Wildcats forward Watene dies

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Anteaters get antsy over Thailand violence

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LA firefighters battle wildfires

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Whale deal falls at last minute

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Welsh-only police car sign denied

North Wales Police say they have no plans to remove the word "police" and leave only the Welsh "heddlu" on vehicles.

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IFA sacks chief executive Wells

Irish Football Association chief executive Howard Wells has been sacked.

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House sales hit new 30-year low

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Terry & Cole out of Belarus match

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Ministers shelve 42-day detention

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Exit route

The euthanasia expert advising over-50s on suicide

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Inflation likely to hit 5% rate

The annual rate of UK inflation is expected to hit 5%, with higher gas and electricity bills causing much of the increase.

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Four jailed for Cambodia murders

Four ex-members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge are jailed for their part in the murder of a British mine-clearer and his interpreter.

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Rhys trial told of suspect threat

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Dutch 'HIV attack' trial begins

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Civic pride

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Safe no more

McCain campaign machine struggles in North Carolina

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'Exceptional man'

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Schools hit by rebuilding delays

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Newcastle sale 'progressing well'

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Mbeki seeks to save Zimbabwe deal

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Motorists stopped over pub murder

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Asian stocks repeat US successes

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Exorcism by Rabbis: Talmud Sages and Their Magic

An article by Meir Bar-Ilan centering on the Jewish sages of the Mishnah and Talmud who dealt with magic in the religious context of their times; demonstrates survivals of this ancient phenomenon in contemporary Israeli and Palestinian religious folklore.

http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/exorcism.html

Fetichism in West Africa

By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa/

Holy Wells

Introduction to holy wells mostly in the UK, with photographs and descriptions.

http://www.geocities.com/jamesrattue/wells_home.html

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Islamic Resurgence and the Belief System of Rural Malays

A lengthy scholarly article by Anne Katherine Larsen that identifies and discusses traditional folkloric "extra-religious beliefs" and customs that reside beneath, and sometimes conflict with, the ostensibly Islamic Malay culture.

http://www.abo.fi/comprel/temenos/temeno32/larsen.htm

The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief

An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days.

http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm

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Safe no more

McCain campaign machine struggles in North Carolina

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Schools hit by rebuilding delays

The scale of the delays affecting England's school rebuilding project is revealed by a parliamentary question.

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Four jailed for Cambodia murders

Four ex-members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge are jailed for their part in the murder of a British mine-clearer and his interpreter.

news.bbc.co.uk

'Exceptional man'

One family's 12-year quest for justice in Cambodia

news.bbc.co.uk

Civic pride

The local response to the world financial crisis

news.bbc.co.uk

IFA sacks chief executive Wells

Irish Football Association chief executive Howard Wells has been sacked.

news.bbc.co.uk

Newcastle sale 'progressing well'

The sale of Newcastle is progressing "extremely well", according to the man responsible for brokering the deal.

news.bbc.co.uk

Exit route

The euthanasia expert advising over-50s on suicide

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Dutch 'HIV attack' trial begins

Three men go on trial in the Netherlands accused of deliberately infecting at least 14 other men with HIV.

news.bbc.co.uk

Welsh-only police car sign denied

North Wales Police say they have no plans to remove the word "police" and leave only the Welsh "heddlu" on vehicles.

news.bbc.co.uk

Wildcats forward Watene dies

Wakefield prop forward Adam Watene, 31, dies after taking part in a training session.

news.bbc.co.uk

Anteaters get antsy over Thailand violence

Zookeepers in Bangkok move two anteaters out of the city, fearing stress caused by noisy recent clashes could make the sensitive animals ill.

news.bbc.co.uk

LA firefighters battle wildfires

Firefighters tackle wildfires near Los Angeles which have caused two deaths, with 12,000 driven from their homes.

news.bbc.co.uk

Terry & Cole out of Belarus match

Injured duo John Terry and Ashley Cole will miss England's World Cup qualifier against Belarus, and keeper Robert Green is also out.

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Inflation likely to hit 5% rate

The annual rate of UK inflation is expected to hit 5%, with higher gas and electricity bills causing much of the increase.

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House sales hit new 30-year low

The slump in the property market is worsening, the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says.

news.bbc.co.uk

Motorists stopped over pub murder

Strathclyde Police release details of the vehicle they believe was used in a double shooting outside a Glasgow pub.

news.bbc.co.uk

Mike Baker

Are we asking too much of our teachers?

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Asian stocks repeat US successes

Tokyo's Nikkei index soars 13% higher, matching gains seen in New York, as confidence starts to return to financial markets.

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Mbeki seeks to save Zimbabwe deal

Ex-South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Harare to try and salvage the power-sharing deal he brokered last month.

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Ministers shelve 42-day detention

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says plans to extend terror detention to 42 days will be dropped from current bill.

news.bbc.co.uk

Rhys trial told of suspect threat

The teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones told a girl the alleged target was going to "get it", a court hears.

news.bbc.co.uk

Whale deal falls at last minute

Hope for consensus between environmentalists and whalers in Barcelona is derailed by a last-minute Australian intervention.

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In pictures

The latest show in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

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