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| Wednesday, 22 July, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Minister admits helicopter need A departing senior minister has admitted that UK forces in Afghanistan do not possess enough helicopters. |
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| Deaths up during anti-knife drive The number of people killed by knives has risen in areas covered by a government anti-knife crime programme. | |
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| UK 'is losing 52 pubs each week' UK pubs closed at a rate of 52 per week in the first half of the year, the British Beer & Pub Association says. | |
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| Asia watches long solar eclipse The longest total solar eclipse this century crosses Asia, with swathes of India and China plunged into darkness. | |
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| UK faces slow economic recovery A leading UK think-tank predicts that it will take six years for income per head to return to the level it was before the recession. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Asia watches long solar eclipse The longest total solar eclipse this century crosses Asia, with swathes of India and China plunged into darkness. |
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| Burma-N Korea ties 'of concern' Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is concerned about possible nuclear co-operation between North Korea and Burma. | |
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| Saudis chided on 'rights abuses' Amnesty International strongly criticises Saudi Arabia over abuses allegedly during counter-terrorism efforts. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Kenya boosts Somali border force Kenya says it will bolster security on its border with Somalia, following recent incursions by Somali militants. |
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| Sudan tense for oil border ruling Tension is high in Sudan ahead of a ruling in The Hague on its disputed internal border, in the oil-rich region of Abyei. | |
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| Africa HIV city care questioned More HIV/Aids patients in Africa could be treated if funds were switched from lab testing to care in villages, study suggests. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US Senate halts F-22 jet funding The US Senate votes to end funding for the F-22 fighter jet programme, as requested by President Barack Obama. |
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| US interest rates to 'remain low' US interest rates are likely to remain at "exceptionally low levels" for some time, the head of the US Federal Reserve, says. | |
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| Row over US black scholar arrest Police apologise to a black Harvard scholar whose arrest last week outside his own house sparked allegations of racism. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Asia watches long solar eclipse The longest total solar eclipse this century crosses Asia, with swathes of India and China plunged into darkness. |
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| Burma-N Korea ties 'of concern' Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is concerned about possible nuclear co-operation between North Korea and Burma. | |
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| Suspects probed in Papua killings Indonesia detains at least 17 suspects after a wave of attacks that left three dead and a dozen injured. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Georgia president unveils reforms Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili promised a series of democratic reforms, ahead of a visit by US Vice-President Joe Biden. |
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| Spain in rare talks on Gibraltar Spain's foreign minister holds talks with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in an historic visit to Gibraltar. | |
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| Romanian mayor in Nazi dress row A Romanian mayor who appeared at a local fashion show dressed in a Nazi uniform is sharply criticised by Jewish groups. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Arrests at new Iranian protests Iranian riot police arrest a number of pro-reform protesters in Tehran after demonstrations turn violent, reports say. |
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| Saudis chided on 'rights abuses' Amnesty International strongly criticises Saudi Arabia over abuses allegedly during counter-terrorism efforts. | |
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| Lebanon detains 10 for 'UN plot' The Lebanese army says it has broken up a cell of Islamists who had allegedly planned attacks on UN peacekeepers. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Asia watches long solar eclipse The longest total solar eclipse this century crosses Asia, with swathes of India and China plunged into darkness. |
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| Afghan cities attacked by Taliban At least five Afghan security personnel and several militants die in a series of Taliban strikes in eastern Afghanistan. | |
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| Trial of Mumbai suspect adjourned The trial of the main suspect in last November's deadly Mumbai attacks is adjourned until Wednesday. | |
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| UK | |
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| Minister admits helicopter need A departing senior minister has admitted that UK forces in Afghanistan do not possess enough helicopters. |
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| Deaths up during anti-knife drive The number of people killed by knives has risen in areas covered by a government anti-knife crime programme. | |
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| Planes 'should fly on biofuels' A think tank says plans to run cars on biofuel should be scrapped in favour of using them for aviation. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Guidance aims to spot child abuse A watchdog issues guidance to help healthcare workers spot early signs of child abuse to avoid another Baby P. |
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| CCTV of Gerrard 'brawl' released Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard is seen in CCTV footage during an alleged assault on a man in a Merseyside bar. | |
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| Eriksson lands Notts County role Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson joins Notts County as director of football. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man arrested over sapper murders A 44-year-old man is arrested by detectives investigating the murders of two soldiers and attempted murder of five other people. |
