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News • British Broadcasting Corporation
Dundee manager John Brown is confident of agreement as top-flight clubs consider play-offs and SPL2.
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A dramatic decline in the number of Arctic foxes on one island is being linked to levels of mercury in their food.
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New York's attorney general says he plans to sue major lenders Bank of America and Wells Fargo for violating a $25bn (£16bn) mortgage settlement.
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The US Senate is to vote on whether to impose sales taxes on online retailers, as brick-and-mortar stores call for "a level playing field".
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Fifa executive committee member Chuck Blazer is suspended for 90 days after claims his conduct was "fraudulent".
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Motorola "abused its position" when it filed a patent injunction against Apple in Germany, EU officials say.
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Somalia's new national government is hoping its anti-piracy measures will boost its economy by increasing trade through its ports.
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Debt-laden Greece is making progress to improve its finances, but more must be done to fight the "notorious" tax evasion, the International Monetary Fund says.
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Liverpool announce they will be travelling to South Africa to play Ajax Cape Town soon after the end of the English Premier League season,
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Retail sales in the eurozone fall for the second month in a row in March, according to the European Union's statistics office Eurostat
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The firms that exist to help others
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Italy's economy will shrink by 1.4% this year, a sharper contraction than previously forecast, says the country's statistics agency.
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Floods that swept through western Nepal one year ago changed the course of a river and may yet change the course of tourism in the region.
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People who live abroad will no longer be entitled to a British state pension based solely on the employment record of their spouse, under government plans.
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A group of amateur surveyors has been climbing and re-measuring some of Britain's highest peaks, to see if they are high enough to be called mountains.
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Carbon dioxide is rapidly altering the chemistry of the Arctic, and the changes will last many thousands of years, a report says.
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The world’s first gun made using a 3D printer is successfully tested in the US by a group planning to make the blueprints available online.
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Researchers in the Netherlands are looking at ways to persuade people to get their protein from bugs instead of meat.
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Indonesia's economy grows at 6% in the first three months of the year, its slowest pace in more than two years, as exports slow.
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Shares in Lynas, which has a rare earth plant in Malaysia, surge 18% after the National Front coalition retains power in that country's general election.
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Are personalised number plates right royal rip-offs?
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Can you make a living from your hobby?
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How business rates stifle the high street
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Confidence among UK businesses is continuing to improve, a survey suggests, despite slow growth in the economy.
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BBC News went to a craft event to meet three people who have turned their hobbies into profitable businesses.
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