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| Tuesday, 17 July, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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Galloway defiant
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Everyone 'should donate organs' The chief medical officer says everyone should be viewed as an organ donor when they die unless they have requested not to be. |
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| Russia warns UK over expulsions A Russian minister says the UK's expulsion of four diplomats could jeopardise security co-operation. | |
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| Alleged victim was 'drama queen' A woman who claims actor Chris Langham took her virginity when she was 14 was known as a "drama queen", a court hears. | |
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| Charges break Napoli's deck plate Explosive cutting charges separate the deck plates of the stricken MSC Napoli off the Devon coast. | |
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| Man jailed over terror blueprints A British man is jailed for three-and-a-half years after being found with the blueprints of a rocket at Luton Airport. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Libya families end execution bid Families of Libyan children infected with HIV drop demands for six foreign medics to be sentenced to death. |
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| Bomber targets Pakistan lawyers At least 12 die in a suicide attack on a rally which was to be addressed by Pakistan's top judge, police say. | |
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| Poison threat from Ukraine train Hundreds of Ukrainian villagers are at risk from a giant toxic cloud formed when a freight train caught fire. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| Libya families end execution bid Families of Libyan children infected with HIV drop demands for six foreign medics to be sentenced to death. |
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| Swiss to return Mobutu millions The Swiss will hand back a fraction of the $1bn thought stashed away by ex-Congolese leader Mobutu Sese Seko. | |
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| East Africa quake felt in Nairobi A strong earthquake strikes northern Tanzania, with aftershocks felt as far away as the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Al-Qaeda 'stepping up US efforts' Al-Qaeda is intensifying its efforts to put operatives into the US, a US intelligence report says. |
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| News Corp 'agrees Dow Jones deal' Rupert Murdoch's News Corp agrees a tentative $5bn takeover of Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal reports. | |
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| Canada settles disputes with Cree Canada's government announces a major settlement with the Cree native people in the province of Quebec. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Nuclear safety fears after quake Officials at a Japanese nuclear power station damaged by an earthquake report 50 separate malfunctions. |
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| US upbeat ahead of N Korea talks US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill expresses optimism ahead of six-party talks on North Korean disarmament. | |
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| Convictions in China slave trial One man is sentenced to death and 28 jailed for involvement in a slave labour scandal in northern China. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Russia warns UK over expulsions A Russian minister says the UK's expulsion of four diplomats could jeopardise security co-operation. |
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| Poison threat from Ukraine train Hundreds of Ukrainian villagers are at risk from a giant toxic cloud formed when a freight train caught fire. | |
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| Turkish poll candidate shot dead An independent candidate is shot dead in his car in Istanbul ahead of Sunday's election in Turkey. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Gunmen kill 29 villagers in Iraq Gunmen wearing military uniforms kill 29 villagers in Iraq's Diyala province, security officials say. |
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| Libya starts handout of HIV funds Libya begins distributing funds to the families of children with HIV under a deal that could free six foreign medics. | |
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| US wants fresh Iran talks on Iraq The US says it wants to have another meeting with Iran over Tehran's alleged support for sectarian militias in Iraq. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Bomber targets Pakistan lawyers At least 12 die in a suicide attack on a rally which was to be addressed by Pakistan's top judge, police say. |
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| Lanka president attacks 'cowards' The Sri Lankan president blames the Tamil Tigers for the killing of the senior official in the east of the island. | |
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| Al-Qaeda 'stepping up US efforts' Al-Qaeda is intensifying its efforts to put operatives into the US, a US intelligence report says. | |
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| UK | |
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| Russia warns UK over expulsions A Russian minister says the UK's expulsion of four diplomats could jeopardise security co-operation. |
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| Alleged victim was 'drama queen' A woman who claims actor Chris Langham took her virginity when she was 14 was known as a "drama queen", a court hears. | |
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| Man jailed over terror blueprints A British man is jailed for three-and-a-half years after being found with the blueprints of a rocket at Luton Airport. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Alleged victim was 'drama queen' A woman who claims actor Chris Langham took her virginity when she was 14 was known as a "drama queen", a court hears. |
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| Alert as town streets flood again Shopkeepers and residents in a Worcestershire town are in despair as heavy rain causes chaos again. | |
