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Man Dies As Ambulance On 999 Call Hits Car - Second Member Of Drugs Panel Stands Down - Britain cap great World Cup weekend with world record.



Man Dies As Ambulance On 999 Call Hits Car

A man has been killed after the car he was travelling in collided with an ambulance responding to a 999 call on the Isle of Wight.

Second Member Of Drugs Panel Stands Down

A second member of the Government's Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs has resigned.

Britain cap great World Cup weekend with world record

Britain underlined their dominance of track cycling when the women's pursuit team set a world record and the men's quartet posted the second-fastest time ever in the Manchester round of the World Cup Sunday.

British Journalist Missing In Costa Rica

A British journalist has been missing in Costa Rica for more than 10 days.

UK drugs advisers quit in protest at chief's sacking

Two members of Britain's drug abuse advisory panel quit on Sunday in protest at the government's decision to sack the panel's chief on grounds he had overstepped his role and become too political.

White House: Afghan troop decision within weeks

President Barack Obama is still weeks away from deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, the White House said Sunday amid pressure from lawmakers to settle on a war strategy despite muddled politics and concerns of corruption in Kabul.

Search for Calif. crash survivors now recovery

The search for nine people missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said Sunday.

No word yet when San Francisco Bay Bridge reopens

There's still no word yet when the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be open to traffic again.

Obama community college proposal may not be enough

Arthur Call commutes three hours roundtrip to his anatomy class at community college because similar courses on campuses closer to his Indianapolis home are packed this semester.

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