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LONDON: Britain’s shadow defence secretary warned yesterday that British troops going into Macedonia ahead of a planned Nato operation were entering a volatile situation and expressed his serious concern over the deployment.

2. IRA suspects to be deported from Colombia next week

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BOGOTA: Three suspected Irish Republican Army members arrested in Colombia for allegedly training Marxist rebels will probably be deported, as early as next week, a Colombian judicial source said yesterday.

3. Clarke in EU attack on rival

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LONDON: Kenneth Clarke, one of two contenders to lead Britain’s opposition Conservative Party, has accused his rival Iain Duncan Smith of wanting to take out Britain out of the European Union.

4. Airline boss dies in accident

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LONDON” Bernie Cahill, chairman of Irish airline Aer Lingus, has died in a boating accident off County Cork, Irish police said yesterday.

5. FMD was 'allowed to flourish'

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LONDON: A failure to maintain movement restrictions and bio-security measures on farms has allowed the foot-and-mouth outbreak to drag on longer than expected, experts said yesterday.

6. ‘Irrational’ to deny Archer open prison

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LONDON: The decision to deny Lord Archer access to an open jail by reclassifying his prison status was “irrational,” one of Britain’s most eminent legal authorities said yesterday.

7. Mountain hunt for girl

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LONDON: Rescuers were yesterday hunting for a 17-year-old British girl who has gone missing on the slopes of the highest mountain in south-east Asia.

8. Police ‘had warning’ of Omagh bomb plan

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BELFAST: The Northern Ireland Ombudsman has secured evidence alleging the RUC knew of plans to carry out a bombing in the Province two days before the Omagh atrocity, it was claimed yesterday.

9. Dateline United Kingdom

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Hamilton’s wife pulls out of televised rape debate

10. Hamilton rape case woman steps into the spotlight

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LONDON: The woman who has accused former Conservative minister Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine of sexual assault yesterday waived her right to anonymity and said: “I’m prepared to stand up and be counted.’’

11. Rain stops search for girl on mountain

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MALAYSIA: Driving rain and strong winds forced Malaysian rescuers to break off their search for a 17-year-old British girl missing for four days on southeast Asia’s highest mountain, police said last night.

12. SAS troops go undercover in Macedonia

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LONDON: SAS troopers are on an undercover mission in Macedonia to protect incoming Nato peacekeepers as hundreds of British paratroops fly out to the troubled Balkan state today.

13. Hague is backing Tory Eurosceptic

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LONDON: Outgoing leader of Britain’s opposition Conservatives William Hague has declared his support for Eurosceptic Iain Duncan Smith to take over the reins of the party, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper said.

14. Athens in new Marbles offer

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LONDON: Greece has offered to loan hundreds of newly discovered treasures in a bid to persuade Britain to return the disputed Elgin Marbles in time for the 2004 Olympic Games, according to a newspaper report yesterday.

15. BA staff get lessons on dealing with air rage

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LONDON: British Airways is to give its airport staff lessons on how to verbally calm aggressive customers after a rise in `ground rage’ attacks, it emerged yesterday.

16. Blair’s man in Cumbria denies bias

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LONDON: The man appointed by Tony Blair to oversee Cumbria’s recovery from foot-and-mouth disease has denied that he represented the interests of big business and industrial-scale agriculture.

17. Airline plans 'no frills' Paris package

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LONDON: The low-fare carrier EasyJet has admitted entering talks to become the first no-frills airline to operate a hub out of Paris, according to a newspaper report yesterday.

18. Major airlines withdraw overnight stays in Israel

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JERUSALEM: The main European airlines serving Tel Aviv have altered their flight schedules so pilots and cabin crews do not have to stay in Israel overnight, following a recent escalation of violence in the region, airline officials said yesterday.

19. Tory faithful told to take their pick

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LONDON: Ballot papers went out yesterday to the 300,000 members of Britain’s embattled Conservative party, who must decide if a pro-euro former finance minister or a lesser-known Eurosceptic should be the party’s new leader.

20. After six months of FMD farmers march on London

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LONDON: The first livestock sales since the outbreak six months ago of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain were held yesterday as thousands of angry farmers planned to march through London demanding a public inquiry into the epidemic.

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