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| Network Rail to axe 2,000 jobs Network Rail - the body that took over from Railtrack last year - announced 2,000 job losses today as part of a plan to slash costs. |
| Key Bali bombing suspect arrested Police in Indonesia today said that they had arrested one of the top organisers of last year's bombings of two Bali nightclubs. |
| Film star Hepburn dies at 96 Screen legend Katharine Hepburn dies. |
| Prescott details fire service shake-up Politics: Fire service will be renamed 'fire and rescue service' as part of wide-ranging shake-up of the emergency service. |
| Gay marriages plan unveiled UK: Britain today took the first step towards continental-style same-sex marriages. |
| Three sentenced to death for Pakistan suicide bombing World: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today sentenced three men to death for organising a suicide bomb attack that killed 11 people in Karachi. |
| Israel withdraws from north Gaza Middle East: Israel relinquishes control of much of Gaza Strip's main motorway in accordance with peace road map. |
| Rebel Storm Troop Leaders Killed Past notes: On June 30 1934, Hitler and his SS began a purge of the leadership of the Nazi SA 'brownshirts', then a two million-strong militia. Here's how the Guardian reported the news. |
| Canada's BSE woes Ottawa dispatch: First Sars, now mad cow disease: microbes have laid siege to Canada's economy this year, writes Anne McIlroy. |
| Minister unrepentant in Gilligan row Media: Phil Woolas, facing possible lawsuit from BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan, says Iraq dossier story was 'untrue'. |
| Plans to speed up NHS compensation claims Society: The government has published proposals to overhaul the way the NHS handles negligence claims. |
| Teachers give up pay in funding crisis Education: Teachers at a Leicestershire school are dipping into their own pockets to bail out their budget. |
| New approach made for Debenhams Business: The department store chain Debenhams today found itself at the centre of a possible bidding war, the latest in the retail sector. |
| The Monday interview: And God created Pele Interview: How does Edson Arantes do Nascimento deal with being a living legend? Simon Hattenstone asked him. |
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