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A database of every child in England due to be piloted in October has been delayed for the second time.

EU leaders are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Georgia, the French foreign minister says.

Dell says that a "strategic" effort to cut the prices of its computers, had dented its earnings.

The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, describes the floods in the northern state of Bihar as a "national calamity".

Police probe a hooded gang's brutal attack on friars at a monastery in northern Italy, which left one victim in a coma.

The Thai PM says he will not use violent means against protesters besieging Government House, in an apparent change of heart.

A Lebanese army helicopter hit by gunfire is forced to make an emergency landing in the south of the country, the army says.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of provoking the conflict in Georgia.

Clashes erupt between rebels and the army in the east of DR Congo despite a January peace deal.

A 21-year-old man from Belfast gets an 11-year prison sentence for raping a woman while she slept in her bed.

An aspiring actor fell to his death from a balcony after taking ecstasy and drinking, an inquest hears.

Vets say a family cat is "very lucky" to survive after its body is pierced by an 18-inch aluminium arrow.

The uncle of a student who died after a suspected race hate attack says Arabs should not send children to England.

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