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| Friday, 20 July, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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 | Torrential rain sweeps across UK Severe weather brings flash floods, leaving homes waterlogged, schools closed and roads flooded. |
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| Pakistan's top judge reinstated Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstates the chief justice in a move seen as a serious blow to President Musharraf. | |
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| Blair 'pleased' at honours ruling Tony Blair is "very pleased" the cash-for-honours inquiry is over, as police probe its cost and length. | |
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| Bush to undergo medical procedure President Bush will have a routine colonoscopy on Saturday, aides say, ceding powers to his vice-president. | |
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| Three UK Iraq servicemen killed Three RAF servicemen have been killed during an "indirect fire attack" in Iraq, according to the Ministry of Defence. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Pakistan's top judge reinstated Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstates the chief justice in a move seen as a serious blow to President Musharraf. |
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| UN Kosovo vote plan put on hold US and EU allies put on hold plans for a UN Security Council vote on Kosovo, citing Russian opposition. | |
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| Ancient Darfur lake 'is dried up' A vast underground lake in Darfur probably dried out thousands of years ago, a geologist says. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ethiopia's freed leader defiant Ethiopia's opposition leader hits out at the government hours after being pardoned and freed from prison jail. |
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| Ancient Darfur lake 'is dried up' A vast underground lake in Darfur probably dried out thousands of years ago, a geologist says. | |
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| Military service for all Ugandans Military training is to be made compulsory for all Ugandans, the ruling party has announced. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Brazil jet thrust reverser 'off' A jet which crashed killing some 200 people had only one thrust reverser working, Brazilian officials say. |
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| Panama 'wants Noriega extradited' Panama says it wants Manuel Noriega extradited when he is freed from a US jail, but France is also pursuing him. | |
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| Bush to undergo medical procedure President Bush will have a routine colonoscopy on Saturday, aides say, ceding powers to his vice-president. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea talks finish without deal Talks in Beijing end without a deadline for North Korean denuclearisation, as food aid shipments begin. |
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| Scandal-hit China food firms shut China closes three firms and arrests several people involved in high-profile food and drug scandals. | |
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| Taiwan applies for UN membership Taiwan makes it first bid for UN membership using its own name in a move dismissed by China. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | UN Kosovo vote plan put on hold US and EU allies put on hold plans for a UN Security Council vote on Kosovo, citing Russian opposition. |
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| Denmark ends secret Iraq airlift Denmark ends the evacuation of some 200 Iraqis who it feared faced danger for their links to its troops in Iraq. | |
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| Spanish royal sex cartoon banned A Spanish judge orders the seizure of a magazine over a cartoon showing the crown prince and princess having sex. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Freed Palestinians welcomed home Some 250 Palestinians released from Israeli jails receive a rapturous welcome in Ramallah on the West Bank. |
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| Denmark ends secret Iraq airlift Denmark ends the evacuation of some 200 Iraqis who it feared faced danger for their links to its troops in Iraq. | |
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| Doubts over Libyan murder trial Questions remain over the death of a Libyan journalist despite the conviction of three men, campaigners say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Pakistan's top judge reinstated Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstates the chief justice in a move seen as a serious blow to President Musharraf. |
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| South Koreans held in Afghanistan At least 16 South Koreans have been abducted by Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan, officials say. | |
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| Live - England v India James Anderson takes the key wicket of India's Sachin Tendulkar late on day two of the first Test at Lord's. | |
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| UK | |
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| Torrential rain sweeps across UK Severe weather brings flash floods, leaving homes waterlogged, schools closed and roads flooded. |
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| Blair 'pleased' at honours ruling Tony Blair is "very pleased" the cash-for-honours inquiry is over, as police probe its cost and length. | |
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| Life for 'honour killing' father A father is jailed for life for ordering the death of his daughter after finding out she had a boyfriend. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Torrential rain sweeps across UK Severe weather brings flash floods, leaving homes waterlogged, schools closed and roads flooded. |
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| Text death driver gets four years A youth gets four years in a young offenders' institute for causing a fatal crash after using her mobile phone. | |
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| Life for 'honour killing' father A father is jailed for life for ordering the death of his daughter after finding out she had a boyfriend. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | UDA in show against criminality Ulster Defence Association leaders from across NI gather to present a united front against criminality. |
