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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Call for Iran protesters' release Iran's ex-President Rafsanjani challenges the country's leaders at Friday prayers, as police fire tear gas at protesters. |
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| New US home starts surge in June A spurt in the number of new houses under construction in June sparks optimism the US property market is improving. | |
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| Shuttle crew welcomed aboard ISS The US shuttle Endeavour docks at the space station, uniting the largest number of astronauts ever assembled in orbit. | |
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| Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels At least nine people die and dozens are hurt as bombs hit two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, police say. | |
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| Pope breaks right wrist in fall Pope Benedict XVI is treated for a broken wrist after falling while on holiday in northern Italy. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Extremists 'have French hostages' A second French hostage is handed to a Somali hard-line Islamist group, government sources tell the BBC. |
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| Nigeria 'ready for 10,000 rebels' Some 10,000 militants could benefit from an amnesty in Nigeria's oil-producing region, a military official says. | |
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| Mauritania gears up for elections Mauritanians go to the polls on Saturday in the county's first presidential elections since the 2008 military coup. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Obama warns against health delay US President Barack Obama calls on Congress not to delay the passage of healthcare reform. |
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| Zelaya 'to make fresh return bid' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya is to return home "in the coming hours". | |
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| New US home starts surge in June A spurt in the number of new houses under construction in June sparks optimism the US property market is improving. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels At least nine people die and dozens are hurt as bombs hit two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, police say. |
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| Rio 'very concerned' about staff Rio Tinto voices concern about its employees detained in Shanghai amid accusations of bribery and spying. | |
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| Turkmenistan to create desert sea Turkmenistan starts work on the latest phase of its massive project to create a vast artificial sea in the desert. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | US firm averts French explosion A US firm agrees to pay extra compensation to French workers who had threatened to explode gas canisters at their factory. |
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| Dozens jailed in Italy Mafia case An Italian judge jails 49 members of a Sicilian Mafia family - some for up to 20 years - for running protection rackets. | |
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| Polish anti-Marxist thinker dies Polish anti-totalitarian philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, who denounced Marxism and spent half his life in exile, dies aged 81. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Call for Iran protesters' release Iran's ex-President Rafsanjani challenges the country's leaders at Friday prayers, as police fire tear gas at protesters. |
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| Court bid to end Jerusalem riots An ultra-orthodox woman whose arrest sparked violent protests is to be freed to house arrest in a move that could end the unrest. | |
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| Plane fault 'caused Iran crash' The crash of an Iranian plane that killed 168 was probably caused by technical problems, an official says. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Clinton in India to bolster ties US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in India at the start of a five-day visit aimed at strengthening relations. |
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| Court in Pakistan acquits Sharif A Pakistani court acquits opposition head Nawaz Sharif of hijacking charges, lifting the final ban on him standing for office. | |
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| Nepal child soldiers being freed Nepal starts the process of freeing thousands of child soldiers from camps holding former Maoist rebel fighters. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Postal staff set to strike again Industrial action at the Royal Mail is set to escalate with further strikes next week, the BBC learns. |
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| Purnell 'lost faith months ago' Former Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell, who quit the cabinet last month, says he lost faith in Gordon Brown six months ago. | |
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| Jogger injured in buzzard attack A tourist suffers slash wounds to his head when he was attacked by a bird of prey while out jogging in Cornwall. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | School charity test or class war? Mike Baker looks at what private schools have to do to pass the Charity Commission's public benefit test. |
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| Many child deaths 'preventable' The deaths of more than 200 children in England every year could be avoided, research suggests. | |
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| College funding fiasco condemned MPs condemn the "catastrophic mismanagement" of a college building scheme in England which could cost hundreds of millions of pounds. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Father arrested over fire deaths A man is arrested on suspicion of the murder of three members of his family who were killed in a house fire in Manchester. |
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| Football manager shot and killed A football manager is killed by a masked gunman as he arrives for training at a south-east London playing field. | |
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| Jogger injured in buzzard attack A tourist suffers slash wounds to his head when he was attacked by a bird of prey while out jogging in Cornwall. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | New US home starts surge in June A spurt in the number of new houses under construction in June sparks optimism the US property market is improving. |
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| Cost cuts see Mattel profits jump Toymaker Mattel reports a big rise in quarterly profits, as cost cutting more than offsets a slump in sales. | |
