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| Friday, 07 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Train robber Biggs awaits release Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs awaits his formal release after being granted freedom from prison on compassionate grounds. |
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| Taliban head Mehsud 'may be dead' US and Pakistani officials say they are checking reports the Taliban leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, has been killed. | |
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| Postal workers begin pay strikes Thousands of postal workers stage the first of a series of planned strikes amid a worsening dispute over jobs. | |
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| Shoppers 'need more protection' A watchdog calls for more protection for shoppers who pay for goods in advance but lose money when a firm collapses. | |
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| Miliband backs US-style primaries Choosing Labour Parliamentary candidates should no longer be the preserve of party members, David Miliband says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Georgians still displaced by war Thousands of people forced from their homes in last year's war between Russia and Georgia are still displaced, Amnesty says. |
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| Taliban head Mehsud 'may be dead' US and Pakistani officials say they are checking reports the Taliban leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, has been killed. | |
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| Brazil in nod to Colombian leader Colombia's president receives tacit support from Brazil for his plans to allow US troops to use Colombian bases. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Clinton threatens Eritrea action US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns the US will "take action" if Eritrea continues to back militants in Somalia. |
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| 'New era' for DR Congo and Rwanda The leaders of Rwanda and DR Congo pledge to boost economic and security ties after a rare meeting on the border. | |
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| UN denounces Guinea 'drug labs' The UN says there are clandestine drug factories capable of manufacturing heroin, cocaine and ecstasy in Guinea. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Sotomayor approved by US Senate The US Senate confirms Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice, making her the first Hispanic to sit on the court. |
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| Comedy director John Hughes dies US film director John Hughes, who created some of the best-loved comedies of the 1980s and 1990s, dies at 59. | |
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| Scientists find an itchiness cell Scientists have pinpointed a specific type of nerve cell in mice which appears to generate the itch sensation. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Sixty lost in Tonga ferry sinking More then 60 people, mainly women and children, are now feared to have drowned after a ferry capsized near Tonga. |
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| S Korea factory occupation ends Hundreds of South Korean workers end a 77-day factory sit-in over job cuts after days of pitched battles with police. | |
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| Pregnant prisoner heading to UK Expectant mother Samantha Orobator, jailed for life in Laos for heroin smuggling, is due to arrive back in the UK later. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Georgians still displaced by war Thousands of people forced from their homes in last year's war between Russia and Georgia are still displaced, Amnesty says. |
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| Deadly fire at Belgian care home Nine people are killed after a blaze breaks out at a retirement home in the northern Belgian town of Melle. | |
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| Train robber Biggs awaits release Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs awaits his formal release after being granted freedom from prison on compassionate grounds. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Fatah extends stormy conference The Palestinian Fatah movement's first party congress for 20 years is extended amid rows between rival camps. |
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| Hamas rocket attacks 'war crimes' The firing of rockets in Israel by Hamas militants in Gaza amounts to a war crime, a human rights group argues. | |
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| New opposition protest in Tehran Hundreds of opposition supporters have taken to the streets of Tehran shouting "Death to the dictator", reports say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Taliban head Mehsud 'may be dead' US and Pakistani officials say they are checking reports the Taliban leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, has been killed. |
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| New Tamil Tiger leader 'arrested' The Sri Lankan authorities say the new head of Tamil Tiger rebels, Selvarasa Pathmanathan, has been arrested. | |
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| India to execute 2003 bomb trio A court in India sentences three people to death for carrying out 2003 bombings that killed more than 50 people in Mumbai. | |
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| UK | |
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| Train robber Biggs awaits release Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs awaits his formal release after being granted freedom from prison on compassionate grounds. |
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| Shoppers 'need more protection' A watchdog calls for more protection for shoppers who pay for goods in advance but lose money when a firm collapses. | |
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| Postal workers begin pay strikes Thousands of postal workers stage the first of a series of planned strikes amid a worsening dispute over jobs. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Train robber Biggs awaits release Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs awaits his formal release after being granted freedom from prison on compassionate grounds. |
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| Pregnant prisoner heading to UK Expectant mother Samantha Orobator, jailed for life in Laos for heroin smuggling, is due to arrive back in the UK later. | |
