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BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn
World news - 2 hours 45 min ago
BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.
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'Big drop' in alcohol consumption
World news - 2 hours 58 min ago
Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest.
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England pressure inspires Capello
World news - 3 hours 7 min ago
England coach Fabio Capello says he hopes the pressure of expectation over the team's Euro 2012 qualifier with Bulgaria will bring out the best in him.
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Montenegro v Wales (Fri)
World news - 3 hours 9 min ago
Team news ahead of Wales' 2012 European Championship Group G opener in Montenegro on Friday.
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UKIP meets as leader hunt begins
World news - 3 hours 21 min ago
UK Independence Party members gather for their autumn conference in Torquay with the search for a new leader top of its agenda.
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Middle East talks 'constructive'
World news - 3 hours 24 min ago
Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.
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Andean gold in $3bn bidding war
World news - 3 hours 40 min ago
Rival Canadian gold mining companies, Goldcorp and El Dorado, lock horns in a $3bn fight to buy up Andean Resources.
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Chinese consider rival Potash bid
World news - 3 hours 49 min ago
Chinese investors approach Canadian pension fund over a possible rival bid for the fertiliser giant Potash Corporation.
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Troubled waters
World news - 3 hours 55 min ago
Why aren't black American children taught to swim?
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Miners to mark anniversary with wine
World news - 4 hours 43 min ago
The 33 miners trapped in Chile will soon be able to share some wine.
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French honour for WWII veteran
World news - 4 hours 43 min ago
A World War II veteran receives France's highest decoration for bravery, 66 years after liberating a town there.
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Spanish hotel Globales Cortijo Blanco blast women wakes from coma
News in Catalonia and Spain - 4 hours 45 min ago
The 53-year-old had to undergo brain surgery while her sister Julie Loud escaped with leg lacerations and is not back in the UK. |Spanish hotel Globales Cortijo Blanco blast women wakes from coma A woman, who was seriously injured in an explosion at the hotel in Spain’s Costa del Sol, has woken from a coma after a week. Carol Gardener, from Weston-super-Mare, was walking past the Hotel Globales Cortijo Blanco with her family when a large explosion occurred on August 23. The 53-year-old had...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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Missing boy found safe and well
World news - 4 hours 46 min ago
A four-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his foster parents in Lincolnshire is found safe and well by police.
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Portugal's child sex verdict due
World news - 4 hours 49 min ago
The panel of judges in a child sex abuse trial in Portugal is to deliver its verdict, more than five years after court hearings began.
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Cycling News Tour of Spain 2010 Thor Hushovd winner of sixth Stage Vuelta a España
News in Catalonia and Spain - 4 hours 53 min ago
The stage included a 2nd category climb toward the end followed by a steep downhill stretch to the finish|Cycling News Tour of Spain 2010 Thor Hushovd winner of sixth Stage Vuelta a España Norwegian sprint specialist Thor Hushovd won the sixth stage of the Tour of Spain here on Thursday, while Belgium's Philippe Gilbert retained the overall leader's red jersey. The Cervelo rider beat Italy's Daniele Bennati and Slovenia's Grega Bole to the line in a mass sprint at the end of the...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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Portable video 'is the future'
World news - 4 hours 54 min ago
Toshiba’s UK business manager says its Foilo 100 tablet PC complements trends in media usage.
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First Asperger's college opening
World news - 4 hours 54 min ago
The first specialist college for young people with Asperger syndrome in Wales opens its doors.
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Spanish police arrest in Barcelona deadly russia man for nightclub blaze killed 156 people
News in Catalonia and Spain - 5 hours 3 min ago
The police said Mr Mrykhin was the club's commercial director who fled the country after the fire|Spanish police arrest in Barcelona deadly russia man for nightclub blaze killed 156 people Police in Spain have arrested a Russian man wanted for questioning about a fire at a Russian nightclub that killed more than 150 people last year. Konstantin Mrykhin was detained in Barcelona, police said. He is said to have arranged fireworks which caused the fire at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm,...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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On board UK's newest attack sub
World news - 5 hours 6 min ago
Commander Andy Coles shows BBC News around the control room of the Royal Navy's new attack submarine and talks about life on board.
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Mexican clash 'kills 27 gunmen'
World news - 5 hours 9 min ago
Twenty-seven suspected drug gang members are killed in a clash with troops near the US border, Mexico's army says, hours after the country's president vows to continue the fight against drug cartels.
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