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	Tuesday, 11 January, 2005, 13:00 GMT 07:00 -06:00:US/Central

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Smokebusters Policing Italy's new smoking ban is no easy task		Kasparov's gambit Russian chess legend talks on Putin, politics and the game of kings

TOP STORIES
	Guantanamo Britons 'to be freed' Britons held in Guantanamo Bay will be returned to the UK, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is expected to confirm.
	Labour seeks to quell feud talk Labour's leaders put on a show of unity after MPs criticise Tony Blair and Gordon Brown over reports of a rift.
	'No payout' for cot death mother A mother who was wrongly convicted of the murder of two of her children will get no compensation.
	Eight die in Australia bush fires At least eight people die in bush fires sweeping through South Australia
	UN warns over tsunami aid pledges Delegates at a UN aid conference will be asked to give firm commitments on helping Asian tsunami victims.

AMERICAS
	California mud devastates village At least three people die as a huge mudslide crashes onto a coastal village in California.
	Abu Ghraib troops 'did not abuse' The lawyer for a US soldier accused of mistreating Iraqi prisoners says he used valid control techniques.
	Venezuela head signs land decree Venezuela's President Chavez signs a decree on land reform, which he says will bring justice to the poor.

EUROPE
	Guantanamo Britons 'to be freed' Britons held in Guantanamo Bay will be returned to the UK, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is expected to confirm.
	Yushchenko named Ukraine winner Ukraine's electoral commission formally declares Viktor Yushchenko president after December's re-run poll.
	UN warns over tsunami aid pledges Delegates at a UN aid conference will be asked to give firm commitments on helping Asian tsunami victims.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1962: Thousands killed in Peru landslide At least 2¸000 people are feared dead after a huge avalanche in the Peruvian Andes engulfs nine villages.
	1998: 100 die in massacre in Algeria Islamic extremists are blamed for the deaths of 100 people in two villages in Algeria.
	2000: Seven missing in Irish Sea Seven young fishermen are feared drowned off the Scottish coast after the disappearance of their scallop dredger in force nine gales.

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