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Italian journalists strike against a bill by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s government aiming to curb the use of wiretaps.

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Russian Mir submersibles would be able to cap the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the captain of one of the vessels has said.

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BT and the Communication Workers Union reach a deal on pay that will see workers receive a 9.3% pay rise over three years.

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Doctors could be handed funding and responsibility for most health services under a shake-up of the NHS in England.

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How fugitive searches have evolved

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At least 50 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a Pakistani tribal village on the border with Afghanistan, officials say.

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The education secretary is criticised for the “cavalier” way he released a list of axed school schemes with 25 errors.

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Chinese officials seize dairy material tainted with the toxic chemical melamine, a practice that killed six babies in 2008.

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Israel criticises Britain’s ambassador to Lebanon for eulogising a late Lebanese cleric said to have inspired Hezbollah.

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Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel headed McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton in first practice for the British Grand Prix.

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Mark Cavendish chases his second stage win of the Tour on the longest stage, a 227.5km ride from Montargis to Gueugnon.

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Which pop act do gay men have a legal right to enjoy?

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The US has deported 10 Russian agents as part of a prisoner exchange with Russia. Does spying still have a purpose?

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A US man sentenced to eight years’ hard labour in a North Korean jail “attempts suicide”, the state news agency reports.

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The Queen is said to be “delighted” after learning she is to become a great-grandmother for the first time.

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