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| Saturday, 13 September, 2008, 18:00 GMT 03:00 +09:00:Asia/Seoul |
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 | Vice chair sacked in Labour row An MP is sacked as Labour vice chair for joining leadership contest calls, as the PM faces pressure from within party ranks. |
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| Delhi shopping areas hit by bombs Five bombs rip through shopping districts in India's capital, Delhi, killing at least 18 people and wounding 80, police say. | |
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| Stranded Britons returning to UK Holidaymakers stranded abroad following the collapse of the tour operator XL are starting to arrive back at UK airports. | |
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| Alitalia 'running out of fuel' Italy's Alitalia airline may have to cancel some flights because of a lack of funds to buy fuel, an official says. | |
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| 'Catastrophic' storm hits Texas Hurricane Ike makes landfall in Texas, causing flooding, damaging buildings and cutting power to millions of people. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Delhi shopping areas hit by bombs Five bombs rip through shopping districts in India's capital, Delhi, killing at least 18 people and wounding 80, police say. |
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| 'Catastrophic' storm hits Texas Hurricane Ike makes landfall in Texas, causing flooding, damaging buildings and cutting power to millions of people. | |
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| Alitalia 'running out of fuel' Italy's Alitalia airline may have to cancel some flights because of a lack of funds to buy fuel, an official says. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Mbeki faces pressure to resign South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki comes under renewed pressure to resign after judge clears his rival Jacob Zuma. |
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| Sudanese army 'bombing N Darfur' Darfur rebels claim government forces have launched more ground and air attacks on villages in North Darfur. | |
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| Details of Zimbabwe deal emerge President Robert Mugabe will retain control of Zimbabwe's army and cabinet in a power-sharing deal, sources say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | 'Catastrophic' storm hits Texas Hurricane Ike makes landfall in Texas, causing flooding, damaging buildings and cutting power to millions of people. |
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| Expulsions stoke US-LatAm dispute A series of tit-for-tat expulsions and sanctions leaves the US without ambassadors in Bolivia, Venezuela and Honduras. | |
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| Los Angeles train crash kills 18 At least 18 people die and many are hurt as a passenger train and freight train collide in Los Angeles, officials say. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Chinese baby milk scare 'severe' More than 430 Chinese babies are ill with kidney stones as a result of contaminated milk powder, officials say. |
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| New dissent arrests in Malaysia Malaysian police arrest an opposition MP and a journalist, one day after a high-profile blogger is held. | |
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| Samak out of Thai leadership race Thailand's ruling party abandons its attempt to get Samak Sundaravej reappointed as prime minister, after MPs object. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Russians pull out of Georgia port Russian troops are seen leaving the Georgian port of Poti, days after striking a deal with the EU to pull out of the country. |
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| Alitalia 'running out of fuel' Italy's Alitalia airline may have to cancel some flights because of a lack of funds to buy fuel, an official says. | |
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| Pope celebrates huge Paris Mass Some 250,000 French Catholics hear Pope Benedict celebrate an open-air Mass in the French capital, Paris. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraq bombs target security forces At least 10 people are killed in two bomb attacks targeting security forces in Iraq, officials say. |
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| Israel river body is missing Rose A body found in a suitcase in a Tel Aviv river is that of missing four-year-old Rose Pizem, police confirm. | |
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| Saudi judge condemns 'immoral TV' Saudi Arabia's most senior judge says it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV channels that show 'immoral' programmes. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Delhi shopping areas hit by bombs Five bombs rip through shopping districts in India's capital, Delhi, killing at least 18 people and wounding 80, police say. |
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| Afghan provincial governor killed The governor of the Afghan province of Logar is killed in bomb attack near Kabul, officials say. | |
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| 'Another US strike' hits Pakistan Five civilians and seven militants are killed in Pakistan in a suspected US missile attack, local officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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| Vice chair sacked in Labour row An MP is sacked as Labour vice chair for joining leadership contest calls, as the PM faces pressure from within party ranks. |
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| Stranded Britons returning to UK Holidaymakers stranded abroad following the collapse of the tour operator XL are starting to arrive back at UK airports. | |
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| Gray becomes Scots Labour leader Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, has been elected as the new Scottish Labour leader, the party announces. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Cocaine worth £5m seized on yacht Three men are being questioned after cocaine with a street value of £5m is seized from a yacht off Cornwall. |
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| Teenager dies after bar stabbing A youth in his late teens is stabbed to death outside a bar in south London in the early hours. | |