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| General Electric earnings tumble General Electric's earnings fell 47% to $2.9bn in the second quarter from the same period last year as the slowdown hit. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Pepsi mystified by Jackson clip A Pepsi spokeswoman says they have no idea where "terrifying" footage of Michael Jackson's 1984 ad accident came from. |
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| Madonna stage accident kills two A second person dies following the collapse of a stage being constructed for a Madonna concert in France. | |
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| Potter makes $104m on first day The new Harry Potter film made more than $100m on its first day on worldwide release, according to distributor Warner Bros. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Shuttle crew welcomed aboard ISS The US shuttle Endeavour docks at the space station, uniting the largest number of astronauts ever assembled in orbit. |
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| San Diego menaced by jumbo squid Scuba divers off the Californian city of San Diego report unnerving encounters with large numbers of Humboldt squid. | |
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| India Moon probe 'malfunctions' India's first mission to the Moon suffers from a technical problem, space research officials in India say. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Wikipedia painting row escalates The battle over Wikipedia's use of images from a British art gallery intensifies into a war of words. |
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| Apple blocks rival smart phones An update to iTunes software prevents unsupported devices, such as the Palm Pre, from synchronising content. | |
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| Facebook 'breaches Canadian law' The popular social networking website Facebook is breaking Canada's privacy laws, a report in the country finds. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | HIV circumcision study ends early Circumcising men who already have HIV does not protect their female partners from the virus, a study in Uganda has found. |
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| Thalidomide lung cancer 'failure' Controversial drug thalidomide does not improve survival for patients with a form of lung cancer, a study finds. | |
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| Octuplets' hospital privacy fine The hospital where octuplets were born in January has been fined for a second time for failing to protect their medical privacy. | |
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| 1995: Serbs force Muslims out of Srebrenica Thousands of Muslim refugees flee the captured "safe area" of Srebrenica - forced out by the Bosnian Serbs. | |||
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| 1997: Versace murdered on his doorstep Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot dead on the steps of his Miami mansion. | |||
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| 1966: Euston staff 'colour bar' ended A West Indian refused a job at Euston Station will now be employed there after managers overturn a ban on black workers. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Woods misses cut as Watson shines Tiger Woods misses the cut in the Open for the first time in his career as Tom Watson continues to roll back the years at Turnberry. |
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| Superb England dominate Australia James Anderson takes four wickets as Australia slump to 156-8, some 269 runs behind England, after a riveting second day in the second Ashes Test at Lord's. | |
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| Barca & Inter agree striker swap A swap deal involving Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o moves a step closer after Barcelona and Inter Milan reach an agreement in principle. | |
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| Le Tour riders shot at and hurt Spaniard Oscar Freire and New Zealand's Julian Dean are both hit by pellets from an air gun during Friday's 13th stage of the Tour de France. | |
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| Hartson resumes cancer treatment Former footballer John Hartson resumes radiotherapy treatment for cancer and remains critically ill, say his doctors. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Everton snub Man City Lescott bid Everton reject a £15m offer from Man City for England defender Joleon Lescott. |
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| Barca & Inter agree striker swap A swap deal involving Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o moves a step closer after Barcelona and Inter Milan reach an agreement in principle. | |
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| Birmingham clinch Ferguson deal Birmingham sign former Scotland captain Barry Ferguson from Rangers on a three-year contract. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Superb England dominate Australia James Anderson takes four wickets as Australia slump to 156-8, some 269 runs behind England, after a riveting second day in the second Ashes Test at Lord's. |
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| Anderson praises England pressure James Anderson hails England's tactical play after Australia are put firmly onto the back foot on day two of the second Ashes Test at Lord's. | |
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| Tigers seize control in Grenada Travis Dowlin hits 95 for the West Indies but Bangladesh's spinners dominate day one of the second Test in Grenada. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Injured Roddick puts off return Andy Roddick pulls out of the Indianapolis Championships as he continues his recovery from a hip injury. |
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| Gasquet cleared to return to tour France's Richard Gasquet is cleared to return to competitive tennis after testing positive for cocaine. | |
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| Nadal set to return from injury Rafael Nadal expects to resume training on Monday before returning to action at the Montreal Masters in August. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Harris leads GB to world play-off Coventry Bees skipper Chris Harris leads Great Britain to third place in their World Cup qualifier to reach the play-off. |
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| Formula One news has moved >>>> Click the link above to reach BBC Sport's brand new Formula One website for 2009. | |
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| Scorpions boss dies after illness Scunthorpe Scorpions manager Kenny Smith dies after a long battle with cancer. | |
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