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The Information Commission warns online shoppers to be vigilant against agreeing to data-sharing links.

Law firm closure risks debt case customer refunds

At least 10 people have been killed by a suicide bomber in a rickshaw at a security checkpoint in north-west Pakistan.

The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding that delivery quality tests were rigged.

Greece looks set to receive support from eurozone countries to help solve its financial crisis.

In Helmand province, 150 new Afghan police recruits have graduated, as part of an ambitious plan to increase the size of the country's police force.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown criticise the US for "protectionism" over an aerospace deal after talks in London.

Portuguese exporters hit by strong euro

UK mortgage lender Lloyds Banking Group is encouraging borrowers to pay off up to 20% of their mortgages early.

The TUC is claiming that young people are being exploited by employers through internships in which they do not get paid.

The head of the European Central Bank gives his tentative support to a bail-out fund to bolster the eurozone's financial stability.

An investigation in America has found that senior managers at Lehman Brothers hid 50 billion dollars from its balance sheets in an attempt to conceal the true state of the company's finances.

A strike over job protection in Italy has severely disrupted bus and train services with schools and other public services also affected.

The UK announces a 300m-euro (£270m) loan guarantee for Vauxhall and Opel, the European arm of General Motors.

An activist from New Zealand has been arrested by Japan's coastguard after he boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean last month.

The head of the Financial Services Authority says the regulator will toughen up protection for consumers against poor financial products.

Oil demand in China rose by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with a year ago, the International Energy Agency says.

The Superdry clothes label founder is in line for £80m as it completes a transformation from market stall to the stock market.

Twenty five people have been injured in a mass pile up on a motorway in Germany.

BA cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March in a dispute over pay and staff levels.