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10:36AM Friday 03 July, 2009

World news

7:49AM

UK faces swine flu upsurge

Britain's health secretary has warned the country could soon face more than 100,000 daily cases of swine flu.
7:05AM

Venice's first female gondolier scuppered

The career of Venice's first female gondolier might be scuppered after she was found charging cash for pictures and interviews.
6:56AM

Homework killer

A student hacked his German teacher to death with an axe after a row about his homework marks.
6:17AM

N Korea fires four short-range missiles

North Korea has test-fired four short-range missiles, South Korean military officials have said.
6:17AM

US troops capture Afghanistan district

Thousands of US Marines have captured a district in Afghanistan in the first major assault of President Barack Obama's new war plan.
6:17AM

EU nations to withdraw Honduras envoys

All EU countries with embassies in Honduras have decided to withdraw their ambassadors following the coup last weekend, Spain's foreign minister said.
7:59AM

Axle blamed for Italian rail inferno

Axle failure on a wagon carrying liquid gas caused this week's rail disaster in northern Italy, the country's transport minister has told parliament.
7:59AM

More than 77,000 swine flu cases

About 77,201 people worldwide have caught swine flu, with 332 having died from it, latest statistics posted on Wednesday by the World Health Organisation show.
6:02AM

Comoros crash survivor heading to Paris

Bahia Bakari, 12, the only known survivor of Tuesday's air crash off the Comoros islands that killed 152 people, is flying back home to Paris.
6:02AM

Two British embassy staff in Iran freed

Britain says two more staff from its embassy in Tehran have been released - and is checking reports that a third has also been freed.
6:02AM

Attacks in Russia kill three police

Militants have mounted three separate attacks on police in Russia's violent North Caucasus, killing three officers and wounding at least 10 people.
11:05AM

BBC to challenge King Arthur's heritage

The BBC is to film a historical documentary likely to rob England of King Arthur, one of the nation's most treasured legends.
7:57AM

Guardian Council uphold Iran vote result

Iran warned the opposition on Tuesday that it will tolerate no further protests after the official poll watchdog upheld Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election.
6:08AM

Yemeni plane crashes, survivor found

A Yemeni Airbus A310 jet carrying 153 people crashed into seas near the Comoros Islands but rescuers plucked a child survivor from the water, officials said.
6:08AM

Israeli navy intercepts Gaza aid ship

The Israeli navy has intercepted a ship carrying foreign peace activists trying to break a blockade of Gaza and forced it to sail to an Israeli port.

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