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Vodafone to pay India $2.6bn tax
An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets.
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Kampusch releases book on ordeal
Natascha Kampusch, who was kidnapped and held in a cellar for more than eight years as a child, launches her autobiography in Vienna.
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Blair cancels second book event
Tony Blair pulls out of a second event related to his memoirs amid threats of disruption by an anti-Iraq war protest.
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Concern for missing girl and baby
Police are concerned about a 14-year-old girl from Bristol who has been missing with her 11-month-old daughter since Friday.
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Castro criticises Iranian leader
Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes.
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Ex-Rangers player in cancer fight
Former Rangers star player Brian Laudrup, who won three championships with the club, has vowed to beat cancer.
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Hannan seeks 'in or out' EU vote
Tory MEP Daniel Hannan pushes for a referendum on whether the UK should stay in the European Union, calling it a "matter of major constitutional significance".
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Tomlinson post-mortem report held
One of the post-mortem examination reports into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been withheld from authorities, it emerges.
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UK factory output rises by 0.3%
UK manufacturing output rises 0.3% in July from the month earlier, thanks to increased output in the machinery sector.
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UK moviegoers Exorcised by horror
Horror movie The Last Exorcism debuts at the top of the UK and Ireland box office, taking £1.1m in its opening weekend.
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Cambridge tops university table
Cambridge University has come top of an international university rankings table, knocking Harvard of the top spot for the first time since 2004.
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Did the Blitz really unify Britain?
Seventy years ago Britain endured eight months of nightly German bombing. Does this tale of national unity tell the whole story?
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Clan 'behind Philippine massacre'
The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner.
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Six die in Pakistan drone strike
Six people have died in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say.
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Pilgrims to use public transport
Pilgrims from Glasgow travelling to the Pope's mass at Bellahouston Park are told to use public transport to get there.
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McManus praises Scots' character
Stephen McManus insists Scotland's last-gasp victory over Liechtenstein was down to character rather than luck.
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Online archive for Shaw pictures
Thousands of photographs taken by playwright George Bernard Shaw are to be posted online, the National Trust announces.
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