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| Saturday, 30 June, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Blazing car crashes into airport Two men have been arrested after a blazing car was driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport. |
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| Police hunting London car bombers Police analyse CCTV images as they hunt the people who planted two car bombs in London's West End. | |
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| HK marks first decade with China Ceremonies mark 10 years since Hong Kong's return to China, with President Hu Jintao guest of honour. | |
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| Princes ready for Diana concert The concert in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales will be an 'incredible' night of music, Prince William and Prince Harry say. | |
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| Flood-hit areas prepare for rain Flood-hit communities in England and Wales are warned to prepare for the threat of further heavy rain. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | US probes Afghan civilian deaths The US-led coalition says a number of civilians may have died in air strikes in Helmand province. |
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| Israel launches Gaza air strikes Israel carries out two air strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing five Palestinians including a militant leader. | |
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| HK marks first decade with China Ceremonies mark 10 years since Hong Kong's return to China, with President Hu Jintao guest of honour. | |
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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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| Uganda rebels in new peace move The Ugandan government and Lord's Resistance Army rebels sign an agreement in the latest round of peace talks. | |
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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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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Apple's iPhone makes it to stores Apple's much-hyped iPhone handset goes on sale across the US, after thousands queued for hours. |
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| US troops on Iraq murder charges The US military charges two of its soldiers with the murder of three Iraqis earlier this year in the Iskandariya area. | |
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| US-South Korea trade pact signed The US and South Korea sign a free trade agreement, the biggest such deal the US has sealed in 15 years. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | HK marks first decade with China Ceremonies mark 10 years since Hong Kong's return to China, with President Hu Jintao guest of honour. |
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| Japan minister in atom bomb row The US atom bombs dropped on Japan were inevitable to end World War II, Japan's defence minister says. | |
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| US-South Korea trade pact signed The US and South Korea sign a free trade agreement, the biggest such deal the US has sealed in 15 years. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Blazing car crashes into airport Two men have been arrested after a blazing car was driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport. |
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| Police hunting London car bombers Police analyse CCTV images as they hunt the people who planted two car bombs in London's West End. | |
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| McCann 'extortion' pair in court A couple will appear in court accused of trying to extort money from the parents of missing Madeleine McCann. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | US-led raids 'kill 26' in Baghdad US-led forces say they have killed 26 militants in Baghdad's Shia stronghold but Iraqis report civilian deaths. |
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| US troops on Iraq murder charges The US military charges two of its soldiers with the murder of three Iraqis earlier this year in the Iskandariya area. | |
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| Israel launches Gaza air strikes Israel carries out two air strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing five Palestinians including a militant leader. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| US probes Afghan civilian deaths The US-led coalition says a number of civilians may have died in air strikes in Helmand province. |
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| Aid battle for flood-hit Pakistan Rescuers in Pakistan struggle to bring aid to more than one million people hit by deadly storms. | |
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| Tendulkar milestone 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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| Blazing car crashes into airport Two men have been arrested after a blazing car was driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport. |
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| Police hunting London car bombers Police analyse CCTV images as they hunt the people who planted two car bombs in London's West End. | |
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| Flood-hit areas prepare for rain Flood-hit communities in England and Wales are warned to prepare for the threat of further heavy rain. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Police hunting London car bombers Police analyse CCTV images as they hunt the people who planted two car bombs in London's West End. |
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| Flood-hit areas prepare for rain Flood-hit communities in England and Wales are warned to prepare for the threat of further heavy rain. | |
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| Youth in court over boy's death A 15-year-old boy appears in court charged with murdering schoolboy Martin Dinnegan in north London. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Security stepped up at airports Security is stepped up at NI's two main airports after a burning car drives into the front of Glasgow Airport. |
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| Contentious march ends peacefully A contentious Orange Order parade in the Whiterock area of west Belfast passes off without incident. | |
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| Judge's anger at 5am petrol sale A High Court judge orders police to investigate how a filling station sold petrol to a very drunk man at 5am. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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| Blazing car crashes into airport Two men have been arrested after a blazing car was driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport. |
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| Salmond in independence promise Scotland's first minister reaffirms his commitment to independence at a Royal ceremony to mark the third Holyrood parliament. | |
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| Three seriously hurt in attacks Two teenagers and a 44-year-old man receive serious injuries following three separate attacks. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Weather warning for Osmond fans Weekend events are affected by rain, with fans of Donny Osmond warned to prepare for bad weather at a special gig. |
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| Plaid executive support coalition Plaid Cymru chiefs support the proposed coalition with Labour at a meeting of the party's National Executive. | |
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| Fertility clinic marks birthday Families celebrate years of work by a fertility clinic at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Cameron urged to shift on policy David Cameron is urged to shift to traditional Tory policies following a surge in the polls by Labour. |
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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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| Salmond in independence promise Scotland's first minister reaffirms his commitment to independence at a Royal ceremony to mark the third Holyrood parliament. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Banks 'crippling' the vulnerable Unfair bank charges harm people on low incomes and need more regulation, a consumer watchdog says. |
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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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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Princes ready for Diana concert The concert in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales will be an 'incredible' night of music, Prince William and Prince Harry say. |
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| Anger at Prince free CD giveaway The music industry reacts angrily at a decision to give away the new album by Prince with a tabloid newspaper. | |
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| Cruise film set for Germany shoot The makers of Tom Cruise's latest film say they have the permits needed to film in Germany, despite being banned from military sites. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | 'First west Europe tooth' found Scientists in Spain say that they have found a tooth from a human ancestor more than one million years old. |
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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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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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| Apple's iPhone makes it to stores Apple's much-hyped iPhone handset goes on sale across the US, after thousands queued for hours. |
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| Net growth prompts privacy update Industrialised nations update privacy laws made obsolete by the increasing volume of data on the net. | |
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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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| HEALTH | |
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 | Prions key in Alzheimer's disease The proteins which cause mad cow disease may protect against Alzheimer's disease, say UK researchers. |
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| 'Silent' brittle bone genes found US scientists have discovered "silent" genes for brittle bone disease that can be passed on unwittingly by parents to their children. | |
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| England counts down to smoke ban Smokers across England are having their final puff before the ban on lighting up in enclosed public places begins. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Strategic split or messy divorce? Mike Baker examines the implications of splitting the old Department for Education and Skills in two. |
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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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| 1985: Beirut ordeal ends for US hostages All 39 Americans being held captive by the Shia Muslim Amal militia in Lebanon are released, after almost three weeks in captivity. | |||
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| 1971: Space mission ends in tragedy Three Russian cosmonauts are found dead in their Soyuz 11 space capsule after it made what looked like a perfect landing in Kazakhstan. | |||
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| 1969: Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra Four million people face starvation when the Nigerian government bans night flights of food by the Red Cross. | |||
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| DON'T MISS | |
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 | | Hong Kong Night - 10th Anniversay Britain's last Governor, Chris Patten hosts an evening of programmes looking back at the handover to China BBC Parliament, Sunday, 6pm - Midnight |
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