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Cadbury battle prompts City search for next takeover target

19.11.09
The £10 billion battle for control of Cadbury, 5p cheaper at 792½p, is now warming up, but the City is looking around for the next Footsie 100 target... more

Hostage priest: My jungle ordeal

12.11.09
A 79-year-old Irish priest released after 32 days in captivity in the Philippines has told how he hiked through jungles and slept in a swamp before his release... more

Third of red-listed species on brink of extinction

03.11.09
A rare tree frog discovered four years ago which lives only in central Panama could soon become extinct, environmental experts warned... more

Philippine gang makes contact over kidnapped priest

30.10.09
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Kidnappers snatch Irish missionary

12.10.09
Troops and police in the Philippines were searching today for the armed kidnappers of a 78-year-old Irish missionary who is suffering from a heart condition... more

Jamie Oliver's £14m move East

09.10.09
Jamie Oliver is raising £14 million from investors to fund a chain of his Italian restaurants across the Far East... more

Suitcase murder: man remanded

02.10.09
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Tsunami bodies wash on to beaches of devastated islands

01.10.09
Latest: 'Truckloads of bodies' were washing up on beaches in Samoa and Tonga as islanders began recovering the tsunami's victims... more

Friends mourn woman found dead in suitcase

30.09.09
Friends and colleagues pay tribute to London care worker whose decomposed remains were found locked inside a suitcase on a farm in Kent... more

Stricken Philippines face new floods as death toll hits 240

29.09.09
Rescuers battling to save victims of the Philippines floods which have claimed at least 240 lives were facing a new threat from two storms brewing in the Pacific... more

Manila 'calamity' as floods hit Philippines

28.09.09
A STATE of calamity was declared in Manila and 25 provinces in the Philippines after tropical storm Ketsana caused a month's rain to fall in less than 12 hours. At least 100 people were said to be dead and scores were missing today. Entire towns were swamped by floods and landslides.... more

Woman found alive in sea 30 hours after ferry disaster

08.09.09
A woman who drifted for more that 30 hours in choppy seas after a ferry sank off the Philippines has been plucked from the water in a remarkable rescue... more

Sir David Attenborough gets his own plant

17.08.09
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Filipino troops die in militant battle

13.08.09
AT LEAST 23 Filipino soldiers were killed with 20 al Qaeda-linked militants in a major battle on Basilan Island in the south of the Philippines. ... more

Migrating sardines engulf diver off the Philippines

07.08.09
A diver is confronted by a shoal of sardines moving between breeding grounds off Pescador Island near Cebu in the Philippines... more

Thousands turn out to mourn President Aquino

03.08.09
Supporters take photographs at the funeral of former president of the Philippines Corazon "Cory" Aquino in Manila... more

Troubled RBS is to sell big slice of Asian assets

03.08.09
Stricken Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to sell a big chunk of its Asian assets this week to the ANZ banking group of Australia ... more

BHP Billiton reduces nickel exposure with sale

03.07.09
BHP Billiton sold its Yabulu nickel refinery in Australia as it retreated further from high-cost nickel operations... more

£9,900 bill for three days in a spa resort

07.04.09
Malcolm is the best-travelled backbench MP, going on 11 of the 12 overseas trips costing more than £156,000... more

OECD removes tax havens from blacklist

07.04.09
Four nations will no longer be blacklisted as uncooperative tax havens after they bowed to pressure from world leaders and agreed to implement new rules on financial openness, an international organisation said... more

Up to 6000 jobs axed at Intel as sales drop

22.01.09
Technology: Bellwether technology company Intel is slashing up to 6000 jobs — more than 6% of its workforce — after a fall in fourth-quarter sales... more

Enfield's 'mate the maid' sketch did not ridicule Filipinos, says Ofcom

08.12.08
A sketch by comedian Harry Enfield which sparked a diplomatic incident with the Philippines did not breach broadcasting guidelines... more

Britons on board tanker stormed by Somali pirates

17.11.08
An oil tanker seized by pirates in the Red Sea has British crew aboard... more

Bid action focus is on resources

23.09.08
Energy: Aim-listed resources businesses were in the spotlight after two less-than-conventional takeover approaches emerged in the sector... more

Xstrata is extending its Indophil bid

15.08.08
Mining giant Xstrata has extended its A$540 million (£251.5million) takeover bid for Indophil Resources... more

17-year-old dies after holiday drink binge

23.07.08
A London teenager has died after a heavy drinking session on a Greek holiday island... more

Philippines goldfield battle back on as Xstrata ups bid

23.06.08
Xstrata, the London-listed minerals giant, has renewed attempts to gain full control of one of the world's largest untapped copper and goldfields... more

Walk-in wardrobe with flat thrown in ... for £8.8m

16.06.08
For sale: exquisite walk-in wardrobe - with quite nice flat attached... more

Immigrants sent to the Tower... to become Brits

26.02.08
They came from 16 different countries, each with a different history - but now they all have a common future, as British citizens ... more

Chance to relive that 1966 final

25.09.07
The roar of the crowds at the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley has been recreated for an artwork.... more

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