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Honda car in Japan
Honda issues global airbag recall
Honda heaps more woe on Japan's carmakers by extending an airbag safety recall to almost half a million cars worldwide.
Mardell: America wants answers
Toyota in global recall of Prius
Toyota fights back

Lebanon warns of Israel 'threat'
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri tells the BBC he is concerned about the "escalating" threat posed by Israel.
Sweet tooth 'hints at depression'
Particularly sweet-toothed children may be depressed and at higher risk of future alcohol problems, say US researchers.

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Chinese students display an HIV/Aids awareness ribbon (file imageI HIV phobia
Mystery 'paranoia' illness baffles doctors in China
X-ray image of the sun (SPL) Trouble flares
How a more active Sun could wreak havoc for sat-nav
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie Oh, brother
Conservatives head Egypt's new-look Muslim Brotherhood

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BUSINESS
Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos: Portuguese Finance Ministry Portugal 'will not' quit the euro


Cadbury's Bristol plant to close

Banks tax 'would raise billions'
TECHNOLOGY
Quantum tunneling nanoparticles (Peratech) Smartphone keys get quantum trick


Online safety for five-year-olds

China shuts down hacking website
ENTERTAINMENT

Super Bowl breaks ratings record

Actor Sheen charged with assault

HEALTH

First Lady tackles child obesity

SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Strategy to grow UK space sector

Badger culls 'not cost effective'

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AFRICA

Somali forces 'kill al-Qaeda man'

Malawi gays 'must be more open'

AMERICAS

New markets boost Coca-Cola sales

Chavez declares energy emergency

ASIA-PACIFIC

Charges over Philippine massacre

Chinese quake activist sentenced

EUROPE

Move to contest Ukrainian result

Euro MPs back new EU Commission

MIDDLE EAST

Obama steps up pressure on Iran

Saudi upholds 'sex boast' verdict

SOUTH ASIA

India defers first GM food crop

England hockey raise safety fears

NEWS FROM THE UK

Counting votes MPs back vote system referendum
MPs back a government plan to hold a UK-wide referendum on changing the voting system next year.

Toyota recall work starts in UK

Torture case appeal court ruling
British soliders in Afghanistan Warning over UK troop illnesses
Defence chiefs must tackle a rise in the number of British troops in Afghanistan suffering from illness, the National Audit Office says.

Warning given over elderly care

Betting shop death reward raised

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine stand-off
Instability fears as Tymoshenko poll challenge emerges
Juan Aibar of Spain drives his Toyota during the 8th stage Tabenkrout - Tabenkrout, Mauritania, of the second edition of the Africa Eco Race In the wilderness
Toyota fights back as its problems escalate
Sri Lankan opposition supporter In disarray
The leaderless and outmanoeuvred Sri Lanka opposition

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