In a 13 hour operation, doctors in Egypt successfully remove the second head of a baby suffering from the rare disease Craniopagus Parasiticus . This is the second such operation to take place in a year. The previous operation, in the Dominican Republic , was not successful and resulted in death. (Reuters)
The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan , is sending a team of experts to Lebanon to investigate the killing of the former prime minister, Rafik Hariri . (BBC)
--- Police in Northern Ireland confirm that £50,000 in unused Northern Bank notes found at Newforge Country Club, a facility for off-duty and retired police officers, was part of the £26 million stolen in the bank robbery. Police still consider it a diversion. (BBC)
--- Gardaí in Cork receive £175,000 from a local businessman, who said he had been asked to keep it. (Independent)
