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Telecoms giant Bharti Airtel is being investigated for money laundering and violations of foreign exchange rules by Indian authorities, a minister says.

The United Nations Development Programme says Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity if it is to sustain its economic boom.

What may be the earliest direct example of insect pollination of plants has been identified by scientists in 100-million-year-old amber blocks from Spain.

The vast majority of airlines are conforming to EU rules on reporting carbon dioxide emissions, despite a number of protests and lawsuits.

Plans are to be accelerated to deal with one of the most controversial areas of the Dounreay nuclear site.

Facebook raises the price range at which it hopes to sell shares this week from $28-$35 to $34-$38, potentially putting its total value above $100bn.

How are European exporters weathering the economic crisis?

The number of working days lost to sickness fell again in 2011, the Office for National Statistics has said.

The credit rating agency Moody's has announced a downgrade of 26 Italian banks, including Italy's two biggest lenders. Sony Kapoor, managing Director of think tank Re-Define, gives his view on the issue and on the future of the eurozone.

A free trade agreement between the US and Colombia takes effect five years after being signed, with Colombian flowers the first goods to be sent.

The operation to stop gas leaking from the Elgin platform in the North Sea gets under way.

The UK's overall trade gap in March narrowed to £2.7bn, but the deficit for trade in goods alone was unchanged, official figures show.

The government's planned changes to child benefit are "seriously flawed" and undermine the principle of individual taxation, accountants say.

How firms can protect themselves against eurozone turmoil

Hen harriers are "perilously close" to being wiped out as a breeding bird in England, with just one pair nesting this year, a wildlife charity says.

The German economy returned to growth in the first quarter of the year with a 0.5% rise in GDP, but France's economy recorded zero growth.

Fragrance firm Coty withdraws its $10.7bn (£6.6bn) bid for Avon Products, saying the US beauty firm has taken too long to respond to its offer.

Foreign direct investment in China falls for a sixth straight month in April, as worries persist over the health of the country's economy.

Is the Thames actually longer than the Severn, making it the UK's longest river?

The miniature stick-on radio transmitters scientists are using to track the movements of giant beetles.

Shares in Asia fall, taking their lead from Europe and the US, as political turmoil in Greece make investors seek less risky assets.

A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut has launched successfully from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Political parties in Greece will join another round of cliff-edge talks after inconclusive elections, as fears grow that a eurozone exit is nearing.

Renren, known as China's Facebook, reports wider losses for the first three months of the year because of weak advertising revenues.

US President Barack Obama says that JP Morgan's unexpected $2bn loss is an example of why financial reform is important, based on fears of other banks making similar bets.