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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | DR Congo buries fuel inferno dead Victims of a fuel truck inferno which killed some 230 people in a Democratic Republic of Congo village are buried in mass graves. |
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| Cuban hunger striker 'could die' Cuban dissident hunger striker Guillermo Farinas is in danger of dying after refusing food since February, a doctor says. | |
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| Departments told to plan 40% cuts Most government departments are being asked to produce "illustrative plans" for spending cuts of up to 40%. | |
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| Obama backs giant solar project The US is to give nearly $2bn in loan guarantees to two solar energy companies, creating one of the world's biggest solar energy plants in Arizona. | |
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| US funding for Auschwitz upkeep Hillary Clinton says the US will donate $15m to preserve Auschwitz as she warns of global threats to democracy. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| DR Congo buries fuel inferno dead Victims of a fuel truck inferno which killed some 230 people in a Democratic Republic of Congo village are buried in mass graves. |
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| Guinea vote goes to second round The two frontrunners in Guinea's presidential election will face each other in a second round later this month. | |
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| Former SA police chief convicted South Africa's former police chief Jackie Selebi is found guilty of corruption in one of the defining trials of the post-apartheid era. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Cuban hunger striker 'could die' Cuban dissident hunger striker Guillermo Farinas is in danger of dying after refusing food since February, a doctor says. |
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| Obama backs giant solar project The US is to give nearly $2bn in loan guarantees to two solar energy companies, creating one of the world's biggest solar energy plants in Arizona. | |
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| Argentina thrashed by ruthless Germany Miroslav Klose scores twice to move second on the all-time World Cup goalscoring list as ruthless Germany thrash Diego Maradona's Argentina 4-0 in their quarter-final in Cape Town. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Kyrgyzstan swears in new leader Rosa Otunbayeva is sworn in as the first female president of Kyrgyzstan weeks after deadly ethnic riots in the south. |
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| Korea airport bus crash kills 12 A bus falls from a bridge near the main international airport serving South Korea's capital Seoul, killing 12 passengers. | |
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| China 'jails third Tibet brother' A Tibetan environmentalist becomes the third brother in his family to be jailed by a Chinese court, his lawyer says. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Departments told to plan 40% cuts Most government departments are being asked to produce "illustrative plans" for spending cuts of up to 40%. |
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| Poland set to elect new president Poland goes to the polls again on Sunday in a second round of voting that will determine the country's next president. | |
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| US funding for Auschwitz upkeep Hillary Clinton says the US will donate $15m to preserve Auschwitz as she warns of global threats to democracy. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Biden in Iraq amid poll deadlock US Vice-President Joe Biden arrives in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi leaders, amid deadlock over the formation of a government. |
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| Thousands on Israel soldier march Twenty thousand people join a march through Israel calling for the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit, organisers say. | |
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| Munich Olympics massacre man dies The Palestinian mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that killed 11 Israeli athletes, Mohammed Oudeh, dies. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Petraeus calls for Afghan unity The new US commander in Afghanistan, Gen David Petraeus, demands a united effort to tackle the nine-year conflict. |
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| India interest rates raised again The Reserve Bank of India raises key interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point in an attempt to curb inflation. | |
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| Arms trade in Nepal tourist area The central Kathmandu tourist district of Thamel becomes a centre for illegal trade in guns and small arms, police say. | |
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| UK | |
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| Departments told to plan 40% cuts Most government departments are being asked to produce "illustrative plans" for spending cuts of up to 40%. |
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| Man hunted over double shooting Police search for the ex-boyfriend of a woman after she is shot and her new partner killed in a double shooting in Gateshead. | |
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| 'Mother and child' deaths probed The body of a child is found shortly after a woman, believed to be her mother, is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Schools 'break law' on assistants Head teachers could be breaking the law by asking support staff to teach lessons, the National Union of Teachers says. |
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| Three held over boy's stab death Three teenagers are being questioned by detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a boy outside a south London school. | |
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| Head of exams body Ofqual resigns Kathleen Tattersall, the head of the exams watchdog Ofqual, resigns citing the government's "fresh perspective" in education. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Man hunted over double shooting Police search for the ex-boyfriend of a woman after she is shot and her new partner killed in a double shooting in Gateshead. |
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| 'Mother and child' deaths probed The body of a child is found shortly after a woman, believed to be her mother, is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. | |
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| New police shirts 'waste of cash' West Midlands Police force is criticised for wasting £100,000 to change the colour of staff uniform shirts from white to black or blue. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | US sees 125,000 jobs lost in June There were about 125,000 US jobs lost in June, figures show, partly due to the loss of temporary census employees. |
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| Buffett gives charities $1.93bn The billionaire investor Warren Buffett donates shares worth $1.93bn to five charitable foundations. | |
