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Global shares continue to slide

European shares open sharply lower following falls in Asia, which saw Tokyo's Nikkei closing at its lowest level for 26 years.

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27.10.2008 10:51:29 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Landmark slavery case for Niger

Judges are to rule on a case of alleged slavery in the West African state of Niger which will have regional implications.

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27.10.2008 10:50:44 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Call for end to empty office tax

A number of the UK's leading firms back a campaign for the scrapping of the tax on empty business properties.

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27.10.2008 10:38:47 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Asian stock markets tumble again

Asian shares fall again at the start of the week with Tokyo's Nikkei index closing at its lowest level for 26 years.

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27.10.2008 10:18:36 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Holidaymakers offered the chance to live like a poet

The house where Dylan Thomas was born and wrote much of his poetry opens after a three year restoration project.

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27.10.2008 10:14:13 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Syria condemns 'US village raid'

Syria reacts with outrage at what it says was a US helicopter raid on its territory that left eight people dead.

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27.10.2008 10:08:24 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Plane crash inquiry due to begin

An inquiry will get under way to piece together what caused a plane from Gloucester aiport to crash, killing four people.

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27.10.2008 10:06:25 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Hit-and-run victim was newly wed

A County Tyrone man killed in a suspected hit-and-run incident at the weekend had only recently got married, it emerges.

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27.10.2008 09:57:15 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Missing woman's home investigated

Forensic experts carry out investigations at the home of a grandmother who went missing just over a week ago.

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27.10.2008 09:40:39 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Brown to defend higher borrowing

Gordon Brown is to make the case for increased government borrowing as a way to tackle the downturn.

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27.10.2008 09:35:59 - BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

Global shares continue to slide

Landmark slavery case for Niger

Call for end to empty office tax

Asian stock markets tumble again

Holidaymakers offered the chance to live like a poet

Syria condemns 'US village raid'

Plane crash inquiry due to begin

Hit-and-run victim was newly wed

Missing woman's home investigated

Brown to defend higher borrowing

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