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| Odyssey company's future in doubt There is "significant doubt" about the future of the development company behind Belfast's Odyssey entertainment complex. | |
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| Tyrone sextuplet dies in hospital One of Ireland's first sextuplets, born in Belfast just under two months ago, dies in hospital, it is confirmed. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Retail figures show sales boost Good weather and clearance bargains in June helped boost shop takings, according to the latest figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium. |
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| Firefighters to honour colleague Hundreds of firefighters from across the UK are to honour their fallen colleague who died in an Edinburgh pub fire. | |
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| Teenage swine flu sufferer dies A 15-year-old girl with underlying health conditions becomes the fourth person with swine flu to die in Scotland. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Increase in Welsh swine flu cases Figures suggest a big rise in the number of swine flu cases in Wales, as GPs seek to allay worries. |
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| Firm 'should have halted' mission A security consultant who died during an ambush in Iraq should have been told to halt the mission, a court hears. | |
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| Vietnamese admits dumping of body A Vietnamese man admits dumping the body of a countryman in a ditch by the side of a rural road. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Expenses clean-up bill is passed A bill aimed at cleaning up Parliament after the MPs' expenses scandal becomes law after getting Royal Assent. |
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| Minister admits helicopter need A departing senior minister has admitted that UK forces in Afghanistan do not possess enough helicopters. | |
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| Racism 'still exists' in police Discrimination remains a problem within British forces - 10 years after the report into Stephen Lawrence's death, MPs say. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | iPhone sales boost Apple results US technology giant Apple posts better-than-forecast quarterly results, thanks to strong iPhone sales. |
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| UK 'is losing 52 pubs each week' UK pubs closed at a rate of 52 per week in the first half of the year, the British Beer & Pub Association says. | |
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| Scheme targets ticket sale scams A code of conduct is launched to reduce fraudulent sales of concert and theatre tickets after complaints about online scams rise. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | La Roux leading Mercury shortlist La Roux, Kasabian and Florence and the Machine are among the shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize. |
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| Potter casts UK box office spell The latest Harry Potter film pulls in a huge £19.7m in its opening five days at the UK and Ireland box office. | |
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| Radio 1 DJ is threatened by text A 21-year-old man's been arrested and cautioned after Fearne Cotton was sent threatening text messages during Sunday's Official Chart Show. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| Asia watches long solar eclipse The longest total solar eclipse this century crosses Asia, with swathes of India and China plunged into darkness. |
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| Planes 'should fly on biofuels' A think tank says plans to run cars on biofuel should be scrapped in favour of using them for aviation. | |
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| Hunt hopes to find ancient trees One of the UK's biggest landowners embarks on a three-year survey to identify previously unrecorded ancient trees. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Tech 'has changed foreign policy' Technology has forever changed the way the electorate communicates with its officials, says prime minister Gordon Brown. |
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| Phone gadget to diagnose disease A new device that attaches to a mobile phone could be used to diagnose diseases in the developing world. | |
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| 'Most' O2 web services restored The "vast majority" of O2 customers who lost web and MMS services on their mobile phones have their service restored, a company spokesman says. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| Guidance aims to spot child abuse A watchdog issues guidance to help healthcare workers spot early signs of child abuse to avoid another Baby P. |
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| Follow-on milk ads 'misleading' A baby milk company has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for making misleading claims. | |
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| Saliva test for early birth risk A simple saliva test could help spot which expectant women are most likely to deliver their baby prematurely, experts believe. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | 'Glass ceiling' blocking top jobs Top professions are increasingly closed off to all but the most affluent families, a report into social mobility says. |
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| Bogus college action 'inadequate' The government is still not dealing adequately with bogus colleges, MPs say, though they welcome new regulations. | |
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| School's CCTV 'Big Brother-ish' A south London school's decision to install CCTV cameras in classrooms is condemned by teaching unions. | |
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| 1977: Deng Xiaoping back in power The disgraced deputy Prime Minister of China, Deng Xiaoping, returns to Chinese Government. | |||
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| 2003: Saddam's sons killed in gun battle The United States says Uday and Qusay Hussein, the infamous sons of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, have been killed in a gun battle in northern Iraq. | |||
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| 1987: Cartoonist shot in London street A famous Palestinian cartoonist is shot in the face and critically wounded in London. | |||
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