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	Wednesday, 12 January, 2005, 13:00 GMT 07:00 -06:00:US/Central

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Tough customers Why weak Christmas sales continue to dog UK retailers		Tick, tock, tax With 31 January tax deadline looming, what can you do?

TOP STORIES
	Three killed as storms batter UK Three motorists die and thousands of homes suffer power cuts as winds over 100mph hit parts of the UK.
	Howard taunts Blair over splits Tony Blair's feud with Gordon Brown is damaging the way the UK is governed, Tory leader Michael Howard says.
	Indonesia tightens Aceh controls Foreign troops helping aid efforts in Aceh province must leave within three months, Indonesia says.
	Intruder law will stay unchanged The law on the amount of force people can use against burglars will not be changed, says the home secretary.
	Boscastle gets rebuild go-ahead A report on the Boscastle flood says many damaged buildings can be rebuilt and a one-in-400 chance of a similar flood.

AMERICAS
	US mudslide rescue bid continues The death toll in a California mudslide rises to six as rescuers continue searching for survivors.
	Abu Ghraib inmates recall torture An inmate of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail tells a court that US soldier Charles Graner laughed while dishing out beatings.
	Controversial dam clears hurdle Families affected by the 180m Barra Grande dam in Brazil drop their protest, angering environmentalists.

EUROPE
	World debates tsunami debt deal The Paris Club of rich lending nations discusses a proposed debt freeze for tsunami-affected countries.
	Abkhazia to re-run disputed vote Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia re-runs October's disputed presidential election.
	'Drunk' British pilot suspended A UK pilot is suspended for allegedly being drunk as she was about to fly from Germany to Switzerland.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1971: British minister's home bombed Two bombs explode at the Hertfordshire home of Employment Secretary Robert Carr causing serious damage.
	2001: Climbie carers guilty of murder The carers of an eight-year-old girl who died after being tortured and fed scraps of food like a dog are found guilty of her murder.
	2003: Maurice Gibb dies after stomach op Bee Gee Maurice Gibb dies aged 53 following a stomach operation at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami.

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