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China raises the price of petrol by about 6% and diesel about 7% for the second time in 2012, as it seeks to off-set the rising cost of crude oil.

Chancellor George Osborne is to set out plans in the Budget to give 20 million taxpayers a detailed breakdown of how their taxes are spent.

The body of Pope Shenouda, leader of the Coptic Church, is buried at St Bishoy monastery after a funeral in Cairo.

America's First Lady, Michelle Obama, was speaking on Monday to US talk show host David Letterman about her family and raising her children.

France mounts a large-scale manhunt over fatal shootings at a Jewish school linked with the killings of soldiers, as schools observe a minute's silence.

A new checklist for parents trying to decide which nursery or childminder to use will be published on Tuesday.

Labour says the government should tackle the growing crisis in primary school places rather than building more free schools.

Hairdressers can and should be trained to check their clients for skin cancer, say health experts.

The care of the elderly is being compromised in UK hospitals because there are too few nurses, according to the Royal College of Nursing.

The Australian senate pushes through into law a 30% tax on iron ore and coal mining companies.

The Queen says she has rededicated herself "to the service of our great country and its people" as she celebrates her Diamond Jubilee.

A group of bus drivers from Northamptonshire are celebrating after winning Friday night's £38m EuroMillions jackpot.

Hollywood movie director and adventurer James Cameron gets ready to dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Director James Cameron tells the BBC why he is risking it all to dive to the deepest part of the ocean.

How one US site is being targeted for prostitution

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A woman's body is found at a block of flats in Surrey where homes had been evacuated after an explosion.

One of the venues for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 is being officially reopened in Edinburgh.

The Big Lottery Fund announces £7m of funding to help some of Scotland's poorest single parent families back into work.

The first satellite to be built in Scotland is due to be launched next year as part of a pilot programme for the UK Space Agency.