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Saturday, 01 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central
TOP STORIES
Cap on junior doctor hours starts
European rules limiting trainee doctors from working more than 48 hours a week have come into force.
  Philippine ex-leader Aquino dies
Philippine ex-President Corazon "Cory" Aquino, who led the "people power" revolution against Ferdinand Marcos, dies at 76.
  US file-sharer gets $700,000 fine
A US student is told to pay $675,000 (£404,000) to record labels for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.
  Al-Qaeda supporters 'joined MI5'
A senior Conservative MP asks the home secretary whether al-Qaeda sympathisers were mistakenly recruited by MI5.
  MPs 'back' new immigration system
MPs say the new points-based immigration system is working well, but concerns remain about the time taken to process visas.
WORLD
Philippine ex-leader Aquino dies
Philippine ex-President Corazon "Cory" Aquino, who led the "people power" revolution against Ferdinand Marcos, dies at 76.
  Obama sees US economy improving
Barack Obama says new figures on the US economy indicate progress is being made in tackling the country's problems.
  US tourists 'being held by Iran'
The US is checking reports that three American tourists were detained by Iranians while near the northern Iraqi border.
AFRICA
Nigeria row over militant killing
Nigeria's army and police disagree over whether the leader of an Islamist sect was still alive when he was captured.
  South African workers end strike
A deal is reached to end a week-long strike over pay by some 150,000 municipal workers in South Africa, unions say.
  'Dire shortage' at UN food agency
The United Nations food agency says critical shortages force it to slash delivery to millions of starving people.
AMERICAS
Obama sees US economy improving
Barack Obama says new figures on the US economy indicate progress is being made in tackling the country's problems.
  Venezuelan election law approved
Venezuela's National Assembly passes an election law that critics say will benefit President Hugo Chavez's party.
  Former boxer Gatti's body exhumed
The body of Brazilian boxing champion Arturo Gatti is exhumed for a second autopsy at his family's request.
ASIA-PACIFIC
Philippine ex-leader Aquino dies
Philippine ex-President Corazon "Cory" Aquino, who led the "people power" revolution against Ferdinand Marcos, dies at 76.
  Taiwan curbs foreign bride firms
A new law is coming into effect in Taiwan to ban commercial matchmaking companies from brokering international marriages.
  Safety fears spark Honda recall
Japanese carmaker Honda announces it is recalling 440,000 vehicles in the US due to an airbag defect.
EUROPE
Funeral held for Spain bomb dead
Two policemen killed by a car bomb on the Spanish island of Majorca are laid to rest as police appeal for help.
  Al-Qaeda supporters 'joined MI5'
A senior Conservative MP asks the home secretary whether al-Qaeda sympathisers were mistakenly recruited by MI5.
  Italy PM 'offered escort EU seat'
The escort at the centre of a sex scandal involving Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi says he offered her a seat in the European Parliament.
MIDDLE EAST
Deadly blasts hit Baghdad mosques
At least 29 people are killed in a series of bombings outside Shia mosques in Baghdad, Iraqi police report.
  US tourists 'being held by Iran'
The US is checking reports that three American tourists were detained by Iranians while near the northern Iraqi border.
  Israel says Gaza war 'necessary'
An Israeli government report says that the Israeli military campaign in Gaza earlier this year was necessary and proportionate.
SOUTH ASIA
US pledge to reduce Afghan deaths
The new US commander in Afghanistan vows to work to reduce civilian deaths after a UN report showed they had risen.
  Report highlights hunger in India
A report by an Indian campaign group says India is emerging as the world centre of hunger and malnutrition.
  Musharraf emergency 'unlawful'
Pakistan's Supreme Court rules that emergency rule enforced by former President Pervez Musharraf is unconstitutional and illegal.
UK
Cap on junior doctor hours starts
European rules limiting trainee doctors from working more than 48 hours a week have come into force.
  Al-Qaeda supporters 'joined MI5'
A senior Conservative MP asks the home secretary whether al-Qaeda sympathisers were mistakenly recruited by MI5.
  'Fake UK sites' trick consumers
Trading standards officers say consumers are being tricked into buying fake goods by companies pretending to be based in the UK.
ENGLAND
Sit-in workers 'starvation' claim
A union complains to police amid claims workers occupying an Isle of Wight wind turbine factory are having their rights breached.
  Mother appeals for girl's return
Police continue to search for a 14-year-old girl from Lincolnshire thought to have run away with a man she met on the internet.
