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+ Iranian protests 'will go ahead' + Protests against Iran's disputed presidential elections will go on, sources say, defying the country's supreme ...

+ Brown admits 'worst weeks' + Mr Brown says recent events were among the worst in his political life and made him think he could "walk ...

+ UK soldier killed in Afghanistan + A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. ...

+ MPs 'over-claimed' on council tax + More than 50 MPs have claimed expenses for council tax they have not paid, the Daily Telegraph ...

+ Police examine Lib Dems donation + Police look into money laundering allegations over the Liberal Democrats' acceptance of £2.4m from a donor later convicted of ...

+ US admits Afghan airstrike errors + US forces in Afghanistan carried out deadly airstrikes without following their own rules, a Pentagon inquiry ...

+ Woman charged in child abuse case + A woman held in connection with a child abuse inquiry at a nursery is due in court charged with a number of sex offences. ...

+ Setanta loses Premier TV rights + Pay-TV broadcaster Setanta fails to pay the cash needed to keep English Premier League football rights in 2009/10 ...

+ Apple boss 'had liver transplant' + Apple boss Steve Jobs has received a liver transplant and is expected to return to work later this month, a report ...

+ 'I before e' spelling mantra out of favour in new teaching advice + The spelling mantra "i before e except after c" is no longer worth teaching, according to the government. ...

+ Smoke in plane terminates Schwarzenegger flight + Arnold Schwarzenegger's jet makes an emergency landing in LA, but the California governor seemed unfazed by the ...

+ Live - British Grand Prix practice + Final practice for the British Grand Prix gets under way at 1000 BST at Silverstone as the budget cap row continues to rumble ...

+ Lions fired up for huge challenge + The British and Irish Lions carry the burden of history into their Test series against South Africa, which begins on ...

+ Champion Nadal out of Wimbledon + World number one Rafael Nadal will not defend his Wimbledon men's singles crown because of an ongoing knee ...

+ What can Iran protests achieve? + Protests against Iran's presidential elections will go ahead - despite opposition from the Supreme Leader. What will the protests ...

+ In pictures + Peek inside the new Acropolis Museum in ...

+ Pastime peril + What's your hobby - come on, this had better be ...

+ Wimbledon picks + Expert views on who'll win at ...

+ Milk money + How farmers lose money on every pint ...

+ Second chance + A nursing career beckons for an injured paramedic ...

+ The Editors + Our international site: More on the recent ...

+ Fans set for Hillsborough march + Thousands of football fans are to march to Downing Street to call for a new investigation into the Hillsborough ...

+ Two held over missing Orkney man + Two men are being held in custody in connection with the disappearance of a man on ...

+ Daughter murder inquiry continues + Police continue to investigate the death of a four-year-old girl suspected to have been murdered by her ...

+ Rioter attacks priest at parade + A priest is attacked by a rioter as he worked to calm tensions at an Orange parade in Belfast on Friday ...

+ Zimbabwe PM urges UK exiles home + Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai is to meet exiles living in the UK to urge them to return home and help rebuild the ...

+ Stanford charged with fraud in US + Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford is charged over a $7bn scheme to defraud investors, the US justice department ...

+ Iraq karate coach shot and killed + The coach of the Iraq's national karate team is shot dead by gunmen in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi police ...

+ World hunger 'hits one billion' + One billion people are hungry around the world, with nearly two-thirds of those living in the Asia-Pacific region, says the ...

+ EU agrees Irish treaty compromise + EU leaders agree to guarantees to enable the Lisbon Treaty to win a "Yes" vote in a second Irish ...

+ Pakistan's Swat offensive 'nears end' + Pakistan's military offensive against Taliban militants in the Swat valley is nearly over, the defence minister ...

+ Sandwich firm in administration + Dublin-based firm O'Briens Sandwich Bars goes into administration, but hopes most stores can remain ...

+ MPs pay back £500,000 + MPs have now repaid nearly £500,000 in expenses claimed since 2003, the Parliamentary Authorities ...

+ 'Surprise' prostate result probed + Researchers are probing an unexpected success in a study of an experimental treatment for prostate ...

+ Schools 'too safe' teachers say + Nearly half of teachers think health and safety regulations have a negative impact in schools, a survey ...

+ Herschel gives glimpse of power + Europe's Herschel space observatory gives a demonstration of its capability with a first image of the iconic Whirlpool ...

+ Fans cause Pattinson cab accident + Twilight star Robert Pattinson is hit by a taxi in New York as he tried to run away from a crowd of teenage fans, reports ...

+ PEGI ratings 'need improvement' + The logos picked to describe video game content have 'room for improvement' says game trade association, ...