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| Tuesday, 29 June, 2010, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Petraeus warns on Afghan fighting Fighting in Afghanistan may get worse before it gets better, says Gen David Petraeus, as a Senate panel backs him to lead the war. |
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| PM 'agrees torture inquiry terms' David Cameron has agreed the terms of an inquiry into claims UK agents were complicit in the torture of terror suspects, the BBC understands. | |
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| Police 'can do more' despite cuts Chief constables must get more officers on the beat despite tough budget reductions, the home secretary says. | |
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| Putin fears 'spy' harm to US ties Russian PM Vladimir Putin says he hopes arrests in the US over an alleged spy ring will not harm US-Russian relations. | |
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| Shares slump on euro bank fears Global stock markets drops sharply and the euro falls on renewed concerns over the European banking sector. | |
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| WORLD | |
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| Petraeus warns on Afghan fighting Fighting in Afghanistan may get worse before it gets better, says Gen David Petraeus, as a Senate panel backs him to lead the war. |
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| Putin fears 'spy' harm to US ties Russian PM Vladimir Putin says he hopes arrests in the US over an alleged spy ring will not harm US-Russian relations. | |
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| Blatter sorry for disallowed goal Fifa president Sepp Blatter apologises for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal in England's World Cup defeat by Germany and vows to reopen the debate over goal-line technology. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Kenya's PM 'has head operation' Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga has an operation to remove fluid on the brain, doctors say, and is recovering well in hospital. |
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| Pfizer-Nigeria appeal dismissed The US Supreme Court gives Nigerian families the green light to sue Pfizer over the use of a new antibiotic on their children. | |
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| Hopes fade after Ghana mine fall Rescue workers say there is little chance of finding more survivors after a gold mine collapsed in Ghana, trapping dozens. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Petraeus warns on Afghan fighting Fighting in Afghanistan may get worse before it gets better, says Gen David Petraeus, as a Senate panel backs him to lead the war. |
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| Putin fears 'spy' harm to US ties Russian PM Vladimir Putin says he hopes arrests in the US over an alleged spy ring will not harm US-Russian relations. | |
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| Paraguay beat Japan on penalties Paraguay are through to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history after beating Japan 5-3 on penalties following a 0-0 draw. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Google in 'new approach' on China Google announces a "new approach" in China as it battles with Beijing over the censorship of internet search results. |
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| Taiwan and China in historic pact Taiwan and China sign a landmark trade agreement, seen as the most significant deal in 60 years of separation. | |
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| Burma captures 'white' elephant A rare so-called white elephant - traditionally a symbol of good fortune in south-east Asia - is captured in Burma, state media reports. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Putin fears 'spy' harm to US ties Russian PM Vladimir Putin says he hopes arrests in the US over an alleged spy ring will not harm US-Russian relations. |
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| PM 'agrees torture inquiry terms' David Cameron has agreed the terms of an inquiry into claims UK agents were complicit in the torture of terror suspects, the BBC understands. | |
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| Live - Spain v Portugal Neighbours Spain and Portugal play in Cape Town in the final last 16 knockout tie of the 2010 World Cup. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| 'Israeli spy' arrested in Lebanon Lebanon has arrested a man accused of spying for Israel for more than 15 years, the country's Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahhas says. |
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| Eight killed in Iraq bomb attacks Eight people die including four police and a general, in a series of attacks around Iraq, officials say. | |
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| Egypt shoots Israel-bound migrant An African migrant is shot and killed by Egyptian police as she tries to cross illegally into Israel. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | India Maoists kill 26 policemen At least 26 policemen are killed in a Maoist attack in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police tell the BBC. |
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| Civilians die in Kashmir violence At least three civilians have been killed in the latest violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. | |
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| Pakistan threat to broadcasters The Pakistani government is set to vote on laws to restrict the country's independent media industry. | |
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| UK | |
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 | PM 'agrees torture inquiry terms' David Cameron has agreed the terms of an inquiry into claims UK agents were complicit in the torture of terror suspects, the BBC understands. |
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| Police 'can do more' despite cuts Chief constables must get more officers on the beat despite tough budget reductions, the home secretary says. | |
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| Boris Johnson defeats peace camp A High Court judge rules that peace protesters who have been camping in Parliament Square must be evicted. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Boris Johnson defeats peace camp A High Court judge rules that peace protesters who have been camping in Parliament Square must be evicted. |
