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US banking giant Goldman Sachs profits fell to $2.1bn (£1.3bn) in its latest quarter, but still beat expectations.

The Olympic Torch relay will take in four Royal residences on its journey to the stadium for the opening of the London 2012 games.

A gas fitter is jailed for the manslaughter of a woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning following his shoddy work.

Proposals to require people carrying out home improvements to pay more for energy upgrades "will not happen", say Downing Street sources.

Is China's murder investigation really a political purge?

A Metropolitan Police officer is to be charged with racially abusing a suspect during last summer's riots, the Crown Prosecution Service says.

In Hollywood movies, they're often portrayed as danger-dodging men with dark glasses, smoothly working behind the scenes to protect the president at any cost.

Mississippi's governor has signed into law a bill requiring physicians performing abortions in the state to be a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and to have admitting privileges at an area hospital.

The trial of dozens of people charged in connection with Egypt's worst football violence in the city of Port Said opens amid chaotic scenes.

US business tycoon Donald Trump warns Scotland will "go broke" due to wind power, in a written submission to the Scottish Parliament.

The space shuttle Discovery has taken off on its final voyage. It was carried on top of a jumbo jet from Florida to a museum near Washington DC

After US man dies following swan attack - are they dangerous?

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli says he has "no intention of leaving" the Premier League club this summer.

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy's first bicycle was a girl's bike the Olympic gold medallist's mother reveals.

Plans for a 450-berth marina and 250 apartments in a Pembrokeshire port town receive outline planning permission.

A new structure has taken its place in Tokyo's skyline - the Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest free standing tower.

Twenty-four hours of news photos: 17 April

France's former conservative president, Jacques Chirac, will vote for Socialist Francois Hollande in Sunday's presidential vote, an ally says.

William Hague says UK will keep up pressure on Iran

Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8, its much-anticipated new operating system, will have just three versions.