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| Sunday, 26 July, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Swine flu service was 'too late' A Parliamentary committee is expected to criticise the government for being slow to set up a swine flu helpline in England. |
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| Britain 'should approach Hamas' The UK government should start making contact with Palestinian group Hamas, says the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. | |
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| Service planned for WWI sacrifice A service for WWI will be held, says Gordon Brown, after the death of the last British man to have fought in the trenches. | |
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| Dozens of children in sea rescue Lifeguards are hailed as heroes after three dozen children and four adults are rescued from the sea off Tenby, Pembrokeshire. | |
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| Massa 'stable' after emergency op Felipe Massa's condition is described as "serious but stable" following emergency surgery after suffering skull damage and concussion. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Zelaya returns to Honduras border Ousted President Manuel Zelaya comes back to the Honduran border for a second day, demanding to be allowed home. |
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| Brazil and Paraguay in power deal Brazil will triple payments to Paraguay for energy from a border hydro-electric dam, ending a long-running dispute. | |
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| Chinese hack film festival site Chinese hackers attack a Melbourne website over plans to screen a documentary about a Uighur activist, Rebiya Kadeer. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Darfuris 'face election hurdles' The UN peacekeeping chief warns that people in the conflict-hit Darfur region may be left out of next year's elections in Sudan. |
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| Ivorian jailed for match stampede An Ivory Coast football official who printed fake tickets is sentenced to six months in jail over a deadly stadium stampede. | |
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| Outcry over disowned US rape girl Offers of help pour in for an eight-year-old Liberian girl disowned by her family in Arizona, after being raped. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Zelaya returns to Honduras border Ousted President Manuel Zelaya comes back to the Honduran border for a second day, demanding to be allowed home. |
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| Brazil and Paraguay in power deal Brazil will triple payments to Paraguay for energy from a border hydro-electric dam, ending a long-running dispute. | |
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| Colombia 'bombs Farc jungle camp' Colombian forces bomb a rebel camp in the jungle south of Bogota, killing at least 16 guerrillas, officials say. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Indonesia poll result challenged One of the defeated candidates in Indonesia's presidential election is to challenge the result, a spokesman says. |
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| Chinese hack film festival site Chinese hackers attack a Melbourne website over plans to screen a documentary about a Uighur activist, Rebiya Kadeer. | |
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| China launches Arabic TV channel China's state broadcaster, China Central TV, launches an Arabic-language channel, in order to present the "real" China. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | WWI veteran Patch dies aged 111 The last British survivor to have fought in the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, has died at the age of 111. |
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| Europe's Mars rover slips to 2018 Europe's flagship robotic rover mission to Mars now looks certain to leave Earth in 2018, two years later than recently proposed. | |
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| Pilot recreates Channel crossing A French pilot follows in the footsteps of Louis Bleriot, who made the first flight over the English Channel 100 years ago. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | US envoy in Syria for peace talks President Obama's Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, visits Syria for talks aimed at promoting regional peace efforts. |
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| Iraq awaits Kurdistan poll result Polls close in Iraqi Kurdistan elections, where the ruling coalition faces a stiff challenge from reformists. | |
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| Britain 'should approach Hamas' The UK government should start making contact with Palestinian group Hamas, says the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Suicide bombers hit Afghan city Taliban suicide bombers strike government targets in Khost, eastern Afghanistan, the latest attack ahead of August polls. |
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| Arrest after Polish Afghan death Pakistani police arrest a former right-wing MP accused of ordering the Taliban murder of an abducted Polish engineer. | |
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| Pakistan court delays Mumbai case A brief hearing is held in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi for five men accused of a role in last year's Mumbai attacks. | |
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| UK | |
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| Swine flu service was 'too late' A Parliamentary committee is expected to criticise the government for being slow to set up a swine flu helpline in England. |
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| Service planned for WWI sacrifice A service for WWI will be held, says Gordon Brown, after the death of the last British man to have fought in the trenches. | |
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| Brown calls for party discipline Gordon Brown insists on discipline after some MPs blame him for Labour's crushing Norwich North by-election defeat. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Swine flu service was 'too late' A Parliamentary committee is expected to criticise the government for being slow to set up a swine flu helpline in England. |
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| Search for swimmer missing at sea Police divers prepare to search for a swimmer missing at sea off the Tyneside coast after the coastguard calls off rescue efforts. | |
