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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Turkey mourns dead Gaza activists Turkey holds funerals for nine activists killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. |
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| BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. | |
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| Bangladesh housing blaze kills 87 A blaze in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka kills at least 87 people and injures dozens, with others feared trapped in buildings. | |
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| Gun victims 'targeted and random' Cumbria gun killer Derrick Bird targeted his first three victims before randomly shooting others, police believe. | |
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| Blagojevich fraud trial begins Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appears in court, accused of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | DR Congo activist discovered dead Congolese rights activist Floribert Chebeya is found dead in his car after having been summoned to a meeting with the police chief. |
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| US genocide lawyer 'suicide bid' A US genocide defence lawyer arrested in Rwanda tried to commit suicide, officials say, but his daughter doubts the claim. | |
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| Heavy fighting in Somali capital Heavy fighting between government forces and Islamist militants in Mogadishu kills at least 17 leaves scores wounded. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. |
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| Blagojevich fraud trial begins Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appears in court, accused of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. | |
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| Golden Girl McClanahan dies at 76 US actress Rue McClanahan, star of TV show The Golden Girls, dies of a stroke at the age of 76, her manager announces. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Kan emerges as Japan front-runner Finance Minister Naoto Kan emerges as the front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister, after Yukio Hatoyama's resignation. |
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| Pacific islands 'are not sinking' A new geological study finds that many low-lying Pacific islands are growing, not sinking. | |
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| US senator cancels visit to Burma US Senator Jim Webb cancels a visit to Burma over concerns it is working with North Korea on a nuclear programme. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Turkey mourns dead Gaza activists Turkey holds funerals for nine activists killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. |
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| Sarkozy faces 'arms deal' claims France's leader is challenged over possible links to suspected arms commissions allegedly used to fund political campaigns. | |
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| Ukraine abandons Nato ambitions A bill is approved by the Ukrainian parliament that effectively ends any ambitions to join Nato. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Turkey mourns dead Gaza activists Turkey holds funerals for nine activists killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, as Israel rejects an outside inquiry. |
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| Egypt opposition 'back ElBaradei' The Muslim Brotherhood announces it will back Mohamed ElBaradei in a campaign for change after failing in this week's elections. | |
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| Libya bans Algeria, Egypt games Libya says its national sports teams can no longer compete against neighbouring Algeria and Egypt. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Bangladesh housing blaze kills 87 A blaze in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka kills at least 87 people and injures dozens, with others feared trapped in buildings. |
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| Pakistan rules out Punjab action Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik says there are no plans for military action against militants in the Punjab province. | |
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| India is 'gripped by bureaucracy' A new report confirms what many Indians have long suspected - their country's bureaucracy is one of the most stifling in the world. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Cameron warns over gun law action David Cameron says there should not be a "knee-jerk reaction" to changing gun laws after the killings in Cumbria. |
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| Flotilla Britons 'accounted for' All the Britons held after Israel's raid on the aid flotilla heading for Gaza have been accounted for, William Hague says | |
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| Spending database to be opened up Previously unreleased details about government spending will be published on Friday as part of a drive to open up data. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Adult education 'saved my mother' Business Secretary Vince Cable says in a key speech that his mother's mind was saved by adult education. |
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| 1,000 schools want academy status More than 1,000 schools in England have expressed an interest in becoming an academy, says the government. | |
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| Teachers' disciplinary body axed The General Teaching Council for England - a body set up to investigate alleged misconduct - is to be axed, says education secretary Michael Gove. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Gun victims 'targeted and random' Cumbria gun killer Derrick Bird targeted his first three victims before randomly shooting others, police believe. |
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| Death house victim seen screaming A woman stabbed to death was seen screaming in her house where another adult and a toddler were found fatally injured. | |
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| Sextuplet babies still 'critical' The five surviving sextuplets born at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford remain in a "critical" condition. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. |
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| Xstrata halts spending in tax row Xstrata halts investment in two Australian projects due to a proposed tax on mining profits, putting 3,250 new jobs at risk. | |
