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| Tuesday, 18 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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 | Corruption fears over Afghan poll Voting cards are being offered for sale in Afghanistan as the presidential election approaches, a BBC investigation finds. |
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| Senators oppose Lockerbie release Seven US senators write to the Scottish justice secretary to urge him to keep the Lockerbie bomber behind bars. | |
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| Chicago shuts down to save money Non-essential services close for a day in the US city of Chicago in an attempt to address a $300m budget deficit. | |
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| New students 'face £23,000 debt' Students starting university courses this autumn can expect to graduate owing more than £23,000, a survey suggests. | |
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| Warning over driving fines plan Plans to allow police to issue on-the-spot fines for careless driving would undermine justice, warns the Magistrates Association. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Corruption fears over Afghan poll Voting cards are being offered for sale in Afghanistan as the presidential election approaches, a BBC investigation finds. |
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| US urges Sri Lanka reconciliation A US diplomat says Sri Lanka's failure to share power with the minority Tamils could lead to renewed violence. | |
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| US judge 'ignored death row plea' A US judge stands trial over allegedly refusing to allow lawyers for a death row inmate to lodge a last minute appeal. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Zambia clears ex-leader Chiluba Zambia's former president, Frederick Chiluba, is cleared of embezzling $500,000 during his 10-year presidency. |
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| Tanzania police cleared of murder The first-ever trial of police officers accused of killing civilians in Tanzania ends with acquittals for all eight officers. | |
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| Shares suspended in Nigeria banks Shares in five Nigerian banks, which were bailed out by the government last week, have been suspended. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US man 'stole 130m card numbers' US prosecutors charge a man with carrying out what they say is the largest case of identity theft in American history. |
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| US judge 'ignored death row plea' A US judge stands trial over allegedly refusing to allow lawyers for a death row inmate to lodge a last minute appeal. | |
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| Chicago shuts down to save money Non-essential services close for a day in the US city of Chicago in an attempt to address a $300m budget deficit. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Water crisis to hit Asian food Scientists say Asia's failure to upgrade irrigation and water security will hit food supplies and stability. |
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| China 'angry' at Australia tour It emerges that China cancelled a ministerial visit because of Australia's welcome for exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer. | |
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| Japan election campaign begins Election campaigning begins for a vote in which the opposition is poised to win power for the first time in half a century. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Many killed in Russia bomb attack At least 20 people are killed and more than 138 injured by a bomb attack at a police station in southern Russia. |
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| Senators oppose Lockerbie release Seven US senators write to the Scottish justice secretary to urge him to keep the Lockerbie bomber behind bars. | |
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| Vilnius 'Real IRA' trial to open A man charged with trying to buy arms for dissident Irish republicans is set to go on trial in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Anti-gay attacks on rise in Iraq Gay Iraqis are being murdered in a brutal co-ordinated campaign involving militia forces, a rights group says. |
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| Ex-wife blamed for Kuwait inferno Police investigating a deadly blaze at a Kuwaiti wedding on Saturday say the groom's ex-wife has confessed to starting it. | |
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| Cairo protests at swine flu bans Angry scenes are reported at Cairo airport as some Muslims are banned from travelling to Mecca over swine flu fears. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Corruption fears over Afghan poll Voting cards are being offered for sale in Afghanistan as the presidential election approaches, a BBC investigation finds. |
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| US urges Sri Lanka reconciliation A US diplomat says Sri Lanka's failure to share power with the minority Tamils could lead to renewed violence. | |
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| Sri Lanka refugee camps 'flooded' Heavy rain in northern Sri Lanka has flooded the government-run camps where Tamil war refugees are being held, reports say. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Soldiers' bodies to be flown home The bodies of three soldiers killed by the roadside while on foot patrol in Afghanistan are being flown back to the UK later. |
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| Senators oppose Lockerbie release Seven US senators write to the Scottish justice secretary to urge him to keep the Lockerbie bomber behind bars. | |
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| New students 'face £23,000 debt' Students starting university courses this autumn can expect to graduate owing more than £23,000, a survey suggests. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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| Soldiers' bodies to be flown home The bodies of three soldiers killed by the roadside while on foot patrol in Afghanistan are being flown back to the UK later. |
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| Villages to empty after bomb find Two entire villages are to be evacuated to allow the RAF to destroy a huge World War II bomb found in a North Yorkshire field. | |
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| Sex card challenge to phone firms Mobile phone companies are urged to disable the telephone numbers on prostitute call cards by London's deputy mayor. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Vilnius 'Real IRA' trial to open A man charged with trying to buy arms for dissident Irish republicans is set to go on trial in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. |
