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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Blast kills top Afghan official A suicide bomb attack east of Kabul kills Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence and at least 22 other people, officials say. |
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| Pfizer agrees record fraud fine Drugmaker Pfizer agrees to pay $2.3bn in the US Department of Justice's largest healthcare fraud settlement. | |
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| We're all mutants, say scientists We all have at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology. | |
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| Madoff fraud probes 'a failure' The US financial watchdog mishandled probes into convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff's business, an investigation finds. | |
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| Epic Sicilian film opens Venice Italian movie Baaria opens the 66th Venice Film Festival, with Taiwan's Ang Lee heading the competition panel. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigerian 'trained in Afghanistan' A member of the Nigerian sect behind July's Islamist uprising confesses to training in Afghanistan, police say. |
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| Many homeless in Burkina deluge Severe flooding in Burkina Faso leaves the government struggling to cope with 150,000 homeless people. | |
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| EU plans to admit more refugees The European Commission wants to allow more refugees fleeing war and poverty into the EU - partly to curb illegal immigration. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Madoff fraud probes 'a failure' The US financial watchdog mishandled probes into convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff's business, an investigation finds. |
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| Obama to give major health speech President Obama is to give a key address on healthcare reform to a joint session of Congress on 9 September, US media report. | |
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| Chile 'Dirty War' suspects held Chilean police arrest some 25 former officials for allegedly helping to purge critics of former ruler General Augusto Pinochet. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Deadly earthquake hits Indonesia A powerful earthquake has struck off the Indonesian island of Java, killing at least 35 people and injuring scores more. |
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| Reporters describe N Korea ordeal Two US journalists jailed for illegally entering North Korea speak out about what happened, saying they were arrested on Chinese soil. | |
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| Wife of Taiwan's ex-leader jailed The wife of Taiwan's former president, Chen Shui-bian, has been sentenced to a year in jail for perjury. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Greece's PM calls snap election Greece's Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis calls a snap general election in a TV address, to "seek a fresh political mandate". |
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| EU plans to admit more refugees The European Commission wants to allow more refugees fleeing war and poverty into the EU - partly to curb illegal immigration. | |
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| Epic Sicilian film opens Venice Italian movie Baaria opens the 66th Venice Film Festival, with Taiwan's Ang Lee heading the competition panel. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iraq bank raiders to be hanged Four security force members are given death sentences for a bank robbery in Baghdad in which eight guards were killed. |
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| Ancient wall found in Jerusalem A 3,700-year-old wall has been discovered in east Jerusalem, Israeli archaeologists say. | |
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| Rebel video 'shows Yemeni POWs' Video of captured Yemeni troops appears to contradict government assertions its forces inflicted heavy losses on rebels. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Blast kills top Afghan official A suicide bomb attack east of Kabul kills Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence and at least 22 other people, officials say. |
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| Pakistani religion minister shot Pakistan's minister for religious affairs is wounded and his driver killed in an attack in Islamabad. | |
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| India leader's helicopter missing Fears grow for the chief minister of India's Andhra Pradesh state after his helicopter goes missing. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Iraq body feared to be UK hostage A body believed to be that of a British hostage seized in Baghdad in 2007 has been passed to Iraqi authorities. |
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| No bomber release cover-up - PM Prime Minister Gordon Brown says there was "no conspiracy, no cover-up" over the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber. | |
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| Boys 'wanted to blow up school' Two teenage boys planned to blow up their school on the 10th anniversary of the Columbine tragedy, a court hears. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Teachers' workloads 'not reduced' Reforms aimed at easing teachers' burdens have been undermined by new initiatives, research says. |
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| Brown expands youth jobs scheme The government is pledging a further 85,000 'opportunities' to help get young people into work, in industries such as in retail, tourism and hospitality. | |
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| UK teenage girls 'worst drunks' An international report finds young teenagers in the UK, particularly girls, have high rates of drunkenness. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Cameras capture lorry death pair Footage of murdered nine-year-old Stacey Lawrence and her suspected killer at a service station near Peterborough is released. |
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| Boys 'wanted to blow up school' Two teenage boys planned to blow up their school on the 10th anniversary of the Columbine tragedy, a court hears. | |
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| TV presenter jailed for two years A former BBC TV presenter who hit a teenager with a wooden pole outside a Birmingham bar is jailed for two years. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Madoff fraud probes 'a failure' The US financial watchdog mishandled probes into convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff's business, an investigation finds. |
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| Downturn in US economy 'ending' US Federal Reserve policymakers sound increasingly confident the downturn in the US economy is ending. | |
