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Dozens of organisations are meeting at the Department of Transport to discuss ways to improve satellite navigation systems.

Growth figures out today could show Brazil's economy overtaking the UK to become the world's sixth largest.

Russian police release about 250 opposition activists after an anti-Putin rally, amid reports of major election fraud.

An elderly woman dies in a house fire near Dromara in County Down.

Turkish Airlines begins a twice-weekly service to Somalia's capital, the first major carrier from outside the East Africa to land in Mogadishu in more than 20 years.

UK house prices fell by 0.5% in February compared with the previous month, according to the latest survey from the Halifax.

A delay in implementing the new National exams could be damaging to children's education, a Scottish minister warns MSPs.

Civil court cases will only be held in secret in "very limited circumstances" under government proposals, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says.

Music has a tendency to get stuck in our heads. A tune intrudes on your thoughts and plays, and replays, in a never-ending loop. Why?

US TV network Fox cancels Steven Spielberg drama Terra Nova after just one series.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu tells a pro-Israel US lobby time is running out to stop Iran developing a nuclear weapon.

A city council criticised for continuing to pay an allowance to a councillor who had moved to the United States defends its actions.

The personal details of Belfast city councillors are given to a member of the public in a breach of data protection.

The post-mortem examination on the body of Scottish QC Paul McBride has taken place at a hospital in Pakistan.

British athletes are warned against shaking hands with rivals and dignitaries at the London Olympics to minimise risk of illness.

A man pleads guilty to a 1986 rape in a Windsor fast food restaurant following the discovery of new DNA evidence.

A former transport minister says ambitious proposals to widen the M4 at Newport were deemed unnecessary while he was in office.

Millions of people who may have been mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance are to receive letters telling them they may be eligible for compensation.

Sacked Sheffield Wednesday boss Gary Megson wants to go back and finish what he started at Hillsborough.

Councils across Wales are estimated to have increased borrowing levels by nearly 80% to £256m over the past year.