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Transport workers strike in Athens

Athens transport unions are staging a new strike against planned public sector reforms, leading to queues on the Greek capital's streets as commuters instead...

Flood-hit community in cyclone path

Authorities have scrambled to airlift hospital patients from the path of a cyclone roaring towards waterlogged north-eastern Australia on Tuesday and urged residents to...

Dictator Obiang heads African Union

African leaders have come under fire after choosing Equatorial Guinea's coup plotter and dictator of 31 years as their ceremonial leader for this year.Critics...

Thousands join Egypt protest call

Tens of thousands of people have converged on the heart of Cairo, responding to a call for a million Egyptians to unite in the...

Carpetright warns of profits slip

Floor coverings firm Carpetright has dealt a major blow to profit expectations after seeing little respite from grim trading conditions.The group said like-for-like sales...

Ocado reaches profits landmark

Upmarket online retailer Ocado has posted a profit for the first time in its history after it scraped into the black at the end...

FTSE up despite BP annual losses

BP shares have fallen more than 1% after the oil giant restored dividend payments but posted a smaller than expected fourth quarter profit.The return...

House prices dip by 0.1% in January

The housing market has started the year on the back foot with prices edging 0.1% lower during January, new figures have shown.It was the...

'Tick-box' social work criticised

Social workers should spend less time filling in forms and more time talking to children, the head of an independent review into child protection...

Britons urged to avoid Egypt march

Protesters in Egypt are to hold a "march of a million people", calling for President Hosni Mubarak to stand down.The escalation comes with the...

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