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A coastguard helicopter is called to the scene of a mountain accident which left one man dead.
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Child obesity rates may have reached a plateau in the US after decades of almost continuous rises, a report says.
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Sharon Stone is dropped by Christian Dior in China after saying the recent earthquake was the result of bad ”karma”.
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A woman in Australia has given birth to a healthy girl after a rare full-term ectopic pregnancy.
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Australia begins an inquiry into the sinking of HMAS Sydney, one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II.
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Amnesty International says about 18,000 people are held in jail in Egypt without charges or trials.
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Singer Amy Winehouse is added to the bill at a concert marking Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday in June.
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Russia and China jointly condemn the planned US missile defence shield, saying it harms disarmament efforts.
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Leicester centre Dan Hipkiss is added to England’s squad to tour New Zealand following Danny Cipriani’s injury.
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A suicide bomber blows himself up in eastern Afghanistan, killing four Afghan soldiers and a child.
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There are fresh fears of strike action in Argentina after talks between the government and producers collapsed.
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US comedian Chris Rock is set to enter the record books for having the largest comedy audience in the UK.
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Cleaners and businesses work to reopen in the Lebanese capital’s downtown area after an opposition sit-in.
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Armed men on horseback attack and steal the weapons of UN peacekeepers in Sudan’s Darfur region.
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Italy says it is to restart its nuclear energy programme, 20 years after it was scrapped following Chernobyl.
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The former boss of Italy’s central bank is to stand trial for his role overseeing a banking takeover in 2005.
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A Mexican woman is jailed for nine-and-a-half years after cocaine is found strapped to two children at Heathrow.
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Amy Winehouse wins a prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting award – but turns up too late to accept it.
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An audit of $8bn paid to contractors in Iraq finds that almost none of the payments complied with US federal laws.
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High Court judges rule a police raid at Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp’s home was unlawful.
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Hospital admissions linked to alcohol use have more than doubled in England since 1995, an NHS report shows.
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Men regularly exposed to chemicals found in paint are more likely to have potential fertility problems, research suggests.
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The UN court in The Hague rules in favour of Singapore in a long dispute with Malaysia over a tiny island.
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Israeli fighter planes are scrambled to intercept a jet carrying former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Police in India arrest the father of a teenaged girl in connection with her murder and that of their servant.
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Actor Wesley Snipes is granted bail while he appeals against his conviction for tax offences.
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US White House hopeful John McCain rejects support from a preacher who said Hitler carried out ”God’s plan”.
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The secretary general of South Africa’s ruling ANC calls for local groups to combat attacks on foreigners.
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Oil companies at the Buncefied depot deny liability for Britain’s biggest peacetime explosion but admit a supervisor was negligent.
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Menopausal woman who use oral HRT more than double their risk of blood clots, researchers find.
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The rogue trader at the heart of a scandal at Societe Generale may have had help, a report says.
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Taiwan and China are to resume direct talks next month after over a decade, says officials.
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Lebanese leaders agree on steps to end political deadlock that led to the worst violence since the civil war.
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Mysterious bands of shadow during an eclipse might be produced by sound pulses, a theory suggests.
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China and Russia condemn a US plan for a missile defence shield, saying it harms disarmament efforts.
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Open source advocates question Microsoft’s pledge to using open document standards in the future.
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Gunmen kill a Pakistani journalist after he interviews a spokesman for local militants, officials say.
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The defence secretary says RAF Nimrod aircraft are safe despite a coroner’s call for the fleet to be grounded.
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The sentencing to death of three people for the murder of a journalist in DR Congo is widely condemned.
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The leaders of 12 South American nations found a union to boost economic and political co-operation.
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Burma’s top leader agrees to let in all foreign aid workers to help in cyclone-hit areas, the UN secretary general says.
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A bomb which exploded in an Exeter restaurant contained chemicals and nails, police sources say.
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Rising levels of the greenhouse gas methane could be caused by changes in wetlands, say scientists.
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Germany completes ratification of the European Union’s reform treaty.
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Virtual worlds can be good places for children to learn many useful social skills, reveals research.
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Astronomers capture and record the first moments when a massive star blows itself apart.
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Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream, damaged by armed robbers in 2004, goes back on public display in Norway.
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Portugal return to their first Eurovision final in five years after making it through the second qualifier.
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Actress Natascha McElhone is flying home from Los Angeles after the sudden death of her plastic surgeon husband.
