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The deputy leader of Rotherham Council steps down over claims he knew about a relationship between a girl in care and a suspected child abuser.

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Gilbert Taylor, the veteran British cinematographer of Star Wars, The Omen and Dr Strangelove, dies aged 99.

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[Tech News]

* Microsoft climbs after announcing CEO Ballmer's retirement

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NEW YORK, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday offered to cut in half the length of a proposed injunction to punish Apple Inc for conspiring with five major publishers to raise e-book prices.

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* Companies wary of big takeovers, eyeing deals under $5 bln

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* Microsoft climbs after announcing CEO Ballmer's retirement

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Aug 23 (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd do not have to make public the financial details submitted to a U.S. court during high-profile patent litigation, a federal appeals panel ruled on Friday.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch launches a review of working conditions for junior staff after the death of an intern employed at its London investment bank.

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The head of the International Monetary Fund warned central banks not to end their stimulus measures too soon.

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US Army psychiatrist Maj Nidal Hasan is convicted of 13 counts of murder in the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood Army base, and faces the death penalty.

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Robert Bales, the US soldier who murdered 16 Afghan villagers last year, is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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A Super Puma helicopter, carrying 18 people, crashes into the sea west of Shetland leaving three people unaccounted for.

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Tottenham target Willian agrees to join Chelsea from Anzhi Makhachkala in a £30m deal, subject to a work permit hearing.

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The Ministry of Defence ran up a £40,000 bill on the speaking clock - despite staff being banned from calling it.

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ITV is awarded Channel of the Year at this year's Edinburgh television festival, and is recognised for the success of its crime thriller Broadchurch.

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A riot at a prison in eastern Bolivia has left at least 29 people dead and more than 50 injured, officials say.

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Financial pressure on women means they are saving less of their incomes than men for the first time in two years, research suggests.

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The trial of former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai enters its third day with a witness testifying on charges of embezzlement.

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Staff at the country's 372 Crown post offices are due to begin a further two days of strikes in a dispute about closures, jobs and pay.

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Gibraltar strongly criticises Spanish police for sending divers to inspect an artificial reef in waters claimed by the British territory.

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