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As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs may be at risk across England and Wales if 25% funding cuts go ahead, the Police Federation says.

Danish police hold a man injured by a small blast at a Copenhagen hotel amid reports he was a would-be suicide bomber.

A nine-year-old Indian boy who mistakenly ended up on a cross-country train adventure is reunited with his family - four months later.

US President Barack Obama has said that progress in pulling the American economy out of recession has been "painfully slow".

Iran rejects claims by dissident groups that it has almost completed a secret uranium-enrichment facility near Tehran.

The US Department of Agriculture cuts its forecast for global wheat production in 2010-11, but by less than expected.

Anti-American rallies sweep Afghanistan over plans, now on hold, by a small US church to stage an "International Burn a Koran Day".

New Zealand delays plans to lift no-go zones in quake-hit Christchurch after major aftershocks rock the city.

The British Museum settles a dispute with Iran's national museum over the loan of ancient Persian treasure the Cyrus Cylinder.

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip explodes in Israel, hours after Israeli air raids against Hamas targets in the Palestinian territory.

Muslims around the world celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new head after a profits slump.

At least one person is killed and dozens are injured in an explosion and fire near San Francisco, with the death toll expected to rise.

The tennis players with a message in US Open final

Hours after China demands the release of a Chinese boat captain detained in Japan, a Japanese court rules he can be held for a further 10 days.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel steals Ferrari's thunder to set the pace in practice at the Italian Grand Prix.

The government is to press ahead with privatising or selling Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service.

An ally of Germany's Chancellor Merkel will quit a top party post after suggesting Poland may carry as much blame as Hitler for triggering World War II.

Harrowing details of alleged sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium are released by an official Church investigator.

Former air steward Brian Dowling is the bookies' favourite to win Ultimate Big Brother as the Channel 4 reality show comes to an end.