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TheUKNews.com Saturday 4th July 2009 Volume 7/27
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"Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times."
Joseph Jackson
The father of Michael Jackson and the family patriarch was speaking after the sudden death of his son.

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Iran frees three more British embassy staff
2005 Ashes destroyer Jones says Lee will swing momentum
Silvio Berlusconi appoints former topless model as First Lady stand-in
Murray insists that he will win Wimbledon soon
Led Zeppelin may fill Jackson's 50-show O2 run with ABBA

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657 billion cigarettes a year sold on black market
BT offers workers more free time for pay cuts
Dawnus cements record turnover for seventh year
Services sector progress stalls
Cardiff women inventors win Innovators of the Year awards

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Gunmen kill nine Chechen police in Russia's Ingushetia
LA profits from Jackson stimulus
Afghanistan Blast Kills 2 U.S. Troops
Swine Flu Death Toll in Argentina Climbs
African nations unite to defend Sudanese leader

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Oxford, McGill universities tie up on brain research
Two prestigious universities - Oxford in Britain and McGill in Canada - have joined hands for research on the human brain. The two universities are among world leaders in neuroscience...

Six killed in London high-rise fire
Six people died Friday in a blaze that struck a 12-storey apartment house in south...

Britain relaxes restrictions on travel to Sri Lanka
The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly five weeks after Tamil separatist rebels were defeated to end a more then 30-year war in the South Asian country, the British high commission in Colombo said...

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Damning report slams Israel, Hamas over civilian deaths, destruction
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week....

North Korea Independence Day missile launches described as provocative
South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea launched five missiles off its eastern coast...

Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska
Politics in Washington picked up a beat Friday, when former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suddenly announced her resignation as Alaskan...

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Swiss banks cutting U.S. clients loose
Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter...

Obama still popular despite weakening economy, employment
The U.S. jobless rate rose to 9.5 percent last month -- the highest figure in 26 years. In the short term, the jobs report is a political setback for President Barack Obama and his economic policies. But the latest opinion polls suggest the president continues to hold public support despite the weak...

European equities mixed, U.S. markets closed
Some markets in Europe closed higher Friday, while others...

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    Beauty queen gives styling tips to old school friend Andy Murray
    Experts warn Scots against 'binge tanning'
    Scots are in no hurry to let go ofthe royal line
    Family and colleagues pay tribute to RAF men killed in Tornado crash
    ESPC chief quits after 'carrying can' for group's cash woes