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Labour's London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone launches his manifesto with an online calculator which claims to show how people will be "£1,000 better off" with his policies.

Shelling erupts in Syria as international envoy Kofi Annan holds out hope that government forces and the opposition will meet a looming deadline to end hostilities.

Instagram, the photo app, has been sold to Facebook for $1bn. But has it sparked a generic wave of retro-looking snaps?

The number of UK job vacancies in March grew at its fastest rate for eight months, led by the IT and computing sector, a report says.

Director of the Royal Ballet Monica Mason is to receive a special prize for her outstanding contribution to theatre at the Olivier Awards this weekend.

A digger is used to steal a cash machine from the wall of a bank in Hadleigh.

A Russian opposition party walks out of parliament in an unprecedented show of defiance after comments by President-elect Vladimir Putin.

England pair Alastair Cook and Tim Bresnan are named among Wisden's five cricketers of the year.

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan said battles were raging Wednesday along its border with South Sudan after southern troops attacked an oil-rich town in the area. The fighting raised the specter of an all-out confrontation between the two countries already facing off over undetermined borders and how to share oil revenues....

Liberal Republicans have always stayed liberal Republicans and conservative Republicans have always stayed conservative Republicans. Only their match-ups change... Until this year.

David Cameron announces a £326m deal to sell 11 Airbus A330 aircraft to airline Garuda Indonesia, saying it is "good news" for the UK aerospace industry.

Rio's love motels help out with UN conference bed shortage

Working Americans have effectively handed millions in salaries and bonuses to executives of companies on the road to bankruptcy.

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb was unable to attend the London premiere of his first classical work because he has pneumonia.

Tests on fish from close to the gas leak platform in the North Sea have shown they are "untainted", the Scottish government says.

A Northern Ireland Assembly committee is to debate whether the tricolour should be flown at Stormont.

Syria will end military operations on Thursday, state TV says, but Damascus reserves the right to respond to attacks by "armed terrorist groups".

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Preventing pilots from losing consciousness from sudden high gravitational forces was among a set of recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board to try to avoid a repeat of last year's horrific air race crash in Reno that left 11 people dead and 70 spectators seriously injured....

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Preventing pilots from losing consciousness from sudden high gravitational forces was among a set of recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board to try to avoid a repeat of last year's horrific air race crash in Reno that left 11 people dead and 70 spectators seriously injured....

The annual number of applications from local councils in England to take children into care has exceeded 10,000 for the first time.