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last updated: Sep 03 2010 3:54 PM
- Police questioning Pakistan trio
Police are questioning the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that the players implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.
- Lib Dem veteran Cyril Smith dies
The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died, aged 82, the party confirms.
- Iran says Mid-East talks doomed
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are doomed to fail, in the first regional reaction to the talks.
- Prescott urges phone hack review
Lord Prescott says he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked into his phone messages.
- Ex-MI6 man sentenced over leaks
A former MI6 worker is given a 12-month jail sentence for trying to sell top secret material for £2m.
- Fox rules out French 'ship share'
Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.
- BBC defends Thompson No 10 visit
The BBC denies the director general compromised its independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts.
- UN calls special food price talks
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rise in global food prices.
- G20 death pathologist suspended
A pathologist at the centre of a row over the death of a man during the G20 protests is suspended from the medical register for three months.
- US sees 54,000 jobs go in August
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
