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A fifth 'have no pension savings'

46 min 43 sec ago
A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement - leaving them in a "precarious" position, a pensions provider says.
Categories: International News

US love affair with British pop

47 min 58 sec ago
How British bands doubled their share of the US music market
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'Hard days ahead' in Afghanistan

1 hour 48 sec ago
President Obama tells a Nato summit there are "hard days ahead" in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to withdraw troops at the end of 2014.
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IAEA chief 'positive' over Iran

1 hour 8 min ago
IAEA head Yukiya Amano arrives in Tehran voicing optimism about reaching agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
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Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies

1 hour 20 min ago
Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died aged 62 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family say.
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Mexican massacre suspect arrested

1 hour 20 min ago
The Mexican army says a leader of the Zetas drug cartel has been arrested for the killing of 49 people whose bodies were dumped by a roadside.
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Cameron issues eurozone warnings

1 hour 41 min ago
Prime Minister David Cameron warns EU leaders that uncertainty over the eurozone cannot be allowed to go on beyond upcoming elections in Greece.
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Sun starts 'ring of fire' eclipse

1 hour 59 min ago
An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, begins across east Asia, and is due to reach the western US later.
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Italy quake victims given shelter

2 hours 1 min ago
Thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake in northern Italy spend the night in shelters as aftershocks continue in the region.
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VIDEO: Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies

2 hours 30 min ago
A look back at the life of Bee Gee Robin Gibb, founder member of one of the most commercially successful bands of all time.
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Teenager died 'protecting sister'

3 hours 3 min ago
Bellaghy parish priest Fr Andrew Dolan says teenager Lauren O'Neill died trying to protect her sister, as police charge a man with the shooting.
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Single 30% income tax rate urged

3 hours 11 min ago
A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business leaders.
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VIDEO: Nato leaders discuss Afghan withdrawal

3 hours 37 min ago
Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Nationalist Nikolic in Serbia win

3 hours 57 min ago
Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is elected president of Serbia beating incumbent Boris Tadic in a run-off vote, and vowing to stay on the EU path.
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HSBC machines hit by IT failure

4 hours 52 sec ago
UK customers of HSBC report problems using cash machines, making card payments and online transactions, but the bank says the problem is fixed.
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Pakistan restores Twitter access

5 hours 43 min ago
Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content".
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Deadly quake hits northern Italy

6 hours 11 min ago
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake in northern Italy kills at least seven people, causing "significant damage" to the region's cultural heritage.
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Syria town shelling 'kills 34'

6 hours 35 min ago
Shelling by Syrian forces kills 34 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Cheap dysentery drug 'promising'

6 hours 44 min ago
A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US.
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Sharapova wins Italian Open crown

6 hours 47 min ago
World number two Maria Sharapova recovers from a set and 4-0 down to beat Li Na and defend her Italian Open crown.
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