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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Afghan poll media blackout urged Afghanistan's government calls on media not to cover any violence on election day in case such reports scare away voters. |
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| US Colombia deal 'not a threat' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeks to calm fears over a planned deal with Colombia over access to its military bases. | |
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| Sony cuts price of PS3 consoles Electronics giant Sony announces it is cutting the price of its PlayStation 3 games console and introducing a slimmer model. | |
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| Honduras expels Argentine envoys The interim government of Honduras orders Argentine diplomats out, amid differences over the ongoing political crisis. | |
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| US journalist Robert Novak dies Veteran US columnist Robert Novak, a key figure in the 2003 Valerie Plame affair, dies aged 78, after a battle with cancer. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Apartheid policeman loses job bid An apartheid-era South African policeman, granted amnesty for murder, loses his case to rejoin the police. |
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| Eritrea to pay Ethiopia millions An international tribunal in The Hague rules that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars for war damages. | |
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| Nigeria nearing 'a failed state' The head of Nigeria's leading lawyers' association says the country is "gliding toward being a failed state". | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US Colombia deal 'not a threat' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeks to calm fears over a planned deal with Colombia over access to its military bases. |
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| Honduras expels Argentine envoys The interim government of Honduras orders Argentine diplomats out, amid differences over the ongoing political crisis. | |
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| US journalist Robert Novak dies Veteran US columnist Robert Novak, a key figure in the 2003 Valerie Plame affair, dies aged 78, after a battle with cancer. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Former S Korea President Kim dies Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who pioneered the 'Sunshine Policy' of engagement with North Korea, has died. |
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| China reduces holdings in US debt China - which holds more US government debt than any other country - cut its holdings heavily in June. | |
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| Japan election campaign begins Election campaigning begins for a vote in which the opposition is poised to win power for only the second time in half a century. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Russia detains ship 'hijackers' The Russian navy arrests a group of eight people it says hijacked the Arctic Sea, the missing ship found off West Africa. |
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| 'Real IRA' arms trial adjourned The trial in Lithuania of a man charged with trying to buy arms and explosives for the Real IRA is adjourned until October. | |
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| Many feared dead in Russia blast As many as 76 people are now feared dead after an explosion at a huge Siberian hydro-electric power station, officials say. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | New Israeli settlements 'on hold' An Israeli minister says no new housing tenders are being issued for the West Bank, in the hope of relieving pressure from the US. |
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| Mubarak holds White House talks Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak holds talks at the White House during his first US visit for more than five years. | |
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| Militant escapes Lebanon prison An Islamist militant escapes from a Lebanon prison after members of his group form a human ladder and help him scale a wall. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Deadly pre-poll attack hits Kabul A suicide bomber kills 10 people in an attack on Western troops in the Afghan capital, two days before a presidential election. |
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| Taliban 'confirms Mehsud's death' The chief spokesman for the Taliban in Pakistan, arrested on Monday, has confirmed the group's leader is dead, Pakistani officials say. | |
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| India's BJP disowns Jinnah book India's Hindu nationalist BJP "disassociates" itself from a new book, written by a party leader, on Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Council in defects case to appeal A council found negligent in its clean-up of former steel works which may have led to birth defects challenges the decision. |
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| Lennox hits out at HIV 'pandemic' Governments have not responded effectively to the "huge pandemic" of HIV/Aids, according to pop star Annie Lennox. | |
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| £500m cost of running Parliament The cost of running the Houses of Parliament reached almost half a billion pounds in 2008-9, new figures show. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | New students 'face £23,000 debt' Students starting university courses this autumn can expect to graduate owing more than £23,000, a survey suggests. |
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| Youth drop-out rate hits new high Chancellor Alistair Darling vows to avoid creating a "lost generation" as figures show record numbers in England not in work or training. | |
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| Graduates 'reap social benefit' One in five graduates in the UK have settled down with someone they met at university, a survey suggests. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Council in defects case to appeal A council found negligent in its clean-up of former steel works which may have led to birth defects challenges the decision. |
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| Inmate jailed for smuggling ring A 62-year-old convicted drug dealer who ran an international cocaine ring from his prison cell is jailed for 18 years. | |
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| Fat Duck wins award despite scare Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant in Berkshire tops the Good Food Guide 2010, despite a health scare earlier this year. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Turnaround 'will not be simple' The world has begun to recover from recession but the process of economic turnaround will not be simple, the IMF warns. |
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| US tax probe on 150 UBS customers More than 150 US customers of the Swiss bank UBS are being "criminally investigated" on suspicion of tax avoidance, court documents say. | |