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| US economic growth is continuing Figures show the US economy is continuing to grow, with both factory output and the services sector still expanding. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Golden Girl McClanahan dies at 76 US actress Rue McClanahan, star of TV show The Golden Girls, dies of a stroke at the age of 76, her manager announces. |
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| Stars turn out for Hopper funeral Jack Nicholson and Val Kilmer attend Dennis Hopper's funeral, which took place in New Mexico on Wednesday. | |
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| Japanese dancer Ohno dies at 103 Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno, credited with bringing the Butoh style to wider audiences, dies at the age of 103. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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| BP reaches oil leak 'milestone' Oil firm BP says it has reached an "important milestone" in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill. |
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| Mars rocks point to wetter past Mars harbours rocks rich in carbonate minerals, suggesting there was more water there in the past than previously thought. | |
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| 'Final warning' over UK pollution The European Commission threatens to take the UK to the European Court of Justice if the air quality in the country does not improve. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Google close to handing over data The search giant says it is close to resolving issues that prevented it from passing wi-fi data it gathered to German authorities. |
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| Facebook clickjack prank spreads Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have been caught out by a mischievous attack, says security experts. | |
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| Apple boss defends iPhone factory Steve Jobs has defended conditions at a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer producing Apple products, following a spate of suicides. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Gene test hope for cancer therapy NHS patients are to be offered personalised cancer treatment under a pilot scheme to carry out genetic tests on individuals' tumours. |
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| Cancer fund cash 'will run out' A BBC investigation discovers that the government will need more money to meet the promises made for its new fund for cancer drugs. | |
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| Asthma risk 'linked to burgers' Children eating a Mediterranean diet have a lower risk of asthma, but eating three or more burgers a week is linked to a higher risk, a new report says. | |
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| 1962: 130 die in Paris air crash An Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport killing all but two of those on board. | |||
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| 1991: IRA men shot dead by British army Three members of the IRA are ambushed and killed by soldiers in Northern Ireland acting on intelligence information. | |||
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| 1982: Israeli ambassador shot in London Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to Britain, is critically ill in hospital after being shot on a London street. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Benitez reign at Liverpool ends Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is leaving the club after six years in charge, following their disappointing 2009-2010 season. |
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| Stosur reaches French Open final Australia's Sam Stosur storms into her first Grand Slam final with a crushing win over fourth seed Jelena Jankovic at the French Open. | |
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| US suffer Altidore injury setback United States striker Jozy Altidore needs a scan on a sprained ankle after suffering an injury in training. | |
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| India stunned again by Zimbabwe India suffer a second successive shock defeat to Zimbabwe, this time losing by seven wickets to the minnows in the triangular series. | |
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| Rose takes early lead at Memorial England's Justin Rose hits a seven-under-par first-round 65 to lead the weather-delayed Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Benitez reign at Liverpool ends Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is leaving the club after six years in charge, following their disappointing 2009-2010 season. |
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| Wolves secure Burnley's Fletcher Burnley and Scotland striker Steven Fletcher completes a transfer to Wolves for what is believed to be a club record equalling £6.5m. | |
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| Grant confirmed as West Ham boss Former Portsmouth boss Avram Grant is confirmed as West Ham United's new manager, subject to a work permit. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Strauss coy on Shahzad selection England captain Andrew Strauss gives no clue as to whether Yorkshire seamer Ajmal Shazhad will earn a first Test cap against Bangladesh on Friday. |
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| SA edge past Windies in thriller South Africa beat the West Indies by one wicket and with two balls to spare at Port of Spain to claim a clean sweep in their five-match one-day series. | |
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| Sussex grind to Middlesex victory Holders Sussex make it two wins out of two in this summer's Twenty20 competition with victory by 28 runs over Middlesex. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Stosur reaches French Open final Australia's Sam Stosur storms into her first Grand Slam final with a crushing win over fourth seed Jelena Jankovic at the French Open. |
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| Dementieva quits French Open semi Francesca Schiavone becomes the first Italian woman to reach a Grand Slam final as Elena Dementieva pulls out of their French Open semi-final with an injury. | |
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| 5 live tennis on Twitter Latest gossip from BBC's tennis team (external site) | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Franchitti claims second Indy 500 Scot Dario Franchitti outduels England's Dan Wheldon to win his second Indianapolis 500. |
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| Force India designers join Lotus Lotus recruit three designers from rivals Force India in a bid to turn around their ailing fortunes. | |
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| Steve Parrish's MotoGP column "Jorge Lorenzo poses the biggest challenge Valentino Rossi has faced in the last five years" | |
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