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The number of customs checks at airports has dropped because staff have been moved to work on passport control, the Immigration Service Union claims.

Protesters clash with police in Moscow ahead of the inauguration of Vladimir Putin for a third presidential term on Monday.

The SNP and Labour have said they are prepared to form coalitions in some of the 23 hung councils in Scotland.

Dozens of people are missing and feared to have died after flash floods in a mountain river in western Nepal, near Mount Annapurna.

Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test (SPAG) to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer

Police are given an extra 36 hours to question a man after a 21-year-old Ballymena man drowned in the River Bann at the weekend.

At least 12 people are killed and scores more injured as explosions and a fire hit Thailand's largest petro-chemical complex.

Manchester City move within touching distance of their first title for 44 years, as Yaya Toure scores twice to beat Newcastle.

Tayside Police say they have arrested a 43-year-old man in connection with the murder of Dundee man John Kennedy.

Transport police appeal for help after the death of a man whose body was found on railway tracks near Bridgend station.

Casey Stoner holds off Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to win in Portugal and take the lead in the MotoGP standings.

A statue of Sir Bobby Robson is unveiled outside the south-west corner of Newcastle United's ground.

Chaotic start to 9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay

Russian oil giant Rosneft signs a deal with Norway's Statoil to explore the sea around the Arctic.

Former Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Lembit Opik urges Nick Clegg to stand down from the party's top job to focus on being deputy prime minister.

US hikers Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, who were held in Iran as alleged spies, get married in California.

Head teachers are threatening to boycott a controversial new reading test for six-year-olds in England if it is used as "a stick to beat schools".

Islamist fighters said to be linked to al-Qaeda destroy the tomb of a Muslim saint in Mali's ancient town of Timbuktu, officials and locals say.

Vince Cable says he feels "vindicated" at keeping executives at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp at "arm's length".

David Beckham tops the Sunday Times list of the richest people in sport in the UK and Ireland.