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US man soars across state in balloon armchair

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 2:35
related countries: United States

An American man succeeds on his third attempt at a 235 mile (378km) trip in an armchair held aloft by party balloons.
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Ancient Peruvian tomb unearthed

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 5:41
related countries: Peru, India

Archaeologists unearth an ancient tomb in northern Peru that could throw light on the pre-Columbian Moche Indian culture.
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UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 6:27
related countries: Afghanistan

The UN's envoy to Afghanistan is to set out a new plan on aid spending amid fears that millions have been wasted.
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Inquiry urged into UK island group

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 7:06
related countries: United Kingdom

British MPs call for an inquiry into the administration of overseas territory the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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S Korea sets fuel-saving measures

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 7:28
related countries: South Korea

South Korea restricts the use of government cars and air conditioning in a bid to tackle rising fuel costs.
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French set to shell out more for snails

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 7:50
related countries: France

The price of that French delicacy the snail is set to soar because of foreign suppliers' rising wages.
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Live - British Grand Prix

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 9:58
related countries: Bermuda, United Kingdom

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton surges clear after a dramatic start at a wet Silverstone.
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Bush 'concern' at N Korea issues

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 10:18
related countries: Zimbabwe, Japan

US leader George Bush says there is still concern over North Korea's alleged uranium enrichment, as G8 leaders gather in Japan.
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Student's family appeal to killer

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 10:44
related countries: France, United Kingdom
related places: London

The parents of a French student stabbed to death and burned in a London flat say his killer "cannot hide forever".
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Constitutional row in S Africa

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 10:53
related countries: South Africa

South African judicial authorities consider an alleged bid to sway judges over corruption charges against ANC head Jacob Zuma.
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Car bomb blasts kills 13 in Iraq

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 11:39
related countries: Iraq

At least 13 people die in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad and the restive Iraqi province of Diyala.
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Malaysia hunts for sex claim man

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 12:16
related countries: Malaysia

Malaysian police hunt for a missing man who claimed the deputy prime minister had sex with a murdered model.
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Mugabe crisis 'infecting' Africa

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 12:29
related countries: Zimbabwe, United Kingdom

David Miliband says the situation in Zimbabwe is now a "crisis infecting the whole of southern Africa".
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Syria blames inmates in jail riot

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 13:13
related countries: Syria

Syrian authorities blame prisoners for provoking clashes with guards that human rights groups say resulted in several deaths.
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Accident at Chinese mine kills 21

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 13:25
related countries: China
related places: Shanxi

State media reports that at least 21 people have died after an accident at a coal mine in northern Shanxi province.
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Hamilton surges to British GP win

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 13:45
related countries: Bermuda, United Kingdom
related places: Silverstone

Briton Lewis Hamilton brilliantly handles the wet conditions at Silverstone to win his first British Grand Prix.
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UAE waives billions of Iraqi debt

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 14:34
related countries: Iraq

The UAE says it is cancelling the entire debt owed to it by Iraq, a sum of almost $7bn (£3.5bn) including interest.
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Two arrests in Turkey 'coup plot'

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 14:42
related countries: Turkey

Two retired generals are remanded in custody in Turkey over a suspected plot to overthrow the government.
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Betancourt plans play on ordeal

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 16:30
related countries: Colombia

Ingrid Betancourt says she will write a play about spending six years as a hostage of Colombian rebels.
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Male biological clock 'ticks too'

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 17:07
related countries: Maldives

Scientists say they have found more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks.
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Afghan strike 'hit wedding party'

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 17:14
related countries: Afghanistan

At least 20 people, said by locals to be a wedding party, die in a missile strike by coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan.
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Suicide bomb hits Pakistan police

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 17:58
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Islamabad

At least eight policemen are killed by a suicide bomb in Pakistan's capital, a year on from the bloody ending of a mosque siege.
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Top UN official killed in Somalia

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 19:36
related countries: Somalia
related places: Mogadishu

Gunmen in Mogadishu have killed the head of the UN Development Programme in Somalia, UN officials say.
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New appeal over students' murder

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 20:33
related countries: France, United Kingdom
related places: London

Police release an e-fit of a man seen near the scene of the double murder of two French students in south London.
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UN troops in Congo gold warning

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 22:11
related countries: India, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Three Indian army officers are warned over allegations of gold trafficking while peace keeping for the UN in DR Congo.
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Fidel Castro in Farc hostage plea

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 22:54
related countries: Colombia, Cuba

Cuba's ex-President Fidel Castro calls on Colombia's Farc rebels to release all hostages after the raid that freed Ingrid Betancourt.
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Aborigine skulls to be taken home

Sunday 6th of July 2008, 23:31
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom

A delegation of Aboriginal people is set to take a number of human remains from Scotland back to Australia.
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