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Page last updated at 18:38 GMT, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 19:38 UK

Oil bosses at Congress (L-R): Rex Tillerson (ExxonMobil), John Watson (Chevron), James Mulva (ConocoPhillips), Marvin Odum, (Shell), Lamar McKay (BP America)
US oil firms 'not ready' for leak
Major oil firms drilling in US waters are as unprepared for a spill as BP, a Congressional panel probing the Gulf disaster is told.
BP credit rating downgraded
BP boss on 'tremendous shock'
Mardell: No let-up for BP

Brazil farmland 'Food boom' for emerging nations
Brazil, India, China and Russia will enjoy an agricultural boom over the next decade as output stagnates in Western Europe.

Ubisoft's Michael Jackson game Jackson to star in new video game
Singer Michael Jackson is to be captured in a new video game, developers Ubisoft have announced.


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Domestic violence Domestic violence 'up 320%' since oil spill

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Rescue Zone ship in water
Under review
Oil industry assesses safety of deep offshore drilling
Special Report: Oil and water
Brazil's deepwater challenge
World's 'pollution capital'
Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird Mockingbird tale
Is this classic novel just a sentimental children's yarn?
President Hugo Chavez Chavez vision
Venezuelan leader tells the BBC why socialism works
Collection of Panini stickers Stuck on stickers
Why Brazilians are going mad for football stickers

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FEATURES
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Peru's minorities battle deep-set prejudices
Stephen Strasburg Field of dreams
Baseball's eternal search for "The One"

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MARDELL'S AMERICA
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Looking for a turning point
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Are UK and US on a collision course?
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v Brazil v North Korea


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