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| Sunday, 01 July, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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In pictures
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Police confident in bombers hunt The links between three terror attacks in Glasgow and London are becoming "ever clearer", say police. |
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| Flood fears ease as rivers fall Fears of further flooding across the UK ease but forecasters warn there is still more rain to come. | |
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| Sir Elton launches Diana concert Sir Elton John has opened an historic memorial concert for Diana, Princess of Wales at Wembley. | |
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| Soldier killed in Afghanistan A soldier has been killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, says the Ministry of Defence. | |
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| England smoking ban takes effect Smokers across England have sparked up at work and in the pub for the last time as the smoking ban begins. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Israel releases Palestinian funds Israel begins releasing tens of millions of dollars in frozen tax funds to the Palestinian Authority's President Abbas. |
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| Bush and Putin prepare for talks Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to the US for talks with President Bush aimed at easing tensions. | |
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| China finds secret tomb chamber A mysterious chamber is found inside the Chinese imperial tomb guarded by the famous Terracotta Army. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | AU summit focuses on government The African Union summit opens in Ghana, focusing this year on the idea of a pan-African government. |
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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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 | Bush and Putin prepare for talks Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to the US for talks with President Bush aimed at easing tensions. |
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| Argentine first lady bids to rule Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner is to run for president in October instead of her husband, Nestor. | |
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| Chavez in talks with Iranian ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds talks in Tehran with Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | HK leader makes democracy vow Hong Kong's leader reiterates a pledge to boost democracy, as the territory marks 10 years since its handover. |
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| China finds secret tomb chamber A mysterious chamber is found inside the Chinese imperial tomb guarded by the famous Terracotta Army. | |
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| Atom bomb row minister apologises Japan's defence minister apologises for saying the US atom bomb attacks in World War II were inevitable. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Bush and Putin prepare for talks Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to the US for talks with President Bush aimed at easing tensions. |
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| Police confident in bombers hunt The links between three terror attacks in Glasgow and London are becoming "ever clearer", say police. | |
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| Portugal takes over EU presidency Portugal takes over the rotating EU presidency in a tenure likely to involve talks on Turkey's accession. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Israel releases Palestinian funds Israel begins releasing tens of millions of dollars in frozen tax funds to the Palestinian Authority's President Abbas. |
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| Israel president sex case delayed Israel's top court allows a challenge to the controversial deal struck by ex-President Katsav to avoid rape charges. | |
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| Hamas 'Mickey Mouse' killed off A Palestinian TV station kills off a Mickey Mouse lookalike accused of spreading propaganda to children. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Karzai orders bomb deaths probe The Afghan president orders an inquiry into air strikes by foreign forces amid disputes over civilian deaths. |
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| Pakistan hit by more flash floods Flash floods sweep through Pakistani villages, hampering efforts to bring aid to more than one million people. | |
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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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| Police confident in bombers hunt The links between three terror attacks in Glasgow and London are becoming "ever clearer", say police. |
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| Parents make Japanese TV appeal The parents of a teacher murdered in Tokyo appear on Japanese TV asking for help to catch her killer. | |
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| England smoking ban takes effect Smokers across England have sparked up at work and in the pub for the last time as the smoking ban begins. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | England smoking ban takes effect Smokers across England have sparked up at work and in the pub for the last time as the smoking ban begins. |
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| Police confident in bombers hunt The links between three terror attacks in Glasgow and London are becoming "ever clearer", say police. | |
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| Flood fears ease as rivers fall Fears of further flooding across the UK ease but forecasters warn there is still more rain to come. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | NI put on critical terror alert Northern Ireland is on critical terror alert following three attacks in London and Glasgow in recent days. |
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| Woodward looks ahead to next step Gordon Brown's priority for NI is the devolution of policing and justice, says new NI Secretary Shaun Woodward. | |
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| NI marks 91st Somme anniversary A number of events take place across NI to mark the 91st anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Appeal over jeep used in attack Police appeal for information about the whereabouts of the jeep used in a terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport. |
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| Police confident in bombers hunt The links between three terror attacks in Glasgow and London are becoming "ever clearer", say police. | |
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| Motorcyclist killed in collision A motorcyclist has died following a collision on the A93 Braemar to Blairgowrie Road in Perthshire. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Hain urges 'vigilance' on terror Welsh Secretary Peter Hain urges people to be "extra vigilant" following attempted attacks in London and Glasgow. |
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| Morgan aiming for party support First Minister Rhodri Morgan says he will not have to rely on union votes for the party to back a deal with Plaid. | |
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| WRU withstands promotion revolt Beddau and Bonymaen fail to reverse the WRU's decision to deny them promotion to the Welsh Premiership. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Police confident in bombers hunt The links between three terror attacks in Glasgow and London are becoming "ever clearer", say police. |
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| Tories 'will listen' over terror The Tories promise to "listen to new evidence" for holding terror suspects for longer without charge. | |
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| England smoking ban takes effect Smokers across England have sparked up at work and in the pub for the last time as the smoking ban begins. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| England smoking ban takes effect Smokers across England have sparked up at work and in the pub for the last time as the smoking ban begins. |
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| Fopp workers to hear about future Workers at music retailer Fopp are set to learn their fate on Monday after the firm's 80 stores were closed. | |
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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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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Sir Elton launches Diana concert Sir Elton John has opened an historic memorial concert for Diana, Princess of Wales at Wembley. |
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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 get go-ahead to shoot in Germany, despite a ban from military sites. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | New e-waste recycling laws begin A law making UK producers of electronic goods responsible for the recycling of their goods finally comes into force. |
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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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| 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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| Beating congestion with mobiles BBC Click's David Reid travels to Italy to find out how research into real-time maps may solve Rome's traffic problems. | |
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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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| HEALTH | |
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| England smoking ban takes effect Smokers across England have sparked up at work and in the pub for the last time as the smoking ban begins. |
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| Brain cancer drug hope from frogs A synthetic molecule based on one found in frog egg cells could potentially be used to treat brain tumours. | |
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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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| 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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| 1997: Hong Kong handed over to Chinese control Hong Kong is handed back to the Chinese authorities - ending more than 150 years of British control. | |||
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| 1963: Philby confirmed as 'third man' Former Foreign Office official Harold Philby is confirmed as the "third man" in the Burgess and Maclean case. | |||
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| 1994: Yasser Arafat ends 27-year exile The chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, Yasser Arafat, returns to the Gaza Strip after 27 years in exile. | |||
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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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