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| Shotgun blasts fired into house Three people escape injury after two shotgun blasts were fired through the windows of a house in west Belfast. | |
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| 'Shoot to kill' claim re-examined Sinn Fein calls for the publication of a report into alleged shoot-to-kill incidents involving security forces. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Life sentence for hammer killer A man who battered a woman and her nephew to death with a hammer receives a life prison term. |
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| Worker charged over hospital porn A photographer at a children's hospital is charged by police after porn is allegedly found on a computer. | |
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| Car plot charge doctor remanded A doctor charged over the suspected failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow is remanded in custody. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Schools evacuated in flash floods Schools are evacuated, three people are rescued by dinghy and roads are closed as floods hit the Vale of Glamorgan. |
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| £300m steelworks scheme go-ahead Planners give final approval to a multimillion pound redevelopment plan for the former Ebbw Vale steelworks. | |
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| Zulu actor Ivor Emmanuel dies, 80 The death is announced of Ivor Emmanuel, immortalised for his version of Men of Harlech in the film Zulu. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Blair 'pleased' at honours ruling Tony Blair is "very pleased" the cash-for-honours inquiry is over, as police probe its cost and length. |
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| Tories shrug off by-election blow The Tories put on a brave face after coming third in two by-elections - as Labour sees its majorities squeezed. | |
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| Brown and Sarkozy vow Darfur trip The new leaders of the UK and France say they are prepared to go to Darfur to help peace efforts. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | UK economy showing strong growth A further interest rate rise could be due after data shows UK GDP grew strongly in the second quarter. |
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| ITV halts shows from Queen firm ITV will not commission new shows from RDF Media until a inquiry into a misleading trailer about the Queen is completed. | |
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| London house prices hit £313,000 A 5% rise in the past three months means the average London property costs more than £300,000, Halifax says. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Rowling 'nerves' at Potter launch Author JK Rowling says she is feeling nervous as the launch of the final Harry Potter book approaches. |
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| New Order carry on without Hook New Order's Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris say they will continue without bass player Peter Hook. | |
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| Music festival off as floods hit The Truck indie music festival in Oxfordshire is postponed after heavy rain cause the site to flood. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Saturn's sixtieth moon discovered A new moon is spotted orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet's latest moon tally up to 60, Cassini scientists say. |
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| Dinosaurs' slow rise to dominance The dinosaurs might have gone out with a sudden bang, but their rise to dominance was a gradual ascent, not a sudden takeover. | |
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| Computers crack famous board game A computer program is created that will never lose a game of draughts, scientists say. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Net criminals shun virus attacks Hi-tech criminals are turning away from viruses to mount the most serious attacks, warn security experts. |
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| Robot to carry out heart surgery A robotic arm able to carry out an intricate life-saving heart operation is being pioneered by UK surgeons. | |
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| Google mulls spectrum auction bid Google considers a bid in the forthcoming wireless spectrum auction in the US, if certain conditions change. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Rise in sex infections continues The number of sexually transmitted infections continues to rise, particularly among young adults, figures show. |
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| Midwives ballot industrial action Midwives in England are to vote on whether to take industrial action over pay. | |
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| Robot to carry out heart surgery A robotic arm able to carry out an intricate life-saving heart operation is being pioneered by UK surgeons. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Pupil history knowledge 'patchy' Pupils in primary and secondary schools across England lack an overview of history, Ofsted warns. |
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| Academies 'popular with parents' Academies are becoming oversubscribed - with 15,000 families unable to find places in the first 42 schools. | |
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| Peers seek more apprenticeships A Lords committee says the UK's apprenticeship system has too few places and is under-promoted. | |
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| 1974: Turkey invades Cyprus Thousands of Turkish troops invade northern Cyprus after last-minute talks in the Greek capital, Athens, fail to reach a solution. | |||
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| 1944: Hitler survives assassination attempt Adolf Hitler escapes death after a third attempt on his life when a bomb explodes in Rastenberg | |||
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| 1982: IRA bombs cause carnage in London Eight soldiers on ceremonial duty are killed in two IRA bomb blasts in Hyde Park and Regent's Park. | |||
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