Archive for the 'World News' Category

NHS cash crisis hitting A&E units

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07 10th, 2006

Hospital A&E departments are being cut back to bail the NHS out of its cash problems, senior doctors say.

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Missiles fly between Israel, Gaza

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07 10th, 2006

Israel continued military actions Sunday as part of an operation aimed at securing the release of an Israeli soldier and ending Palestinian attacks against Israel, after rejecting a cease-fire proposed by the Palestinian Prime Minister Saturday.

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NASA clears shuttle for return

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07 10th, 2006

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Islamists in fresh Mogadishu push

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07 9th, 2006

At least 20 people die as the Islamic Courts militia move to oust the last warlords from the Somali capital.

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Russia jet: 124 die, some survive

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07 9th, 2006

At least 124 people are dead after a Sibir Airlines jet with 200 on board crashed on landing in Siberia.

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Standard Life shares set to float

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07 9th, 2006

Shares of insurer Standard Life are due to start trading in London on Monday, ending 80 years of mutual ownership.

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Man critical following pub attack

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07 9th, 2006

Three people are arrested after a man is left critically ill in hospital following an attack outside a bar in Belfast.

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Tennis: Federer wins fourth title

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07 9th, 2006

Roger Federer sees off Rafael Nadal in four sets to take his fourth consecutive title at Wimbledon.

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Pakistan kills ‘21 Baloch rebels’

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07 9th, 2006

Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships kill at least 21 tribal rebels in Balochistan, officials say.

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Mexico begins massive vote recount (AP)

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07 6th, 2006

Election officials Bulmaro Ramirez, right, and Enrique Gonzalez, left, hand count votes at a branch of the National Electoral Institute as party observers look on in Mexico City, on Wednesday, July 5, 2006.  (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - Felipe Calderon's slim lead in Mexico's presidential race was called into question as an official recount of vote tallies showed his leftist opponent slightly ahead late Wednesday. However, Calderon insisted he had won and even offered to include his rival in his Cabinet.


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07 6th, 2006

Local residents carry away a body from the wreckage of a car bomb, Wednesday, July 5, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. The car bomb killed six people and wounded 14 Wednesday in northwestern Baghdad, police said. The neighborhood has a mixed Sunni-Shiite population and the target was unclear. (AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)AP - A car bomb targeting Iranian pilgrims struck near a Shiite shrine in the holy city of Kufa on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 37, police said.


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07 6th, 2006

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is seen in this framegrab taken from Chinese television on January 18, 2006. The North stepped up its rhetoric with the United States on Monday. State-run media reported that the country would respond to any pre-emptive U.S. military attack with an 'annihilating strike and a nuclear war.' (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)AP - North Korea on Thursday publicly acknowledged for the first time that it had tested missiles and vowed to continue launching them, threatening to "take stronger physical actions" against opponents of the tests.


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07 6th, 2006

A Macedonian leaves a polling station after voting in the village of Petrovac.  Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski accepted defeat in parliamentary elections seen as a crucial test of the Balkan country's bid for European Union and NATO membership.(AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)AFP - Macedonia's centre-right opposition leader Nikola Gruevski claimed victory in parliamentary elections seen as a crucial test of the Balkan country's bid for European Union and NATO membership.


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India-China thaw opens high pass

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07 6th, 2006

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07 6th, 2006

Israeli soldiers sit on a tank as they advance towards the northern Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Zikim, in southern Israel, on the border with the northern Gaza Strip early Thursday July 6, 2006. Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers entered one of Israel's former settlements in northern Gaza on Wednesday night and opened fire on a nearby Palestinian town, Palestinian officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)AP - Israel expanded its military operation in Gaza early Thursday, sending in tanks and troops to pressure Hamas militants firing rockets into southern Israel and holding a soldier captive.


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New London bomber video ‘imminent’

Author: Bill Naked Teens
07 6th, 2006

On the eve of the first anniversary of the London transport bombings, Islamist Web sites are announcing the imminent appearance of video that appears to include a message from one of the bombers, as well as an American member of al Qaeda.

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U.N. members weigh NK sanctions

Author: Bill Naked Teens
07 6th, 2006

Japan calls for “swift, strong” U.N. action in response to North Korea’s missile tests, while the U.S. warns Pyongyang it will not get a better deal in six-party talks. Oil hits a record price above $75 after the tests and share markets fall.

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FBI nabs 3 over Coca-Cola secrets

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07 6th, 2006

Three people have been arrested on charges of offering Coca-Cola secrets to rival Pepsi for $1.5 million, federal prosecutors said.

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07 6th, 2006

AP - Thousands of Nicaraguans turned out Wednesday for the funeral of former presidential candidate Herty Lewites, whose unexpected death appeared to increase the chances of Sandinista ex-President Daniel Ortega returning to power in November’s election.

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Enron fraudster Lay dies at 64

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07 6th, 2006

Enron founder and convicted fraudster Ken Lay has died of a massive heart attack at his holiday home in Aspen, Colorado.

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Troops, militants clash in Gaza

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07 6th, 2006

Israeli military forces meet heavy small arms fire from Palestinian militants as the army pushed into northern Gaza.

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