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UK News
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defence ministry said, in an act of defiance towards the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May.Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:53:00 +0000ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:29:00 +0000Smash Hits the cult teen pop magazine is to be revived for a oneoff special in honour of Michael Jackson.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:04:33 +0100British tennis's hurt is now lengthened to 72 years.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:18:03 +0100More… -
World News
AP - Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said.Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:59:55 GMT
AP - The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national security."Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:10:43 GMTNorth Korea has test fired six missiles off its eastern coast, according to South Korea.Former US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is to resign as Alaska Governor - increasing speculation that she will focus on the race for the White House in 2012.More… -
Sport
PARIS (Reuters) - Criminals are increasingly using football for money laundering and tax evasion, helped by the globalisation of the sport and financial needs of clubs, an anti-corruption body said on Wednesday.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:44:00 +0000MADRID (Reuters) - Kaka was officially presented as a Real Madrid player in a Hollywood-style show to around 50,000 fans at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:29:00 +0000Andy Flower believes he could have finished Andrew Flintoff's career if he had over-reacted to the all-rounder's errant start to the Ashes summer.Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:45:14 GMTRavi Bopara is confident his inexperience as a Test number three batsman will not be exposed by Australia when he steps out for his first Ashes Test in Cardiff next week.Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:15:29 GMTWorld number one Tiger Woods moved into a commanding position at the halfway stage of the AT&T National at Congressional, following up an opening 64 with a second round 66 to..... read moreSat, 04 Jul 2009 07:34:10 GMTSuper League leaders St Helens were left stunned as lowly Salford recorded an historic 20-10 victory against their celebrated rivals on Friday evening. The star of the show was half-back Stefan Ratchford..... read moreSat, 04 Jul 2009 07:24:10 GMTMore…