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Tunisia calls for Ben Ali's arrest

Tunisia has issued an international arrest warrant for its exiled president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia earlier this month...

BBC to cut 650 World Service jobs

BBC staff have been given details of 650 job losses at the corporation's World Service after huge cuts in Government funding.Union leaders pinned the...

Sheridan jailed for three years

Former Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan has been jailed for three years for perjury.The disgraced politician was convicted last month of lying during...

Growing pressure to raise rates

Pressure at the Bank of England to curb soaring inflation mounted earlier this month, minutes of a meeting revealed, as the number of policymakers...

BarCap fined £1.1m over cash risk

Investment bank Barclays Capital has been fined £1.1 million for failing to ring-fence client money in one of its accounts for more than eight...

Barclays set to axe 1,000 jobs

Banking giant Barclays is to move away from offering financial planning advice through its retail branches, likely to lead to around 1,000 job losses,...

Official sacked over Russia bombing

Russia's president has fired a top transport police official and lashed out at "passive" officers who guard transport centres in the wake of the...

Calls to continue Egypt protests

Egyptian activists have used social networking sites to call for a fresh wave of demonstrations, a day after they staged the biggest protests in...

Sober as a judge? Maybe not…

A Maryland judge who was convicted of drink driving is taking daily blood-alcohol tests before and during his courtroom work.Washington County Circuit Judge...

Malaysia police to whip pot bellies

A Malaysian state police chief reportedly plans to force out-of-shape personnel to attend group exercise on workdays.Sharifuddin Abdul Ghani, the police chief of Malaysian...

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