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A newly-discovered feathered dinosaur pre-dates those that birds were thought to have evolved from, a palaeontologist claims
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Ministers are urged to build on the success of the 2012 Olympics and "build a new city fit for the future" in east London.
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London Mayor Boris Johnson has described the World Economic Forum as a "a constellation of egos involved in orgies of adulation".
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Laparoscopic surgery uses minimally invasive incisions -- which means less pain and shorter recovery times for patients. But Steven Schwaitzberg has run into two problems teaching these techniques to surgeons around the world -- language and distance. He shares how a new technology, which combines video conferencing and a real-time universal translator, could help. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)
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The Football Supporters' Federation launches a campaign to cap away ticket prices at £20.
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British Chancellor George Osborne says UK spending cuts must continue until 2017 if the government is to retain credibility.
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The super rich are often referred to as the 1% of the population whose wealth surpasses that of the other 99%. But now there is a separate elite, the 01.% of people who tower above even the multi-millionaires.
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A director of Cardiff City football club resigns after being charged with fraud following an investigation into the sale of mines.
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Sony Liverpool survivors set up new video games studio
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Dame Ellen MacArthur has joined the scores of world and business leaders at the World Economic Forum to champion a radical solution to consumer waste.
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A seal spotted upstream on the River Severn in Worcestershire will not be shot, the Angling Trust agrees.
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The rise in drug resistant infections is comparable to the threat of global warming, according to the chief medical officer for England.
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Finnish mobile phone company Nokia returned to profit at the end of 2012, but will pay no shareholder dividend.
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Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis among those hoping to take part at 2013 London Grand Prix at Olympic Stadium.
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Nearly a third of card fraud victims face waits of weeks or months before getting their money back, a consumer group's survey of members finds.
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"Accountability and reparation" are needed when drone strikes go wrong, says the UN, as it announces an inquiry into the impact on civilians.
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron says that countries must work together to clamp down on tax avoidance, in a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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A drug that can potentially cause cancer in humans may have entered the food chain through horses slaughtered in UK abattoirs, Labour claims.
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The chief executive of the middle east's oldest private oil and gas company says that shale gas is "a game changer".
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US food giant Cargill chief executive Greg Page says the world is producing more than enough food to feed the global population, despite challenging weather events.
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The head of US-based investor Pimco Mohamed El-Erian says Britain economically would be less well off if it left Europe.
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Ministers from the UK and Ireland are set to sign a deal to take energy generated in the Irish midlands to Britain.
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Spain's unemployment rate jumped to a record 26% in the last three months of 2012, with the rate for young people out of work topping 55%.
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Scientists studying rats find enzymes that normally digest food can eat through intestinal walls and attack other organs when the body is weakened.
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UK borrowers continued to play safe with the outstanding amount owed in personal loans at its lowest level for nearly 14 years, figures show.
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