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Monday, 8 July, 2002, 23:09 GMT 00:09 UK
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Mourners at crash victims' funerals in Ufa Crash pilots given conflicting orders
Investigators say the Russian airliner which hit a cargo plane over Germany last week was given conflicting instructions seconds before impact.

Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit Mass resignations rock Turkey
A new crisis hits the government of ailing Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit after his deputy and at least two ministers step down.

Former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers WorldCom chiefs refuse to testify
WorldCom's executives take the Fifth before a Congressional committee investigating how the firm overstated profits by $3.8bn.

Israel reopens talks with Palestinians
Israeli Foreign Minister Peres meets the new Palestinian finance minister in the first high level contact between the two sides for several months.

New hope for Aids vaccine
Scientists give details of a potential vaccine and announce the biggest-ever trial at an international conference on Aids.


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Crisis in Turkey
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BBC News Online's Paul Reynolds examines the new thinking behind the African Union, which is replacing the Organisation of African Unity
New winds of change


Japan's fad for foreign words is making Japanese more and more difficult to understand
Japan's language mess


700,000 bunkers testify to the paranoia of Enver Hoxha - and they cannot be moved
Albania's bunker blight


Pharmaceutical firms have faced strong criticism for protecting patents on HIV drugs, but they says it's essential for research.Quest for cure
Drug firms seek ultimate prize of HIV vaccine

 A group of Sicilian farmers produce anti-Mafia pasta made from wheat seized from the mob.Mafia dished
Pasta made out of wheat from ex-mob land

The Pentagon is preparing to send a team to investigate the possibility of excavating the remains of two pilots who died in China during the Cold War'Spy' search
China lets US look for Cold War pilots' remains

A southern French town is to fine tourists wearing too little in the streets and shops Cover up!
'Immodest' tourists face French fine

Locksmiths in Calcutta show off a massive two-foot lock weighing 50 kg built for the front door of a Hindu temple in eastern India.Thief stopper
Indian locksmiths make 'world's largest' padlock

An Iranian dancer gets a 10-year suspended jail sentence for corrupting the nation's youthDancer ban
Iranian sentenced for 'corrupting youth'

Death by stoning
Nigerian woman fights adultery sentence

Palestine constitution
Basic law adopted - five years after it was written