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Israel resumes Gaza bombings after first truce
Israel has resumed its Gaza offensive, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid.
Premium Bond payouts halved in a year
Millions of investors who poured savings into Premium Bonds have seen their chances of winning slump, due to interest cuts.
Obama meets presidents at White House lunch
President-Elect Barack Obama and all the living US presidents meet for lunch at the White House.
EU warns Russia and Ukraine over gas supplies
EU president threatens to treat the conflict as a diplomatic snub if Russia and Ukraine fail to settle the dispute.
French minister back at work five days after giving birth
Rachida Dati returned to work five days after giving birth to a baby girl but still refuses to name the father.
Parents of arson victim make desperate plea to find killer
Three-year-old girl dies in her bed following arson attack in Liverpool.
Robots to make learning fun
Robots could reportedly be teaching children by the end of the year.
Presley defends scientology
Daughter of Elvis defends her faith in the wake of Jett Travolta's death.
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Three injured in gas explosion
Three people have been injured in a gas explosion at a country hotel in Scotland.
Old computers at risk of id theft
People disposing of their old computers could easily fall victim to identity theft – even if they delete files or wipe the hard drive, consumer watchdog Which? has warned.
Celebrity Big Brother's Coolio: English women get drunk to meet strangers
Celebrity Big Brother housemate Coolio has said English women get drunk and will "go with someone" they don't even know.
Cleric condemns Oxford dictionary for replacing 'monarch' with 'celebrity'
A clergyman has criticised the publishers of a children's dictionary for removing words associated with religion and history, and replacing them with terms such as "celebrity" and "voicemail".
Troops kill 32 Taliban insurgents
Forces in Afghanistan killed the insurgents after they were attacked by a large force of Taliban fighters.
Nintendo Wii sends videogame sales to record high
Video game sales in Britain have hit a record high as the popularity of the family-friendly Nintendo Wii makes up a quarter of all sales.
Polanski must appear in US court, say prosecutors
Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning fugitive filmmaker, has been warned by prosecutors that his case to have a 30-year-old child rape conviction dismissed cannot be heard unless he attends court in the United States.
Opera lets in the cameras
Opera lovers are to get the chance to go behind the scenes of Puccini's La bohème next month when a television channel broadcasts from the front and the back of the stage simultaneously.
Rising sea levels 'could spark international wars'
Rising sea levels caused are threatening to destabilise island nations and spark conflict across the world over energy and food reserves, the Australian military has claimed.
Thousands bankrupted by council tax arrears
Councils are using bailiffs and court summonses to collect unpaid council tax, with 3,500 pursued for bankruptcy or made bankrupt by town halls last year.
Chilling orders by Mumbai's Pakistani masterminds
Indian dossier reveals the moment Mumbai attackers were told by satellite phone to shoot hotel guests.
HBOS bank had 'institutionally sexist environment'
Two senior managers at a High Street bank operated an "institutionally sexist environment" which directors ignored, a tribunal has heard.
Captured WWII pilot's model Lancaster Bomber is discovered
A remarkable model of a Lancaster Bomber made by a captured British pilot from blocks of wood, matches and bits of tin can has been discovered in a house clearance.
Supermarkets given green light to provide legal services
Supermarkets and banks will be able to provide legal services if they pass a fitness test, under new proposals that have been nicknamed 'Tesco law'.
Traditional lightbulb sales soar
Sales of the traditional incandescent lightbulb are soaring as customers seek to stock up before they are phased out in favour of green, energy-saving versions.
Extinct animals 'could be brought back'
Jurassic Park film may have been pure science fiction - but extinct creatures such as Neanderthals to Sabre-toothed tigers could soon be brought back to life.
Lawyers 'don't want to become judges'
Lawyers do not want to become High Court judges because they are seen as old-fashioned, according to the country's top judge.
Patrick Swayze: I may only have two years to live
Patrick Swayze fears he has only two years to live following his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer.
Catholic financiers defend captialism
Capitalism is not dead - it has just been exploited by a few greedy people, Catholic businessmen tell Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
Greek PM sacks nine ministers
Greece's prime minister has bowed to pressure and announced a sweeping cabinet reshuffle as he struggles to deal with the fall-out from the country's worst riots in decades.
Dalmatian obsessive to sell collection
A dalmatian obsessive who wore polka-dot knickers is selling her collection of 3,500 spotty items after splitting from her husband.
Bird hitches lift from Navy
A baby gannet hitched a lift to warmer climes on a Royal Navy helicopter.
Twitter spoofs Jesus and Lennon
Twitter fans set up a spoof website imagining the Tweets of historical figures including Jesus, Gandhi and The Beatles' John Lennon.
Interview with Stuart Rose
Sir Staurt Rose tells Retail Editor James Hall that customers were 'freaked' before Christmas.
EDITOR'S CHOICE
The frightened Bear is up for a fight
Russia doesn’t hold all the cards in the stand-off with Ukraine over gas, says David Blair.
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