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Intangible drilling costs! De minimis fringe! And other essential corners of the tax code, explained.

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Over the past few years, incomes in Brazil rose and unemployment plunged to record lows. But now — as the country prepares to host the World Cup and the Olympics — the numbers are changing. Growth is slowing and inflation is creeping up. Tourists and Brazilians alike are feeling the pinch.

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A Chinese woman sues Yongzhou local authority for sending her to a labour camp, after she campaigned for harsher sentences for her daughter's rapists.

In his latest BBC Sport column, Lewis Hamilton talks about taking team orders, working overtime and loving life at Mercedes

At least £7.5m in fines for offences remain unpaid in Northern Ireland, the BBC reveals.

The director of the National Institute of Clinical Outcomes Research, tells the BBC that heart surgery at Leeds should not have been restarted.

The US urges China to help rein in North Korea, hours after a leaked US report said Pyongyang was able to launch nuclear-armed missiles.

Beds, baths and even an X-ray machine are among equipment reported stolen from hospitals across Wales.

The American Secretary of State is in the South Korean capital Seoul, for talks about the nuclear crisis, amid US reports that the North may be able to launch a nuclear weapon.

A police campaign in Suffolk to discourage shops and pubs from selling super-strength beer, lager and cider is being considered by other forces.

The number of tenants in Wales asked to downsize to smaller homes or lose part of their housing benefit hugely outnumbers suitable properties available to rent, figures suggest.

A leading north coast hotel is put into administration by the Irish Republic's National Asset Management Agency.

England boss Roy Hodgson says the attitude of some clubs towards international breaks is undermining the national team.

The UN's International Court of Justice sets dates for public hearings on Australia's challenge against Japan's whaling programme in Antartica.

Blair's warning explored in papers

School buildings in England are crumbling as the government is not allocating enough money for repairs, claims Labour.

Australia's second biggest oil company, Woodside Petroleum, puts a $40bn proposed liquefied natural gas project on hold.

The guerrilla gardening project that aims to tackle homophobic hate

Nico Rosberg heads Lewis Hamilton to a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the Chinese Grand Prix.

A huge tornado has swept across the US state of Mississippi, destroying homes and causing power cuts.