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Joe Biden and Sarah Palin each won their own private battle in Thursday night's US vice-presidential debate, says Newsweek's Andrew Romano.

Republican and Democratic voters reflect on the first presidential debate.

Your chance to take part in the BBC My Games show's alternative Olympic opening ceremony.

A committee of MPs warns that the lack of certainty about what a degree is worth is "descending into farce". Sean Coughlan reports

Our reporter John Knox looks back at the last week of term in the Scottish Parliament

France clashes with the EU Commission after it calls an early halt to bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean.

Duke of Marmalade wins the Prince of Wales's Stakes on the second day of the Royal meeting.

The UK's banks seem set to appeal against a recent High Court ruling that the OFT can scrutinise overdraft charges.

A lawyer explains why a High Court Judge has decided that the OFT can regulate bank overdraft charges.

Why the bank charges saga has much further to go.

The UK's biggest banks have lost a test case, allowing the OFT to look at the fairness of overdraft charges.

Search engines should delete personal data on their users within six months, says a European advisory body.

Youth leaders from African and Arab countries are meeting in the Ugandan capital to boost co-operation.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw calls for an end to the "dreadful" use of jargon in the criminal justice system.

The government explains some of the "unusual" results in a pilot of tests that might replace England's Sats.

What are the issues for the judge in the bank charges test case?

UK banks could face the revival of thousands of county court claims for the return of overdraft charges this week.

Barclays is "throwing down the gauntlet" to the Office of Fair Trading on bank charges, the High Court hears.

Film director Franco Zeffirelli says Pope Benedict has an image problem and offers his services as a makeover expert.

About 30 animal rights activists are the first to be hit by a controversial law that forces them to hand over decryption keys to police.

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