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	World Cup begins in South Africa The 2010 World Cup in South Africa starts with the opening ceremony at Johannesburg's 94,000-capacity Soccer City.
	Expenses four 'must face trial' A judge rules that three ex Labour MPs and an ex Tory peer are not protected from prosecution over their expenses.
	BP 'planning to suspend dividend' Oil giant BP is planning to suspend its dividend payment to shareholders, the BBC learns.
	Three Britons die in Africa crash Three British students killed in a bus crash in South Africa are named by their college, while four others remain in intensive care.
	Farm parents launch legal action Lawyers representing victims of last year's E. coli outbreak at a Surrey farm are preparing to launch a group legal action.

WORLD
	World Cup begins in South Africa The 2010 World Cup in South Africa starts with the opening ceremony at Johannesburg's 94,000-capacity Soccer City.
	Deadly flash floods hit Arkansas Flash flooding hits two campsites in the US state of Arkansas, killing 16 people and leaving others missing, police say.
	Fresh violence hits Kyrgyz city At least 45 die as fresh fighting hits Osh in Kyrgyzstan, in the worst violence since ex-President Bakiyev was removed in April.

AFRICA
	South Africa 1-1 Mexico Siphiwe Tshabalala scores a memorable goal, but Mexico's Rafael Marquez ultimately denies hosts South Africa in the opening match of the 2010 World Cup.
	Pirates free UK-flagged carrier Somali pirates free 25 mainly east European sailors and their ship more than six months after seizing them.
	Mandela misses World Cup opening S Africa's World Cup opens but Nelson Mandela misses the event as his great-granddaughter is killed in a car crash.

AMERICAS
	BP 'planning to suspend dividend' Oil giant BP is planning to suspend its dividend payment to shareholders, the BBC learns.
	Deadly flash floods hit Arkansas Flash flooding hits two campsites in the US state of Arkansas, killing 16 people and leaving others missing, police say.
	Mexican gunmen 'kill 19' in raid Gunmen storm a rehabilitation centre in a north Mexican city, shooting dead 19 people and wounding at least four others, police say.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Fresh violence hits Kyrgyz city At least 45 die as fresh fighting hits Osh in Kyrgyzstan, in the worst violence since ex-President Bakiyev was removed in April.
	South Korea rocket 'debris' found A South Korean navy ship has recovered debris apparently from a failed rocket launch from the South Korean space centre at Goheung on Thursday.
	Japan unfurls solar sail in space Japanese scientists celebrate the successful deployment of their solar sail Ikaros.

EUROPE
	Rwanda preacher gets life in jail A Finnish court sentences a Rwandan preacher to life in prison for his participation in Rwanda's 1994 genocide.
	Russia backs away from Iran deal Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Moscow will freeze the sale of surface-to-air missiles to Iran, according to French officials.
	Two bikers killed in same TT race Two motorcyclists have been killed in the same Isle of Man TT race, the Auto Cycle Union (ACU) confirms.

MIDDLE EAST
	Iraq merger forms big Shia bloc Iraq's two main Shia groups, which performed strongly in recent elections, merge to form the biggest alliance in the new parliament.
	Russia backs away from Iran deal Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Moscow will freeze the sale of surface-to-air missiles to Iran, according to French officials.
	Libya 'frees Swiss businessman' Swiss businessman Max Goeldi, at the centre of a long-running row, is released from jail in Libya, his lawyer says.

SOUTH ASIA
	Nato upbeat on Afghan operations US Defense Secretary Robert Gates insists the Nato-led force in Afghanistan is regaining the initiative from insurgents.
	Roadside bomb kills nine Afghans A roadside bomb kills nine civilians in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, officials say.
	Record price for Indian painting A painting by a top Indian artist sets a record for a modern Indian work, officials at Christie's auctioneers say.

UK
	Expenses four 'must face trial' A judge rules that three ex Labour MPs and an ex Tory peer are not protected from prosecution over their expenses.
	PM tells BP of oil 'frustration' David Cameron tells BP's chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg he is "frustrated and concerned" about the environmental damage caused by the US oil leak.
	Farm parents launch legal action Lawyers representing victims of last year's E. coli outbreak at a Surrey farm are preparing to launch a group legal action.

