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Reports from Tibet say Chinese security forces have launched a wave of detentions in Lhasa following two self-immolations there on Sunday.

Doctors have reassured patients safety will not be at risk during a day of planned industrial action in June - the profession's first strike for nearly 40 years.

World leaders and Somali politicians start talks in Istanbul on how to end decades of anarchy in Somalia, ahead of a leadership change in August.

Major exhibition of visionary Thomas Heatherwick opens

Graff Diamonds halts its $1bn (£646m) Hong Kong share sale, set to be Asia's biggest in 2012, citing tough market conditions.

The Scottish Parliament is to formally to endorse plans for independence in a vote by MSPs.

Rangers administrators Duff and Phelps agreed with owner Craig Whyte to cap their fees at £500,000 days before they were appointed.

Jeremy Hunt sent a congratulatory text to News Corp executive James Murdoch hours before he was asked to judge its BSkyB bid, the Leveson Inquiry hears.

Patrick Noonan, aged 48, was kidnapped by an armed gang while working for the World Food Programme in South Darfur.

The American SpaceX company completes a historic first mission to the International Space Station by a privately operated vehicle.

A commander in the rebel Free Syrian Army threatens to stop adhering to a ceasefire on Friday but the ultimatum is denied by the rebels' leader.

Snapshots of life under apartheid nearly 40 years ago

The former editor of the News of the World was detained earlier and questioned about evidence he gave at the trial of the Scottish politician, Tommy Sheridan, in 2010.

How can a one-bedroom flat cost more than a mansion?

The proportion of income that top flight football clubs in England are spending on wages has hit a new high, says Deloitte.

The widow of murdered policeman Stephen Carroll says she will meet the parents of one of his killers.

The crew on the New Zealand yacht in the Volvo Ocean race narrowly escaped a high-speed collision with a whale during the seventh leg of the event.

The planet's biggest volcanoes do not need nearly as long to develop before eruption as previously thought, US research suggests.

The government plans a £100m boost for non-traditional lenders to business, including internet finance firms.

Corporal Ricky Furgusson, who was badly injured in Afghanistan, has become one of the latest people to carry the Olympic torch.