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| Thursday, 09 August, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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 | Legionnaires' probe at Pirbright A reported case of Legionnaires' disease linked to the Pirbright laboratory site in Surrey is being investigated. |
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| Two British soldiers die in Iraq Two British soldiers die in Iraq after a bomb explodes next to a patrol, bringing the number of deaths this week to four. | |
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| Britons injured by Arctic glacier Seventeen British holidaymakers are injured on a sightseeing ship in the Arctic after ice falls from a glacier. | |
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| Mortgage concerns hit US markets US share indexes tumble on fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may lead to a global credit crunch. | |
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| Russia sparks Cold War scramble Russia says its bombers flew to Guam for the first time since the Cold War, triggering a scramble by US fighters. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Bush urges fair Pakistan election President Bush urges Pakistan to hold free and fair polls, as the country steps back from emergency rule. |
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| Iran urges US pull-out from Iraq Iran's vice-president tells visiting Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki a US troop withdrawal will improve Iraq's security. | |
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| Libya 'tortured' Bulgarian medics Muammar Gaddafi's son says Libya tortured six Bulgarian medics accused of infecting children with HIV. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | S Africa Aids sacking condemned President Mbeki is criticised for sacking South Africa's deputy health minister, after she went to a Spanish Aids meeting. |
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| Nigerian died 'in TV challenge' The contestant who died in a Nigerian reality TV programme drowned taking part in one of its challenges, police say. | |
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| Kenya churches fight media bill Kenyan churches urge the president not to sign a media bill that requires journalists to disclose their sources. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Mortgage concerns hit US markets US share indexes tumble on fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may lead to a global credit crunch. |
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| Countdown quickens in US election The US state of South Carolina brings forwards its Republican presidential primary to 19 January, with knock-on effects. | |
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| Russia sparks Cold War scramble Russia says its bombers flew to Guam for the first time since the Cold War, triggering a scramble by US fighters. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Korea summit to aid nuclear issue A summit with North Korea will aid international efforts to end the country's nuclear programme, Seoul says. |
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| Rebels kill 20 Philippine troops At least 20 Philippine soldiers are killed by rebels in an ambush and subsequent battle on the southern island of Jolo. | |
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| Chinese bankers in lottery loss Two Chinese bank workers are sentenced to death for stealing from a bank vault, and losing it all on the lottery. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | ECB moves to help banking sector The European Central Bank pumps 95bn euros into the eurozone banking market to allay fears of a credit crunch. |
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| Libya 'tortured' Bulgarian medics Muammar Gaddafi's son says Libya tortured six Bulgarian medics accused of infecting children with HIV. | |
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| Russia sparks Cold War scramble Russia says its bombers flew to Guam for the first time since the Cold War, triggering a scramble by US fighters. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Security tight for Iraq pilgrims Thousands of pilgrims converge in Baghdad on one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines, amid a big security operation. |
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| Iran urges US pull-out from Iraq Iran's vice-president tells visiting Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki a US troop withdrawal will improve Iraq's security. | |
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| Rivals pay Hamas force by mistake The Palestinian Authority accidentally pays the salaries of 3,000 Hamas fighters who forced it from Gaza in June. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Bush urges fair Pakistan election President Bush urges Pakistan to hold free and fair polls, as the country steps back from emergency rule. |
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| Unity call as Afghan jirga opens Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells tribal leaders at a peace summit that unity with Pakistan will defeat militants. | |
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| Flood rains hit new India regions Heavy rains extend the recent flood misery, with dozens of villages affected in India's western Gujarat state. | |
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| UK | |
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| Legionnaires' probe at Pirbright A reported case of Legionnaires' disease linked to the Pirbright laboratory site in Surrey is being investigated. |
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| Two British soldiers die in Iraq Two British soldiers die in Iraq after a bomb explodes next to a patrol, bringing the number of deaths this week to four. | |
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| Britons injured by Arctic glacier Seventeen British holidaymakers are injured on a sightseeing ship in the Arctic after ice falls from a glacier. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Two arrested over Jessie killing Detectives investigating the death of Jessie James in Manchester arrest two men on suspicion of murder. |
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| Legionnaires' probe at Pirbright A reported case of Legionnaires' disease linked to the Pirbright laboratory site in Surrey is being investigated. | |
