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| Saturday, 07 July, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Iraq market truck bomb kills 105 A truck bomb devastates a market in northern Iraq, killing 105 people and injuring 240 others, police say. |
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| PM unveils £14m flood aid package Gordon Brown announces help for areas hit by floods as he visits victims - but critics say it is not enough. | |
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| Concerts promote climate message Rock stars around the world are performing as part of Live Earth day, highlighting the threat of climate change. | |
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| BBC's Johnston arrives back in UK The BBC correspondent Alan Johnston arrives back in the UK following his release from captivity in Gaza. | |
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| Man remanded over 'car bombs' An Iraqi doctor is remanded in custody over the suspected car bomb attempts in London and at Glasgow airport. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Iraq market truck bomb kills 105 A truck bomb devastates a market in northern Iraq, killing 105 people and injuring 240 others, police say. |
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| Concerts promote climate message Rock stars around the world are performing as part of Live Earth day, highlighting the threat of climate change. | |
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| Pakistan issues mosque ultimatum Pakistan's president tells Islamists inside a radical mosque to free women and children "or be killed". | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigerian gunmen 'demand ransom' Gunmen holding a three-year-old British girl hostage in the Niger Delta make a ransom demand, her mother says. |
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| Chinese worker abducted in Niger Tuareg-led rebels in northern Niger kidnap a Chinese national in "warning" to mining companies. | |
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| Somali children die in mine blast Five children playing with a landmine in Somalia's capital are killed when it explodes, witnesses say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US investigating Falluja claims The US Navy is examining "credible allegations" of wrongdoing by US marines in Falluja, Iraq, in 2004. |
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| Colombia re-arrests ex-spy chief The former head of Colombia's intelligence service is re-arrested over suspected links to death squads. | |
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| US capital to host Live Earth gig Washington DC is added to the list of cities staging Live Earth concerts on Saturday, bringing the total to nine. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Concerts promote climate message Rock stars around the world are performing as part of Live Earth day, highlighting the threat of climate change. |
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| Chinese worker abducted in Niger Tuareg-led rebels in northern Niger kidnap a Chinese national in "warning" to mining companies. | |
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| UN denies firing 'whistleblower' A UN agency denies firing an employee in Pyongyang after the man highlighted alleged financial breaches. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Russian charged in UK spying row Russian authorities charge a man with spying for Britain - the latest step in an espionage row between the two countries. |
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| Pope ends Latin Mass restriction Pope Benedict XVI removes restrictions on celebrating the Latin Tridentine Mass, despite concern from Jewish groups. | |
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| Concerts promote climate message Rock stars around the world are performing as part of Live Earth day, highlighting the threat of climate change. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Iraq market truck bomb kills 105 A truck bomb devastates a market in northern Iraq, killing 105 people and injuring 240 others, police say. |
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| Iranians visit captives in Iraq Iranian officials pay their first visit to five nationals detained since January by US forces in northern Iraq. | |
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| US investigating Falluja claims The US Navy is examining "credible allegations" of wrongdoing by US marines in Falluja, Iraq, in 2004. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Pakistan issues mosque ultimatum Pakistan's president tells Islamists inside a radical mosque to free women and children "or be killed". |
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| Clashes mar Nepal king's birthday Clashes break out in Kathmandu as Nepal's unpopular King Gynendra marks his 60th birthday, | |
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| Nato raids 'killed 35 Afghans' Villagers in eastern Afghanistan say 35 civilians have been killed in air attacks by international forces. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Two British soldiers die in Iraq One British soldier is killed during fighting and another dies in an accident in Basra in southern Iraq, the MoD says. |
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| PM unveils £14m flood aid package Gordon Brown announces help for areas hit by floods as he visits victims - but critics say it is not enough. | |
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| BBC's Johnston arrives back in UK The BBC correspondent Alan Johnston arrives back in the UK following his release from captivity in Gaza. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | PM unveils £14m flood aid package Gordon Brown announces help for areas hit by floods as he visits victims - but critics say it is not enough. |
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| Man attempted to stab policeman A man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an attack on a police officer in Sussex. | |
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| Fans flock to Tour de France race At least 500,000 cycling fans gathered in central London to watch the start of the Tour de France race. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Body in house find 'suspicious' The death of a man whose body was found in a house in Antrim is being treated as suspicious, police say. |
