will boycott cabinet meetings because of legal action against one of its ministers. |
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| Lebanon army 'kills protesters' Witnesses say soldiers kill three Palestinian protesters in Lebanon, but an army spokesman denies the claim. | |
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| Militant killed in West Bank raid Israeli troops shoot dead a Palestinian militant in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Aid pleas after Pakistan cyclone Hundreds of thousands in Pakistan are now stranded without help four days after a cyclone hit coastal areas. |
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| Four killed in anti-Taleban raid US-led coalition and Afghan troops raid houses in the east of the country, killing at least four people. | |
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| Tendulkar leads way in India win Sachin Tendulkar passes 15,000 ODI runs as India beat South Africa by six wickets in Belfast. | |
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| UK | |
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| Police avert car bomb 'carnage' A car bomb defused in central London was packed with petrol, gas and nails and would have caused "carnage". |
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| Brown brings in more 'outsiders' Gordon Brown drafts more non-Labour figures into his team, including former Met chief Lord Stevens. | |
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| Magistrate walks out in veil row A magistrate who refused to deal with a defendant because she was wearing a full veil could face disciplinary action. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Police avert car bomb 'carnage' A car bomb defused in central London was packed with petrol, gas and nails and would have caused "carnage". |
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| Flood centre set up for weekend A national flood support centre is set up as weather forecasters predict a weekend of heavy rain. | |
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| Magistrate walks out in veil row A magistrate who refused to deal with a defendant because she was wearing a full veil could face disciplinary action. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Troubles trauma could top £100m A court ruling allows former police officers to claim for compensation for trauma during NI Troubles. |
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| Minister suspended at probe start A minister convicted of having indecent child images was already removed from duties, a bishop says. | |
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| Racists target family's city home A south Belfast woman, orginally from Asia, claims that racist thugs have forced her from her home. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Murder victim 'knew his killers' A 49-year-old man shot dead in a pub car park in East Dunbartonshire may have known his killers, police say. |
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| Piracy police raid Honeywell site Police and industry investigators raid a factory after allegations of a large music filesharing network. | |
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| Ex-Clyde boss wins dismissal case Former football boss Graham Roberts is awarded £32,000 after being sacked over claims he made racist comments. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Narrow backing for police horses Controversial plans are agreed to spend 200,000 on a '"profligate" mounted unit for North Wales Police. |
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| Benefit fraudster caught on CCTV A benefits cheat who claimed she was disabled and hardly able to walk is caught out on CCTV. | |
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| Valley tributes to Iraq soldier Friends of a corporal killed by a roadside bomb, remember a "character" who loved his Army career. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Brown brings in more 'outsiders' Gordon Brown drafts more non-Labour figures into his team, including former Met chief Lord Stevens. |
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| Smith warns of 'sustained' threat Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says a bomb alert shows Britain faces a "sustained" international terror threat. | |
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| Cameron offers security support Conservative leader David Cameron pledges to 'work as closely as I can' with the government to combat terror. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Fopp closes down its 105 stores Music retailer Fopp closes its chain of 105 shops, becoming the latest victim of the slump in sales of CDs. |
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| Union hails postal strike support Unions say support for Royal Mail strike is "overwhelming", but the company says many staff are working. | |
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| Insurers face £1bn flood claims Insurers says they are already looking at £1bn worth of claims arising from this week's floods. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Stones 'saddened' by crew deaths The Rolling Stones offer their "profound sympathies" after two workers are killed following a concert in Madrid. |
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| Pop star Lily quizzed by police Singer Lily Allen is questioned by police over an alleged assault on a photographer outside a nightclub. | |
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| Hurt Stewart misses music awards Singer Rod Stewart misses the Silver Clef music awards in London after injuring his leg on stage. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Charity attacks rush for biofuels A furious attack on the rush for biofuels is launched by a charity that supports poor farmers. |
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| DNA traces origin of domestic cat The humble domestic cat has its origins in the Middle East, according to a genetic study in Science journal. | |
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| Team claims synthetic life feat A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Apple's iPhone makes it to stores Apple's much-hyped iPhone handset is due to go on sale in the US this evening, with large queues expected. |
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| Piracy police raid Honeywell site Police and industry investigators raid a factory after allegations of a large music filesharing network. | |
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| Whiteboard projector safety fears Documents reveal potential risks to eyesight from the projectors used in schools' interactive whiteboards. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Surgeon appointed as minister Gordon Brown appoints practising surgeon Professor Sir Ara Darzi as a minister, charged with improving patient care. |
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| Superfood 'ban' comes into effect Products claiming to be superfoods will be banned under new EU rules coming into effect on July 1st unless the claim can be proved. | |
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| Pill to make dieters 'feel full' Italian scientists have developed a pill that expands in the stomach to make dieters feel full. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Funding 'curbs joined-up courses' Uncertainty over funding and schools' attitudes are limiting vocational courses for teenagers, Ofsted says. |
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| Doctors qualify on access degree The first batch of medical students on a course for disadvantaged students qualify as doctors. | |
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| Brown shakes up education arena Gordon Brown carves up the Department for Education and appoints Ed Balls and John Denham to the top jobs. | |
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| 1995: US shuttle docks with Russian space station American and Russian spacecrafts successfully dock in orbit for the first time in 20 years. | |||
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| 1960: BBC unveils TV 'factory' The BBC's new Television Centre will be the "Hollywood" of the small screen, the corporation's director of TV announces. | |||
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| 1974: First female president for Argentina Isabel Peron is sworn in as interim leader of the Argentine Republic after her husband falls ill. | |||
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