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| Helicopter crash dead are named The two men killed in an RAF helicopter crash in North Yorkshire are formally identified. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | £100,000 reward over missing son The mother of a Tyrone man who went missing six months ago offers a £100,000 reward in an attempt to find him. |
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| Airline probe into sinking plane An investigation is under way after a plane with 180 passengers sank into tarmac at City of Derry airport. | |
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| School is badly damaged in blaze A north Belfast school is badly damaged in a blaze which is thought to have begun in a rubbish bin. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Glasgow Airport plane quarantined A flight from the Dominican Republic with a number of sick passengers is quarantined at Glasgow Airport. |
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| Salmonella hits tourist hotspot Health officials close down a Chinese restaurant in West Dunbartonshire after a salmonella outbreak. | |
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| Councils 'plan more incinerators' Local authorities are planning to build more waste incinerators, BBC Scotland understands. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Looters strike at fire-hit homes Families returning to fire damaged homes are "sickened" to find jewellery and cash have been stolen. |
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| Car death detective's driving ban A detective who caused the death of a motorist when he lost control of a police car is banned from driving and fined. | |
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| I'm ready to play again - Henson Gavin Henson says that he is injury-free and keen to answer any emergency calls from Wales. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Two British soldiers die in Iraq Two British soldiers die in Iraq after a bomb explodes next to a patrol, bringing the number of deaths this week to four. |
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| Labour appoints election director Labour appoints a director of general election resources, fuelling speculation about a snap poll. | |
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| Tougher migrant rules 'illegal' Rules which could force skilled migrants such as doctors out of the UK must be scrapped, MPs and peers say. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Mortgage concerns hit US markets US share indexes tumble on fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may lead to a global credit crunch. |
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| ECB moves to help banking sector The European Central Bank pumps 95bn euros into the eurozone banking market to allay fears of a credit crunch. | |
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| Legal fight over red cross symbol Johnson & Johnson sues the American Red Cross, alleging it misused the red cross symbol for commercial purposes. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Pavarotti is admitted to hospital Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti is admitted to hospital in his hometown of Modena. |
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| £30,000 fine for No Deal phone-in The phone operator for Channel 4 quiz Deal or No Deal is fined £30,000 for misleading viewers. | |
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| Critics slam Grease reality stars The debuts of reality TV winners in the new West End production of Grease suffer poor reviews. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Endeavour heads for space station Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Cape Canaveral on an assembly mission to the International Space Station. |
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| Finds test human origins theory Two hominid fossils discovered in Kenya are challenging a long-held view of human evolution. | |
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| Spain burns fields to kill voles A plague of field voles in central Spain leads the authorities to resort to controlled burning of fields. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Mobile snaps reveal invisible art City monuments are adorned with digital artworks that can only be seen when viewed with a camera phone. |
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| Digital home technology given OK Regulator Ofcom gives the go ahead to UK industry to develop ultra-wideband wireless technology. | |
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| Furniture puts on chameleon show Interactive furniture that changes colour depending on who sits on it is put on show by Japanese researchers. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | GP out-of-hours complaints soar The number of serious complaints against GPs over out-of-hours care has soared in recent years, figures show. |
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| Modern life pushes up cancer rate Too much food, alcohol and sun has fuelled a massive rise in some forms of cancer, warn UK experts. | |
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| Anaesthetic switch 'may cut risk' Avoiding the use of nitrous oxide gas as an anaesthetic in major operations could cut the risk of major complications, experts say. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | A-levels 'will not be scrapped' The government denies it is planning to replace A-levels with a qualification combining vocational and academic elements. |
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| MPs warn over £45bn schools plan The government is urged to take time to get its plans to rebuild England's schools right by an MPs' committee. | |
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| Physics adventure at holiday camp Children are urged to go on a physics-based adventure at Butlins seaside holiday camps. | |
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| 1945: Atom bomb hits Nagasaki American forces drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki - the second such attack on Japan in the past three days. | |||
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| 1971: NI activates internment law New powers to enable authorities in Northern Ireland to indefinitely detain suspected terrorists without trial are introduced. | |||
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| 1974: Ford takes over as Nixon quits Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th US president following Richard Nixon's resignation. | |||
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