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| 420 jobs 'delayed' at arts centre 420 construction jobs are being delayed at Belfast's new arts centre because funding has not been released, it is claimed. | |
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| Afghan guard was due to come home A man from Ballykelly who died while working for a private security firm in Afghanistan had been due to come home. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Senators oppose Lockerbie release Seven US senators write to the Scottish justice secretary to urge him to keep the Lockerbie bomber behind bars. |
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| City bus workers to strike again Bus services in Aberdeen are to be hit by another round of strike action again after talks over pay break down. | |
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| Age toll taken on wild red deer A study of wild red deer on the Isle of Rum finds the animal's ageing process can be dramatic and sudden. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | 'Selfless' soldier 200th to die A 21-year-old Royal Welsh soldier who was the 200th UK military fatality of the Afghanistan conflict is described as "an amazing character". |
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| Jail over cannabis farm network Twelve Vietnamese nationals who operated eight cannabis farms in rented house across north Wales are jailed. | |
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| Search for E.coli dance campers Some 100 of the 650 people who attended a dance camp where two girls contracted E.coli have been tracked down by officials. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Ainsworth defends Afghan mission The defence secretary says the Afghanistan campaign is "winnable", as the number of military casualties rises sharply. |
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| Darling dismisses pay commission Chancellor Alistair Darling has come out against calls for a new commission to curb "excessive" pay. | |
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| Mandelson spoke to Gaddafi's son Lord Mandelson met Muammar Gaddafi's son in Corfu a week before it was announced the Lockerbie bomber could be released. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Japan's economy leaves recession Japan follows Germany, France and Hong Kong out of recession by recording growth in the second quarter. |
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| Half of pension schemes 'to shut' About half of private sector final-salary pension schemes will have closed to existing staff within the next three years, a survey says. | |
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| Katona axed from Iceland adverts Supermarket Iceland axes Kerry Katona from its adverts, saying it was "impossible" for her to continue in the role. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Katona axed from Iceland adverts Supermarket Iceland axes Kerry Katona from its adverts, saying it was "impossible" for her to continue in the role. |
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| Osbourne to dance in US hit show Kelly Osbourne and Donny Osmond are among the line-up for the latest series of US ballroom show Dancing With The Stars. | |
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| Presenter on drink-drive charge A TV presenter is charged with drink-driving following a crash in north London. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Herbs 'can be natural pesticides' Common herbs and spices show promise as an environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional pesticides, scientists have told a major US conference. |
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| Water reform is 'needed in Asia' Asia must reform its water use to feed 1.5 billion extra people by 2050, according to a report to presented at a major conference. | |
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| Monkeys booze because of genes A study has shown that having a particular gene variant causes some macaque monkeys to drink more alcohol in experiments. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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| US man 'stole 130m card numbers' US prosecutors charge a man with carrying out what they say is the largest case of identity theft in American history. |
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| Mobile data show friend networks Data from mobile phones reveals not only friendship networks but can give indications of users' happiness, researchers say. | |
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| Video gamers 'older than thought' A US study suggests the average adult video game enthusiast is 35 years old and more overweight and less healthy than average. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Parents 'ignoring eye sun danger' Three in four parents are failing to protect their child's eyesight by buying suitable sunglasses, experts warn. |
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| 'Magnetic' stem cells for hearts Heart attacks and other vascular injuries could one day be treated using injections of magnetised stem cells, experts say. | |
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| Charity seeks end to lunchbox ham Parents are urged to avoid putting processed meat into children's lunchboxes amid concerns about links to cancer. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | New students 'face £23,000 debt' Students starting university courses this autumn can expect to graduate owing more than £23,000, a survey suggests. |
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| University sites 'fail disabled' One in 10 disabled students in the UK cannot get the living support they need at universities, a report finds. | |
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| Diploma teaching 'must improve' Some of the teaching in the new 14-19 Diploma in England needs to be improved, government inspectors say. | |
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| 1992: Serbian prison camps condemned Conditions in two Serbian detention camps are condemned as "hell on earth" by the man leading a delegation to inspect them. | |||
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| 1964: South Africa banned from Olympics South Africa are barred from taking part in the 18th Olympic Games in Tokyo over its refusal to condemn apartheid. | |||
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| 1989: Man U sold in record takeover deal Manchester United Football Club is sold for £20m in the biggest takeover deal in the history of British football. | |||
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| DON'T MISS | |
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 | | Panorama The stories of Afghan women risking their lives to create an equal society TONIGHT, BBC ONE, 8.30pm
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