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The ringleaders of a Liverpool-based gang that supplied millions of pounds of cocaine and heroin to the streets of Glasgow are jailed.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter criticises the decision to only fine Roma 50,000 euros after racist chanting from their fans.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter criticises the decision to only fine Roma 50,000 euros after racist chanting from their fans.

A sharp rise in shale oil reserves is set to turn the US into a net exporter of oil, hitting demand for supplies from the Middle East, a report says.

No 10 says David Cameron is "very happy" with his party's debate over Europe, as he prepares to publish a bill aimed at reassuring Eurosceptic MPs.

Thousands of mourners in Bangladesh hold prayers for more than 1,100 people who died when a garment factory building collapsed near Dhaka last month.

As Dan Brown's new thriller Inferno goes on sale, early reviews describe it as a page-turner that will not win any literary prizes.

The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation wants to increase insect-farming and consumption to help boost nutrition and reduce pollution as the world's population steadily grows.

Protesters in Kenya release a pig and about a dozen piglets outside parliament to show their anger at newly elected MPs demanding higher salaries.

An accident at a major US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua leaves workers trapped, officials say.

Measles cases in the Swansea epidemic rise by 20 over the last five days to 1,094 as health chiefs warn the uptake of vaccine is still too low.

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports from the site of the Rana Plaza in Dhaka where people still searching for relatives are being kept back by a wire fence.

An American auction house is selling an electric guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison at the height of the Beatles' fame.

An American auction house is selling an electric guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison at the height of the Beatles' fame.

British troops will start serving longer tours in Afghanistan ahead of their withdrawal in 2015, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced.

Dhaka collapse puts spotlight on government and industry

Joseph Estrada, the former president of the Philippines overthrown 12 years ago in a popular uprising, is elected mayor of the capital, Manila.

Jupp Heynckes indicates he will retire, saying he will not coach in the Bundesliga and is too old to go abroad.

Key players enter the race to become Iran's next president

The Australian government forecasts a deficit for its current financial year, despite promising a surplus a year ago.