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| Postal workers begin pay strikes Thousands of postal workers stage the first of a series of planned strikes amid a worsening dispute over jobs. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | 50 east Belfast jobs under threat Up to 50 jobs are under threat at an engineering company located in the Dee Street area of east Belfast, it is feared. |
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| Board backs police closure plan The Policing Board approves proposals to sell off 26 police stations in Northern Ireland. | |
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| Judge revokes paedophile's parole A convicted paedophile who went on the run to the Irish Republic 12 days ago, is back in prison after his parole licence was revoked. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Ticket sales up as Fringe begins Advanced ticket sales for this year's Edinburgh Fringe are up more than 20% when compared with 2007. |
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| Postal workers to stage walkout Postal services across the east of Scotland face disruption as hundreds of workers begin a weekend of strike action. | |
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| Community advertises for local GP A remote Perthshire community advertises for a GP with the aim of embarrassing the local health board into providing one. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Blast seriously hurts TA soldier A soldier with the Territorial Army Royal Regiment of Wales is "very seriously" injured in an explosion during a training exercise. |
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| Tory win 'would threaten powers' Dafydd Elis Thomas says Conservatives could stop further powers being transferred to Wales if they win the general election. | |
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| Dylan Thomas's daughter's funeral Mourners pack a parish church to say farewell to Aeronwy Thomas-Ellis, the only daughter of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Miliband backs US-style primaries Choosing Labour Parliamentary candidates should no longer be the preserve of party members, David Miliband says. |
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| I'm no shrinking violet - Harman Harriet Harman denies manoeuvring for the top job while being stand-in PM but insists she will not be a "shrinking violet". | |
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| Extra £50bn pumped into economy The Bank of England decides to pump another £50bn of new money into the economy and keeps interest rates unchanged. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Extra £50bn pumped into economy The Bank of England decides to pump another £50bn of new money into the economy and keeps interest rates unchanged. |
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| Murdoch signals end of free news Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is set to start charging online customers for news content across all of its websites. | |
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| Shoppers 'need more protection' A watchdog calls for more protection for shoppers who pay for goods in advance but lose money when a firm collapses. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Comedy director John Hughes dies US film director John Hughes, who created some of the best-loved comedies of the 1980s and 1990s, dies at 59. |
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| West End audiences defy recession The Society of London Theatre says more people than ever are going to shows in the West End, with musicals leading the way. | |
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| Ticket sales up as Fringe begins Advanced ticket sales for this year's Edinburgh Fringe are up more than 20% when compared with 2007. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Clever rooks repeat ancient fable Footage of clever rooks reveal that one of Aesop's fables may be based on fact, scientists report. |
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| Cannibalism theory over bone-find A 9,000-year-old human bone found in a cavern in Devon with cut marks on it may be evidence of cannibalism, say archaeologists. | |
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| Martian methane mystery deepens Methane on Mars is produced and destroyed far faster than on Earth according to analysis of recent data. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Hackers hit Twitter and Facebook Micro-blog service Twitter and social networking site Facebook are severely disrupted in coordinated attacks by hackers. |
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| 'Web addict' death investigated Chinese officials investigate the case of a teenage web addict who was allegedly beaten to death at a treatment camp. | |
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| Timms to lead 'Digital Britain' Treasury minister Stephen Timms is to take charge of implementing the Digital Britain plan to boost broadband and new media in the UK. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Men with angina 'at greater risk' Men with angina are much more likely than women to experience serious heart problems, a study suggests. |
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| Scientists find an itchiness cell Scientists have pinpointed a specific type of nerve cell in mice which appears to generate the itch sensation. | |
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| Big drop in new swine flu cases The number of new cases of H1N1 swine flu in England and Scotland has fallen significantly, latest figures show. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Student satisfaction rate 'slips' This year's final year students in England were a little less happy with their university experience than last year's, a survey shows. |
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| Re-think call on school vetting The man who led the Soham murder inquiry has said the new school vetting scheme must be 'proportionate'. | |
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| Join a new club: 'Am I bovvered?' Research suggests youngsters can be too rebellious, lazy or shy to take part in after school clubs and other activities. | |
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| 1998: US embassies in Africa bombed At least 200 people are killed and many more injured when US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are bombed within minutes of each other. | |||
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| 2003: Bali bomber smiles at guilty verdict Amrozi bin Nurhasyim is convicted for the Bali nightclub bombings which killed 190 people in 2002. | |||
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| 1972: Asians given 90 days to leave Uganda The Ugandan leader, Idi Amin, sets a deadline for the expulsion of most of the country's Asians. | |||
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