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	Saturday, 08 January, 2005, 13:00 GMT 07:00 -06:00:US/Central

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Clinging to hope A family keeps searching for mother and baby in Thailand		Mapping disaster British volunteers chart tsunami impact for relief workers

TOP STORIES
	UN chief visiting tense Sri Lanka Kofi Annan tours tsunami-hit Sri Lanka but a visit to rebel-held areas is reportedly vetoed by the government.
	Floods after high winds batter UK Roads are closed and houses are flooded as high winds and rain lash the UK - with Carlisle completely cut off by water.
	Pitt and Aniston announce split Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston say they have separated after "much thoughtful consideration".
	IRA bank raid claims 'damaging' The IRA's alleged involvement in a £26m robbery has damaged the peace process, the N Ireland Secretary says.
	Murder hunt over missing student Police investigating the disappearance of a student on New Year's Eve start a murder inquiry after a body is found.

AMERICAS
	Bush names top diplomat's deputy President George W Bush picks Robert Zoellick as deputy secretary of state to Condoleezza Rice.
	Soldier cleared in drowning case A US soldier is acquitted of ordering an Iraqi to his death in the River Tigris but convicted on lesser charges.
	Pitt and Aniston announce split Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston say they have separated after "much thoughtful consideration".

EUROPE
	G7 supports tsunami debt freeze The G7 nations, led by the UK, agree to freeze debt repayments from countries hit by the Asian tsunami.
	Italian train collision kills 13 Two trains collide near Bologna in northern Italy, killing at least 13 people and injuring many others.
	Police say IRA behind bank raid The IRA was responsible for the multi-million pound bank robbery in Belfast, NI's chief constable says.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1989: Dozens die as plane crashes on motorway A Boeing 737 airplane crashes onto the M1 motorway near East Midlands airport¸ killing 46 people.
	1991: One dead as train crashes into buffers One person dies and hundreds are injured when a commuter train from Kent crashes into buffers at Cannon Street station in London.
	1959: De Gaulle becomes president General Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed first President of the new Fifth Republic in France during a brief ceremony at the Elysée Palace in Paris.

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