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TOP STORIES
	Blair blasts Tory spending plans Tony Blair tells Labour party members that Tory policies would cause economic failure.
	Iraq attacks spark Allawi warning Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says full security will be impossible for the elections, in the wake of more bombings.
	First-time buyers face price woe First-time buyers cannot afford to buy a home in 92% of UK towns, a Halifax survey says.
	Fire 'almost wrecks' stately home A North Yorkshire stately home is almost destroyed by fire in the early hours, the fire service says.
	Sudan's southern leader returns Ex-rebel leader John Garang arrives in Sudan's southern capital for the first time since a historic peace deal.

AMERICAS
	Mexico jails placed on high alert Mexico's top-security jails are on maximum alert after the killing of six prison staff blamed on drug gangs.
	US policy shift on Aids drugs use New US guidelines say rape victims and others exposed to Aids should get anti-retroviral drugs.
	Hubble rescue 'will be scrapped' A rescue plan for the Hubble Space Telescope is in doubt after reports that its funding has been rejected.

EUROPE
	Russian MPs launch hunger strike A group of Russian deputies go on hunger strike to protest against a controversial benefits reform.
	Danish troops charged with abuse A Danish army intelligence officer and four military policemen are charged with abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
	Norway to kill 25% of its wolves A quarter of Norway's tiny population of wolves are to be shot to protect farm animals.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1990: Gorbachev explains crackdown in Azerbaijan President Mikhail Gorbachev announces Red Army troops have been sent into the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
	1962: 'A6 murder' trial begins James Hanratty¸ accused of murdering a physicist in a lay-by on the A6¸ enters a plea of "not guilty".
	1980: Soviet dissident Sakharov banished One of the Soviet Union's most outspoken critics¸ nuclear physicist Dr Andrei Sakharov¸ is sent into internal exile for his outspoken views.

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