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A chairman has been appointed for a review into science published by the unit at the centre of the "Climategate" row.

A woman in Ballymena escapes injury after the house she is in is attacked with several petrol bombs.

Dozens of British Airways flights have so far been cancelled on the third day of strike action by cabin crew.

Former Speaker Michael Martin failed to "take control" to stop police searching an MP's office, a report says.

An Australian executive of mining giant Rio Tinto told a court in the Chinese city of Shanghai he took bribes, an official says.

A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced.

The Football Association launch an investigation after Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was struck by an object during Saturday's game against Burnley

The proportion of state school pupils at Oxford University looks set to be the highest since the early 1980s, figures reveal.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to call on Israel to make "difficult but necessary choices" if it wants Middle East peace.

Ex-minister Stephen Byers asks Parliament's watchdog to look at claims he secured secret deals with ministers for firms.

Every home in the UK would get access to super-fast broadband, under Labour plans set out by Gordon Brown.

A judge in Malawi says that two gay men arrested in December after getting engaged have a case to answer.

The pre-paid phone card company Lycatel is being investigated by the telecoms regulator Ofcom.

Ian Bell's 10th Test century allows England to reach 440-8 on day three of the second Test, 21 runs ahead of Bangladesh.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley is returned to prison after treatment for a knife wound inflicted by another inmate.

An investigation is launched into claims a bus did not stop after hitting a woman who fell from a bridge on the M74.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party is rejected by voters in the final round of regional elections.

A delegation from Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's militant group meets officials for talks in Kabul, the Afghan government says.

President Obama's landmark healthcare bill narrowly passes the US House of Representatives, ushering in the most sweeping health reform in decades.

School children are kept indoors as Hong Kong's government says air pollution levels in the smog-hit city are at a record high.