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| Man charged over Irish drugs haul A 23-year-old man is charged in connection with the seizure of more than 107m euro of cocaine in west Cork. | |
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| Maze must keep status: McGuinness Removing the listed status of a jail block where hunger-strikers died would be ludicrous, Martin McGuinness says. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Hundreds attend anti-terror rally Members of Scottish Muslim groups and mosques gather in Glasgow for a rally against terrorism. |
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| Man remanded over 'car bombs' An Iraqi doctor is remanded in custody over the suspected car bomb attempts in London and at Glasgow airport. | |
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| Sun shines on mud-bath festival Organisers of this year's T in the Park thank fans for their patience after waterlogged carparks caused chaos. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Labour-Plaid coalition is sealed A momentous Welsh assembly coalition goes ahead as Plaid Cymru decides to team up with Labour. |
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| Two British soldiers die in Iraq One British soldier is killed during fighting and another dies in an accident in Basra in southern Iraq, the MoD says. | |
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| Council fines driver for smoking Conwy Council says it may name and shame offenders as it fines a smoker £50 for lighting up in his boss's vehicle. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| PM unveils £14m flood aid package Gordon Brown announces help for areas hit by floods as he visits victims - but critics say it is not enough. |
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| Labour-Plaid coalition is sealed A momentous Welsh assembly coalition goes ahead as Plaid Cymru decides to team up with Labour. | |
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| Kennedy caught smoking on train Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has been "spoken to" by police for smoking on a train. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Kwik Save shops sold in £18m deal The administrators of supermarket chain Kwik Save say they have sold 56 of the firm's stores for £18m, salvaging about 600 jobs. |
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| Boeing prepares for 787 premiere Boeing prepares to unveil its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner which it has so far received 642 orders for. | |
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| Debt-ridden Leeds put up for sale Leeds United has been put up for sale by its administrators KPMG after a legal challenge from the tax office. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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| Concerts promote climate message Rock stars around the world are performing as part of Live Earth day, highlighting the threat of climate change. |
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| Nanny Laura voted off Big Brother Welsh nanny Laura Williams becomes the fourth contestant voted out of the Big Brother house. | |
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| Sun shines on mud-bath festival Organisers of this year's T in the Park thank fans for their patience after waterlogged carparks caused chaos. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | DNA reveals Greenland's lush past Ancient DNA samples show that southern Greenland was teeming with insect and plant life 450,000 years ago. |
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| Good vibes power tiny generator A tiny generator that harnesses vibrations to produce power has been created by British scientists. | |
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| Boeing prepares for 787 premiere Boeing prepares to unveil its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner which it has so far received 642 orders for. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Online auction for security bugs Security researchers can now get cash rewards for the loopholes they discover in popular programs. |
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| Microsoft facing $1bn Xbox bill Microsoft says that it is facing a $1bn bill to cover the cost of warranties after failings with its Xbox 360. | |
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| Good vibes power tiny generator A tiny generator that harnesses vibrations to produce power has been created by British scientists. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | GPs 'bombarded' by drug companies Drug companies are bombarding GPs with promotional materials and inducements, campaigners say. |
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| Heart patients unsure of symptoms People at a high risk of having a heart attack do not know when to dial 999, experts have warned. | |
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| Graduate nurses 'left unemployed' Almost a third of nurses had not found jobs six months after they qualified last year, Department of Health figures reveal. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Candid camera in the classroom? Mike Baker considers whether cameras in the classroom can ever truly be candid. |
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| Takeover idea for failing schools Parents and charities should take over "failing" state schools in England, a Tory policy group is suggesting. | |
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| More Sirs 'won't shut gender gap' Recruiting more male teachers is not the answer to the gender gap in educational achievement, a report says. | |
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| 2005: Bomb attacks on London A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network kills more than 30 people and injures about 700 others. | |||
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| 2001: Two stabbed in Bradford race riots Two people are stabbed and many more injured in running battles between white and Asian gangs in Bradford. | |||
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| 1976: British grandmother missing in Uganda Ugandan authorities deny knowledge of the whereabouts of missing British-Israeli citizen Dora Bloch. | |||
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