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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.
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.
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.
1 hour 15 min ago
US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy.
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.
1 hour 24 min ago
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
1 hour 47 min ago
The union representing BA cabin crew says there will be no immediate announcement about strike dates.
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.
2 hours 7 min ago
The Chancellor Alistair Darling warns not to expect a "giveaway" when the Budget is announced later this month.
2 hours 16 min ago
Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last Sunday's violence near Jos, where many women and children were massacred.
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.
3 hours 7 min ago
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.
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.
3 hours 22 min ago
Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?
3 hours 36 min ago
Morocco warns against religious activists seeking to convert people - two days after expelling 20 Christians.
3 hours 41 min ago
Fulham play Juventus in the last 16 of the Europa League after Liverpool are beaten in Lille.
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.
3 hours 44 min ago
Were rumours of Sarkozy's infidelity a media hoax?
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.
4 hours 10 min ago
US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation