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Singer Morrissey has been forced to cancel more shows in the US to have further treatment for a bleeding ulcer.

In the past, security researchers who stumbled on a software flaw would typically report the flaw to the software's manufacturer. But that changed when cyberweapon designers started looking at these flaws as vulnerabilities that could serve as a back door into a computer network.

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G4S, the firm that failed to provide enough security guards for London 2012, announces a £70m compensation deal with the Olympic organising committee.

Uganda deports a UK theatre producer who ran into trouble over a play about the condition of gay people, a UK embassy spokesman tells the BBC.

Inside Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome

A deal sealed in San Francisco could create 100 jobs in Carmarthenshire, according to the Welsh government.

Radar supplier Thales is given funding to look into alternative ways of managing air traffic control.

Clare Balding and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson are among five sporting names included in the Woman's Hour Power List.

World leaders have been paying tribute to Pope Benedict who is to resign at the end of the month due to old age.

Call The Midwife will continue into a third series after the current one despite the memoirs of Jennifer Worth being used up, says screenwriter Heidi Thomas.

The Queen, Home Secretary Theresa May and Santander bank boss Ana Botin are declared the UK's most powerful women in a BBC survey.

The number of complaints to a public watchdog about the Welsh NHS has more than tripled in the past six years, BBC Wales learns, as controversy grows over plans for a major shake-up.

Asian markets have a mixed reaction to the nuclear test carried out by North Korea, its third since 2006.

The Department for Regional Development is heavily criticised for the way it investigated complaints made by a whistleblower, something which it rejects.

Papers react to Pope stepping down

India's top investigation agency removes a key member of its prosecution team for alleged links with an accused in a corruption scandal.

Most fisheries certified by the MSC system have conditions that spell out how they have to change their operations to comply with MSC standards. But they can still be labeled "certified sustainable seafood" even though they have years to comply.

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Upmarket brand Vertu has chosen Android over Windows as the operating system for its new handset

North Korea says it has tested a "miniaturized" nuclear device in defiance of U.N. orders to stop building atomic weapons. Official state media reported Tuesday that it was conducted in a safe manner.

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Passengers using Heathrow face a rise in ticket prices under £3bn investment plans proposed by bosses of the west London airport.