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An accident at a major US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua leaves workers trapped, officials say.

Twenty-four hours of news photos: 14 May

"Intelligent" traffic cones are being unveiled on the M6 in the West Midlands in a bid to improve road safety.

The opening of a West End version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is delayed by five days because of technical problems.

The alleged agent was held overnight and then turned over to U.S. officials. Russian security services say he was trying to recruit one of their officers.

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A tourist who was hit by a priest driving in Rome and left with "catastrophic injuries" is to get a £3m High Court settlement.

Also: Illinois school district bans The Perks of Being a Wallflower; W.H. Auden's 1939 journal discovered; Bret Easton Ellis on gay stereotypes.

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The Sun has unleashed the most powerful eruption - a solar flare - of 2013 so far.

Pressure tells on retailers and government

The claim that more Falklands veterans have killed themselves since the conflict ended than died in action is not borne out by statistics, a study says.

Will Angelina Jolie's surgery spark others to get cancer check?

A U.S. audit shows that American firms working in Afghanistan have been hit with nearly $1 billion in taxes since 2008. Much of what's been taxed should have been exempt from such levies according to agreements with the Afghan government, auditors say.

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Tate's story of British art pleases critics

Durham University is criticised for spending £1.4m on artwork, including works by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.

The owners of Venezuelan opposition TV channel Globovision say they have sold the channel, with changes expected to its editorial line.

French politicians have their eyes on a potential new source of revenue: smart phones and tablets. France’s minister of culture has endorsed a plan to tax iPads, iPhones, Androids, and other devices by up to four percent in an effort to finance French movies, television, and music.

Stephen Beard of Marketplace's European Desk explains the proposal and looks at how people are reacting to it.

A top Berlin hospital plans to investigate drug trials in the former East Germany amid allegations that some patients were used as human guinea pigs.

Your stories about having a double mastectomy

The battle against serious crime will be hampered in Northern Ireland because a new policing agency will not be fully operational, a senior PSNI officer says.