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Tough talks on climate change, the Lisbon treaty and the EU presidency are set to dominate a leaders' summit in Brussels.

Britain's foreign secretary urges Iran to overturn a four-year jail sentence reportedly given to a UK embassy employee.

Two coyotes attack and kill a teenage folk singer in a park in eastern Canada, in a highly rare attack.


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Three days of nationwide postal strikes have begun, with 43,700 members of the Communication Workers Union taking action


Peers are to have their expenses cut as part of planned reforms to parliament's system of allowances, the BBC learns.



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