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| Magpies fans protest over Ashley Thousands of Newcastle fans continue their protest against owner Mike Ashley after the Magpies' 2-1 defeat to Hull City. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man killed after daughter's 18th A man is stabbed to death as he returned home from celebrating his daughter's 18th birthday in Dungannon, County Tyrone. |
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| Army bomb experts defuse device A bomb which was left outside a house in the Silverstream Road area of north Belfast is defused by the Army. | |
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| Man shot dead in crowded bookies A 24-year-old man is shot dead in a betting shop in north Dublin, in the 13th so-called gangland killing this year. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Gray becomes Scots Labour leader Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, has been elected as the new Scottish Labour leader, the party announces. |
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| Scottish Green leader stands down Veteran MSP Robin Harper is standing down from the leadership of the Scottish Green Party. | |
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| Body discovered in submerged car Police divers recover a man's body from a car which crashed into the sea at Fraserburgh harbour. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Police hunt for SA armed killers Officers in South Africa continue their search for three men after a British tourist is shot dead during an armed robbery. |
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| Plaid president's youth warning Dafydd Iwan warns Plaid Cymru it must attract more young members by embracing new technology. | |
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| Rally driver out after car theft A rally driver pulls out of the British championship after his £75,000 car was stolen in Northern Ireland. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Vice chair sacked in Labour row An MP is sacked as Labour vice chair for joining leadership contest calls, as the PM faces pressure from within party ranks. |
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| Gray becomes Scots Labour leader Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, has been elected as the new Scottish Labour leader, the party announces. | |
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| Labour in death throes says Clegg Britain is "watching the death throes of the Labour Party", Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | HSBC chief backs bank pay reform Bankers' pay needs to be reformed so deals that turn bad are no longer handsomely rewarded, says the boss of HSBC. |
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| Stranded Britons returning to UK Holidaymakers stranded abroad following the collapse of the tour operator XL are starting to arrive back at UK airports. | |
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| Lehman scrambles to find a buyer Executives at Lehman Brothers are racing to meet a Sunday deadline to find a buyer for the troubled bank, the BBC learns. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Edmonds begins TV licence boycott Presenter Noel Edmonds stops paying his TV licence, saying the BBC is overly "threatening" to those who evade the fee. |
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| Proms to conclude with Last Night The Proms will end with the traditional Royal Albert Hall concert plus events in London, Belfast, Glasgow and Swansea. | |
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| Surgery on Jade Goody 'went well' An eight-hour operation in which TV star Jade Goody had a hysterectomy "went well", her publicist Max Clifford says. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Greenland seeks whaling breakaway Greenland is trying to withdraw its whale hunt from International Whaling Commission jurisdiction, the BBC learns. |
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| US space woes felt by Europe US concerns about how it will service the space station after shuttle retirement are a major headache for Europe, too. | |
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| Taxi drivers 'have brain sat-nav' Scientists find evidence for an inbuilt "sat-nav" system in the brains of London taxi drivers. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | No aid for next-gen network firms The UK government should not bankroll companies who will be offering next-generation broadband, says a report. |
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| Yahoo defends Google advert deal The controversial ad deal between Yahoo and Google will go ahead antitrust challenge or not, says Yahoo. | |
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| Parents 'want texts from schools' Parents want more information from schools by e-mail and text, a survey suggests. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Broccoli 'may help protect lungs' A substance found in broccoli may limit the damage which leads to serious lung disease, US research suggests. |
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| NHS bill from lawyers 'soaring' Fees being charged by solicitors acting for patients in NHS compensation claims are soaring, the BBC has learned. | |
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| Men 'unhappy' with their bodies Experts claim one in five young men are deeply unhappy with their bodies. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | UK slipping down graduate league Mike Baker considers how the UK is losing the international race to increase its pool of graduates. |
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| Parents 'should know the teacher' Children perform better in schools if their parents know their teacher, Schools Secretary Ed Balls says. | |
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| Board option for children at risk The government is expanding state boarding schools, with the aim of allowing more children in care to take up places. | |
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| 1993: Rabin and Arafat shake on peace deal The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, shake hands on the White House lawn in Washington. | |||
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| 1982: Dingo baby trial opens in Australia A mother who claims her nine-week-old daughter was killed by a dingo appears in court in Australia charged with her murder. | |||
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| 1988: Cubans blame shooting on 'CIA plot' A Cuban diplomat opened fire in a crowded London street because of an American plot to make him defect, his government says. | |||
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