prevent the north from
being flooded with old notes from South Sudan.
Fans of the British singer Amy Winehouse have been leaving tributes, laying flowers and lighting candles at her home in north London, where her body was found. Messages
lament
ed the loss of her talent at the age of 27 and said her legend would live on. Colleagues in the music business praise the distinctive sultry voice which earned Amy Winehouse a worldwide audience. The singer's family said they'd been left "bereft" by her death and asked for privacy.
The Australian cyclist Cadel Evans has won this year's Tour de France. He was declared the overall winner after cycling more than 3,400km, crossing the finishing line in the centre of Paris. From Sydney, here's Nick Bryant.
No Australian has ever won cycling's most illustrious prize. And for the past three weeks, as Cadel Evans has powered his way through France, tens of thousands of his compatriots have been following his progress at home. Given the time difference with Europe, watching the Tour de France here is a
nocturnal
activity that requires burning significant amounts of midnight oil.
But after seeing Cadel Evans finish runner-up in 2007 and 2008, fans considered losing a little sleep a small price to pay to see him ultimately triumph.
Israeli archaeologists have
put on display
a tiny golden bell thought to be 2,000 years old, which was found last week