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McCann Portugal flat to be sold

Thursday September 04 2008

THE Algarve holiday flat where Madeleine McCann disappeared last summer is being put up for sale, it was reported yesterday.

Apartment 5A in the Ocean Club complex in Praia da Luz is going on the market for between €200,000 and €300,000, according to Portuguese newspapers. The two-bedroom flat -- which was built 20 years ago -- should be available for potential buyers to visit from next week, the paper 24 Horas reported.

Israel moves on Jerusalem issue

SOME Arab neighbourhoods in Jerusalem could become the capital of a future Palestinian state as part of a final peace agreement, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview broadcast yesterday.

Mr Barak didn't say whether these neighbourhoods would include all of Arab East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a move not recognised internationally.

Police question player's ex-agent

AN England footballer's former agent continued to be questioned last night after being arrested following a complaint the star made to police about how his affairs were handled.

Middlesborough winger Stewart Downing approached his club with worries about his finances, and the Football Association became involved.

Abu Ghraib prison to be renovated

IRAQ plans to renovate and reopen Abu Ghraib prison, the notorious site of executions and torture under Saddam Hussein and later of a US prisoner abuse scandal.

The sprawling complex on Baghdad's western outskirts, which has not been used as a prison since 2006, will also feature a museum of crimes committed under former leader Saddam Hussein, a government spokesman said yesterday.

Study links height to prostate cancer

TALLER men are more likely to develop prostate cancer, an extensive study revealed yesterday. More than 9,000 males with and without the disease were studied by researchers at four universities who found the risk rose by 6pc for every 3.9 inches in height a man had over the smallest group in the study.

A man who was more than a foot taller than the shortest person in the project had a 19pc increased risk of developing the cancer, it was discovered. Scientists came to their conclusions after analysing 58 studies.

 
 


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Man shot in pub in Manchester

The victim, named by sources as 23-year-old Mark Short, was gunned down in the Cotton Tree pub in Market Street, Droylsden, Greater Manchester shortly before 11.50pm yesterday.Three other men, believed to be related to Mr Short, were also injured and are being treated in hospital.

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Giant royal family on Southbank

The largest ever photograph of the Royal Family has been displayed on a prominent South Bank building in celebration of the Queen?s Diamond Jubilee.Sea Containers, by Blackfriars Bridge, was enrobed in the giant picture measuring 100m by 70m and weighing in at nearly two tons. The image was erected by a team of eight people over 45 hours. It is due to remain in place until July.

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Oldest woman defeats Everest again

Watanabe reached the summit from the Tibetan side on 19 May, at the age of 73 years and 180 days. That day, more than 200 climbers were aiming for the summit on the busier southern route in Nepal. Four died, apparently from altitude sickness and exhaustion, on one of the deadliest days on the mountain.

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