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Business
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French banks fined for fee cartel
France's competition authority fines 11 banks 384.9m euros for colluding to fix the price they charge for handling cheques.
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Canada PM warns on BHP Potash bid
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BAE reveals US intelligence deal
Technology
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Attacks target recording industry
Piracy activists carry out coordinated attacks on websites owned by the music and film industry in protest against anti-piracy efforts.
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Facebook phone plans are denied
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'Seconds' to set up fake website
Entertainment/Arts
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Perry and Gaga lead MTV EMA nods
Katy Perry and Lady Gaga lead the MTV Europe Music Awards nominations with five each.
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Paris Hilton avoids going to jail
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Firth movie lands Toronto prize
Sci/Environment
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Massive blast 'created Mars moon'
Scientists uncover "firm evidence" that Mars's biggest moon, Phobos, was formed from material blasted off the Martian surface in a catastrophic event.
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Seagulls 'may spread superbugs'
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Flashing glasses may treat trauma
Health
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Virus 'link' to childhood obesity
A virus which causes respiratory infections has been linked to childhood obesity, in a study that is likely to reignite a controversial debate.
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New insight into cancer risk
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Africa leads decline in HIV cases
Have Your Say
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Swedish voters react to far-right gains
Voters in Sweden react to the election results, which saw the far-right Sweden Democrats win seats for the first time.
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How can the Kashmir issue be resolved?
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How can global poverty and hunger be reduced?
Magazine
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Should children be expected to work?
The number of youngsters with part-time jobs has halved in the last five years. Might the youth of Britain benefit from a revival of child labour?
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How to say 'Louis Vuitton'
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Travels of two Popes
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Features & Analysis
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Ghost towns
Who's to blame for Japan's 230,000 missing centenarians?
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A new broomstick
Who is the Tea Party star who has 'dabbled in witchcraft'?
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Autumn of woe
Sumantra Bose on the increasing tensions in Kashmir
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Big picture
The unique methods behind the first global forestry map
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A different ball game
Slaying the taboos between baseball and cricket World News America
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American Frei
What papal visit revealed about British psyche
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High stakes
Successes and failures of the UN millennium goals
Elsewhere on the BBC
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Swiss movement
BBC Travel discovers beauty and precision on a train journey through the Alps
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HARDtalk
Congressman Keith Ellison says Obama has taken the right stance over the mosque controversy
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Fast Track
Why some airline customers are still waiting for compensation from the volcanic ash cloud fallout
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Newshour
The UN Millennium Development goals under scrutiny & Indian politicians travel to Kashmir