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BP’s share price rises 4% in early trading as investors hope the oil giant will say it is not cutting its dividend.

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Key scientists behind World Health Organization advice on stockpiling of pandemic flu drugs had financial ties with companies which stood to profit, an investigation has found.

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UN chief Ban Ki-Moon calls for an independent investigation in DR Congo into the death of human rights activist Floribert Chebeya.

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A woman stabbed to death was seen screaming in her house where another adult and a toddler were found fatally injured.

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A blaze in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka kills at least 70 people and injures dozens, with fears of others trapped in buildings.

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Oil firm BP says it has reached an “important milestone” in its attempts to halt the Gulf of Mexico spill.

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Cumbria gunman Derrick Bird targeted his early victims before shooting others at random, police believe.

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A policeman waiting on Potters Bar station platform smashed the window of a derailed train with a chunk of concrete, an inquest hears.

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Turkey mourns nine people killed in the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla as Israel rejects an outside inquiry.

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JP Morgan is fined a record £33m for failing to keep its clients’ money separate from its own, by the city regulator.

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A 31-year-old soldier from Pembrokeshire who was attacked outside a Newcastle city centre nightclub dies from head injuries.

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Mars harbours rocks rich in carbonate minerals, suggesting there was more water there in the past than previously thought.

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Can ordinary people think of a way to stop the oil?

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British activist gives her account of Gaza ship raid

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Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appears in court, accused of trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat.

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