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| Apple admits iPhone signal fault Apple says a significant fault on its new iPhone 4 is causing it to incorrectly display the phone's signal. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Brit actor Garfield is Spider-Man Little-known British actor Andrew Garfield is to play the comic book superhero in the next Spider-Man film, it is announced. |
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| Court drops Paris Hilton charges A South African court drops drugs charges against US socialite Paris Hilton at a court hearing after her arrest following a World Cup game. | |
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| 'Celebrity burglary' five charged A Los Angeles grand jury indicts five suspects accused of stealing more than $3m-worth (£1.8m) of goods from celebrities' homes. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Obama backs giant solar project The US is to give nearly $2bn in loan guarantees to two solar energy companies, creating one of the world's biggest solar energy plants in Arizona. |
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| Russian spaceship 'under control' Russia says its Progress spaceship is under control after missing the International Space Station and will try to dock again on Sunday. | |
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| Scientists peer inside a python Scientists employ the latest imaging techniques to look inside a python that had just swallowed a rat whole. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Apple admits iPhone signal fault Apple says a significant fault on its new iPhone 4 is causing it to incorrectly display the phone's signal. |
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| Google moves into travel market Google pays $700m for travel technology firm that provides flight price and travel data across the globe. | |
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| Mobile ads "poor" says Three boss The head of mobile phone company Three says the industry needs to improve its marketing, especially for broadband. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Pregnancy vitamin supplement call Pregnant women in the UK should be told to routinely take vitamin D supplements, researchers say. |
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| Genes predict living beyond 100 Scientists in the US have developed way of predicting how likely a person is to live beyond the age of 100. | |
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| Russia set for drink-driving ban MPs approve a total drink-driving ban in Russia, said to have one of the world's highest rates of alcohol-related accidents. | |
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| 1988: US warship shoots down Iranian airliner An American naval warship patrolling in the Persian Gulf shoots down an Iranian passenger jet after apparently mistaking it for a fighter plane. | |||
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| 1987: Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie gets life The former chief of Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a Lyon court. | |||
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| 1970: Holiday jet goes missing over Spain A charter flight from Manchester has gone missing with 105 holiday-makers on board. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Argentina thrashed by ruthless Germany Miroslav Klose scores twice to move second on the all-time World Cup goalscoring list as ruthless Germany thrash Diego Maradona's Argentina 4-0 in their quarter-final in Cape Town. |
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| Villa goal sends Spain into semis Spain reach their first World Cup semi-final as David Villa's fifth goal of the tournament is enough to earn a 1-0 win over Paraguay. | |
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| Serena seals fourth Wimbledon win World number one Serena Williams beats Russia's Vera Zvonareva in straight sets to win her fourth Wimbledon and 13th Grand Slam title. | |
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| Australia finish series with win Australia win the final one-day international at Lord's by 42 runs but England take the series 3-2. | |
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| Millar & Thomas shine in prologue Britons David Millar and Geraint Thomas finish third and fifth as Swiss Fabian Cancellara wins the Tour de France prologue and Bradley Wiggins has a disappointing ride. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Villa goal sends Spain into semis Spain reach their first World Cup semi-final as David Villa's fifth goal of the tournament is enough to earn a 1-0 win over Paraguay. |
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| Argentina thrashed by ruthless Germany Miroslav Klose scores twice to move second on the all-time World Cup goalscoring list as ruthless Germany thrash Diego Maradona's Argentina 4-0 in their quarter-final in Cape Town. | |
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| Suarez escapes extended Cup ban Uruguay's Luis Suarez is given a one-match ban for his handball against Ghana but escapes further punishment leaving him free for a potential World Cup final date. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Australia finish series with win Australia win the final one-day international at Lord's by 42 runs but England take the series 3-2. |
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| Flower plays down Ashes relevance England coach Andy Flower believes the result of the current one-day series against Australia will have little bearing on this winter's Ashes. | |
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| Ashes victory 'vital for Ponting' Ricky Ponting believes a third Ashes defeat is likely to signal the end of his time as Australia captain. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Serena seals fourth Wimbledon win World number one Serena Williams beats Russia's Vera Zvonareva in straight sets to win her fourth Wimbledon and 13th Grand Slam title. |
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| Melzer and Petzschner win doubles Unseeded pair Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner win the men's doubles title with a straight sets win over 16th seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in the final. | |
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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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 | McNish hails Audi's Le Mans win Allan McNish overcomes the disappointment of missing a third Le Mans 24-hour win to hail his Audi team's one-two-three finish. |
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| Webber plays down 190mph F1 crash Red Bull's Mark Webber admits he was "a bit concerned" during his massive European Grand Prix crash but accepts that bad accidents are part of the game. | |
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| Lorenzo secures pole in Barcelona World championship leader Jorge Lorenzo will start Sunday's Catalunya MotoGP in Barcelona from pole position. | |
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