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Property sales rose by 8% in October, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs.

In pictures: Sir Alex Ferguson reaches a half-century in football

British number one Andy Murray makes it 14 wins in a row as he reaches the Paris Masters quarter-finals with an impressive victory over Fernando Verdasco.

BBC Sport takes a closer look at the draw for the final round of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations Cup.

Hull beat West Ham 1-0 and Stoke win a dramatic match against Tottenham 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday.

All the action and reaction from the the third debate between US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.

New York looks to Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for a third term as the financial crisis intensifies.

US vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin delivered no knock-out blows but avoided major slip-ups, says the BBC's Kevin Connolly.

As vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin prepare to meet for their only televised debate, many predict an array of gaffes and blunders.

QPR beat Aston Villa, Spurs win at Newcastle and Chelsea thrash Portsmouth in the Carling Cup, while Brighton beat Man City on penalties.

Arsenal crush Sheff Utd, Watford beat West Ham and Rotherham shock Southampton in the third round of the Carling Cup.

An aid worker tells the BBC how difficult it was to leave northern Sri Lanka where more than 200,000 people are displaced by fighting.

Ahmed Rashid argues that Pakistan faces a bleak and challenging future, months after getting a new democratic government.

Why are the two largest mortgage lenders in the US so significant?

Have you ever wondered how the Universe started? Professor Brian Cox is one of the LHC scientists at Cern. He answered some of your questions about the project.

British number one Andy Murray beats Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open.

Why the UN needs to reform, meaningfully, the way it handles environmental issues.

A mother who lost her daughter to cervical cancer tells her story.

St Mirren trounce Dumbarton to ease into the third round of the Co-op Insurance Cup.

The BBC's Charles Haviland on the challenges ahead for Prachanda.

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