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The BBC's Jonathan Marcus looks at the growing pressure in relations between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.

Pakistan's president tells the US secretary of state he will take "strong action" against anyone linked to the attacks in Mumbai.

The Vatican museums hand over a head from the Parthenon frieze to the Acropolis museum on loan.

The full texts of the letter sent by the former chief executives of the Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland calling for HBOS's chairman and chief executive to resign.

BBC News Online looks at the key issues of the Kashmir dispute.

Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir misses the final Test with Australia after his appeal against a one-match ban is rejected.

Aged, only 28, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has nevertheless been groomed for the job, writes the BBC's Alastair Lawson.

The Italian president has returned a piece of the Parthenon frieze to Greece after some 200 years.

The Co Down school at the centre of a dispute between teachers and education authorities remains closed.

The BBC's Soutik Biswas on what freedom means to people living in Kashmir.

Rain strikes eight balls into England's chase of 197 on the fourth day of the final Test, play ending early with the total 0-0.

Expect plenty of calls for restraint and ceasefire from the West but not much else in resolving the conflict over South Ossetia, writes the BBC's Kevin Connolly.

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The Queen is to mark 55 years since her coronation by waving off the QE2 liner for the final time.

The GAA says it will give the AFL "a few more days" to finalise arrangements for an International Rules series later this year.

Google faces motions at its shareholders' meeting on Thursday covering censorship and human rights.

Walter Smith has rounded on Peter Lawwell following the Celtic chief executive's complaints about the possible extension to the SPL season.

The London Marathon is on Sunday and e-mail inboxes have been full for some time with sponsorship requests. But how do you go about turning one down?

Imams, rabbis and priests could be brought into schools to offer religious instruction, a teachers' union says.

Cork's opening NFL Division 2 game against Meath is postponed.

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