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| Friday, 31 July, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | 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. |
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| Verdict delayed in Suu Kyi trial A Burmese court delays a verdict in the trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi until 11 August. | |
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| Right-to-die law to be clarified Prosecutors will start work to clarify the law on assisted suicide after a landmark court victory by a multiple sclerosis sufferer. | |
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| Hacker's extradition decision due High Court judges will decide later whether Briton Gary McKinnon must face trial in the US for hacking into military computers. | |
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| Banking reform 'largely cosmetic' The government's plans for reforming the regulation of banks are "largely cosmetic" and "lack clarity", MPs say. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Detained Nigeria sect leader dies The leader of an Islamic sect blamed for deadly violence in Nigeria has been shot dead hours after capture, police say. |
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| Verdict delayed in Suu Kyi trial A Burmese court delays a verdict in the trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi until 11 August. | |
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| Obama hosts race row beer reunion A black professor and the officer who arrested him meet for a beer at the White House in an effort to defuse a race row. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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| Detained Nigeria sect leader dies The leader of an Islamic sect blamed for deadly violence in Nigeria has been shot dead hours after capture, police say. |
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| Envoy queries Sudan terror status A senior US official has said there is no evidence to support keeping Sudan on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. | |
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| Kenya shuns special poll tribunal Kenya says it will not set up a special tribunal over last year's post-election violence, and will use local courts instead. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Obama hosts race row beer reunion A black professor and the officer who arrested him meet for a beer at the White House in an effort to defuse a race row. |
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| Judge orders Guantanamo release A US judge orders the release of Mohammed Jawad, one of the youngest detainees at Guantanamo Bay. | |
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| Endeavour shuttle ready to land The space shuttle Endeavour is set to return to Earth after a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Verdict delayed in Suu Kyi trial A Burmese court delays a verdict in the trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi until 11 August. |
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| China concerned about abortions There are 13 million abortions each year in China, highlighting a lack of sex education, according to a Chinese newspaper. | |
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| US sailor jailed for Japan murder A US sailor is jailed for life for the killing of a Japanese taxi driver which strained relations between the two countries. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Travel chaos after Majorca bomb Dozens of flights are stopped by Spanish police after a car bomb in Majorca blamed on separatists kills two Civil Guard officers. |
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| Airbus urges speed sensor switch Airbus urges airlines to change speed sensors on about 200 jets, in the wake of the Air France crash off Brazil. | |
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| MS woman wins right-to-die fight A woman with multiple sclerosis has won a landmark case to have the law on assisted suicide clarified. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran police clash with mourners Tehran police clash with mourners holding ceremonies for those killed in post-election violence, reports say. |
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| Deadly bomb at Iraq party office Seven people are killed as bomb explodes at the office of a Sunni political party in central Iraq, police say. | |
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| Palestinians in kite record bid Palestinian children turn out in big numbers on a beach in northern Gaza in a bid to break the world record for kite flying. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Taliban urge Afghan poll boycott The Taliban call on Afghans to boycott August elections and order their fighters to try to prevent the vote taking place. |
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| Court rejects Musharraf trial The Supreme Court of Pakistan rejects a request to launch a treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf. | |
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| Champions League groups unveiled The groups and fixtures are announced for the Champions League Twenty20, which will take place in India in October. | |
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| UK | |
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| 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. |
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| Right-to-die law to be clarified Prosecutors will start work to clarify the law on assisted suicide after a landmark court victory by a multiple sclerosis sufferer. | |
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| Hacker's extradition decision due High Court judges will decide later whether Briton Gary McKinnon must face trial in the US for hacking into military computers. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Two charged over car boot murders Two people are charged with murder following the discovery of two dead bodies in a car boot in Leeds. |
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| Hacker's extradition decision due High Court judges will decide later whether Briton Gary McKinnon must face trial in the US for hacking into military computers. | |
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| Third of coastline 'inaccessible' One third of England's coastline - nearly 1,000 miles - is not adequately accessible to the public, Natural England says. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | NI justice ministry step closer Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive takes another step towards creating a local justice department. |
