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More aid workers have been killed in Sudan's Darfur region in the last two weeks than in the past two years, the United Nations and aid agencies say. The UN's Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs says access to people in need in Darfur is at its lowest level since the conflict began. Aid agencies say the situation has got worse since the May peace accord. More than 2m Sudanese have fled their homes and tens of thousands have been killed in the three-year conflict. 'Unaccep ...

UK Athletics performance director Dave Collins has revealed more than 70 British athletes have missed at least one out-of-competition drugs test. Four of them have missed two - meaning they face a ban if they miss one more. Christine Ohuruogu was provisionally suspended and withdrawn from the Great Britain team in Gothenburg after missing three tests in 18 months. "Certainly over 70 have missed at least one test. I think four are on two missed tests," Collins told the BBC. In ...

Floyd Landis claims his doping test was "fatally flawed" and says officials behind the process have an agenda. The American tested positive for unusual levels of testosterone after winning stage 17 of this year's race and is set to lose his title. But Landis, 30, claims the leak of his test broke rules and questions the anonymity of the procedure. "There's extraneous circumstances that indicate there's some strange things going on with this test," said Landis. Interview: Floy ...

England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series after bowling out Pakistan to win the third Test by 167 runs midway through the final day. Key man Mohammad Yousuf was run out for eight and Sajid Mahmood struck twice in an over to make it 84-5 at lunch. Monty Panesar (3-39) then produced a stunning delivery to bowl Younis Khan (41) and Pakistan never looked like chasing down 323 to win. Mahmood finished with a Test best 4-22 as Pakistan were all out for 155. Int ...

Police are searching for human remains at a south London house where a convicted paedophile once lived. Officers acted on an anonymous letter claiming remains linked to events 35 years ago were buried there. A forensic archaeologist is among a team which will dig up the garden in Walton Green in New Addington, Croydon. Leslie Ford-Thrussell, 72, is serving a 12-year jail term for sex crimes committed against children aged 13 and under from 1986 to 2003. He was convicted in 2004 after admitti ...

At least 19 people have been killed and scores hurt in a series of blasts in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Two bombs claimed at least 10 lives and injured 69 people in a busy market in the al-Shurja district. Earlier, a bomb hit a minibus and a taxi in the centre of the city, killing at least nine people. Two other blasts targeted police, wounding three. The attacks come despite increased security in the city, as violence kills dozens every day across the country. Tuesday also saw an armed rai ...

Sharp council tax rises may be needed in the next few years to fund housing and education for immigrant families, says the Local Government Association. The LGA, which represents local authorities in England and Wales, says rises of 6% on top of inflation-related increases may be needed in some places. It says councils do not get enough cash to fund the services because official figures under estimate migrant levels. But ministers say funding is fair and based on the best figures available.  ...

An Iraqi man filmed video footage of potential targets for a terrorist attack on London, a court was told. Big Ben, parliament and the London Eye were among the sights on tapes made by Rauf Mohammed, Woolwich Crown Court heard on Tuesday. The recordings could be of use to someone "angered" by the West's action in his homeland, prosecutors said. Mr Mohammed, 26, of Glenparke Road, Forest Gate, east London, denies making and possessing articles for terrorism. He told police the two videos seiz ...

Four-year-old conjoined-twin girls have been separated after undergoing 16 hours of surgery. Kendra and Maliyah Herrin were born with their bodies joined at the abdomen and with a shared pelvis and kidney. It is thought to be the first time conjoined-twins sharing one kidney have been separated. They are still having reconstructive surgery at the hospital in Salt Lake City in the US, and doctors told the parents the girls face a long recovery. Siamese, or conjoined twins, originate from a si ...

Israel has warned residents of southern Lebanon that it will escalate operations there as it continues its campaign against Hezbollah militants. In leaflets dropped by Israeli planes, it says its forces will destroy moving vehicles in an area south of the Litani river, 30km (18 miles) from the border. Israel launched about 80 air strikes against Lebanon overnight. Hezbollah fired more than 140 rockets on Israel. Diplomats at the UN are discussing a draft resolution to end fighting. An Arab L ...