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Spanish energy giant Repsol cancels a contract to provide gas to Argentina, in a continuing row after Buenos Aries nationalised one of its subsidiaries.

More than 20,000 rugby fans from Belfast and Dublin are descending on Twickenham for the first ever all-Ireland final of Europe's premier club competition, the Heineken Cup.

UK PM David Cameron joins other world leaders at the G8 summit for talks set to focus on the eurozone crisis, amid signs a deal is unlikely to be reached.

Jonny Wilkinson's Toulon taste Amlin Challenge Cup final defeat for the second time in three years as Dimitri Yachvili kicks Biarritz to victory.

The highest court in Maryland allows gay couples to divorce, even though same-sex marriage is not yet allowed in that US state.

Rudi Skacel scores twice as Hearts hammer Edinburgh rivals Hibernian to claim the Scottish Cup in a goal-laden Hampden final.

Thieves have stolen a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys who were killed in an IRA bomb attack in Warrington, Cheshire.

Chelsea captain Frank Lampard is relishing the task of leading his team into the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

A head teacher is banned from teaching for a year after a conduct hearing is told she humiliated and manhandled children as young as four.

Spain's Repsol oil company says a first attempt to find oil off Cuba's northern coast has been unsuccessful.

Coastguard officers recover a man's body from the sea during the search for a missing Dorset fishing vessel.

Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer happy to remain Molde boss after talks with Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner.

The Spanish government has announced that the level of bad loans held by the country's banks is at an 18-year high.

Colin McIntyre, founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service, the world's first teletext service, has died at the age of 85, his family confirms.

Hooker Rory Best insists Ulster have no interest in playing the 'brave losers' role in Saturday's Heineken Cup final against Leinster.

A ship moored in Bristol as a visitor attraction is "floated" in a sea of neon-green jelly as part of a cultural festival.

Greek officials say Germany's Chancellor Merkel has suggested a euro referendum, but Berlin denies the report, as world leaders gather in the US for a G8 summit meeting.

The Mexican army detains General Ricardo Escorcia Vargas, after putting two other officers under house arrest for alleged links with a drug cartel.