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| Tuesday, 07 July, 2009, 0:00 GMT 05:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Unrest spreads in western China Unrest in China's volatile western region of Xinjiang spreads to a second city, Kashgar, with police breaking up new protests. |
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| UN condemns North Korean missiles The UN Security Council condemns North Korea's recent missile tests as a threat to international security. | |
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| Jacksons 'plan private ceremony' Michael Jackson's family is to hold a "private function" at a Los Angeles cemetery on Tuesday, the BBC learns. | |
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| Bolivia raids 'huge cocaine lab' Drug enforcement officials in Bolivia raid what they describe as the biggest cocaine factory ever found in the country. | |
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| French anger as Iran holds woman France demands the release of a French academic who it says has been detained in Iran since 1 July, accused of spying. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Sirleaf 'surprised' at ban call Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is surprised by a commission's call for her to be barred from office, her spokesman says. |
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| Zulu party snubs ANC merger call A mainly Zulu opposition party rejects South African President Jacob Zuma's offer to join his African National Congress. | |
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| Mugabe calls US envoy 'an idiot' The Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe brands a US envoy an "idiotic little fellow" with a condescending attitude. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US and Russia agree nuclear cuts US President Barack Obama and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev reach a deal to cut back their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. |
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| Jacksons 'plan private ceremony' Michael Jackson's family is to hold a "private function" at a Los Angeles cemetery on Tuesday, the BBC learns. | |
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| Bolivia raids 'huge cocaine lab' Drug enforcement officials in Bolivia raid what they describe as the biggest cocaine factory ever found in the country. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Unrest spreads in western China Unrest in China's volatile western region of Xinjiang spreads to a second city, Kashgar, with police breaking up new protests. |
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| UN condemns North Korean missiles The UN Security Council condemns North Korea's recent missile tests as a threat to international security. | |
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| Indonesia relaxes voter registry An Indonesian court rules that unregistered voters may use identity cards to vote in Wednesday's presidential election. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| US and Russia agree nuclear cuts US President Barack Obama and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev reach a deal to cut back their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. |
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| Egypt mourns 'headscarf martyr' The body of Muslim woman, stabbed in a German courtroom by a man who had insulted her religion, is taken back to Egypt. | |
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| French anger as Iran holds woman France demands the release of a French academic who it says has been detained in Iran since 1 July, accused of spying. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran frees eighth embassy worker Iran releases the eighth of nine detained UK embassy staff, as its supreme leader tells the West not to meddle. |
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| Egypt mourns 'headscarf martyr' The body of Muslim woman, stabbed in a German courtroom by a man who had insulted her religion, is taken back to Egypt. | |
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| Israel to deport Gaza activists Israel says it will expel eight pro-Palestinian activists detained at sea while trying to bring relief aid to Gaza last week. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | US troops killed in Afghan blasts Six US soldiers with Nato-led forces are killed in two separate bomb explosions in Afghanistan, officials say. |
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| India outlines growth challenge India's government unveils its annual budget, saying the "first challenge" is to return to 9% annual growth "at the earliest". | |
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| Karachi girl 'dumped in manhole' Two policemen in the Pakistani city of Karachi are detained in connection with the alleged murder of a three-year-old girl, officials say. | |
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| UK NEWS | |
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 | Man dies as bug hits cruise ship A man dies and more than 150 people are taken ill on board a cruise liner berthed in Invergordon in Easter Ross. |
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| Brown braced for 10p tax revolt Prime Minister Gordon Brown is braced for a fresh backbench revolt over his move to scrap the 10p bottom rate of income tax. | |
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| Three more swine flu victims die Two nine-year-old girls and a man in his 40s die after catching swine flu, health officials confirm. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Primary languages missing target Almost one in five primary schools may not meet a government target to offer languages, a report says. |
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| Graduates 'face more competition' There are fewer jobs available and more graduates chasing them, a survey of graduate recruiters suggests. | |
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| 'All-through' schools to increase The number of "all-through" Academies to open in England will increase to 20 in September, with more in the pipeline. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Three more swine flu victims die Two nine-year-old girls and a man in his 40s die after catching swine flu, health officials confirm. |
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| Police end probe of 67 protesters Dozens of climate change campaigners arrested in a raid close to a Nottinghamshire power station will not face any charges. | |
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| Crane collapses on to apartments A crane moving a five-tonne weight collapses on to a four-storey block of flats in Liverpool city centre. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | GM bankruptcy plan gains approval A US judge approves bankruptcy plans for car giant GM, allowing it to transfer profitable assets to a new government-backed firm. |
