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| Saturday, 21 July, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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Nightmare on M5
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Flood lessons 'must be learned' UK agencies must learn from the floods crisis how to prevent and tackle future emergencies, the PM says. |
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| First female president for India Pratibha Patil has won India's presidential election and will become the country's first female president, officials say. | |
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| Mars dust storms threaten rovers Dust storms raging on Mars pose the worst threat yet to Nasa's robot rovers, the US space agency says. | |
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| Bush yields power for colonoscopy President Bush temporarily hands power to his vice-president for a routine colon check which is now complete. | |
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| 'Dirty bomber' attacked in prison A convicted Al-Qaeda plotter serving life is treated in hospital after he is assaulted by fellow prisoners. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Kabul doubts German killing claim The Afghan government says it does not believe Taleban claims that the militants killed two German hostages. |
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| Bush yields power for colonoscopy President Bush temporarily hands power to his vice-president for a routine colon check which is now complete. | |
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| Mars dust storms threaten rovers Dust storms raging on Mars pose the worst threat yet to Nasa's robot rovers, the US space agency says. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | UN probes 'abuse' in Ivory Coast A unit of peacekeepers in Ivory Coast is suspended as the UN investigates claims of serious sexual abuse. |
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| Two held over Rwandan massacres Two Rwandan men wanted for their alleged role in the 1994 genocide are arrested in France, police say. | |
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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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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Bush yields power for colonoscopy President Bush temporarily hands power to his vice-president for a routine colon check which is now complete. |
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| Lula vows to act after air crash Brazil's leader promises to improve air safety, after a Sao Paulo air crash that killed nearly 200 people. | |
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| Springfield set for Simpsons film The world premiere of The Simpsons Movie takes place on Saturday in the US town of Springfield, Vermont. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | S Korea urges release of hostages South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun appeals for the release of up to 23 citizens held captive in Afghanistan. |
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| N Korea seeks nuclear alternative North Korea's representative at talks on its nuclear programme says it should be given light-water reactors. | |
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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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| Kabul doubts German killing claim The Afghan government says it does not believe Taleban claims that the militants killed two German hostages. |
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| Turkey prepares for key election Campaigning ends ahead of Turkey's general election, seen as one of the most important in its history. | |
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| 'Islamic militants' held in Italy Italian police arrest three men suspected of running a "school of terror" and are searching for a fourth. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Baghdad minibus blast kills five A bomb kills five people on a Baghdad minibus as conflicting reports come in of a deadly overnight air strike. |
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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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| 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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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | First female president for India Pratibha Patil has won India's presidential election and will become the country's first female president, officials say. |
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| Kabul doubts German killing claim The Afghan government says it does not believe Taleban claims that the militants killed two German hostages. | |
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| Musharraf 'respects' court ruling Pakistan's president says he will abide by a court ruling to reinstate the chief justice, a vocal opponent. | |
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| UK | |
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| Flood lessons 'must be learned' UK agencies must learn from the floods crisis how to prevent and tackle future emergencies, the PM says. |
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| Servicemen killed in Iraq named The Ministry of Defence releases the names of three RAF servicemen killed in a mortar attack in Iraq. | |
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| 'Dirty bomber' attacked in prison A convicted Al-Qaeda plotter serving life is treated in hospital after he is assaulted by fellow prisoners. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Hundreds rescued as floods strike The authorities call for military help after more than 750 people are rescued from flooding in Worcestershire. |
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| Servicemen killed in Iraq named The Ministry of Defence releases the names of three RAF servicemen killed in a mortar attack in Iraq. | |
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| 'Dirty bomber' attacked in prison A convicted Al-Qaeda plotter serving life is treated in hospital after he is assaulted by fellow prisoners. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Motorcyclist killed in road crash A motorcyclist dies and two other people are injured in a crash in the village of Moira in County Down. |
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| Man is remanded over city killing A 29-year-old man is remanded into custody charged with murdering a homeless man in Belfast. | |
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| Tiger gives Armagh woman headache A spectator from Northern Ireland has two stitches in a head wound after being hit by a wayward shot from Tiger Woods. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Man arrested over missing Vicky A man is arrested and charged by police in connection with the 1991 disappearance of schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton. |
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| Recalled women have breast cancer Four women recalled amid concerns over standards at a breast cancer clinic are diagnosed with the disease. | |
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| Trio trapped following car crash Three people are cut free from their vehicles following a two-car crash in Edinburgh near the city bypass. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Flooding leads to more disruption Pupils on a school trip are stranded miles from home, some roads are blocked and some trains suspended. |
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| 'Finest' serviceman dies in Iraq An RAF serviceman from Flintshire, killed in a mortar attack in southern Iraq, is named. | |
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| Fowler agrees to sign for Cardiff Robbie Fowler will join Cardiff on a two-year contract. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Flood lessons 'must be learned' UK agencies must learn from the floods crisis how to prevent and tackle future emergencies, the PM says. |
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| Tories demand urgent Army review The Conservatives call for a review of the Army after a leaked memo warned it had almost no spare troops. | |
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| Johnson on Tory mayor shortlist Boris Johnson is officially named on the Conservative Party shortlist of possible candidates to become London mayor. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Bank boss wants mortgages measure The Governor of the Bank of England tells the BBC he wishes mortgage costs were part of the inflation target. |
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| Land 'no cure for housing crisis' Handing over more greenfield land to housing will not curb rising prices, say campaigners. | |
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| Brown to lobby EU on greener VAT Gordon Brown says he will push for lower taxes on environmentally friendly products across the EU. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Potter books fly off the shelves After months of waiting, fans of the Harry Potter novels have started to devour the final book in the series. |
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| Springfield set for Simpsons film The world premiere of The Simpsons Movie takes place on Saturday in the US town of Springfield, Vermont. | |
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| Nicky is evicted from Big Brother Big Brother's Nicky Maxwell is the fifth housemate to be evicted from the reality TV show. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Mars dust storms threaten rovers Dust storms raging on Mars pose the worst threat yet to Nasa's robot rovers, the US space agency says. |
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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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| Saturn's 60th moon is 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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| 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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 | Chemo best for child brain cancer Chemotherapy treatments for children with brain tumours reduces long-term damage, say researchers. |
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| Tax alcohol more, says top doctor The Chief Medical Officer for England says alcohol tax should be increased to protect people's health. | |
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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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| 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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| Do universities need new inquiry? Mike Baker surveys the higher education landscape, 10 years since Lord Dearing recommended tuition fees. | |
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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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| 1969: Man takes first steps on the Moon American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the Moon. | |||
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| 2005: Tube chaos after more blasts London's underground network is plunged into chaos after explosions on two trains and a bus - exactly a fortnight after four suicide bomb blasts in the capital. | |||
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| 1954: Peace deal ends Indo-China war Eight years of war come to an end as the French cede control of northern Vietnam to the Communist Viet Minh after signing the Geneva Accord. | |||
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