  Football honours Sir Bobby Robson
Leading figures from the world of football pay tribute to Sir Bobby Robson, who has died aged 76 after a long battle with cancer.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Police DPP disruption 'juvenile'
Dissident republicans who disrupted a DPP meeting in Londonderry behaved in a "juvenile" way, police say.
  Charge dropped in footballer case
Counterfeit currency charges against Linfield footballer William Murphy have been dropped.
  Child escapes abduction attempt
A man tries to abduct a seven-year-old girl from the garden of a house in the Banbridge area of County Down.
SCOTLAND
Doctor concerns over work limits
Concerns are raised that not all of the National Health Service in Scotland is ready to cope with new limits on working hours.
  Daughter guilty of killing mother
A woman and her boyfriend are guilty of killing her mother and dumping her body in a burn in Ayrshire.
  'Frenzied' killer held for life
A teenager who inflicted 142 separate injuries on his victim during a frenzied knife killing is locked up for life.
WALES
Hartson is 'gradually improving'
Doctors treating former footballer John Hartson for testicular, brain and lung cancer say he is no longer critically ill and may start chemotherapy next week.
  Arrest over shopping centre death
Police make an arrest following the death of a 23-year-old man who was restrained by shopping centre security staff.
  'No regrets' over euthanasia aid
A man who is on police bail over the planned suicide of his partner says the legal uncertainty is 'like a black cloud'.
POLITICS
MPs 'back' new immigration system
MPs say the new points-based immigration system is working well, but concerns remain about the time taken to process visas.
  New questions over 'torture' case
The government comes under renewed pressure to disclose what it knew about a UK resident who says he was tortured.
  Bank reform 'needs to be radical'
A review of how banks are governed has not been radical enough, City Minister Lord Myners tells the BBC.
BUSINESS
Bank reform 'needs to be radical'
A review of how banks are governed has not been radical enough, City Minister Lord Myners tells the BBC.
  UK savers get £21bn compensation
The cost of reimbursing UK savers in the first six months of the credit crisis was £21bn, the official compensation body says.
  Safety fears spark Honda recall
Japanese carmaker Honda announces it is recalling 440,000 vehicles in the US due to an airbag defect.
ENTERTAINMENT
US model is mother of Law's child
US model Samantha Burke is the mother of actor Jude Law's unborn fourth child, his publicist confirms.
  Andre accepts damages from paper
Peter Andre accepts "substantial" damages over a newspaper claim he was unfaithful to estranged wife Katie Price.
  Peas break Billboard chart record
Black Eyed Peas set a new record for the longest successive stay at the top of the US singles chart by a duo or group.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Space shuttle touches down safely
US space shuttle Endeavour successfully lands at Florida's Kennedy Space Center at the end of a 16-day mission.
  Images reveal 'lost' Roman city
Aerial photographs reveal a lost Roman city called Altinum - which some scholars regard as a forerunner of Venice.
  Fresh hope for world's fisheries
There is fresh hope that the world's depleted fisheries can be saved from collapse, say researchers.
TECHNOLOGY
US file-sharer gets $700,000 fine
A US student is told to pay $675,000 (£404,000) to record labels for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.
  Apple to fix iPhone security flaw
Apple will release a software patch on Saturday to address a recently exposed security flaw in the iPhone.
  Firefox passes billion milestone
The open-source web browser Firefox has been downloaded more than a billion times in its five-year history.
HEALTH
Cap on junior doctor hours starts
European rules limiting trainee doctors from working more than 48 hours a week have come into force.
  Private transplants to be banned
The government is to ban private transplants of organs from dead donors after concerns foreign patients pay to jump the queue.
  Call for debate on suicide laws
Campaigner Debbie Purdy calls for an "open debate" on assisted suicide laws, as prosecutors work on clarifying the legal position.
EDUCATION
Bad teens 'not fault of parents'
Parents are spending more time with their children - and researchers find no evidence of a decline in parenting.
  Schools exclude pupils less often
The number of permanent and fixed period exclusions from England's schools has fallen, statistics show.
  New Zealand votes on smacking ban
New Zealanders have the chance to vote on whether parental smacking of children should remain a criminal offence.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1976: Lauda fights for life after Grand Prix crash
F1 racing driver Niki Lauda is in a critical condition in hospital after crashing at the German Grand Prix.
  1944: Uprising to free Warsaw begins
The Polish Underground Army begins battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European city to fall to the Germans.
  1971: Apollo 15 finds rock from birth of Moon
Astronauts uncover a rock which may date back to the origin of the Moon.

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