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Burma warned over cyclone delays
The UN urges Burma to reconsider allowing in aid teams, as a referendum goes ahead despite the emergency.
Blair 'secretly advising Brown'
Tony Blair is advising his successor as prime minister and has told him how to win the next election, Cherie Blair says.
Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.
Cabinet condemns Hezbollah 'coup'
Lebanon's government says the seizure of most of western Beirut by Shia group Hezbollah is "a bloody coup".
Scientists' protest discouraged
Scientists are being discouraged from attending Parliament to show their support for proposed embryology and fertility legislation.
Parents blamed over gang culture
A senior police officer calls on parents to be more responsible as 10 teenagers are sentenced over the murder of two schoolboys.
Edwards: 'Obama likely nominee'
Former Democratic US presidential hopeful John Edwards says Barack Obama is now his party's likely nominee.
Canadian train put in quarantine
Passengers are isolated on a train in Canada, after one dies and several others experience flu-like symptoms.
Widower loses fight to stay in UK
A Filipino man whose wife, an NHS nurse, died after an injection mix-up during childbirth loses his fight to stay in the UK.
Exploring Zionism
Panellists exchange passionate views as Israel turns 60
Wrong postcode?
The turf warfare that claimed the life of a teenage boy
7 days quiz
Which style queen committed a grave fashion crime?
So solid Crewe?
On the trail in what is set to be a hard-fought by-election
Bust-up at work?
How bad workers could end up on national database
Be very afraid
Why the US would never have taken to Charley the cat
