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BBC news 2011-07-24

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Norway is a country in mourning a day after at least 92 people, many teenagers, were killed in a shooting spree and bomb attack. Police have charged a 32-year-old Norwegian man, Anders Behring Breivik. He's been questioned about the deaths of seven people in a bombing in Oslo and at least 85 others shot dead at a youth camp on an island. Richard Galpin reports from near the island.

Norway is coming to terms with the worst spate of killings it's suffered since the Second World War. And the survivors who've now been brought off the island have been describing what happened when the gunman disguised as a police officer opened fire on the crowds of teenagers attending a summer camp organised by the governing Labour Party. Lisa Marie Husby was one of many who had a narrow escape, managing to hide in a cabin after being chased by the gunman.

"Everybody that I took with me was safe. But three of them changed their minds on their way and ran back to the main building, and they're missing now. I haven't seen them, and I haven't heard from them. So they are probably dead. I don't know. Everybody outside the main building was shot."

Many survivors have talked about the long wait for the police to rescue them. It's now been confirmed that the gunman's killing spree continued for an hour and a half.

In Oslo, where the army is patrolling the streets, flags are lowered and people have streamed to the cathedral to light candles and lay flowers. The man arrested, Anders Behring Breivik, described himself as a Christian and a conservative. In the latest international condemnation of the attacks, the UN Security Council has said terrorism in all its forms is one of the most serious threats to world peace.

The head of football in Asia, Mohamed Bin Hammam, has been banned from the sport for life by the international federation Fifa after being found guilty of bribery. Mr Bin Hammam, who's from Qatar, had been accused of trying to buy votes in the Fifa presidential election, where he was challenging its leader Sepp Blatter. Gordon Farquhar reports from Fifa headquarters.

Petrus Damaseb, a Namibian judge and chairman of the ethics committee that investigated the bribery claims, announced Mr Bin Hammam had been found guilty of all charges and said the life ban from involvement in the game was in keeping with Fifa's zero tolerance policy. Lawyers for the Qatari, now former head of Asian football, said the ethics committee had reached its conclusions relying on circumstantial evidence, which was "bogus" and "based on lies". They indicated Mr Bin Hammam intends to fight the decision through every legal channel at his disposal.

A train crash in eastern China has killed at least 32 people and injured about 90. Chinese media said an express train between Hangzhou and Wenzhou lost power and was struck from behind by a second train. Two of its carriages fell off a bridge.

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One of the most successful female singers in Britain, Amy Winehouse, has been found dead at her flat in London. She was 27. The cause of death isn't known. Natasha Gruneberg looks back at her life.

Once described as one of the most outrageously talented performers of her generation, Amy Winehouse shot to fame in her early 20s. Her distinctive soul voice won her plaudits galore, including five Grammys. But she was also hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Her behaviour became increasingly erratic, and she was often drunk on stage. The low point came when her husband Blake Fielder-Civil was accused of obstructing justice, and she was pictured apparently smoking a crack pipe. Despite the title of her most famous song, there were numerous sessions in rehab but to no avail.

Shortly after the news of her death spread, celebrities, music critics and enthusiasts expressed dismay on social media sites.

Egyptian troops have again fired shots into the air to disperse hundreds of demonstrators in Cairo trying to reach the defence ministry, where the ruling military council is based. The Egyptian army blockaded the road with barbed wire and armoured personnel carriers. Witnesses said that there had been clashes between the protesters and opponents who pelted them with rocks, stones and bottles. The march was in protest at the violent response to a demonstration in Alexandria on Friday calling for political reform.

There's confusion over the status of an Iranian man killed by gunmen on motorbikes in Tehran. Earlier, local media suggested that he was a nuclear scientist, but now they say it was a different person, an electrical engineer who, reports say, worked for the Ministry of Defence.

Thousands of pro-government and opposition activists in Senegal have held separate rallies in the capital. Opposition supporters called for President Abdoulaye Wade not to stand for a third term in office in next year's election.

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