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Boy, 14, becomes latest London knife victim
A 14-year-old boy has died in a London hospital after being stabbed last month, police said on Monday.
Bomb kills 41 at Indian embassy in Kabul
A suicide car bomb hit the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing 41 people and wounding 139, in an attack Afghan authorities said was coordinated with foreign agents in the region, a likely reference to Pakistan.
Mosley launches 'Nazi orgy' privacy case
Motor racing chief Max Mosley launched legal action against a tabloid newspaper on Monday, denying involvement in a "sick Nazi orgy" but admitting an interest in sado-masochistic sex.
Government to offer free personal finance advice
Consumers struggling to manage their personal finances can now turn to the government for a helping hand, the Treasury said on Monday.
Blair says no need to give up meat to save planet
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has distanced himself from the idea that he should become a vegetarian as a way of highlighting the dangers of deforestation in his role as a climate change campaigner.
Zimbabwe says world must accept Mugabe
Zimbabwe urged the world on Monday to accept President Robert Mugabe's re-election and said any move to impose U.N. sanctions on his government would hurt everyone involved.
Baptists in Bristol witness Christ, transform communities
Bristol is home to over 400,000 people and is the UK's ninth biggest city. It is also home to twenty-three Baptist Union churches, providing Christian witness and trying to transform communities across the city.
Second arrest in case of murdered French students
Police have made a second arrest in their investigation into the murder of two French students in a frenzied knife attack in London after a man handed himself in to police, authorities said on Monday.
Release warns of persecution threat against British Muslim converts
A growing number of Christians in Britain from a Muslim background are facing harassment and persecution, warns Release International.
Cameron calls for jail for knife carriers
Conservative leader David Cameron has called for anyone caught carrying a knife to be jailed, as another Londoner died from stab wounds on Monday.
Police hand over evidence to McCanns
Police have agreed to hand over evidence about Madeleine McCann's disappearance to her parents, in a deal aimed at ending a legal bid to force them to disclose the information.
Brown calls on public to cut food wastage
Britons can help bring food prices down by cutting the amount they waste every year, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday.
We're throwing away a fortune in food
The amount of good food Britons throw away unnecessarily is at record levels, according to a study on Thursday, costing the economy 10 billion pounds a year.
African leaders call on G8 to honour aid pledge
African leaders urged the Group of Eight rich nations on Monday to keep promises to help their continent and pleaded with them to remember that soaring oil and food prices were making their poverty worse.
A tomato by any other name? Experts set food rules
Food safety experts agreed for the first time on the qualities defining a tomato, in a first step toward an international code on preventing fruit and vegetable contamination.
EU, greens urge Bush to back 2050 emissions target
The European Union and green groups piled pressure on the United States on Monday to agree to a target to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century and back the need for rich countries to set 2020 goals as well.