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Updated on: Monday 21 August 2006, 19:08 Makka Time, 16:08 GMT   UK bomb suspects charged Eleven people have been charged over an alleged plot to blow up several aeroplanes between Britain and the United States. FULL STORY Second Saddam trial adjourned Unrest returns to East Timor streets Saudi forces in Jedda shoot-out Dozens dead as Egypt trains collide Arab World more •  Truce holds amid tough talking •  Somali PM names new cabinet •  Sudan rejects UN resolution on Dafur •  Qana mothers bury their children •  Israel arrests senior Hamas politician •  More Ethiopian troops enter Somalia •  Algerian amnesty draws in Islamists •  Shia pilgrims shot dead in Baghdad Global more •  Sri Lanka truce monitors pull back •  Traders likely behind Moscow blast •  Congo vote goes to run off •  Execution of Bali bombers stayed •  Srebrenica trial begins •  Iran: No end to uranium enrichment •  Aid workers held in Tiger territory •  Nepal backs down after fuel riots Economy more •  Ageing, obesity plague China •  Infosys chairman steps down •  Chile copper mine in talks with union •  Saudi Arabia signs UK defence deal Science & Technology more •  Water buffs urge more crop per drop •  Scientist: Dolphins are stupid •  Australia to vote on stem cell research •  Crucial human brains gene discovered Culture more •  Algerian patois delights and disturbs •  Nobel laureate Mahfouz seriously ill •  Priceless Peruvian treasure found •  Asian psychologists talk terrorism Crisis in Lebanon more •  Cautious relief greets ceasefire •  Both sides claim victory •  Timeline: Lebanon conflict •  Have your say on Lebanon crisis Cartoons MAPS MAPS Drawing by Shujaat 15/08/2006 See more cartoons Opinion America adrift by Sandy Shanks •  Sunni, Shia and US ME politics •  US has to choose: Israel or the ME •  Watching American TV in Beirut

In pictures Refugees flee Sri Lanka fighting  Interviews "Being a radical is not necessarily a bad thing"  "I wanted people to know what a war means"   Features Accounting for Anfal Genocide trial offers hope for Iraqi Kurds John Cookson Stumped Tampering row tests cricket's nerves Christopher Wang Chavez of Arabia Venezuela leader winning Arab hearts and minds Dima Khatib Tribal tensions Police training presents unique problem in Hiyt Maher Al Jasem Woman power Leftist fires up Brazil presidential poll scene Gibby Zobel   Most Emailed Stories •  Winning Arab hearts and minds •  Scientist: Dolphins are stupid •  Church body condemns Israel •  Al-Hariri: Syria worse than Israel •  Hezbollah 'foils Israeli raid'

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