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Georgia’s main opposition bloc says it will boycott the new parliament, alleging the general poll was rigged.
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Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad says a conference has raised $1.4bn of new investments in Palestinian areas.
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The victims of the Irish Famine are to be remembered in an annual official memorial day.
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Police in Israel question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a second time in an ongoing corruption investigation.
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More than half of the world’s ocean-going sharks are at risk of extinction, says the world’s official conservation agency.
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Senator John McCain releases medical records to help counter concerns he is too old to be US president.
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Journalists protest in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, after a colleague was abducted and beaten up.
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An unpaid water bill received by Cherie and Tony Blair is among expenses documents released by the Commons.
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A ship carrying sugar, an aid donation to Somalia, is released after being seized by pirates last week.
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Sales of previously-owned US homes fell 1% in April as the housing downturn continued, figures show.
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The entire RAF Nimrod fleet should be grounded, a coroner says as he concludes the inquest into the deaths of 14 servicemen in a crash.
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Investigations begin into claims that meat from Japan’s whaling programme is being stolen with official knowledge.
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Five people are killed in a clash between the police and tribal protesters in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will return home on Saturday to begin his run-off campaign.
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New Zealand are 202-4 when bad light stops play on day one of the second Test.
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A singer who once recorded with R Kelly identifies the R&B star as the man shown with a girl in the sex tape case.
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Welsh soul singer Duffy enters the US album chart at number four with her debut Rockferry.
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Five Palestinian militants have been killed during Israeli incursions into the Gaza Strip, reports say.
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How maths could make encrypting data less of a chore
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Microsoft is offering shoppers cash rebates to use its new service in a bid to close the gap on market leader Google.
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The ONS says it underestimated the amount of money pensioners receive from private pensions.
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Two British cheerleaders claim they were prevented from performing at an Indian cricket tournament because they are black.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says that newly revealed peace talks with Syria might involve ”painful concessions”.
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General Motors says that industrial action will cost it about $2bn (

India’s government announces an $80m relief package for the victims of anti-Muslim Gujarat riots in 2002.
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MPs vote to keep the upper time limit for abortions at 24 weeks – despite attempts to cut it.
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Pakistan’s main stock index falls almost 5% after interest rates jumped to 12.5% from 10% to slow the inflation rate.
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Researchers unveil a motorcycle simulator to study rider behaviour and improve road safety.
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Madonna tells reporters at the Cannes Film Festival of her ”painful” struggle to adopt a boy from Malawi.
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Israeli soldiers fire on protesters at a Gaza border crossing, killing one and injuring others, say medics.
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The Sichuan earthquake death toll passes 55,000, as concern grows over lakes created by landslides.
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Two civilians and a Nato soldier die in a protest in Afghanistan over the shooting of a Koran by a US soldier.
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An Asian man from Stoke-on-Trent is cleared of murdering a BNP activist but convicted of his manslaughter.
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Rural households are now more likely to have a broadband connection than towns, says an Ofcom report.
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People quit smoking in groups, not on their own, according to a study by U.S health researchers.
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Schools may need to test students sitting exams for brain improving drugs in the future, experts say.
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Games and videos downloaded from the web are to be policed by a voluntary age rating scheme.
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Zimbabwean police arrest opposition supporters, as their leader prepares to return for his run-off campaign.
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A rights group urges Saudi judges to overturn a decision to drop charges against the employers of an abused maid.
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Colombia launches investigations into alleged links between three opposition legislators and Farc rebels.
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Nineteen people are arrested in Kenya over the burning to death of 11 people accused of witchcraft.
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China and Russia jointly condemn a US plan for a missile defence shield, saying it harms international disarmament efforts.
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Busy roads and rail delays are expected over the Bank Holiday, as forecasters predict a weather divide for the north and south.
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Intensive insulin treatment may delay disease progression in people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
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Gay activists condemn the Gambian president’s threat to ”cut off the heads” of homosexuals.
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Rocker David Cook beats teen favourite David Archuleta by a landslide to win the final of American Idol.
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Royal Mail is accused of ”rewarding failure” after chief executive Adam Crozier received

Munster bid for a second Heineken Cup triumph on Saturday against three-times champions Toulouse.
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Experts are to investigate whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners can damage health.
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Kanye West is being sued by a woman who claims he sampled her late father’s jazz music without permission.
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Mobile giant Nokia says it will allow people to transfer games between its handsets following protests.
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