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25th August 18:47BST, UK evening news flash summary:


Posted Aug 25, 2008 by  Paul Whittaker in World 8 comments
Main:
Times - Britain's Olympic heroes arrive home.
Independent - Russia has raised the stakes in the political fallout over its war with Georgia, as both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Sun - The Home Office has lost 43 laptops and 94 mobiles over the last three years in the latest data bungle to hit the gaffe-prone department.
Guardian - Up to 300 IRA members are to attempt to have their convictions overturned and sue the British government for compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
Sky - An 18-month-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot with an airgun in what police believe was a 'tragic accident'.
Economy:
Herald - Sterling braced for a pounding at hands of currency dealers.
Times - World economic growth is on course to slow for the rest of this year and into 2009, according to the latest forecasts from the International Monetary Fund.
Other:
Sun - A cop car with flashing blue lights hit and killed a mum — as it ferried a takeaway to officers, it was claimed last night.
Independent - A major nature reserve is to become one of the first casualties of the rising seas around Britain.
Telegraph - French parents are the meanest in Europe when it comes to handing out pocket money to their children, and the number receiving any allowance has shrunk over the past year.
BBC - North Korean scientists have developed a new kind of noodle that delays feelings of hunger.
Mail - Holidaymaker watches his brand new Land Rover sink into the sea after he reversed his boat into the water.
Links to more news stories at WhitDawg.com

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