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Network Rail maintenance workers vote in favour of strikes, bringing about the possibility of action over Easter.

Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham have been announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.

Department store group John Lewis reports a 9.7% rise in annual profits to £306.6m as staff share a bumper bonus.

Seven-year-old boy thwarts attempt by armed robbers to rob his parents at gunpoint in their family home.

Greek public and transport services grind to a halt and clashes break out during a third strike over austerity measures.

The global airline industry will recover strongly this year, as passenger and freight numbers improve, its trade body says.

Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's billionaire list.

Japan's economy grew by less than first estimated in the final quarter of 2009, revised government figures show.

Banking group Investec is to join the FTSE 100 following the latest reshuffle of the UK stock market indexes.

The Red Knights group eyeing a possible bid for Manchester United says investment bank Nomura will advise it.

Mexican Carlos Slim Huan overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes 'rich list'.

Chinese inflation hit a 16-month high in February, leading to calls for the government to take measures to cool the economy.

Oil giant BP announces a $7bn (£4.7bn) deal that will allow it to begin exploring for oil off the coast of Brazil.

Carmaker Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Toyota, is recalling 274,551 vehicles in Japan because of a number of possible defects.

The UK's fourth biggest supermarket group, Morrisons, reports a 30% rise in annual profits after it opens more stores.

Barack Obama was bouncing with excitement in the White House on Tuesday as word came in that Stormont had accepted the devolution of policing and justice.

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A Welsh MP echoes concerns of a former UK sports minister on the benefits of the London Olympics to the rest of the country.

Italians fed up with the political parties on offer have begun their own pressure group, the Purple People Movement.

Services in Greece are grinding to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of workers stage a general strike.