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| Monday, 10 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | UK assesses future food security The government launches a debate on how the UK can ensure its food supply will remain secure in the future. |
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| China evacuates as storm strikes Almost 1m people are evacuated as Typhoon Morakot brings heavy rain to south-eastern China, before weakening to a storm. | |
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| Lib Dems demand curbs on 'spying' Tighter controls are needed on surveillance powers given to authorities including the police and councils, say the Lib Dems. | |
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| MI6 'is not complicit' in torture The head of MI6 Sir John Scarlett tells the BBC the British secret service has not been involved with torture. | |
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| NHS IT needs overhaul, say Tories The Conservatives say they would save the NHS money by scrapping plans for a central database of patient records. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | China evacuates as storm strikes Almost 1m people are evacuated as Typhoon Morakot brings heavy rain to south-eastern China, before weakening to a storm. |
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| Chavez slams Colombia 'incursion' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accuses Colombia of carrying out a military incursion into Venezuela. | |
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| Pakistani Taliban's leader 'ill' The Pakistani Taliban's leader Baitullah Mehsu is gravely ill, his aide says, denying claims he was killed in a US missile attack. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Clinton urges fair Angola polls US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Angola to hold credible elections and address the nation's past poor human rights record. |
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| Pirates free Italian tugboat crew The crew of an Italian tugboat held for four months by Somali pirates have been freed, Italy's foreign minister says. | |
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| Belgian jailbreak convicts caught The last of three men who escaped from a Belgian jail on a hijacked helicopter is recaptured in Morocco, reports say. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Chavez slams Colombia 'incursion' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accuses Colombia of carrying out a military incursion into Venezuela. |
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| Honduras yields on OAS delegation Honduras' interim government now says it will welcome an OAS teaM, so long as its secretary-general is only an observer. | |
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| Obama arrives for Mexico summit President Obama expresses support for Mexico's war on drug cartels, ahead of a three-way summit with Canada. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| China evacuates as storm strikes Almost 1m people are evacuated as Typhoon Morakot brings heavy rain to south-eastern China, before weakening to a storm. |
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| Pop star Sakai arrested in Tokyo Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai, who disappeared on Monday, surrenders to Tokyo police and is arrested on drugs charges. | |
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| China turns back Xinjiang plane China turns back an Afghan aircraft bound for Urumqi in the restive Xinjiang region, citing a bomb threat. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Bomb blasts hit Spain's Majorca Three bombs explode on the Spanish island of Majorca, after a warning purported to be from the Basque separatist group, Eta. |
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| Pirates free Italian tugboat crew The crew of an Italian tugboat held for four months by Somali pirates have been freed, Italy's foreign minister says. | |
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| Saudi princess robbed in Sardinia Burglars steal some $16m in cash and jewellery from a Saudi princess staying at a luxury hotel on the Italian island of Sardinia. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran confirms US trio being held Iran has confirmed that it has detained three Americans thought to have strayed into its territory, a top US official says. |
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| Saudis shut TV offices in sex row Saudi authorities close the Jeddah offices of a Lebanon-based TV station which broadcast an interview with a Saudi man boasting about sex. | |
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| Saudi princess robbed in Sardinia Burglars steal some $16m in cash and jewellery from a Saudi princess staying at a luxury hotel on the Italian island of Sardinia. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Swine flu deaths go up in India The number of people to die of swine flu in India has risen to five with more deaths over the weekend, health officials say. |
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| Pakistani Taliban's leader 'ill' The Pakistani Taliban's leader Baitullah Mehsu is gravely ill, his aide says, denying claims he was killed in a US missile attack. | |
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| Badminton team quits after threat The England team withdraws from the World Badminton Championships in India after "a specific terrorist threat". | |
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| UK | |
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 | MI6 'is not complicit' in torture The head of MI6 Sir John Scarlett tells the BBC the British secret service has not been involved with torture. |
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| UK assesses future food security The government launches a debate on how the UK can ensure its food supply will remain secure in the future. | |
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| Lib Dems demand curbs on 'spying' Tighter controls are needed on surveillance powers given to authorities including the police and councils, say the Lib Dems. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Gang uses snake in street attack A gang brandishing a snake as a "weapon" attacks a 14-year-old boy with a python, forcing the reptile to bite the teenager's arm. |
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| Teenage boy dies at railway depot Boy, 13, found by British Transport Police in Liverpool after apparently coming into contact with overhead power lines. | |
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| Thousands at bikers' Bulldog Bash The annual bikers' festival, the Bulldog Bash, attracts 23,000 people despite police concerns over violence. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Nine charged over city violence Nine people are charged in connection with violence which followed an Apprentice Boys' parade in Londonderry. |
