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| Saturday, 23 June, 2007, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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Mardell's Euroblog
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 | EU treaty good for UK, says Blair Tony Blair says a deal on a new EU treaty protects Britain's interests, but critics call it a major shift in power. |
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| Huge driving test scam uncovered Tens of thousands of people are paying fraudsters to sit their driving test for them, the BBC learns. | |
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| Man in stolen car rescue bid dies A charity worker thrown off the bonnet of his car when he tried to stop it being stolen dies. | |
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| Alert as ecstasy girl taken ill Clubbers in Hampshire are warned over a dangerous batch of ecstasy after a teenager falls ill. | |
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| Karzai angry over West's tactics President Hamid Karzai says Western troops' failure to co-ordinate with Afghans is causing civilian casualties. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Karzai angry over West's tactics President Hamid Karzai says Western troops' failure to co-ordinate with Afghans is causing civilian casualties. |
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| EU chiefs 'satisfied' with treaty EU leaders express measured approval for a new treaty, hammered out over two days of talks. | |
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| Unesco to decide heritage sites The UN's cultural body meets in New Zealand to decide which sites should be given World Heritage status. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Poisoned Ivorians reject payout Victims of a toxic waste spill in Ivory Coast reject a $200,000 compensation deal as cynical. |
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| Zambia talks on new constitution President Mwanawasa of Zambia meets the opposition leader amid tensions over a new draft constitution. | |
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| Somalia food aid trucks stranded The UN appeals to Kenya to allow urgent food aid over its border to Somalia as a curfew comes into force. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Iraq attacks kill seven US troops At least seven US soldiers are killed in roadside explosions and attacks in Iraq, officials say. |
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| Release date set for Paris Hilton Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton is to leave jail on Tuesday after almost three-and-a-half weeks behind bars. | |
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| CIA to reveal decades of misdeeds The CIA is to make public hundreds of documents about some of its worst abuses from the 1950s to 1970s. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea reactor 'shut in weeks' North Korea agrees to shut its Yongbyon nuclear reactor within three weeks, US envoy Christopher Hill says. |
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| Beijing loyalist joins HK cabinet Leading pro-Beijing figure Tsang Tak-sing is appointed to the Hong Kong government in a new cabinet. | |
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| Unesco to decide heritage sites The UN's cultural body meets in New Zealand to decide which sites should be given World Heritage status. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | EU chiefs 'satisfied' with treaty EU leaders express measured approval for a new treaty, hammered out over two days of talks. |
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| Chirac spurns scandal questioning Ex-French President Jacques Chirac refuses to be questioned on an alleged plot to discredit his successor. | |
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| Unesco to decide heritage sites The UN's cultural body meets in New Zealand to decide which sites should be given World Heritage status. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Troops die in Lebanon camp clash Lebanese soldiers die in fighting with Islamist rebels in a Palestinian refugee camp, despite a declared victory. |
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| Iraq attacks kill seven US troops At least seven US soldiers are killed in roadside explosions and attacks in Iraq, officials say. | |
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| Saudi religious police face trial Members of Saudi Arabia's feared religious police are to stand trial over the deaths in their custody of two men. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Karzai angry over West's tactics President Hamid Karzai says Western troops' failure to co-ordinate with Afghans is causing civilian casualties. |
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| Pakistan students free hostages Pakistani religious students free nine hostages, including foreign women, they accuse of prostitution. | |
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| Rain and floods kill 45 in India Heavy rain and floods kill at least 45 people in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. | |
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| UK | |
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| EU treaty good for UK, says Blair Tony Blair says a deal on a new EU treaty protects Britain's interests, but critics call it a major shift in power. |
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| Man in stolen car rescue bid dies A charity worker thrown off the bonnet of his car when he tried to stop it being stolen dies. | |
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| More Madeleine sightings reported Police in Malta are investigating two more possible sightings of missing Madeleine McCann. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Man in stolen car rescue bid dies A charity worker thrown off the bonnet of his car when he tried to stop it being stolen dies. |
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| Woman marries death row prisoner A former Nottinghamshire woman marries a prisoner on death row in the United States. | |
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| MacArthur wins round island race Dame Ellen MacArthur comes home ahead of more than 1,800 yachts in the Round the Island Race. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man, 34, accused of raping niece A 34-year-old man is remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates Court charged with raping his niece. |
