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| Thursday, 08 April, 2010, 0:00 GMT 05:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Kyrgyz opposition claims control The opposition in Kyrgyzstan says the PM has resigned and it is setting up an interim government after clashes left dozens dead. |
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| Sudan opposition to boycott poll Sudan's opposition Umma party says it will boycott next week's presidential and parliamentary elections. | |
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| Egypt calls for antiquities unity States which say ancient artefacts have been looted overseas should unite to recover their heritage, Egypt says. | |
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| Dissident China lawyer 'gives up' Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng says he is giving up his campaigning in the "hope" that he will be reunited with his family. | |
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| Israeli gagging order condemned Campaigners call for an Israeli media ban on the case of an ex-soldier suspected of security offences to be lifted. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Sudan opposition to boycott poll Sudan's opposition Umma party says it will boycott next week's presidential and parliamentary elections. |
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| ANC stops singing struggle song South Africa's ruling ANC tells members to stop singing anti-apartheid struggle song "Shoot the Boer", amid rising racial tensions. | |
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| Sinking mars Rwanda remembrance A boat in Rwanda sinks in Lake Kivu while carrying people to genocide commemorations. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Flood-hit Rio tackles aftermath Rescuers search for survivors in Rio de Janiero after landslides and floods leave at least 110 people dead. |
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| Fears grow for missing US miners Rescue crews drilling holes in a stricken West Virginia coal mine can detect no sign of life from four missing miners so far. | |
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| Mexico drug boss interview furore A Mexican magazine that published an interview with a Sinaloa drug cartel leader says its distribution has been hampered. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Kyrgyz opposition claims control The opposition in Kyrgyzstan says the PM has resigned and it is setting up an interim government after clashes left dozens dead. |
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| Thailand's PM declares emergency Thailand's prime minister declares a state of emergency in Bangkok amid growing anti-government protests. | |
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| Dissident China lawyer 'gives up' Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng says he is giving up his campaigning in the "hope" that he will be reunited with his family. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Spanish judge Garzon faces trial High-profile Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon faces trial on charges of overreaching his powers in a probe into Franco's rule. |
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| Israel is a 'threat' says Turkey Turkey's PM says Israel is the "main threat to peace" in the Mid-East, prompting Israel to say the comment is "regrettable". | |
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| 'Ice explorer' ready for lift-off Europe's Cryosat-2 spacecraft is about to launch on a mission to assess the state of the world's ice cover. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | US order to kill US-born cleric The Obama administration has approved an order to kill a radical US-born cleric linked to al-Qaeda in Yemen, officials confirm. |
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| Israel is a 'threat' says Turkey Turkey's PM says Israel is the "main threat to peace" in the Mid-East, prompting Israel to say the comment is "regrettable". | |
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| Egypt calls for antiquities unity States which say ancient artefacts have been looted overseas should unite to recover their heritage, Egypt says. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Sri Lankans vote for parliament Sri Lanka votes for a new parliament, with the president seeking to consolidate his hold on power after his re-election. |
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| Afghan election officials resign The head of Afghanistan's election commission and his deputy quit following Western pressure over electoral fraud. | |
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| India eyes cryogenic space launch India will soon launch an advanced communication satellite, powered for the first time by a home grown cryogenic engine, scientists say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Leaders clash on tax and spending Gordon Brown and David Cameron attack each other's plans for the economy, in their final Commons clash before the election. |
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| Anger about digital 'stitch-up' Ministers are accused of a "stitch-up" to pass laws digital piracy laws but the measures are approved by MPs. | |
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| UK soldier killed in Afghanistan A British soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh died in an attack by insurgents in Afghanistan, the MoD says. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Balls drops key education reforms Schools Secretary Ed Balls drops key reforms for England, including compulsory sex education, after the Conservatives refuse to back them. |
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| Neets 'should not get benefits' Young people in England should not receive state benefits unless they take part in education, employment or training, say MPs. | |
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| Stay-at-home fathers 'up 10-fold' The number of stay-at-home fathers has risen 10-fold in the last decade with 600,000 now in the UK, a survey suggests. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Hunt for gun used to kill boy, 5 Detectives in Bolton search for the weapon used to kill five-year-old Dillon Hull 13 years ago, following a tip-off. |
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| Firefighters killed in fire named Two firefighters killed tackling a blaze at a high-rise block of flats in Southampton are named, as tributes pour in. | |
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| Slap father must pay baby son £50 A father who slapped his baby son on the face for knocking a photo frame off the TV set is told to pay £50 compensation to the boy. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Geithner set for China yuan talks The US treasury secretary is due in China later for talks on a long-running dispute over the Chinese currency, the yuan. |
