Son caught in high spirits, Blair blushes
British PM Tony Blair, who has called for the police to be given powers to fine drunken louts, suffered an embarrassing setback when the police arrested his teenage son for being ``drunk and incapable''.



UN Council passes embargo on S Leone diamond trade
The UN Security Council imposed an embargo on Wednesday on trade in diamonds mined from rebel-held areas of Sierra Leone, in a bid to cut off the rebels' main source of revenue.



British army fans out in Belfast to check rioting
British army troops were patrolling the streets of Belfast for the first time in almost two years on Thursday, as security forces sought to contain spiralling violence in Northern Ireland.



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