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Spanish unions are holding a general strike to protest against changes in labour law which the new government hopes will help cut unemployment

Gunman Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in three shootings, is buried near his hometown in the French city of Toulouse.

Seven Venezuelan soldiers on anti-drug operations are killed in a helicopter crash in Apure state.

The solution used to preserve some donor organs could be contaminated with bacteria, the government says.

An offshore workers union calls for the exclusion zone around the crippled Elgin platform in the North Sea to be extended.

The Metropolitan Police has supported calls for changes to the law to allow more details to be revealed in cases where the police have shot people.

Use of a specific group of insecticides is having a serious impact on bumblebee populations, according to a team of Scottish scientists.

A chemical company in Antrim is at the centre of an investigation following the death of a woman in Italy.

There is to be an external review of children's congenital cardiac services in Belfast.

Trailers for a new film starring Ben Stiller have been withdrawn because of 'sensitive' issues involving the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Florida.

Scotland head coach Andy Robinson is to continue in his role "with the support of his revised coaching structure".

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk promises to get to the truth over secret CIA interrogations of al-Qaeda rendition suspects on its territory.

Movie star Robert Redford says documentary films are taking the place of print journalism, blaming a decline in reporting standards at newspapers.

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New England head coach Stuart Lancaster says he wants his players to play with pride as he plans for the 2015 World Cup.

A senior Chinese politician calls for foreign companies to "pay more attention" to workers as Apple chief executive Tim Cook visits a supplier.

A coroner's court hears how it took emergency crews three days to find the body of a Derbyshire woman whose house caught fire due to the amount of rubbish she had hoarded.

Liam Byrne is expected to announce he will resign from the shadow cabinet in May, if Birmingham votes for an elected mayor.

The leader of the Michigan-based Hutaree militia, David Stone, and his son, plead guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun.

Petrol stations in Dorset have been asked to close if queuing cars cause problems as an increase in demand for fuel is seen across much of England.