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| Man killed after van hits trailer A man dies after the van he was driving in Keady, County Armagh, crashed into a trailer parked in a lay-by. | |
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| Greenisland man is beaten by gang A 20-year-old man is beaten by a gang of seven men wearing balaclavas at his home in Greenisland, County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Student fears over mounting debt More than half of students in Scotland are in debt to banks or credit card companies, says the National Union of Students. |
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| Match quit move is 'overreaction' The chief of executive of Badminton Scotland says the English team 'overreacted' to terror threats by quitting the world championships. | |
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| Face shape clue to mental decline Men with symmetrical faces are more likely to stay mentally alert in old age, according to Edinburgh University researchers. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Island attack teenager 'critical' Police are looking for three suspects after a 16-year-old was left in a coma after an attack outside a nightclub in Majorca. |
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| Injured climber's Snowdon rescue A woman is reached by an RAF crew and mountain rescue team after suffering a thigh injury while climbing at 2,300ft. | |
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| Sun shines on third Cardiff mela Up to 15,000 attended the third Cardiff Multicultural Mela festival, held in the city's Bay area. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| MI6 'is not complicit' in torture The head of MI6 Sir John Scarlett tells the BBC the British secret service has not been involved with torture. |
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| NHS IT needs overhaul, say Tories The Conservatives say they would save the NHS money by scrapping plans for a central database of patient records. | |
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| Lib Dems demand curbs on 'spying' Tighter controls are needed on surveillance powers given to authorities including the police and councils, say the Lib Dems. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | New rules on bonuses 'this week' The Financial Services Authority is to set out this week how banks will have to change their policies on bonuses. |
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| Anger over house-share cuts plan Proposals to use planning to limit house-sharing come under attack from landlords and the National Union of Students. | |
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| Rate of job cutting 'is slowing' The pace of deterioration in the UK labour market is starting to slow this summer, according to new research. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Jackson friend claims paternity Former child star Mark Lester claims he is the father of at least one of Michael Jackson's children in a newspaper interview. |
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| Second chart-topper for Stryder Tinchy Stryder scores his second number one single with Never Leave You, while Michael Jackson remains at the top of the album charts. | |
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| Abdul 'in talks with Idol rival' Paula Abdul may join TV talent show So You Think You Can Dance following her exit from American Idol, reports suggest. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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| UK assesses future food security The government launches a debate on how the UK can ensure its food supply will remain secure in the future. |
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| Freak wave 'hot spots' identified Variations in ocean depth and strong currents increase the chances of freak waves occurring, a study reveals. | |
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| Brain radiotherapy affects mind Radiotherapy used to treat brain tumours may lead to a decline in mental function many years down the line, say Dutch researchers. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Rivals bid to snatch green domain Rival environmental groups line up supporters to try to take control of a new .eco net domain aimed at green groups. |
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| Tech gives humans animal senses Virtual reality allows people to experience the extreme ranges of sight and hearing that many animals have. | |
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| Web attack blogger blames Russia A blogger who was targeted in a co-ordinated attack against websites such as Facebook and Twitter blames Russia. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Brain radiotherapy affects mind Radiotherapy used to treat brain tumours may lead to a decline in mental function many years down the line, say Dutch researchers. |
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| NHS IT needs overhaul, say Tories The Conservatives say they would save the NHS money by scrapping plans for a central database of patient records. | |
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| Equation 'to spot small placenta' A measurement for placentas could act as an early warning system and potentially stop babies dying in the womb, a study suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Early death concern for drop-outs One in six youths who spend a long period out of education or employment could die early, a government advisor says. |
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| Poorer student grade plan backed Campaigners welcome an idea to give poorer students a two grade "head start" to help them get places at the leading universities. | |
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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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| 2001: Hamiltons condemn 'sex assault' arrest Former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton and wife Christine strenuously deny allegations they carried out a serious sexual assault. | |||
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| 1977: Tight security for Queen's Irish visit The Queen visits Northern Ireland for the first time in 11 years as part of her Silver Jubilee tour. | |||
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| 1964: Guns fall silent in Cyprus The United Nations brokers another ceasefire in Cyprus, defusing a growing military crisis and heading off the threat of invasion by Turkey. | |||
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