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| Theft accused 'drove at police' A man tried to kill a police officer by driving a stolen car at him in west Belfast, the High Court has been told. | |
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| Bogus utility calls target homes Police in Newtownabbey are investigating a link between three house robberies, which took place within the space of an hour. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Quarry pool search for schoolboy A 15-year-old schoolboy is missing feared drowned in a disused quarry on the outskirts of Edinburgh. |
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| Trumpet star opens jazz festival US trumpet star Roy Hargrove opens the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival later with a performance at the Queen's Hall. | |
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| Revival plan for 17th Century pub Plans are unveiled to reopen a famous Scottish Borders inn which was first licensed as a pub in the year 1604. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Boy 'tangled in blind cord' dies A boy of 23 months dies after he is understood to have become entangled in the cord of a window blind. |
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| Shopping centre death is probed An investigation is underway after a man, 23, dies following an incident at a shopping centre. | |
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| Walker's mountain hike 'madness' Inquests in to the deaths of two hill walkers hears that one was ill prepared for frozen conditions. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Banking reform 'largely cosmetic' The government's plans for reforming the regulation of banks are "largely cosmetic" and "lack clarity", MPs say. |
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| Iraq inquiry 'may last into 2011' The Iraq war inquiry will "not shy away" from criticising people but may not be completed by the end of 2010, its chairman says. | |
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| Right-to-die law to be clarified Prosecutors will start work to clarify the law on assisted suicide after a landmark court victory by a multiple sclerosis sufferer. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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| Banking reform 'largely cosmetic' The government's plans for reforming the regulation of banks are "largely cosmetic" and "lack clarity", MPs say. |
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| FTSE closes at seven-month high Leading UK shares close at their highest level for almost seven months on better-than-expected corporate results. | |
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| 12,000 stores 'closed this year' About 12,000 independent shops and 7,000 branches of big chains have closed in England and Wales so far in 2009, research says. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Victory for Whiter Shade organist Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher has won his long battle to be recognised as co-writer of the band's 1967 hit Whiter Shade of Pale, Law Lords rule. |
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| Moore movie to compete at Venice Capitalism, the latest documentary from US director Michael Moore, is one of 23 films in competition at this year's Venice Film Festival. | |
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| Jackson mother 'agrees custody' A lawyer for Michael Jackson's mother claims a custody deal has been reached ahead of a court decision on Monday. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Fresh hope for world's fisheries There is fresh hope that the world's depleted fisheries can be saved from collapse, say researchers. |
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| Endeavour shuttle ready to land The space shuttle Endeavour is set to return to Earth after a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. | |
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| Bald songbird discovered in Laos Scientists discover a striking new species of bald songbird in a limestone region of South East Asia. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Cable fault cuts off West Africa Internet and phone services are disrupted across West Africa following damage to an undersea cable. |
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| File-sharer admits swapping songs A US student who faces up to $4.5m (£2.8m) in fines for illegally swapping music files online admits he shared hundreds of songs. | |
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| iPhone bucks handset sales falls Apple's iPhone is continuing to enjoy a rise in global sales, despite industry-wide falls, a survey says. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| 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. |
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| Rapid chlamydia diagnosis for men A urine test can diagnose the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia in men within an hour, enabling quicker treatment. | |
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| Right-to-die law to be clarified Prosecutors will start work to clarify the law on assisted suicide after a landmark court victory by a multiple sclerosis sufferer. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Schools exclude pupils less often The number of permanent and fixed period exclusions from England's schools has fallen, statistics show. |
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| Nursery child protection concern Almost one in three early years providers in England is inadequate or only satisfactory on child protection, inspectors say. | |
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| Universities 'should cut carbon' University funding in England could be linked to institutions' reduction in carbon emissions from 2011. | |
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| 1991: Superpowers to cut nuclear warheads The US and the Soviet Union sign the Start treaty to reduce stockpiles of nuclear warheads by about a third. | |||
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| 1998: UK imposes total ban on landmines The British Government announces a total ban on landmines, a month before the first anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. | |||
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| 1962: Violence flares at Mosley rally Former fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley is assaulted at a rally in London's east end. | |||
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