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| Greenspan defends role in crisis Former Federal Reserve governor Alan Greenspan defends his record at a congressional hearing into the financial crisis. | |
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| Lufthansa pilots call off strike Pilots at Lufthansa, Europe's biggest airline, have called off a four-day strike planned for next week. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Madonna and David visit orphanage Pop singer Madonna brings her adopted son David back to visit his former orphanage in Malawi. |
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| Former Dynasty star Cazenove dies British actor Christopher Cazenove, best known for his role in Dynasty, has died after a battle with septicaemia. | |
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| Phantom sequel is delayed in US The Broadway opening of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical Love Never Dies is put off until 2011 due to limitations on his travel. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | 'Ice explorer' ready for lift-off Europe's Cryosat-2 spacecraft is about to launch on a mission to assess the state of the world's ice cover. |
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| Solar plane in first test flight A solar-powered plane prototype takes to the air for the first time in its first step towards a round-the-world journey. | |
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| Shuttle docks with space station The space shuttle Discovery successfully docks with the International Space Station (ISS) 215 miles over the Caribbean. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Anger about digital 'stitch-up' Ministers are accused of a "stitch-up" to pass laws digital piracy laws but the measures are approved by MPs. |
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| Super-fast broadband tax scrapped The government sacrifices its £6-a-year tax on landlines in order to push the rest of the Finance Bill through Parliament before it is dissolved. | |
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| Wi-fi issues vex Apple iPad users Some owners of the newly-available iPad experience difficulties in connecting their devices to wi-fi, among other reported glitches. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Five-a-day 'will not cut cancer' The protective effects of fruit and vegetables against cancer is modest at best, a dietary study based on 500,000 Europeans concludes. |
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| Conjoined twins in separation op Conjoined Irish twin boys, born in London in December, are to undergo surgery to separate them at Great Ormond Street Hospital. | |
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| Crackdown on MOT-style body scans Companies have been told to stop offering whole body and lung scans under a new regulation regime. | |
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| 1978: Carter delays N-bomb production The US President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the controversial neutron bomb. | |||
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| 1976: Government crisis as Stonehouse quits Controversial MP John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party, leaving James Callaghan's government in a minority of one. | |||
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| 1968: Jim Clark killed in car smash Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in a car crash during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Man Utd 3-2 Bayern M (agg 4-4) Bayern Munich send 10-man Manchester United crashing out of the Champions League on away goals after recovering from a disastrous start at Old Trafford. |
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| Woods dominates Masters build-up The 74th Masters gets under way at Augusta National on Thursday after a build-up dominated by the return to golf of world number one Tiger Woods. | |
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| Navratilova reveals breast cancer Former tennis champion Martina Navratilova tells a US magazine she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. | |
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| Bordeaux 1-0 Lyon (agg: 2-3) Lyon reach the last four of the Champions League for the first time despite losing their quarter-final second leg to French rivals Bordeaux. | |
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| Rangers 3-1 Aberdeen Rangers edge closer to securing the Scottish Premier League title with a battling victory against Aberdeen. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Man Utd 3-2 Bayern M (agg 4-4) Bayern Munich send 10-man Manchester United crashing out of the Champions League on away goals after recovering from a disastrous start at Old Trafford. |
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| Bordeaux 1-0 Lyon (agg: 2-3) Lyon reach the last four of the Champions League for the first time despite losing their quarter-final second leg to French rivals Bordeaux. | |
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| Rangers 3-1 Aberdeen Rangers edge closer to securing the Scottish Premier League title with a battling victory against Aberdeen. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Akmal brothers appeal against PCB Brothers Kamran and Umar Akmal appeal against punishments imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board. |
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| Surrey sign Symonds for Twenty20 Surrey sign Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds for their 2010 Twenty20 campaign. | |
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| Sussex re-sign all-rounder Naved Pakistan's Rana Naved-ul-Hasan will return to Sussex as early-season cover for compatriot Yasir Arafat. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Navratilova reveals breast cancer Former tennis champion Martina Navratilova tells a US magazine she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. |
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| Roddick powers to title in Miami Andy Roddick beats Tomas Berdych in straight sets to win his fifth Masters title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. | |
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| Clijsters thrashes Venus in final Kim Clijsters powers her way to a second Sony Ericsson Open title with a crushing final win over Venus Williams in Miami. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | FIA clarifies ride-height rules Formula 1's governing body warns that any system used to adjust a car's suspension and ride-height between qualifying and races would be illegal. |
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| MotoGP keen to expand into Asia MotoGP supremo Carmelo Ezpeleta says the championship is keen to expand further into Asia. | |
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| Raikkonen buoyed by rally debut Former Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen says he is encouraged by his World Rally Championship debut for Citroen after finishing 30th in Sweden. | |
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