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| Woman is 'killed by her own car' A woman dies after she is knocked down by her own car in an accident at Warrenpoint in County Down. | |
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| H-Block stadium swipe 'pointless' Culture Minister Edwin Poots dismisses DUP colleague Nigel Dodds's criticism of the planned Maze stadium. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Council tax bills 'rise by half' Scotland's council tax bills have risen by more than 50% in the last decade, according to a survey. |
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| Salmond addresses party faithful First Minister Alex Salmond addresses the SNP faithful for the first time since the party's historic election victory. | |
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| Rail problems after flash floods Rail disruption is continuing after heavy storms caused flash floods in parts of Glasgow. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Alarm front man sings on Snowdon Rocker Mike Peters holds a cancer charity gig for fellow walkers at the half-way point on Wales' highest mountain. |
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| Woman airlifted after sea rescue Lifeboats and an RAF helicopter take part in a rescue after a woman goes into the sea off mid Wales. | |
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| Murder charge over OAP's attack A man charged with murdering a 71-year-old who died a month after being assaulted is to appear in court. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| EU treaty good for UK, says Blair Tony Blair says a deal on a new EU treaty protects Britain's interests, but critics call it a major shift in power. |
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| Attorney general to leave office Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is to step down when Tony Blair quits as prime minister, he announces. | |
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| Blair talks with Pope in Vatican Tony Blair meets the Pope in the Vatican, prompting fresh speculation that he is planning to convert to Catholicism. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | London Stock Exchange buys Borsa The London Stock Exchange (LSE) confirms it is buying its Italian equivalent, Milan's Borsa Italiana, for more than 1.5bn euros. |
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| Tories probe private equity gains Huge private equity profits should not be subject to tax breaks, the shadow chancellor says. | |
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| BP sells Siberia stake to Gazprom Oil firm BP sells its stake in a Siberian gas field development to Russian state-controlled firm Gazprom. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Killers set for muddy Glastonbury The Killers prepare to top Glastonbury's second full day as festival-goers shrug off muddy conditions. |
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| Release date set for Paris Hilton Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton is to leave jail on Tuesday after almost three-and-a-half weeks behind bars. | |
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| Actor Freeman gets Mandela role Morgan Freedom is to play ex-South African president Nelson Mandela in upcoming film The Human Factor. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | California landing for Atlantis US space shuttle Atlantis touches down in California, after bad weather prevents a Florida landing. |
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| Climate fears for heritage sites Campaigners petition the UN to take urgent action to protect the world's iconic natural sites from climate change. | |
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| Icebergs are 'ecological hotspot' Drifting icebergs are "eco-hotspots" enabling surrounding waters to absorb more CO2, a study finds. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | E-vote 'threat' to UK democracy Unreliable electronic voting systems could undermine UK democracy warns a report |
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| Cyber attack on Pentagon e-mail The Pentagon shuts down e-mail accounts after a hacker manages to penetrate the system. | |
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| Banned video game is 'fine art' The US publishers of a video game banned in the UK and Ireland describe it as a "fine piece of art". | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | New women doctors 'outnumber men' Newly-qualified women doctors outnumber their male counterparts by almost three to two, a survey suggests. |
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| HIV infection theory challenged Scientists refute a longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body's capacity to fight infection. | |
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| 'Insulin pill' hope for diabetes People with diabetes may soon be able to take a pill to control their condition instead of repeated injections. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | How to make 'staying on' appeal? Mike Baker finds a Swiss role model for vocational schooling that could encourage 'staying on'. |
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| Primary schools are to specialise A pilot study assesses making primary schools in England specialists, the way most secondaries now are. | |
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| Low attainers 'poor white boys' White pupils, especially boys, from poor homes are most likely to persistently underachieve, a study says. | |
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| 1985: Air India jet crashes killing 329 A passenger jet disintegrates in mid-air off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. | |||
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| 1992: 'Teflon Don' jailed for life New York crime boss John Gotti is sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole. | |||
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| 1983: Pope meets banned union leader Walesa Pope John Paul II holds a private meeting with the founder of Solidarity, Lech Walesa, on a visit to Poland. | |||
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