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	Monday, 09 July, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul

Extreme recycling The household that produces almost zero waste		Shed 'hostage' The back-garden captive forced to tell family he was 'fine'

TOP STORIES
	Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot Four men are found guilty of plotting a series of suicide attacks on London's transport network on 21 July 2005.
	US Iraq chief warns of long war The head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, says fighting the insurgency could take decades.
	BBC fined for Blue Peter phone-in The BBC is fined £50,000 after a fake competition winner was put on air on Blue Peter last November.
	Three jailed over shed prisoner Three people who tortured an epileptic man in a shed until he died are jailed for a total of 29 years.
	New Nigeria oil worker abductions Unknown gunmen attack an oil barge and snatch a Briton and an East European in Nigeria's oil-region, officials say.

WORLD
	US Iraq chief warns of long war The head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, says fighting the insurgency could take decades.
	Pakistan to negotiate over mosque Pakistan's president sends a negotiation team to try to end a week-long stand-off at a radical mosque in Islamabad.
	Mass Zimbabwe arrests over prices More than 1,000 Zimbabwean businessmen and women have been fined for breaking price controls, police say.

AFRICA
	Mass Zimbabwe arrests over prices More than 1,000 Zimbabwean businessmen and women have been fined for breaking price controls, police say.
	Rival Liberia police forces clash Dozens of Liberian police officers are wounded in clashes rival groups at Monrovia's port.
	African writers await Caine award Five hopefuls are waiting to hear who will win one of Africa's leading literary awards - the Caine prize.

AMERICAS
	US Iraq chief warns of long war The head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, says fighting the insurgency could take decades.
	Little respite from US wildfires Rain and cooler temperatures slow a wildfire in South Dakota, as a dozen other wildfires sweep across the US.
	Boeing unveils Dreamliner plane Boeing launches its new 787 jet, billed as the most environmentally-friendly plane ever built.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	UN approves North Korea mission A special meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, approves the return of inspectors to North Korea.
	Civil suit filed against Suharto Indonesian prosecutors file a civil suit against ex-president Suharto, seeking the return of millions of dollars.
	Australia extends Haneef inquiry Australia police are given extra time to investigate an Indian doctor over the suspected UK bomb attempts.

EUROPE
	Sarkozy heading for EU showdown France's president is heading for a showdown with European finance ministers over its budget deficit.
	Ex-Bosnia army boss goes on trial The former head of the Bosnian Muslim army, Rasim Delic, has gone on trial in The Hague on war crimes charges.
	Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot Four men are found guilty of plotting a series of suicide attacks on London's transport network on 21 July 2005.

MIDDLE EAST
	US Iraq chief warns of long war The head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, says fighting the insurgency could take decades.
	Iraq fears Turkey troop build-up Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari says Turkey has massed 140,000 troops along its border with Iraq.
	Heavy fighting at Lebanese camp Islamist militants inside a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon exchange heavy fire with troops, reports say.

SOUTH ASIA
	Pakistan to negotiate over mosque Pakistan's president sends a negotiation team to try to end a week-long stand-off at a radical mosque in Islamabad.
	'Rebel attack' kills Afghan boy An insurgent mortar attack kills one boy and injures eight others in an attack on an Afghan village, Nato says.
	Kashmir politician survives blast Opposition leader Omar Abdullah survives an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.

UK
	Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot Four men are found guilty of plotting a series of suicide attacks on London's transport network on 21 July 2005.
	Three jailed over shed prisoner Three people who tortured an epileptic man in a shed until he died are jailed for a total of 29 years.
	Stricken container ship refloated The MSC Napoli rises from the seabed, nearly six months after it was grounded off the south Devon coast.

ENGLAND
	Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot Four men are found guilty of plotting a series of suicide attacks on London's transport network on 21 July 2005.
	Three jailed over shed prisoner Three people who tortured an epileptic man in a shed until he died are jailed for a total of 29 years.
	Stricken container ship refloated The MSC Napoli rises from the seabed, nearly six months after it was grounded off the south Devon coast.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Axe attack couple tell of ordeal A couple subjected to a vicious and terrifying hatchet and machete attack talk about their ordeal.
	Police pay for anti-Catholic bias The PSNI must pay almost £45,000 to a photographer who suffered discrimination for marrying a Catholic.
	Romanian paper sellers threatened Three separate attempted robberies see paper sellers threatened with a handgun or knife.

