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An eight-year project to restore the stonework of the 838-year-old Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy to its former glory is nearing completion. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11990489 Frederic Vasil Enola Heinicke Vance Wadzinski [...]

The BBC’s Duncan Kennedy on what the vote means Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has won a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament. He won by a margin of three votes, following a tense session of the house and amid large protests in the capital. Mr Berlusconi also won an earlier vote in [...]

Warning: Lightning strikes can often appear before the onset of heavy precipitation Related stories Cameras to detect lightning on Earth are to be placed high up in space by the US and Europe this decade. Meteorological agencies already monitor lightning from the ground, and American instruments also fly in a low orbit. But the addition [...]

A federal judge in the US state of Virginia has ruled against a key part of the Obama administration’s law on healthcare reform. The decision by US District Judge Henry Hudson is the first finding against the law passed in March. He backed the state of Virginia’s argument that the law’s requirement that Americans purchase [...]

Ji-Sung Park’s goal hands Manchester United a hard-fought 1-0 win over Arsenal and takes them above their title rivals into top spot. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9268578.stm Noah Brunjes Faustina Stults Wilson Shunk Valerie [...]

A suspected suicide bomber who detonated explosives in Stockholm was challenged about his extreme views, a Luton mosque official says. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11987552 Jen Blanks Wyatt Loncaric Corina Emms Izetta [...]

Blackburn Rovers confirm manager Sam Allardyce has been sacked after two seasons at the club. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/9283395.stm Raul Riser Lavone Durette Leonard Banfield Jen [...]

Audio recording received by Swedish news agency TT minutes before the Stockholm bomb attack. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9281000/9281273.stm Aron Gladu Paula Weidmann Jerry Luksa Autumn [...]

Barack Obama unveiled a compromise deal on the tax cuts last week Related stories The US Senate is expected to open debate on the tax cut deal negotiated between President Barack Obama and the Republicans. The $858bn (£545bn) package would extend Bush-era tax cuts on even the wealthiest Americans. Backers expect the Senate to move [...]

The government admits that schools spending will not now rise in real terms. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-11983026 Steven Wicks Irene Loughlin Emmett Moxley Randi [...]