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| BP in 'giant' new oil discovery Oil giant BP says it has made a "giant" new oil discovery in its fields in the Gulf of Mexico, sending its shares higher. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Epic Sicilian film opens Venice Italian movie Baaria opens the 66th Venice Film Festival, with Taiwan's Ang Lee heading the competition panel. |
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| Jackson death certificate amended Michael Jackson's death certificate is amended to reflect his cause of death as homicide. | |
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| Singer Rimes to divorce husband Country singer LeAnn Rimes announces on her website that she is divorcing her husband of seven years. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Climate targets 'will kill coral' Targets being debated in UN climate talks are not enough to save reefs, which are worth over $100bn annually, says a report. |
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| We're all mutants, say scientists We all have at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology. | |
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| Pigeons' wings sound the alarm Startled pigeons produce a whistling alarm call with their wings as they take off, causing other birds to flee, a study reveals. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Jail threat for donkey bloggers Two Azerbaijani bloggers face up to five years' jail after posting a video of a donkey giving a news conference. |
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| Online politics reserved for rich Online civic engagement remains in the hands of richer, better educated Americans, a US study finds. | |
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| Engineer error knocks out Gmail Google issues an apology after an engineering miscalculation causes a "widespread" outage of its Gmail service. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Boy conceived using new test born The first baby conceived with the help of a new egg screening technique is born. |
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| 'Bubble' children treatment hope The lives of children seriously ill because of genetic flaws in their immune systems may be saved with a safer form of bone marrow transplant, doctors say. | |
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| Depression looms as global crisis The WHO predicts that in the next 20 years depression will become the most common cause of ill health worldwide, overtaking heart disease. | |
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| 1945: Japan signs unconditional surrender Japanese officials sign the act of unconditional surrender, finally bringing to an end six years of world war. | |||
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| 1979: Ripper suspected of 12th murder Police discover the body of a young woman - thought to be the 12th victim of the "Yorkshire Ripper" - in an alleyway near the centre of Bradford. | |||
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| 1984: Seven killed in Sydney biker shootings A 14-year-old girl and six bikers are killed in a gun battle between rival gangs in a suburb of Sydney, Australia. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Live text - US Open Roger Federer is in action at the US Open after wins for Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams but defeat for Marat Safin in his final Grand Slam. |
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| Nadal powers to opening victory World number three Rafael Nadal is in fine form on his return to Grand Slam action as he sweeps past Richard Gasquet to reach the US Open second round. | |
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| IOC report leaves 2016 wide open No clear favourite emerges in the race to host the 2016 Olympics after an official report says all four bids are of an "extremely high level". | |
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| Kiwis hit back to deny Sri Lanka New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by three runs in the first Twenty20 international in Colombo. | |
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| Safin bows out of final US Open Former world number one Marat Safin brings the curtain down on his Grand Slam career with a first-round defeat by Jurgen Melzer at the US Open. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Pompey 'just avoided going under' Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie admits the club came close to going into administration "a couple of times" before its recent takeover. |
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| Ranieri appointed new Roma coach Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri becomes Roma's new coach on a two-year contract. | |
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| Cahill called up as England cover Fabio Capello calls Bolton's Gary Cahill into the England squad as cover for John Terry and Wes Brown. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Kiwis hit back to deny Sri Lanka New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by three runs in the first Twenty20 international in Colombo. |
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| Smith on track for Trophy return South Africa captain Graeme Smith is expected to return from elbow surgery in time for the Champions Trophy later this month. | |
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| Australia coach to return early Australia will allow coach Tim Nielsen to return home after the fourth of their seven one-day internationals against England. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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| Live text - US Open Roger Federer is in action at the US Open after wins for Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams but defeat for Marat Safin in his final Grand Slam. |
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| Nadal powers to opening victory World number three Rafael Nadal is in fine form on his return to Grand Slam action as he sweeps past Richard Gasquet to reach the US Open second round. | |
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| Safin bows out of final US Open Former world number one Marat Safin brings the curtain down on his Grand Slam career with a first-round defeat by Jurgen Melzer at the US Open. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Fisichella to stay put for Monza Giancarlo Fisichella has not received an approach from Ferrari and will race for Force India in Italy next week, his team boss says. |
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| Lorenzo gains vital Indy victory Jorge Lorenzo wins the Indianapolis MotoGP as championship leader Valentino Rossi fails to finish. | |
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| Crash ends Raikkonen's WRC debut Kimi Raikkonen's debut in the World Rally Championship comes to an end after a crash on stage 19 of the Rally Finland. | |
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