SCOTLAND
	Doctor felt babies were suffering A doctor who gave drugs to two terminally ill babies, hastening their deaths, "felt in his heart" the children were suffering.
	Fans slam T in the Park 'farce' Music fans are hitting out at T in the Park organisers for the way they dealt with chaos caused by heavy rain.
	Salmond salary to fund new trust First Minister Alex Salmond is to set up a charitable trust, funded by his MSPs salary.

WALES
	Rhodri Morgan in artery surgery First Minister Rhodri Morgan is to spend the next couple of days in hospital after an operation to unblock two arteries.
	Martial art benefit cheat tip-off A woman who claimed over four years' disability benefits was exposed attending martial arts classes, a court hears.
	Bridgend car park murder appeal Police appeal for witnesses after a 20-year-old died after an attack in Bridgend train station car park.

POLITICS
	UK defends its border procedures The UK denies Interpol claims that it could be risking a terror attack by not checking a list of stolen passports.
	Brown reminds EU of 'red lines' Prime Minister Brown tells Portugal that as EU president it must respect all the UK's "red lines".
	Rhodri Morgan in artery surgery First Minister Rhodri Morgan is to spend the next couple of days in hospital after an operation to unblock two arteries.

BUSINESS
	Boeing unveils Dreamliner plane Boeing launches its new 787 jet, billed as the most environmentally-friendly plane ever built.
	Google buys email security firm Google steps up its challenge to Microsoft's Office system with the $625m purchase of email security firm Postini.
	News focus over BSkyB-ITV probe Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper titles will form part of the probe into BSkyB's stake in ITV.

ENTERTAINMENT
	BBC fined for Blue Peter phone-in The BBC is fined £50,000 after a fake competition winner was put on air on Blue Peter last November.
	Diana ratings dwarf Live Earth The peak-time TV audience for the Live Earth gig is less than a third of that for last week's Concert for Diana.
	British CD sales drop 10% in 2007 Sales of CDs in the UK drop by 10% in the first half of 2007 compared with the same period in 2006.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Delay for Nasa asteroid mission A Nasa spacecraft set for launch early next month will explore the two biggest asteroids in the Solar System.
	Boeing unveils Dreamliner plane Boeing launches its new 787 jet, billed as the most environmentally-friendly plane ever built.
	DNA reveals Greenland's lush past Ancient DNA samples show that southern Greenland was teeming with insect and plant life 450,000 years ago.

TECHNOLOGY
	Game world gets ready for E3 show The E3 Expo gets under way this week - one of the biggest events in the gaming calendar.
	Last.fm strikes Sony music deal Social music site Last.fm signs a deal with the Sony BMG record label to offer its catalogue of music.
	Sony cuts Playstation price in US Japanese electronics giant Sony cuts the price of its Playstation 3 in the US in an effort to boost sales.

HEALTH
	Lone nurses 'at risk of attack' A third of nurses working alone in the community have been assaulted or harassed since 2005, a survey says.
	Doctor felt babies were suffering A doctor who gave drugs to two terminally ill babies, hastening their deaths, "felt in his heart" the children were suffering.
	First NHS hygiene warning issued NHS inspectors have issued their first warning to hospital bosses for breaching the NHS hygiene code.

EDUCATION
	Pupils to get lessons in money Teenagers are to be taught how to look after their own finances, in a curriculum shake-up.
	Business degree in carbon cutting A UK university is launching a business degree in carbon management, which it claims is a global first.
	Campaign promotes skills upgrade A government campaign will seek to encourage people to upgrade their skills through education and training.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1982: Queen fends off bedroom intruder A man breaks into Buckingham Palace and spends ten minutes talking to the Queen in her bedroom.
	1984: Historic York Minster engulfed by flames A massive fire devastates large parts of York Minster causing an estimated £1m damage.
	1991: Bank collapse costs taxpayers millions The closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International loses about 20 local councils up to £30m in investments.

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