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Seven EU banks fail stress tests
Seven out of 91 European banks have failed stress tests designed to assess the health of the EU's banking system.
Satellite spies vast algal bloom at sea
Orlando Bloom's marriage confirmed - by a department storeSport
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France World Cup squad suspended
The French Football Federation suspends all 23 members of France's World Cup squad for their next game.
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Cavendish wins fourth Tour stage
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Pakistan on brink of Test victory
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Alonso tops Red Bulls in practice
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Vidic agrees new Man Utd contract
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Ford profits jump on sales rise
Ford surprised Wall Street with a $2.6bn profit in the last quarter as it continued to take sales from rivals.
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German business confidence jumps
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McDonald's sees profits rise 12%
Technology
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Neurons 'show way for computers'
Futuristic computers that learn to see and listen could result from research into the ways nerve cells communicate.
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BBC News iPhone app is launched
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Microsoft gets at chip blueprints
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Ballet film heads Venice festival
Psychological thriller Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman, will open this year's Venice film festival, organisers have said.
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Precious legal case is dismissed
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Saw 'most successful horror film'
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UK nanotech centres 'may be axed'
Britain's 24 nanotechnology centres could be among the casualties of cuts to the UK science budget, science minister David Willetts has said.
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'God particle' lab eyes reprieve
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Stars reveal carbon 'spaceballs'
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Bone 'turnover' link to diabetes
The skeleton has a key role in regulating blood sugar and may be the underlying cause of diabetes in some people, say researchers.
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'Cut down on meat to lose weight'
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'Toxic trio' triggers gut disease
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Should UK politicians attend US Lockerbie hearing?
Jack Straw has been asked to appear before a US Senate hearing on the Lockerbie controversy. Should he go?
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How important is philanthropy?
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Quiz of the week's news
The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions - plus the Weekly Bonus Question.
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The craze for DIY tattoos
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Can you copyright a joke?
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Giant stink! Rare bloom on show
India's puppets fight bleak future
Concern for the Sagrada Familia
Le Tour returns to town after 70 years
Firefighters get on their bikes
Race to find 'God particle' hots up
Santas' July gathering - it's Odd Box
Tom Cruise spends hours with fansFeatures & Analysis
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America's secret war
Mapping strikes by US drones and Islamic militants
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Life, death, luck
Be a surgeon – and see if chance turns you into a killer
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Tour de France epic
Drama in wine country - Aquitaine town celebrates
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Into America
Soviet chess master's perfect move... to Kentucky
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It's quiz time!
'Refudiate', 'Refute' - what was Sarah Palin trying to say?
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Rocky path
Colorado's Boulder city finds going green is an uphill struggle
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Tutu talk
How sexy legs can make you a Nobel prize winner
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