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| Bodies of servicemen return to UK The bodies of seven servicemen killed in Afghanistan are returned to the UK via RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. | |
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| Footballer was 'defending father' Premier League footballer Calum Davenport attacked his pregnant sister in self-defence while protecting his father, a court hears. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Officer in customs raid critical A cross-border search is underway for the driver of a lorry which struck two police officers in South Armagh. |
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| Gun smuggler jailed for 21 years A County Kildare man who admitted plotting to run guns and drugs into Northern Ireland is jailed for 21 years. | |
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| Second death in stolen car crash A second man dies after an accident involving a stolen car in County Antrim. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Questions over free care policy The body representing Scotland's 32 councils calls into question the future of free personal care to the elderly. |
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| Royal Marine 'bully' claim probed Police investigate claims that a 20-year-old Royal Marine was bullied and beaten at a base in Scotland. | |
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| Review of tobacco bans under way A judicial review of laws passed over cigarette displays and vending machines opens at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Small universities face closure Some Welsh universities are to face closure, Education Minister Leighton Andrews has announced. |
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| Arrest over care worker's murder A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old care worker at Porthmadog, Gwynedd. | |
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| CPS lawyer's bribe to drop case A Crown Prosecution Service lawyer admits taking a share of a £20,000 bribe to drop a case after an undercover police sting. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Shares slump on euro bank fears Global stock markets drops sharply and the euro falls on renewed concerns over the European banking sector. |
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| Fraud suspects told to pay £115m Men linked to what is alleged to be the UK's largest Ponzi scheme are ordered to pay £115m to the financial regulator. | |
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| 'Potential error' delays GDP data A 'potential error' forces the Office for National Statistics to delay the latest UK GDP figures, due on Wednesday. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Dandelion building wins top prize A UK pavilion built for the World Expo in Shanghai wins a prestigious international architecture award. |
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| Winfrey top of Forbes power list Media mogul Oprah Winfrey climbs back to the top of the Forbes Celebrity 100 after being deposed by Angelina Jolie last year. | |
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| Doctor lands at TV Choice awards Doctor Who actor Matt Smith is set to do battle with Torchwood's John Barrowman in the best actor category at the TV Choice awards. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Cryosat-2 focuses on ice target Europe's ice explorer space mission begins to deliver on its promise to make high-precision radar measurements of polar ice. |
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| 'Sex' drove fossil animal traits Several prehistoric creatures developed elaborate body traits in order to attract members of the opposite sex, a study says. | |
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| Earth's gravity pictured in 'HD' The Goce satellite returns a remarkable high-definition view of how gravity varies across the Earth. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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| Google in 'new approach' on China Google announces a "new approach" in China as it battles with Beijing over the censorship of internet search results. |
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| PM backs calls for goal-line tech David Cameron and ball-tracking firms say England's disallowed World Cup goal underlines the need for goal-line technology. | |
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| Earth's gravity pictured in 'HD' The Goce satellite returns a remarkable high-definition view of how gravity varies across the Earth. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Calls for NHS to scrap homeopathy The NHS should stop funding homeopathy and it should no longer be marketed as a medicine in pharmacies, doctors say. |
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| Pregnant drinking 'affects sperm' Women who drink during pregnancy may be damaging the future fertility of their sons, research suggests. | |
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| Egg test 'predicts gene problems' An egg screening test, which doctors hope will boost the pregnancy success rates, can predict genetic problems in 90% of cases. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Open University's iTunes record The Open University is claiming a world record for the number of iTunes downloads - as the first to reach 20 million. |
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| Call to target workless fathers The government's "poverty tsar", Labour MP Frank Field, says benefits reform should target workless fathers rather than single mothers. | |
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| Balls fights on free school meals Shadow education secretary Ed Balls launches a "save free school meals" campaign, stepping up his protest against cuts to an expansion in free meals. | |
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| 1995: US shuttle docks with Russian space station American and Russian spacecrafts successfully dock in orbit for the first time in 20 years. | |||
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| 1960: BBC unveils TV 'factory' The BBC's new Television Centre will be the "Hollywood" of the small screen, the corporation's director of TV announces. | |||
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| 1974: First female president for Argentina Isabel Peron is sworn in as interim leader of the Argentine Republic after her husband falls ill. | |||
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