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| Lumley setting off on Nepal trip Joanna Lumley is flying to Nepal, where she is expected to be welcomed as a heroine by thousands of Gurkhas and their families. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Actor Harry Towb dies of cancer Northern Ireland-born actor Harry Towb dies of cancer at his home in London following a short period of illness. |
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| Two held after knife van robbery Two men are arrested after a cash in transit van is robbed by a knife wielding thief in County Down. | |
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| Teenager killed in road accident An 18-year-old man dies in an early morning road accident in County Down, the police say. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | SNP to repeat call for oil fund The Scottish Government is to repeat its call for an oil fund to create a "lasting legacy" of oil wealth. |
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| March to support whisky workers The campaign to save Kilmarnock's Johnnie Walker bottling plant from closure is to take to the streets of the Ayrshire town. | |
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| Labour fears cost of bin dispute A dispute involving refuse collectors could cost Scotland's capital millions of pounds, it is claimed. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Dozens of children in sea rescue Lifeguards are hailed as heroes after three dozen children and four adults are rescued from the sea off Tenby, Pembrokeshire. |
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| Tribute as murder inquiry widens Thirty detectives carry out an investigation in both Flintshire and Manchester into the murder of a mother-of-four. | |
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| Welsh swine flu continues to rise As swine flu levels increase again in Wales, medical officials say such illness levels would be considered normal in winter. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Brown calls for party discipline Gordon Brown insists on discipline after some MPs blame him for Labour's crushing Norwich North by-election defeat. |
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| Swine flu service was 'too late' A Parliamentary committee is expected to criticise the government for being slow to set up a swine flu helpline in England. | |
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| Britain 'should approach Hamas' The UK government should start making contact with Palestinian group Hamas, says the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Banking costs 'put up mortgages' Mortgage rates have gone up because banks face greater costs following the recession, an industry body claims. |
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| New rules 'threat to High Street' Traditional stores could be put at risk from out-of-town shops under proposed changes to planning rules, say MPs. | |
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| Fresh backing for troubled plane European defence ministers pledge to continue to support the much delayed Airbus A400M military transport aircraft project. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Clarkson in new Brown insult row TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson provokes controversy after using a swear word to describe Gordon Brown at a Top Gear recording. |
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| Albarn rules out more Blur gigs Singer Damon Albarn says there are no plans for Blur to perform again following their series of reunion concerts. | |
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| Actor Harry Towb dies of cancer Northern Ireland-born actor Harry Towb dies of cancer at his home in London following a short period of illness. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Europe's Mars rover slips to 2018 Europe's flagship robotic rover mission to Mars now looks certain to leave Earth in 2018, two years later than recently proposed. |
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| Hubble pictures Jupiter's 'scar' The refurbished Hubble telescope focuses on the result of an apparent comet or asteroid impact on Jupiter. | |
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| PM criticised over climate change Gordon Brown is accused of "hindering" work on the environment by leading green adviser Sir Jonathon Porritt. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Plug-pulling ISP changes policy Hull-based internet service provider Karoo has changed its policy of cutting off suspected web pirates. |
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| Voice technology firm hits back Voice message transcription firm Spinvox responds to a BBC story that questioned its technology, privacy standards and finances. | |
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| Wall 'could stop desert spread' The growing environmental threat of desertification could be stopped in Africa by solidifying dunes using bacteria. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Heart risks 'missed in smokers' High blood pressure is picked up less often in people who smoke, despite them being at higher risk of heart disease, a study suggests. |
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| Swine flu service was 'too late' A Parliamentary committee is expected to criticise the government for being slow to set up a swine flu helpline in England. | |
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| 'Debate needed' on assisted death A considered and objective debate on assisted suicide is needed, the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing says. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | University teaching cut by £65m Teaching budgets at England's universities are being cut by 1.36% next year to save £65m. |
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| Fast-track teachers still needed Not all 40 available places on a fast-track teacher trainee scheme in England have been filled. | |
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| Poor students' bursaries pegged Bursaries for England's poorest students will no longer have to cover the gap between grants and fees. | |
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| 1956: Egypt seizes Suez Canal Egypt's president, Colonel Nasser, announces the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company to provide funding for the construction of the Aswan High Dam. | |||
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| 1945: Churchill loses general election Clement Attlee is Britain's new prime minister after Labour win a sweeping victory over the Conservatives. | |||
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| 1963: Thousands killed in Yugoslav earthquake Thousands of people are feared dead as a massive earthquake rocks the Yugoslavian city of Skopje. | |||
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