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| Wednesday, 01 August, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | BA's price-fix fine reaches £270m British Airways is fined about £270m after admitting colluding to fix the prices of fuel surcharges. |
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| CCTV pictures show £53m robbery Pictures of armed robbers stealing £53m from a Securitas cash depot are made public for the first time. | |
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| Channel 4 axes phone-in contests Channel 4 is to scrap most of its profit-making phone-in competitions, the broadcaster announces. | |
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| Car bombs kill dozens in Baghdad At least 67 people are killed and some 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. | |
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| Terra Firma wins in bid for EMI Private equity group Terra Firma gains shareholder approval for its bid to buy UK music company EMI. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Obama 'would strike' in Pakistan US presidential hopeful Barack Obama says he would strike against al-Qaeda leaders without Pakistan's consent. |
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| Car bombs kill dozens in Baghdad At least 67 people are killed and some 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. | |
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| Brazil pilots' last words aired Pilots' final exchanges before Brazil's worst aviation disaster are revealed to a congressional hearing. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Sudan 'will support Darfur force' Sudan says it will co-operate with new UN and African peace force for Darfur after the UN approves the plan. |
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| UN flee ethnic riots in DR Congo United Nations monitors evacuate a south-eastern DR Congo town after two staff are injured in ethnic rioting. | |
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| Kenya minister fights with police Kenyan Health Minister Charity Ngilu clashes with police for arresting a women's rights activist. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Obama 'would strike' in Pakistan US presidential hopeful Barack Obama says he would strike against al-Qaeda leaders without Pakistan's consent. |
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| Brazil pilots' last words aired Pilots' final exchanges before Brazil's worst aviation disaster are revealed to a congressional hearing. | |
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| Castro vows to fight for recovery Cuba's Fidel Castro says he will fight for his health after the first anniversary of his handover of power. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Scandal-hit Japan minister quits Japan's embattled agriculture minister becomes a casualty of the ruling party's crushing defeat in Sunday's polls. |
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| Korea asks US for hostage help Relatives of the South Korean hostages in Afghanistan make an emotional appeal to the US for help. | |
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| Stolen Aboriginal man wins payout An Aboriginal man taken from his family as a baby wins compensation in a landmark court case in Australia. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Russian subs near Arctic target Russian submarines prepare to dive below the North Pole on a "risky" mission to further Moscow's Arctic claims. |
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| Stockholm introduces road charge Swedish capital Stockholm starts congestion charging in an effort to reduce traffic, noise and air pollution. | |
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| Psychiatric abuse claim in Russia Russia's human rights body is to study claims that an opposition activist was abused in a psychiatric clinic. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Saudis back US Middle East plans Saudi Arabia says it would be keen to attend an Arab-Israeli peace conference proposed by the United States. |
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| Car bombs kill dozens in Baghdad At least 67 people are killed and some 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. | |
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| Iran executes nine more criminals Iran hangs at least nine men convicted for rape, kidnapping and armed robbery, state media reports. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Jailed Bollywood star 'in tears' Film star Sanjay Dutt spends a "troubled" first night in jail, unable to sleep and crying, according to reports. |
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| Obama 'would strike' in Pakistan US presidential hopeful Barack Obama says he would strike against al-Qaeda leaders without Pakistan's consent. | |
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| Convictions over 1998 India bombs A court in southern India convicts 153 people for deadly bomb blasts in the town of Coimbatore in 1998. | |
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| UK | |
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| BA's price-fix fine reaches £270m British Airways is fined about £270m after admitting colluding to fix the prices of fuel surcharges. |
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| Channel 4 axes phone-in contests Channel 4 is to scrap most of its profit-making phone-in competitions, the broadcaster announces. | |
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| CCTV pictures show £53m robbery Pictures of armed robbers stealing £53m from a Securitas cash depot are made public for the first time. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | CCTV pictures show £53m robbery Pictures of armed robbers stealing £53m from a Securitas cash depot are made public for the first time. |
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| Teacher killed on Australia trip A teacher from a Merseyside public school dies when his raft capsizes during a rugby tour. | |
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| Caution for TV bottom pinch man Police caution a man who pinched a Channel 4 News presenter's bottom during a live broadcast. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Drowned man's father makes appeal The father of a man found dead in the sea off County Antrim urges anyone with him to come forward. |
