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| Saturday, 12 July, 2008, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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 | Zimbabwe hails sanctions failure Zimbabwe welcomes the failure of a UN Security Council resolution to impose new sanctions on its leaders. |
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| Warning on estimated power bills Energy customers could be racking up debts of hundreds of pounds without realising it, according to Citizens Advice. | |
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| More time to quiz man over deaths Police are given more time to question a 23-year-old man in connection with the deaths of two French students in south-east London. | |
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| Sarkozy welcomes Assad in Paris France's President Sarkozy welcomes Syria's Bashar Assad to the Elysee Palace, and announces a visit to Damascus. | |
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| Victims in day of stabbings named Four men stabbed to death in separate knife attacks in London on Thursday are named by police. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Sarkozy welcomes Assad in Paris France's President Sarkozy welcomes Syria's Bashar Assad to the Elysee Palace, and announces a visit to Damascus. |
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| Zimbabwe hails sanctions failure Zimbabwe welcomes the failure of a UN Security Council resolution to impose new sanctions on its leaders. | |
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| Bush ex-spokesman Tony Snow dies Former White House press secretary Tony Snow, has died of cancer, US television station Fox News announces. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| Zimbabwe hails sanctions failure Zimbabwe welcomes the failure of a UN Security Council resolution to impose new sanctions on its leaders. |
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| Sudan angry at threat of charges Sudan's UN ambassador angrily condemns the possibility of war crimes charges over Darfur against President Bashir. | |
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| Africa fund kicks off in Munich Some of the biggest names in football join forces for a new campaign to raise millions of dollars ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Bush ex-spokesman Tony Snow dies Former White House press secretary Tony Snow, has died of cancer, US television station Fox News announces. |
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| Brazil's judges in corruption row A major row breaks out among Brazil's judges over a probe that sees a businessman arrested and freed twice in two days. | |
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| Key US mortgage lender goes bust One of the largest mortgage lenders in the US, the California-based IndyMac Bank, collapses amid a growing credit crisis. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea agrees to nuclear checks Negotiators from six-nation talks in China have agreed steps to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament. |
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| Pyongyang criticised over killing Seoul complains that North Korea is failing to co-operate with a proble into the shooting of a South Korean tourist. | |
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| Pope to apologise for sex scandal The Pope says he will apologise for church sex abuse scandals, as he heads to Sydney for World Youth Day. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Sarkozy welcomes Assad in Paris France's President Sarkozy welcomes Syria's Bashar Assad to the Elysee Palace, and announces a visit to Damascus. |
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| Donors pledge funds for Kosovo International donors raise a total of 1.2bn euros towards rebuilding Kosovo during an international conference in Brussels. | |
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| Russian ice camp in rapid shrink Twenty Russian scientists are to be taken off their ice camp in the Arctic because the melt has set in sooner than expected. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Sarkozy welcomes Assad in Paris France's President Sarkozy welcomes Syria's Bashar Assad to the Elysee Palace, and announces a visit to Damascus. |
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| Iran 'to target Israel, US bases' Iran will target Israel and 32 US bases in the Gulf if the country is attacked, says an aide to Iran's supreme leader. | |
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| Olmert corruption probe widened An investigation into allegations of corruption against the Israeli PM is being widened to look at whether he committed fraud. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Militants kill Pakistani soldiers At least seven soldiers are killed by militants in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
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| Rebels blamed for Afghan attack Nato says militants launched an attack on the border with Pakistan which wounded Afghan and Pakistani troops. | |
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| India confidence vote date is set The leaders of India's governing coalition say they will seek a vote of confidence on 22 July which they expect to win. | |
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| UK | |
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 | PM criticises UN Zimbabwe failure Gordon Brown criticises the UN Security Council for failing to impose new sanctions on Zimbabwe. |
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| Warning on estimated power bills Energy customers could be racking up debts of hundreds of pounds without realising it, according to Citizens Advice. | |
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| More time to quiz man over deaths Police are given more time to question a 23-year-old man in connection with the deaths of two French students in south-east London. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Victims in day of stabbings named Four men stabbed to death in separate knife attacks in London on Thursday are named by police. |
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| More time to quiz man over deaths Police are given more time to question a 23-year-old man in connection with the deaths of two French students in south-east London. | |
