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Pinera sworn in as new quake hits

1 hour 1 min ago
Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.

James Bulger's mother meets Straw

1 hour 11 min ago
Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers.

Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal

1 hour 13 min ago
Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gave a lively Lille side a first-leg lead.

Obama urges China action on yuan

1 hour 15 min ago
US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy.

Web censure 'curbs human rights'

1 hour 19 min ago
Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.

Thalidomide effect mystery solved

1 hour 24 min ago
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.

'No decision yet' on BA strikes

1 hour 47 min ago
The union representing BA cabin crew says there will be no immediate announcement about strike dates.

Four deny charges over expenses

2 hours 1 min ago
Three MPs and a peer tell a court they are not guilty of charges of false accounting in relation to their expenses claims.

'No giveaway Budget' says Darling

2 hours 7 min ago
The Chancellor Alistair Darling warns not to expect a "giveaway" when the Budget is announced later this month.

Nigeria women protest at killings

2 hours 16 min ago
Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last Sunday's violence near Jos, where many women and children were massacred.

Ex-Bosnian leader 'owed apology'

2 hours 21 min ago
Britain should apologise to ex-Bosnian president for "mistreating" him in prison, says chairman of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

HSBC in huge Swiss data theft

3 hours 7 min ago
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.

Crackdown call over school cheats

3 hours 13 min ago
A report into parents who cheat to get their child into a school calls for whistleblowing hotlines to be set up.

Net billionaires

3 hours 22 min ago
Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?

Morocco warns religious groups

3 hours 36 min ago
Morocco warns against religious activists seeking to convert people - two days after expelling 20 Christians.

Live - Europa League

3 hours 41 min ago
Fulham play Juventus in the last 16 of the Europa League after Liverpool are beaten in Lille.

Extradition over Auschwitz theft

3 hours 44 min ago
A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.

Hoodwinked?

3 hours 44 min ago
Were rumours of Sarkozy's infidelity a media hoax?

Telegraph poles to take broadband

3 hours 49 min ago
Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK.

Between friends

4 hours 10 min ago
US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation