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Uefa official Peter Limacher addressed a press conference in Germany
About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal.
Tamiflu Breaking News
Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.
 
The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, re-starts after 14 months of repairs.
Catherine Ashton, 19 November in Brussels Easyjet plane
The new EU foreign affairs chief rejects criticism of her lack of experience, saying she is the "the best person for the job".
 
Easyjet apologises after fashion photographs shot at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin were published in its in-flight magazine.
Collapsed bridge in Workington Spanish flag
Cumbrian police searching for an officer missing after a bridge collapsed during record rainfall find a body in police uniform.
 
The UK apologises to Spain after the Royal Navy uses a buoy with Spanish colours for target practice off Gibraltar.
Oprah Winfrey - Picture Harpo Productions Galileo Galilei
A tearful Oprah Winfrey announces her talk show will end in September 2011 after 25 years on the air.
 
Fingers and a tooth cut from the body of famed astronomer Galileo Galilei have been found, an Italian museum says.
Republic of Ireland keeper Shay Given's pleas over the handball were disregarded by referee Martin Hansson Michael Schumacher
The French Football Federation turns down the Republic of Ireland's request for a replay of their controversial World Cup play-off game.
 
Michael Schumacher will race in Formula 1 for Mercedes' new team in 2010, BBC Sport's Eddie Jordan believes.
Collapsed bridge in Workington Paul and Rachel Chandler
A body found after a bridge collapse in what the Environment Agency says is "unprecedented" flooding is missing Pc Bill Barker.
 
A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates say via video footage that they fear they may be killed within a week.
Brian and Christine Thomas Cpl Loren Marlton-Thomas
A "devoted husband" who said he killed his wife while dreaming she was an intruder in their camper van is freed by a judge.
 
An cortege conveying the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan is the 100th repatriation procession through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett.
Youngsters in hooded tops Caroline Johnson arriving at court in a wheelchair
Children as young as 14 could be banned from wearing gang colours or having violent dogs, under government plans.
 
A man who carjacked a mother-of-four leaving her fighting for her life is found guilty of deliberately running her over.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Kabul A Palestinian child with a painted face in Ramallah
Will Clinton's approach to Afghan leader pay off?
 
Striking images from around the world
Protestors near the Algerian embassy in Cairo Police display bottles of human fat in Lima (19 November 2009)
Police are injured as Egypt fans' anger over reported violence after a World Cup game erupts in Cairo.
 
Police in Peru arrest members of a gang accused of killing dozens of people to sell their fat for use in cosmetics.
Jean-Claude Trichet, President, ECB embryonic stem cells
The European Central Bank says it will scale back emergency monetary support for fear of fuelling inflation.
 
Researchers say they have found how to use human embryonic stem cells to create skin which could help serious burns victims.
Singer Miley Cyrus Laptop keyboard (Image: PA)
An accident involving Miley Cyrus' tour bus kills one passenger and injures several other people, US police say.
 
The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.
YouTube to get subtitles  
Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google.
 
 

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