Monday, January 24, 2005

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Monday, 24 January, 2005, 13:00 GMT 07:00 -06:00:US/Central
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Howard unveils Tory asylum plans
Conservative leader Michael Howard explains his plans for an overhaul of Britain's "unfair" asylum system.
  Large blast rocks Iraqi capital
A big explosion hits central Baghdad injuring 10 people, six days before elections are due to take place.
  Wetherspoon pubs to ban smoking
Pubs group JD Wetherspoon is to ban smoking in all its pubs and bars from May 2006.
  Help offer for first-time buyers
First-time buyers will be offered new help to afford a house under plans being unveiled by John Prescott.
  Straw set for US talks with Rice
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is in Washington for talks with Condoleezza Rice.
AMERICAS
US TV legend Johnny Carson dies
Legendary TV star Johnny Carson dies at the age of 79, after battling the respiratory disease emphysema.
  US snowstorms trigger emergencies
Several states in the north-eastern US declare emergencies after blizzards and plunging temperatures.
  Venezuela rally over rebel arrest
Thousands of Venezuelans protest over Colombia's capture of a rebel leader in Caracas last month.
EUROPE
Yushchenko set for Moscow talks
Ukraine's Viktor Yushchenko goes to Moscow on his first foreign trip, a day after his inauguration.
  Hunt resumes after Alps avalanche
Austrian rescuers look for a missing snowboarder after at least four people died in avalanches.
  Former minister jailed over tax
A former Irish government minister is sentenced to six months in prison for tax offences.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
1965: Winston Churchill dies
Sir Winston Churchill has died at the age of 90 with his wife Lady Clementine Churchill and other members of the family at his bedside.
  1986: Leon Brittan quits over Westland
Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan becomes the second cabinet minister to resign over the Westland affair.
  1966: 117 die in Air India tragedy
Over 100 passengers have been kiiled after an Air India Boeing-707 plane crashed into Mont Blanc.
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