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| Job losses as shirt orders fall Up to 70 jobs are to go at County Londonderry shirt-makers Savile Row because of falling orders. | |
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| GAA player quitting over 'abuse' A County Fermanagh GAA player says he is leaving the sport over persistent sectarian abuse from rival teams. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Postal workers in wildcat strike Mail deliveries in parts of the west coast are disrupted by an unofficial strike which has spread to Edinburgh. |
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| Learn-and-earn grants questioned The effectiveness of an incentive scheme aimed at reducing the number of early school leavers is questioned. | |
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| Convener censured after payment The convener of Shetland Islands Council is censured for failing to register business interests. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | First coal taken from drift mine The first coal in a decade is mined from a reopened drift mine which will eventually create more than 100 jobs. |
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| 'Capture car' traps first thief A teenager is the first to be caught breaking into Gwent Police's unmarked car, aimed at trapping sat nav thieves. | |
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| Opik 'won't run for London mayor' Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik says he will not run for London Mayor - hours after his name had been floated. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Cameron warning over Afghanistan David Cameron says the world cannot afford to fail in Afghanistan, as he visits officials and British troops. |
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| Opik 'won't run for London mayor' Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik says he will not run for London Mayor - hours after his name had been floated. | |
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| Scotland and London 'to lose MEP' Scotland, London and four English regions will each lose one Euro MP under Electoral Commission proposals. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| BA's price-fix fine reaches £270m British Airways is fined about £270m after admitting colluding to fix the prices of fuel surcharges. |
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| Terra Firma wins in bid for EMI Private equity group Terra Firma gains shareholder approval for its bid to buy UK music company EMI. | |
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| Oil price rises to all-time high Oil prices hit a record high of $78.71 a barrel amid worries about whether supplies can meet global demand. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Channel 4 axes phone-in contests Channel 4 is to scrap most of its profit-making phone-in competitions, the broadcaster announces. |
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| Respects paid to Blow-Up director Fans and family queue up to pay respects to film-maker Michelangelo Antonioni, who died on Monday. | |
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| Eminem sues Apple over downloads Rap star Eminem is suing Apple for allegedly offering his songs as downloads on iTunes without permission. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Fisherman catches 'living fossil' A "living fossil" fish caught by a fisherman off the coast of Indonesia is examined by scientists. |
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| Launch of Nasa Mars probe delayed The launch of Phoenix - the US space agency's latest mission to Mars - has been delayed by 24 hours. | |
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| Air leak could hit shuttle launch Nasa engineers are investigating an air leak in space shuttle Endeavour's cabin to prevent a delay to the launch. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Music and vice top games awards Guitar Hero II will go head to head with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories at the 25th Golden Joystick awards. |
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| Teachers in websites closure call A union calls for websites such as YouTube to be shut down to prevent pupils and staff being bullied online. | |
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| Eminem sues Apple over downloads Rap star Eminem is suing Apple for allegedly offering his songs as downloads on iTunes without permission. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Electrical pulses 'rouse' patient US doctors have used deep brain stimulation to rouse a patient in a minimally conscious state. |
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| Call for children donor awareness Children born with the help of donor conception should have the fact highlighted on their birth certificates, MPs suggest. | |
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| Suicide rate rises in hot weather Psychiatrists find more people commit suicide when the average daily temperature tops 18C. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | School start age 'should be six' The age at which pupils start school should be raised to six or seven, a teachers' association suggests. |
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| Teacher killed on Australia trip A teacher from a Merseyside public school dies when his raft capsizes during a rugby tour. | |
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| Pupils 'are wi-fi guinea pigs' Pupils are "guinea pigs" until research establishes whether there are any risks from wi-fi, teachers warn. | |
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| 1976: Lauda fights for life after Grand Prix crash F1 racing driver Niki Lauda is in a critical condition in hospital after crashing at the German Grand Prix. | |||
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| 1944: Uprising to free Warsaw begins The Polish Underground Army begins battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European city to fall to the Germans. | |||
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| 1971: Apollo 15 finds rock from birth of Moon Astronauts uncover a rock which may date back to the origin of the Moon. | |||
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