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Optimism sees FTSE climb 100 points

Investors have showed their optimism over prospects for the new year by powering London's FTSE 100 Index more than 100 points higher.The market seized...

Boy, 10, accused of shooting mother

A boy of ten has been accused of shooting dead his mother at their home in Ohio.Deborah McVay, 46, was found dead with a...

School principal kills politician

A school principal has fatally stabbed a Hindu nationalist politician while he was meeting supporters at his residence in an east Indian state, police...

Warning over Australia flood threat

Residents of an Australian city cut off by some of the country's worst flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the...

NHS boosted by £162m savings drive

The Department of Health is to make an extra £162 million available for frontline services after a successful efficiency drive.Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said...

President Obama visits family grave

US President Barack Obama has ended his Hawaiian holiday on a sombre note by taking his daughters to visit his grandfather's grave.The president's motorcade...

Police officer killed in bombing

A bomb in central Kabul has killed a police officer and wounded three other people, an Afghan interior ministry official said.Abdul Saboor, an officer...

VAT rate rises from 17.5% to 20%

The standard rate of VAT has increased from 17.5% to 20%, in a move designed to raise £13 billion a year to help balance...

Five killed in Guatemala bus fire

Five people have been killed and 10 others injured in a fire inside a Guatemalan passenger bus that police say may have been caused...

Fireworks 'sent birds into frenzy'

Thousands of blackbirds plummeted to their deaths in front of horrified New Year revellers in a small Arkansas town.The red-winged blackbirds rained out of...

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