Legislation aimed at making it easier to prosecute companies who make corrupt payments abroad comes into force today.
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The US will open criminal inquiries into the deaths of two CIA detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003, the attorney general says.
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The sport of swamp football, the world’s ugliest dog and a hula hooping record. It’s the week’s weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat’s Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
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One of two French hostages released by the Afghan Taliban tells the BBC he believes there was an exchange deal involving money and prisoners.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived in Ottawa at the start of a nine day visit to Canada.
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Lennox Lewis warns David Haye he must knock out Wladimir Klitschko because there is “no way” the judges will award him a points win in Germany on Saturday.
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The UK population rose by 470,000 between 2009 and 2010 says the Office for National Statistics – the biggest increase in nearly 50 years.
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