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Trade powers struggle to save WTO round
The United States, the European Union and emerging economic heavyweights tried again on Tuesday to bridge huge differences and unblock a trade deal aimed at delivering a boost to the world's flagging economy.
China denies text message preceded bomb blasts
A Chinese official dismissed reports that a bizarre text message had warned residents of Kunming to avoid buses hours before two bomb blasts killed two passengers in Monday's rush hour, state media said.
Bishop says Anglicans could be led by a woman
The Anglican Church's most senior woman bishop said she believed that one day the church would be led by a woman Archbishop of Canterbury
Deadline must be set to close dirty power plants
The government must set a deadline for closing all coal-fired power stations whose smokestack emissions have not been slashed by carbon capture technology, a parliamentary report said on Tuesday.
Draughty companies seen wasting billions
Businesses are wasting 2.5 billion pounds a year in energy bills swollen by inefficiencies such as draughty windows or leaving lights and computers on, the Carbon Trust said on Tuesday.
Prisoners sleeping in cell toilets
Prisoners are having to sleep in the toilet area of their cells to ease overcrowding at a jail in northern England, a watchdog said in a report on Tuesday.
British cinema rebounds in 2007
Cinema admissions hit 162 million in 2007, up four percent on 2006 and reversing a two-year decline, the UK Film Council said on Monday.
Portugal clears Madeleine's parents
Portugal's public prosecutor dropped the case on the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in the absence of any evidence on Monday, and cleared her parents and another Briton of suspicion of involvement.
Top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Karadzic arrested
Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, wanted for planning and ordering Europe's worst atrocities since World War Two, has been arrested after 11 years on the run.
Government faces confidence vote in India
India's government faces a tight vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday that will decide the fate of a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States and could trigger a snap election.
Zimbabwe crisis talks to begin
Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition will begin negotiations on Tuesday on a power-sharing deal that could end a political crisis, an official for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said.
Suicide bomb wounds three Afghan civilians
A Taliban suicide bomber wounded three civilians when he blew himself up as he was challenged by police in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said.
First U.S. war crimes trial starts at Guantanamo
Osama bin Laden's driver went on trial at Guantanamo on Monday in the first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two, nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks prompted U.S. President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism.
Cambodia seeks U.N. help in Thai temple row
Cambodia has asked the United Nations Security Council for an emergency meeting to resolve a military stand-off with Thailand over an ancient temple on their border.
Benefit reforms attack poorest, says church poverty group
Church Action on Poverty has expressed concern that new welfare reforms will increase the exclusion of some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in our society.
Protecting vulnerable should be Anglican priority - group
The vulnerable should be world Anglican priority, says an international safeguarding group