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China ramps up efforts to become a supercomputing superpower, as one of its machines is ranked

Sex and the City 2 is the top draw at cinemas in the UK and Ireland, making more than £6m in its

By recording their everyday sightings of birds, the public could help limit future extinctions, a

The head of the university lecturers' union warns members could opt for a national strike over

Israel says it will release and deport foreigners seized on board an aid flotilla trying to break

A health watchdog has added its voice to calls for a minimum price per unit of alcohol in England.

Theo Walcott is a surprise omission from England's 23-man squad for the 2010 football World Cup in

Passengers raised concerns about the track before the Potters Bar train crash that killed seven

Oil firm BP says its latest attempt to cap the oil spill is under way, as the government announces

The uncle of a four-year-old boy who was mauled to death by a pit-bull is jailed for four months

Two men are arrested on suspicion of murdering Pc Keith Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm riots

The Archbishop of Canterbury has joined a campaign to save a charity, saying its collapse will put

Former US Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper say they are are separating after 40 years of

Archaeologists have found what they say is the earliest evidence of Neanderthals living in Britain.

The Prince of Wales calls on housing developers to consider whether they would live in their own

Defending champion Roger Federer is dumped out of the French Open by Robin Soderling, losing his

Crystal Palace are saved from extinction as an agreement is reached in principle for CPFC 2010 to

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says he would like to sign out-of-contract Chelsea midfielder Joe

Ten people have died after Israeli forces boarded an aid ship bound for Gaza. What is your

World military spending soared in the recession

Six men, 520 days and a 'spaceship' going nowhere

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Rating agencies' role in crisis comes under scrutiny

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Cage-fighter Lee Murray is jailed in Morocco for masterminding the £53m Securitas robbery -

A Scottish activist who was on board the aid convoy which was stormed by Israeli soldiers returns

Parents hold a protest at the Urdd Eisteddfod in Ceredigion over a decision to reject a school

The European Commission tells the Northern Ireland Executive to pay back £60m for subsidies paid in

Three women in Namibia are suing the state for allegedly being sterilised without their informed

Cuba has begun transferring political prisoners to jails closer to their homes, a human rights

Iraq's highest court confirms the results of the March election almost three months after the polls

The Thai parliament debates the government's operation to end protests in the capital, Bangkok,

Activists on ships raided by Israeli commandos cast doubt on Israel's version of events that led to

The US says it "welcomes the demise" of al-Qaeda number three Mustafa Abu al-Yazid as a "severe

BP shares fall 13% as its oil well continues to leak, and the US government starts a criminal

New Prime Minister David Cameron says the UK's first coalition in decades marks a "historic and

Eating food in the middle of the night can seriously damage your teeth, experts warn.