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(1 of 77) Frenchwoman 'smothered newborns'	07/29/2010
Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothin...

(2 of 77) Child heart op ban 'should stay'	07/29/2010
Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

(3 of 77) Fixed retirement age to be axed	07/29/2010
People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

(4 of 77) Fugitive tycoon Nadir seeks bail	07/29/2010
Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial.

(5 of 77) Cameron defends Pakistan comments	07/29/2010
David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.

(6 of 77) 'Mocking' toddler killers jailed	07/29/2010
A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, are jailed for life.

(7 of 77) Vicar guilty of sham wedding scam	07/29/2010
A Sussex vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years to bypass immigration law.

(8 of 77) DR Congo boat sinking 'kills 140'	07/29/2010
About 140 people are feared dead as a boat capsizes on a river in the western Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(9 of 77) 150 schools ask to be academies	07/29/2010
More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.

(10 of 77) Scottish review warns of major job cuts	07/29/2010
Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

(11 of 77) Landmark ruling on divorce money	07/29/2010
A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings.

(12 of 77) Koh-i-Noor diamond 'staying put', PM insists	07/29/2010
David Cameron rejects calls for the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond, part of the Crown Jewels for 150 years, to be returned to India.

(13 of 77) Mother bear rescues cub from a fishing net in Alaska	07/28/2010
Amateur video captures footage of a mother bear saving her cub from a fishing net in Anchorage, Alaska.

(14 of 77) Live - England v Pakistan	07/29/2010
Eoin Morgan makes his maiden Test fifty as England push on after tea on day one of the first Test against Pakistan.

(15 of 77) Hughes set to become Fulham boss	07/29/2010
Fulham have reached an agreement with Mark Hughes to become their new manager, BBC Sport understands.

(16 of 77) I am not a number two, says Massa	07/29/2010
Felipe Massa insists he is not playing second fiddle to Fernando Alonso, despite controversy surrounding the Ferrari drivers in last weekend's German ...

(17 of 77) Live - European Championships day three	07/29/2010
Britain's Phillips Idowu goes for triple jump gold and high jump medals are up for grabs at the European Championships in Barcelona.

(18 of 77) Beckham denies West Ham contact	07/29/2010
David Beckham has 'no interest' in leaving LA Galaxy for West Ham, his spokesman says.

(19 of 77) Woman 'killed by crossbow bolt'	07/29/2010
One of three women killed in Bradford died from severe head injuries caused by a knife and the bolt from a crossbow, an inquest hears.

(20 of 77) Boy, five, in school 'sex attack'	07/29/2010
A five-year-old boy suffers an alleged sexual assault by other pupils at a school in Somerset, prompting a police investigation.

(21 of 77) Tobin questioned over sex crimes	07/29/2010
Convicted serial killer Peter Tobin is questioned by police in Edinburgh in connection with serious sexual crimes.

(22 of 77) Man injured in explosion in city	07/29/2010
A man is treated for minor injuries after an explosion in a container believed to be storing detonators in Inverness.

(23 of 77) Church to report on 1971 killings	07/29/2010
The Catholic Church is to release eyewitness accounts of how 11 people were killed by the Army in west Belfast in 1971.

(24 of 77) Car 'surrounded by bonfire mob'	07/29/2010
A man charged in connection with an alleged hit-and-run at an "Eleventh Night" bonfire feared he would be murdered, a court hears.

(25 of 77) Jobs boost at solar panel factory	07/29/2010
Electronics giant Sharp says a "substantial" number of jobs will be created following a £30m expansion of its Wrexham factory.

(26 of 77) Man, 45, admits kidnap and rape	07/29/2010
A 45-year-old Flintshire man admits charges of false imprisonment, kidnapping, rape and assault.

(27 of 77) Bashir's party doubts Sudan vote	07/29/2010
President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided.

(28 of 77) Zimbabwe football chief suspended	07/29/2010
The Zimbabwe Football Association suspends chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya over match-fixing allegations.

(29 of 77) Chemicals washed into China river	07/29/2010
Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.

(30 of 77) Japanese tanker in damage mystery	07/29/2010
Officials investigate damage to a Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, amid reports of a collision or an attack.

(31 of 77) 'Hijack' foiled at Moscow airport	07/29/2010
Russian security forces at Moscow's Domodedovo airport arrest a man suspected of trying to hijack a plane.

(32 of 77) Greek police clash with hauliers	07/29/2010
Greek police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of lorry drivers protesting in Athens against a government order to end their strike.

(33 of 77) Arizona takes law fight to appeal	07/29/2010
Arizona says it will appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.

(34 of 77) Paraguay rebel 'dies in shootout'	07/29/2010
Paraguayan police shoot dead a reputed rebel leader as he resists arrest in the north of the country, officials say.

(35 of 77) Arab League endorses direct talks	07/29/2010
The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.

(36 of 77) Gun and bomb attacks hit Baghdad	07/29/2010
At least 16 people, including several security force members, are killed in shootings and explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say.

(37 of 77) Second missing US sailor 'dead'	07/29/2010
Jarod Newlove, the second of two US servicemen who went missing in Afghanistan last week, is found dead, officials say.

(38 of 77) Hunger striker wins burger claim	07/29/2010
A Tamil refugee hunger striker accepts £77,500 in damages over newspaper stories he secretly ate burgers during his protest.

