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BBC Micro News for Friday 5th September 2008

• Brown 'a tiny dot on this world'

  Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe calls Gordon Brown a "tiny dot on this world" after criticism by the prime minister.

• Football: Queen of the South into Cup final

  Queen of the South reach their first ever Scottish Cup final by winning a seven-goal thriller against Aberdeen.

• Live - EDF Energy Cup final

  Holders Leicester take on the Ospreys in a repeat of the 2007 final at Twickenham.

• Appeal over teenage beauty queen

  A mother appeals for help in tracing a 17-year-old beauty queen, who has been missing for a week.

• Mother denied daughter's organs

  A mother from West Yorkshire who suffers from kidney failure is refused her dying daughter's organs.

• Live - Premier League

  Relegation-threatened Birmingham meet Everton, while rivals Bolton and Fulham are also in action.

• Breaking the bank

  Zimbabwe - where a drink costs Z$200m

• Live - Scottish Cup semi-final

  Queen of the South meet Aberdeen in the first of the Scottish Cup semi-finals on Saturday.

• Baghdad clashes 'kill 13 gunmen'

  US and Iraqi forces kill 13 militants in fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City, as a two-week blockade is lifted.

• Victim dies weeks after assault

  Police begin a murder inquiry after the death of a man assaulted at Ballykinler in County Down last month.

• Wombles warning over TV imports

  The Wombles get a make-over to highlight the threat from US imports to children's TV in Britain.

• Freud's sleeping nude on her life as an artistic muse

  The subject of a painting by Lucien Freud - expect to break records at auction next month - tells the BBC it's a "bit of a shock".

• Man faces teenagermurder charge

  A 43-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who went missing in Sligo in 2006.

• China defends Tibetan crackdown

  China's president says a crackdown in Tibet is an internal matter, in the wake of Olympic torch protests.

• Welsh anthem call for FA Cup final

  The sports minister says the Welsh national anthem should be played at the FA cup final at Wembley.

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