5. juli 2005

Football: Chelsea Gerrard bid fails. Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry tells BBC Sport he will turn down Chelsea's £32m bid for Steven Gerrard. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 12:32:30 PM    comment []

Blair sidesteps French food fight. Tony Blair refuses to be drawn into a diplomatic row after the French president reportedly insulted English food. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 12:29:19 PM    comment []

Europe may ban toy chemicals. The European Parliament considers a permanent ban on the use of chemicals used to soften children's toys. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 12:27:43 PM    comment []

Pirated Live 8 DVDs on eBay, industry protests (Reuters). Reuters - Internet auction site eBay said on Tuesday it had begun removing illegal DVD copies of the Live 8 poverty awareness pop concerts from its Web site, after the record industry complained. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 12:25:07 PM    comment []

Police pull the plug on the 'russ' Norway's hard-partying high school graduates known as "russ" look like they'll have to accept quieter festivities next year. Politicians in suburban Bærum already have banned the throbbing stereo systems the russ mount on the vehicles they ride around in, and Oslo police vow a crackdown on noise as well. 12:23:01 PM    comment []

Nicklaus wins big while Singh is shut out on day one of the Canadian Skins Game 12:20:28 PM    comment []

GBI's 2005 Walker Cup squad will include Fisher, at 16 its youngest-ever player 12:18:39 PM    comment []

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