(39 of 77) US military graves 'mislabelled'	07/29/2010
As many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery were mislabelled or unmarked because of incompetence among managers, a US senator says.

(40 of 77) California in 'fiscal emergency'	07/29/2010
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal state of emergency, putting pressure on lawmakers to pass a budget.

(41 of 77) Gambling firms reveal merger plan	07/29/2010
The UK's Partygaming and Austrian firm Bwin unveil plans to merge and create the world's largest online gaming business.

(42 of 77) Oil firms' profits almost double	07/29/2010
Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil see profits almost double in the week rival BP suffered record losses.

(43 of 77) House price inflation eases again	07/29/2010
UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%.

(44 of 77) UKIP wins £367,000 donation case	07/29/2010
The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 "impermissible donation".

(45 of 77) PM reveals coalition uncertainty	07/29/2010
David Cameron reveals he told the Queen he was not "totally sure" what sort of government he was going to form as he became prime minister.

(46 of 77) Government's £6m web search bill	07/29/2010
Four government departments spent almost £6m ensuring their websites appeared on search engine results pages, new figures show.

(47 of 77) Public health fear in NHS revamp	07/28/2010
The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.

(48 of 77) Say fat not obese, says minister	07/28/2010
GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says.

(49 of 77) Hip hope from stem cell technique	07/28/2010
Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.

(50 of 77) Dramatic fall in pupil expulsion	07/29/2010
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show.

(51 of 77) Rise in parental child abductions	07/29/2010
A growing number of children in Britain are being abducted by a parent and taken overseas, the Foreign Office says.

(52 of 77) Promise over future school cash	07/28/2010
Investment in England's school buildings will continue despite cuts to a major building programme, the Education Secretary says.

(53 of 77) Facebook data hoarder speaks out	07/29/2010
Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

(54 of 77) Google cleared of wi-fi snooping	07/29/2010
No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.

(55 of 77) Amazon offers new look UK Kindle	07/29/2010
Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.

(56 of 77) Plankton declining across oceans	07/28/2010
The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming identified as a cause.

(57 of 77) Doomed 1848 ship found in Arctic	07/28/2010
Canadian archaeologists locate the wreck of HMS Investigator, a British ship abandoned in the Arctic in the 19th Century.

(58 of 77) Cheetah will run again in India	07/29/2010
The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction.

(59 of 77) No charges for Jackson's doctors	07/29/2010
Seven doctors who treated Michael Jackson in the years before his death will not face charges, US investigators say.

(60 of 77) Bertrand says vocal 'was not me'	07/29/2010
Musician Plastic Bertrand apparently admits to a Belgian newspaper that he did not sing on signature hit Ca Plane Pour Moi.

(61 of 77) Churchill's papers to go public	07/29/2010
Sir Winston Churchill's entire archive of papers is to be published electronically in libraries, allowing full public access.

(62 of 77) The big cheese	07/28/2010
With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?

(63 of 77) Creative block: The torment of artists	07/27/2010
Professor Robert Winston on how creative block has tormented great artists and even those in the sciences.

(64 of 77) Is this actress the ideal shape?	07/27/2010
Mad Men's sassy secretary has been given government sanction for her body shape - but how realistic is it for women?

(65 of 77) Fire engulfs tour boat off Turkey	07/29/2010
A Spanish tourist remains missing after a Turkish tour boat was engulfed by flames while sailing in the Mediterranean.

(66 of 77) Labour contenders' secret vices	07/29/2010
The contenders for the Labour leadership have set out their personal circumstances, the reasons they went into politics and their secret vices.

(67 of 77) Everything, including the kitchen sink	07/28/2010
A team of divers - known as Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners - are stepping up efforts to keep Britain's coastline clean and litter free.

(68 of 77) Metro Bank's first customers speak	07/29/2010
The first High Street bank to launch in the UK for more than 100 years has opened its first branch in Holborn in London.

(69 of 77) Cameron on 'speaking frankly'	07/29/2010
Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.

(70 of 77) Rickshaws give prisoners new hope	07/29/2010
The problems of congested roads and prisoner rehabilitation are being tackled at the same time in a project in Rome.

(71 of 77) Who will win the 3D TV war?	07/29/2010
Some of the biggest names in Japan's technology industry report earnings later today and the likes of Panasonic and Sony are betting on 3D to drive sa...

(72 of 77) Arizona's view of migrant law block	07/29/2010
People in Arizona give their views on the blocking of a tougher version of the state's immigration laws days before it was to come into effect.

(73 of 77) Childless stigma	07/29/2010
Happily married, don't want kids - why is it seen as odd?

(74 of 77) Body of evidence	07/29/2010
Was Dr Crippen innocent of his wife's murder?

(75 of 77) Horse patrol	07/29/2010
US agents saddle up along the Mexican border

(76 of 77) Wall's wars	07/29/2010
Profile of next Army head Gen Sir Peter Wall

(77 of 77) Human cost	07/29/2010
Madagascar hospitals hit as aid cut over army coup

I am going to keep some personal "blogs" here on the site...over time, I hope
to expand this section with archiving etc. and make this available as
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Below are the blogs that I am trying to keep up to date:

Blog Name	Latest Blog Date
C#- Real problems- Real solutions!	5/29/2008 9:59 PM
Pocket PC Phones	5/6/2010 4:07 PM
Rant and Rave and anything else!	5/28/2010 11:32 PM

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