ENGLAND
	Toddler died after methadone dose A Gloucestershire couple plead guilty to cruelty charges after a baby died of suspected methadone poisoning.
	Man died after surgery swab error An inquest finds a swab left inside a man at a Leicester hospital was partly to blame for his death.
	Cannabis warning after stabbings A man cleared of stabbing 11 people by reason of insanity warns people against taking skunk cannabis.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Life for house party knife killer A man who stabbed his girlfriend to death in front of guests at a house party pleads guilty to her murder.
	Gun attack 'was attempted murder' A shooting in north Belfast, in which a 26-year-old man was injured on Thursday night, was attempted murder, police say.
	Titanic flat buyer 'has no money' An order for a cash-strapped buyer to complete on an apartment in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast would be impossible to enforce, the High Court hears.

SCOTLAND
	Strike ballot for Scots teachers Scotland's largest teaching union votes to ballot its members for strike action over funding cuts.
	Jail for 'text mistake' killers Two brothers who killed a local football referee at his home in Lanarkshire are each jailed for 10 years.
	Shooting victim was 'family man' Detectives investigating the murder of a father gunned down outside his home make a further appeal for information.

WALES
	Son shot father with homemade gun A 23-year-old man is jailed for life for shooting his sleeping father with a homemade gun twice in the head.
	Badger cull 'on hold' for appeal A cull on badgers in Pembrokeshire will not begin before the results of an appeal, it is announced.
	Non-Welsh speaker for Bangor uni A non-Welsh speaker is to be Bangor University's new vice-chancellor, despite calls for the post to reflect the community.

BUSINESS
	BP 'planning to suspend dividend' Oil giant BP is planning to suspend its dividend payment to shareholders, the BBC learns.
	Japan PM warns of debt 'collapse' Japan's economy is at "risk of collapse" under its huge debt mountain, the country's new prime minister says.
	Surprise dip in industrial output UK industrial output fell unexpectedly in April, but economists say the figures should not be a cause for concern.

ENTERTAINMENT
	X Factor announces guest judges Pop stars Katy Perry, Pixie Lott and Natalie Imbruglia will appear as guest judges on the next series of the X Factor, ITV1 has announced.
	Sugar chooses Junior Apprentice Maths whizz-kid Arjun Rajyagor is crowned the first winner of the BBC's Junior Apprentice show by Lord Sugar.
	Andrew Castle quitting GMTV sofa Breakfast TV presenter Andrew Castle is to leave GMTV after 10 years, the broadcaster announces.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Japan unfurls solar sail in space Japanese scientists celebrate the successful deployment of their solar sail Ikaros.
	Exoplanet spotted on the move Astronomers claim to have tracked for the first time an extra-solar planet in orbit around a young star.
	Badger cull 'on hold' for appeal A cull on badgers in Pembrokeshire will not begin before the results of an appeal, it is announced.

TECHNOLOGY
	'Threat' to porn site visitors The economics of the online porn industry make it ripe for exploitation by hi-tech criminals, a study suggests.
	Adobe fixes 'critical' Flash flaw Adobe has fixed a security flaw that had the potential to allow hackers to take control of affected computer systems.
	Japan unfurls solar sail in space Japanese scientists celebrate the successful deployment of their solar sail Ikaros.

HEALTH
	Farm parents launch legal action Lawyers representing victims of last year's E. coli outbreak at a Surrey farm are preparing to launch a group legal action.
	Meat-eating link to early periods Girls who eat a lot of meat during childhood tend to start their periods earlier, a UK study suggests.
	Illicit alcohol seized in raids Hundreds of bottles of counterfeit alcohol are seized by Trading Standards ahead of the World Cup.

EDUCATION
	Academies' special needs warning Children with special educational needs could lose out in the academies expansion, councils say.
	Cambridge fund campaign tops £1bn Cambridge University raises more than £1bn for a teaching fund, two years ahead of schedule.
	Universities 'need overhauling' Universities in England are on shaky foundations and need a radical overhaul, the country's universities minister says.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1955: Le Mans disaster claims 77 lives Seventy-seven people are killed and 77 others injured when a racing car spins off the track and into the crowd.
	1998: UN warns of famine in Sudan More than a million people in Sudan are facing starvation, prompting the United Nations to declare an official famine in the region.
	1959: Hovercraft marks new era in transport The Hovercraft invented by Christopher Cockerell is officially launched in Southampton.

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