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Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, who was one of the world's leading contemporary art figures, dies aged 88.
Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.
The Syrian army resumes heavy shelling in the restive city of Homs as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due in Damascus for talks.
A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan has been freed and flown to Kenya, a statement from Sudan's foreign ministry says.
France coach Philippe Saint-Andre makes four changes to his pack for Saturday's Six Nations clash against Ireland in Paris.
Former Liberian rebel leader George Boley should be deported from the US over his role in the civil war of the 1990s, a judge rules.
Amanda Knox, acquitted over the murder of her British flatmate, has appealed her conviction for slander in Italy, a family spokesman says.
The jury in the Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric tax evasion trial is sent out to consider its verdicts.
The Met Police should have warned people they were the victims of phone hacking by the News of the World, a judicial review rules.
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.
