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Business
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High-value deals boost art prices
High-value deals are continuing to drive up the price of arts and antiques, according to a poll of surveyors.
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PayPal gives eBay profits boost
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Morgan Stanley sees profit surge
Technology
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Vibrations 'to replace batteries'
A Japanese electronics firm shows off a vibration-harvesting generator that could replace batteries.
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Google images top 1bn page views
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Apple profits ahead of forecasts
Entertainment/Arts
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Schools and museums vie for prize
Two schools and three major museums are among the buildings up for this year's Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) Stirling Prize.
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Schiele row costs museum $19m
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Clooney to get humanitarian Emmy
Sci/Environment
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Divers find ancient monkey fossil
Divers find the fossilised bones of an ancient, tiny monkey in a cave in the Caribbean, revealing clues about the origin of primates there.
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'Lost' insect turns up anew in UK
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Call for next major space mission
Health
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'Toxic trio' triggers gut disease
Clues to what triggers coeliac disease - a digestive disorder linked to eating foods like bread, cereal and pasta - have been discovered.
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HIV rate rises among over-50s
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Vaginal gel 'slashes HIV risks'
Have Your Say
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What is the future for UK-US relations?
Mr Cameron is making his first visit to the US as UK prime minister. What will the visit achieve?
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What will the Kabul conference achieve?
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How important is philanthropy?
Magazine
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Who has time to change the world?
David Cameron wants citizens to build a "big society", but how do those with busy lives find time to volunteer?
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How thieves target rare books
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7 questions on famous inmates
BBC World Service
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Features & Analysis
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In the firing line
Why the White House tripped up on Shirley Sherrod 'racism' row
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Teenage kicks
Can listening to certain digital beats get you high?
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Global asbestos trade
Why the toxic mineral is still being sold
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Accidental victims
On the hunt for wildlife affected by US Gulf oil spill
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Into America
What became of the Somali refugees in the heart of Kansas?
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'Terminator tailors'
Shape-shifting robots aim to give web shoppers the right fit
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Social behemoth
The unintended consequences of the rise of Facebook
Elsewhere on BBC News
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From crisis to flight
The turbulent journey of Boeing's new 787 - one of the main attractions at this week's Farnborough air show
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