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| India outlines growth challenge India's government unveils its annual budget, saying the "first challenge" is to return to 9% annual growth "at the earliest". | |
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| Trade 'key for economic recovery' Trade assistance is the key to helping developing nations emerge from the global downturn, says the WTO. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Jacksons 'plan private ceremony' Michael Jackson's family is to hold a "private function" at a Los Angeles cemetery on Tuesday, the BBC learns. |
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| Man scales plinth ahead of launch A man scales Antony Gormley's Fourth Plinth art project in London's Trafalgar Square, minutes before the event is due to begin. | |
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| Potter tribute to murdered actor The cast and crew from the new Harry Potter film are to remember the murdered actor Rob Knox at the film's world premiere in London. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | G8 leaders to set emissions goals Leaders of G8 nations are to set a target to cut greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050, the BBC understands. |
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| Spider builds life-sized decoys A species of spider builds a life-like model of its own body to distract predators, scientists have discovered. | |
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| Historic Bible pages put online About 800 pages of the earliest surviving Christian Bible have been pieced together and made available on the internet. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Phorm shares fall as BT opts out Shares in the online ad firm Phorm have fallen after BT said it had no immediate plans to use the service that tracks online behaviour. |
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| Digital champion targets the poor Martha Lane Fox, the UK's digital Champion, plans to focus efforts on the six million Britons "at the bottom of the pile". | |
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| Twitter to give bushfire alerts Australia is to use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to give people early warning of bushfires. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Call for tougher gene test rules The genetic testing industry should be more tightly regulated, says a report by a House of Lords committee. |
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| Laser 'cure' for blindness tested A ground-breaking laser treatment could prevent millions of older people from going blind, experts believe. | |
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| Pill for hair-pulling compulsion A simple supplement could treat people with a compulsive disorder that manifests in hair-tearing, experts believe. | |
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| 2005: Bomb attacks on London A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network kills more than 30 people and injures about 700 others. | |||
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| 2001: Two stabbed in Bradford race riots Two people are stabbed and many more injured in running battles between white and Asian gangs in Bradford. | |||
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| 1976: British grandmother missing in Uganda Ugandan authorities deny knowledge of the whereabouts of missing British-Israeli citizen Dora Bloch. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Ronaldo welcomed by 80,000 fans Cristiano Ronaldo is presented to a near-capacity crowd at the Bernabeu as he completes his record £80m move to Real Madrid. |
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| Injured Lee to miss Ashes opener Australia suffer a huge blow ahead of the start of the Ashes series against England after Brett Lee is ruled out of the first Test. | |
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| Superb Cavendish triumphs again Mark Cavendish wins the third stage of the 2009 Tour de France after a thrilling finale. | |
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| Boks charged over armband protest South Africa are charged with misconduct after the Springboks wore armbands in the final Test against the Lions supporting banned lock Bakkies Botha. | |
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| Bids meet Newcastle asking price Newcastle Utd managing director Derek Llambias claims that at least two offers of £100m have been received for the club. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Ronaldo welcomed by 80,000 fans Cristiano Ronaldo is presented to a near-capacity crowd at the Bernabeu as he completes his record £80m move to Real Madrid. |
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| Bids meet Newcastle asking price Newcastle Utd managing director Derek Llambias claims that at least two offers of £100m have been received for the club. | |
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| Terry going nowhere - Ancelotti New Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti says captain John Terry, who has been targeted by Manchester City, is not for sale. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Injured Lee to miss Ashes opener Australia suffer a huge blow ahead of the start of the Ashes series against England after Brett Lee is ruled out of the first Test. |
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| New Zealand to host Pakistan tour Pakistan will play three Tests in New Zealand in November and December before the teams head to the UAE for six limited-overs games. | |
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| Pakistan on course for Galle win Pakistan need 97 more runs to seal the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, with eight wickets intact. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Federer reflects on historic win Roger Federer says he is still trying to come to terms with his record 15th Grand Slam win at Wimbledon. |
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| Roddick out of US Davis Cup team Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick withdraws from the United States Davis Cup team for their quarter-final against Croatia, with a hip injury. | |
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| Knowles & Groenefeld win doubles Ninth seeds Mark Knowles and Anna-Lena Groenefeld shock top seeds Leander Paes and Cara Black in the mixed doubles final. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Pedrosa storms to US MotoGP glory Dani Pedrosa clinches victory in the US MotoGP after coming from fourth on the grid to hit the front from the start of the race. |
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| Lorenzo takes pole for US MotoGP Jorge Lorenzo takes pole position for the US MotoGP but the Spaniard also suffers a heavy fall, as does third-fastest rider Casey Stoner. | |
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| Matt Roberts' Laguna practice report Nicky Hayden's 4 July weekend celebrations get off to a stumbling start in California | |
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