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A report into Australia's worst bushfires recommends sweeping changes to the way the government responds to natural disasters.

Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.

Germany prepares for a memorial service one week after a deadly stampede killed 21 people at the Love Parade dance festival.

At least 15 people die at a mine in northern China, as a suspected explosives store blows up.

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill more than 400 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges.

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The grounding of flights because of volcanic ash cost an airports operator £45,000 each day air services were disrupted.

Former US Vice President Al Gore will not face charges over claims he assaulted a masseuse in an Oregon hotel room in 2006.

A lack of specialist medics to care for rape victims could be hampering conviction rates, doctors believe.

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The founder of Wikileaks rejects US claims he has blood on his hands after releasing leaked documents on the Afghan war.

Many young people working free as interns may legally be entitled to pay, a report says.

Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because of Budget changes, experts say.

A Catholic bishop calls for an independent inquiry into the deaths of 11 civilians killed by the Army in Ballymurphy in west Belfast in 1971.

Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service for compensation after his throat was slashed in an attack by a fellow inmate.

Israel launches air strikes into the Gaza Strip, reports say, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.

Five Taliban are removed from a sanctions list by the UN Security Council, a move sought by Kabul to ease rapprochement with insurgents.

A north London grocery store is committing "wildlife massacre" by selling squirrel meat, an animal welfare group has claimed. Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (Viva) accused a branch of Budgens of supporting a "barbaric and needless cull" of grey squirrels.

Colombia's Farc rebel group issues a call for dialogue with the new government after Juan Manuel Santos's election as president.

Pat Richards kicks 10 points as Wigan move one step closer to the Super League leader's shield with victory over defending champions Leeds.