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| Children saved in beach collapse Three children are among 11 people saved by lifeguards when a sandbank collapses in Devon. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Car dealer fined for poor service A Belfast car dealership which charged a customer for work it failed to carry out is fined £2,000. |
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| Ministers back £400m roads boost Ministers from Northern Ireland and the Republic agree to spend £400m on cross-border projects. | |
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| IFA wants out of Windsor contract The Irish Football Association is trying to end its international contract with Windsor Park owners Linfield. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Drunken violence plans attacked Moves to create legislation to stop people using drunkenness as an excuse for violent crime come under fire. |
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| Cause of Stockline blast revealed A court is told the reason for the explosion which killed nine workers at a plastics factory in Glasgow. | |
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| Large rise in sex infection cases The number of cases of sexually-transmitted infections in Scotland has risen steeply, figures show. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Four-year ban for 'cheat' teacher A teacher who corrected course work by pupils is barred from the classroom for unacceptable conduct. |
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| Rain shuts school, leisure centre A secondary school and a leisure centre are closed after torrential rain in Prestatyn, Denbighshire. | |
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| Sea rescue after Mercedes plunge A driver is rescued by firefighters after his car breaks through a barrier and crashes into the sea. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Galloway faces Commons suspension George Galloway MP dismisses his 18 day House of Commons suspension as the work of "a jury of my political enemies". |
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| Russia warns UK over expulsions A Russian minister says the UK's expulsion of four diplomats could jeopardise security co-operation. | |
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| No 10 site in mosque petition row More than 255,000 sign a Downing Street website petition against plans to build Britain's biggest mosque. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Wealth gap 'widest in 40 years' The gap between UK rich and poor is as wide as it has been for 40 years, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says. |
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| Private equity reforms proposed The private equity industry proposes more transparency as it tries to fend off mounting political criticism. | |
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| UK June inflation slows to 2.4% UK inflation slowed to 2.4% in June, official figures show, fanning fears that interest rates will rise later this year. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Arctics make Mercury list again The Arctic Monkeys are nominated for the Mercury Music Prize again, while Amy Winehouse also makes the shortlist. |
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| Alleged victim was 'drama queen' A woman who claims actor Chris Langham took her virginity when she was 14 was known as a "drama queen", a court hears. | |
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| Asda apologises for Potter jibes Supermarket Asda says sorry to publisher Bloomsbury, ending a dispute threatening stocks of Harry Potter books. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | UK 'needs clear space strategy' Ministers need a more coherent strategy on space or risk falling behind other countries, MPs warn. |
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| Energy use 'drove human walking' Human two-legged walking uses much less energy than chimps' four-legged gait, scientists show. | |
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| Galileo challenges sat-nav firms Novel ideas that exploit the pin-point accuracy of Europe's soon-to-launch Galileo system are being sought. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Google cookies will 'auto delete' Google says its cookies will auto-delete after two years in an effort to "improve privacy" for users. |
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| Galileo challenges sat-nav firms Novel ideas that exploit the pin-point accuracy of Europe's soon-to-launch Galileo system are being sought. | |
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| Global broadband prices revealed Broadband speed and price varies greatly across some of the world's most developed nations, says a report. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| Everyone 'should donate organs' The chief medical officer says everyone should be viewed as an organ donor when they die unless they have requested not to be. |
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| MMR doctor 'broke medical rules' Children were subjected to inappropriate tests by doctors researching the MMR vaccine, a hearing was told. | |
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| Half of GPs 'earn over £100,000' Nearly half of all family doctors have annual earnings in excess of £100,000, figures show. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Not all going on a summer holiday Children in England have the least summer school holidays in Europe - but long hours do not mean higher results. |
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| Extra £10m for flood-hit schools The government announces more money for schools and children in the North and Midlands affected by flooding. | |
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| Unruly students' Facebook search Students at Oxford are warned that the university is checking Facebook for disciplinary offences. | |
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| 1976: African countries boycott Olympics The opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic games in Montreal is marred by the withdrawal of 25 African countries. | |||
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| 1979: Sandinista rebels take Nicaraguan capital The left-wing Sandinistas take control of the Nicaragua after 46 years of dictatorial rule by the Somoza family. | |||
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| 1974: Bomb blast at the Tower of London An explosion in the Tower of London leaves one person dead and 41 injured. | |||
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