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| Surprise dip in US home building Construction of new US homes posted a surprise fall in July, ending three straight months of rises, figures show. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Radio show back after rape furore An Australian radio show returns three weeks after a lie detector stunt which saw a 14-year-old girl say she had been raped. |
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| Jackson to be buried on birthday Michael Jackson's remains will be buried in Los Angeles on what would have been his 51st birthday, his family confirms. | |
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| Special Bafta honour for Pythons The team behind Monty Python's Flying Circus will receive a special Bafta in New York in October to honour their outstanding contribution to film and TV. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Methane seeps from Arctic sea bed Scientists say they have evidence that the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the sea bed off Norway as the ice it is trapped in melts. |
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| Monkeys booze because of genes A study has shown that having a particular gene variant causes some macaque monkeys to drink more alcohol in experiments. | |
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| 'Life chemical' detected in comet Scientists identify the amino acid glycine, a fundamental chemical building block of life, in a comet for the first time. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Sony cuts price of PS3 consoles Electronics giant Sony announces it is cutting the price of its PlayStation 3 games console and introducing a slimmer model. |
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| Mobile data show friend networks Data from mobile phones reveals not only friendship networks but can give indications of users' happiness, researchers say. | |
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| US man 'stole 130m card numbers' US prosecutors charge a man with carrying out what they say is the largest case of identity theft in American history. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Parents 'ignoring eye sun danger' Three in four parents are failing to protect their child's eyesight by buying suitable sunglasses, experts warn. |
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| 'Magnetic' stem cells for hearts Heart attacks and other vascular injuries could one day be treated using injections of magnetised stem cells, experts say. | |
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| Child leukaemia 'genes' revealed Genetic flaws that increase the risk of the most common form of childhood leukaemia have been uncovered by British scientists. | |
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| 1992: Serbian prison camps condemned Conditions in two Serbian detention camps are condemned as "hell on earth" by the man leading a delegation to inspect them. | |||
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| 1964: South Africa banned from Olympics South Africa are barred from taking part in the 18th Olympic Games in Tokyo over its refusal to condemn apartheid. | |||
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| 1989: Man U sold in record takeover deal Manchester United Football Club is sold for £20m in the biggest takeover deal in the history of British football. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Bolt storms through to 200m semis Jamaica's Usain Bolt remains on course for a World Championships sprint double after easing into the 200m semi-finals in Berlin. |
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| Celtic 0-2 Arsenal A deflected William Gallas effort and a Gary Caldwell own goal put Arsenal in control of the Champions League play-off with Celtic. | |
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| Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea Chelsea come from behind to win for the second time in four days as new manager Carlo Ancelotti maintained his unbeaten start to life with the Blues. | |
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| Wigan 0-1 Wolves Wolves produce a battling performance to clinch their first win of the season thanks to Andy Keogh's early header. | |
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| Venus sent crashing by qualifier Venus Williams crashes out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto after a shock 1-6 7-5 6-4 loss to qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Celtic 0-2 Arsenal A deflected William Gallas effort and a Gary Caldwell own goal put Arsenal in control of the Champions League play-off with Celtic. |
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| Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea Chelsea come from behind to win for the second time in four days as new manager Carlo Ancelotti maintained his unbeaten start to life with the Blues. | |
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| Wigan 0-1 Wolves Wolves produce a battling performance to clinch their first win of the season thanks to Andy Keogh's early header. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Tigers seal series win in style Opener Mushfiqur Rahim scores a career-best 98 as Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by five wickets to seal a 4-1 victory in the one-day series. |
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| Flintoff focused on Ashes decider Andrew Flintoff says he is more concerned with winning the Ashes than the end of his Test career. | |
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| Nielsen talks up Lee Test chances Australia coach Tim Nielsen says Brett Lee could play in the fifth Ashes Test after an impressive display against England Lions. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Venus sent crashing by qualifier Venus Williams crashes out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto after a shock 1-6 7-5 6-4 loss to qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round. |
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| Hewitt rallies to beat Soderling Australia's Lleyton Hewitt saves two match points before beating Robin Soderling 3-6 7-6 6-4 in round one of the Cincinnati Masters. | |
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| Murray targets number one ranking World number two Andy Murray says he is "not that far" from taking the number one ranking. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Lorenzo crash hands Rossi victory Valentino Rossi wins the Czech MotoGP at Brno after Jorge Lorenzo crashes out when leading. |
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| Formula 1 news has moved >>>> Click the link above to reach BBC Sport's brand new Formula 1 website for 2009. | |
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| Massa targets home-track return Felipe Massa says he hopes to return to F1 racing at the Brazilian Grand Prix in October as he recovers from his crash in Hungary. | |
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