BBC News, Jul 15, 2011

Chief executive quits over hacking

Rebekah Brooks resigns as chief executive of News International amid the UK phone hacking scandal.

• Full statements: Brooks and Murdoch NEW
• Profile: Rebekah Brooks
• Phone hacking scandal: Timeline
• FBI to probe '9/11 phone hacking'

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Rain hits Somali drought victims NEW

People who have fled the drought in Somalia to camps near the capital Mogadishu are now being hit by days of cold, heavy rain.

• Kenya row over drought refugees
• Life and death

• Libya solution sought at talks

  Diplomats including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are meeting in Turkey to discuss ways of ending the Libya conflict.

• Credit Suisse target of US probe

  Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse says US authorities are investigating whether it helped US citizens evade taxes.

• Mumbai probe hopes for CCTV clues

• Mexico finds huge marijuana farm

• EU bank stress test results due

• US debt talks deadlock drags on

• Japan air boycott draws Seoul ire

• BBC journalists in one-day strike

Also in the News

• UK couple claim £161m Euro lottery

• Jane Austen manuscript sells for $1.6m

Sport

• Live - the Open day two

  Amateur Tom Lewis and Lucas Glover drop back with outright leader Thomas Bjorn still to begin his second round at the 140th Open Championship at Royal St George's.

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• Aston Villa make bid for N'Zogbia

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• Coastguard sites escape closure
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• Woman raped by 'a number of men'
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• Man dies after two cars collide
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• Pentagon hit by huge cyber attack
• Spotify finally launches in US

Latin America

• Menezes family urges wider probe
• Argentine ex-army officers jailed

Africa

• Probe into SA police chief sought
• Images show Sudan 'mass graves'

Europe

• Italy Senate passes tough budget
• Romanian arrests over web fraud

Middle East

• Spain calls Iraqis on camp deaths
• Syrian forces kill two protesters

South Asia

• Afghan blast kills five civilians
• Troops fight Kashmir 'militants'

Asia Pacific

• Indonesians flee volcano eruption
• BHP agrees $12bn Petrohawk deal

Business

• S&P warns of US rating downgrade

  S&P warns it may cut the US's triple-A rating if a deal to raise the government's debt ceiling is not agreed upon soon.

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• Quake still rattles Sony Ericsson

• Foreign investment in China slows

Technology

• 'Pinging' raises legal questions

  Claims that the News of the World paid police to track mobiles raises questions about eavesdropping laws, experts say.

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• Simple tech aids developing world

• Google profits beat expectations

Entertainment

• Winslet US drama leads Emmy race

  Kate Winslet's TV drama Mildred Pierce leads this year's race for the US Emmy awards, with 21 nominations.

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• Gaga's YouTube channel restored

• Proms begin with Brahms and Liszt

Sci/Environment

• Whaling meeting 'ignores whales'

  The International Whaling Commission meeting narrowly survives a harrowing and confused final day - but important issues lie un-discussed.

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• Giant pandas sexually segregate

• Probe prepares to orbit asteroid

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Health

• Gene link to 70% of breast cancer

  A gene has been linked to 70% of hard-to-treat breast cancers resistant to hormone therapies, US researchers suggest.

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• Westerners programmed for alcohol

• HIV medicines 'boost prevention'

Have Your Say

• Moody's to review US debt rating

  Credit rating agency Moody's puts the US under review, amid growing concern in Washington over efforts to reach a deal to raise the US debt ceiling.

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• Spelling mistakes 'cost millions'

• Four in 10 get cancer - charity

Magazine

• Quiz of the week's news

  The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.

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• Is smoking in cars dangerous?

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