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| Golf course damaged by weedkiller A golf course in Haywards Heath is left with scorched fairways after the grass is watered with weedkiller. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Orange Order on parade across NI Thousands of Orangemen and supporters attend the annual Twelfth of July parades in Northern Ireland. |
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| Man remanded over Belfast murder A 28-year-old man charged with the murder of a man in south Belfast is remanded in custody. | |
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| Men charged after police injured Two men are charged after police officers are injured during eleventh-night disturbances in Belfast and Portadown. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Experts clearing landslide road Specialist tree removal contractors begin work to clear a key Scottish road closed by a landslide. |
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| Election hopefuls hit the streets Candidates take part in a weekend of intensive campaigning in the race to win the Glasgow East by-election. | |
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| Weather holds as T fans rock out More than 80,000 fans enjoy the party atmosphere at the first full day of Scotland's biggest music festival. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Flood danger 'for half a million' Some 500,000 people in Wales should prepare for the risk that their homes face the threat of floods, says an expert. |
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| Arrests at Cardiff-Merthyr game Several arrests are made after disturbances as Cardiff City travel to Merthyr Tydfil for a pre-season game. | |
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| Inquiry follows ferry fall death Police say initial inquiries suggest nothing suspicious in the death of a man who fell from a cross-channel ferry. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| PM criticises UN Zimbabwe failure Gordon Brown criticises the UN Security Council for failing to impose new sanctions on Zimbabwe. |
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| Brown pledge to tackle stabbings Measures to tackle knife crime will be revealed next week after stabbings in London and the Midlands, says Gordon Brown. | |
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| Election hopefuls hit the streets Candidates take part in a weekend of intensive campaigning in the race to win the Glasgow East by-election. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | US mortgage firms' shares slump Shares in US mortgage firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fall as much as 50% in volatile trade amid concerns for their future. |
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| FTSE 100 ends day in bear market London's index of key shares, the FTSE 100, ends in "bear market" territory after another tough day for stocks in Europe and the US. | |
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| Warning on estimated power bills Energy customers could be racking up debts of hundreds of pounds without realising it, according to Citizens Advice. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Thompson rejects calls to cut BBC BBC director general Mark Thompson rebuffs suggestions that the corporation should reduce its output. |
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| Winehouse warned on lung disease Singer Amy Winehouse's father says the star could suffer a "slow and painful" death from lung disease emphysema. | |
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| Two found dead at rock festival Police in Norway say two people have been found dead at a heavy metal festival headlined by Alice Cooper. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Apples beat pears on crunch issue Just why pears are prone to rot faster than apples can now be explained by science. |
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| Russian ice camp in rapid shrink Twenty Russian scientists are to be taken off their ice camp in the Arctic because the melt has set in sooner than expected. | |
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| 'Serious concern' over seabirds The poor breeding of Scotland's seabirds is causing "serious concern", according to RSPB Scotland. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Firms 'miss' social site success Businesses are not making the most of social networking sites, say researchers. |
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| Software glitch hits iPhone fans UK Apple fans struggle to get their hands on the updated model of the popular smartphone. | |
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| Card fault hits London transport The Oyster system used on London's transport network is hit by a fault, rendering the cards inoperable on Saturday morning. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Virus helps show cancer spread Scientists have used a common cold virus to "light up" prostate cancer tumours in different parts of the body. |
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| Adults misjudge weight problems Britons are getting worse at judging when they are overweight, a study suggests. | |
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| Pioneering US heart surgeon dies Dr Michael DeBakey, the heart surgeon who gained fame for his procedures developing bypass surgery, dies aged 99. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Adults give young 'bad example' Adults too often set a bad example for young people, says a head teacher who is to report on tackling bad behaviour. |
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| Private school fees 'rise by 43%' The cost of sending a child to private school in England has risen by 43% since 2003, according to a survey. | |
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| Exams chief faces Sats grilling MPs have called in the head of England's exams watchdog to explain the Sats marking "shambles". | |
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| 1986: Orange Parade sparks riots Dozens are injured in the second consecutive night of violence in Portadown, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. | |||
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| 1990: Yeltsin resignation splits Soviet Communists Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Soviet Communist Party, bringing the radical-conservative split into the open. | |||
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| 1998: Children die in Drumcree protests Three young brothers are murdered in a loyalist arson attack as the stand-off between Orangemen and police at Drumcree continues. | |||
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