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Following two years of negotiations, Google has reached an agreement with publishers and authors to index millions of books

A senior judicial figure in Iran casts doubt on reports Tehran will stop handing down the death sentence to juveniles.

A US judge dismisses a case against God, ruling that because the defendant has no address, legal papers cannot be served.

Chile jails five retired senior military officers over the killing of dozens of government opponents under military rule.

Environment correspondent Richard Black's diary of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, which is being held in Barcelona, Spain.

Connecticut's top court overturns a ban on same-sex marriages, making it the third US state to legalise such unions.

Alaska's attorney general says seven state staff will testify at a probe into alleged abuses of power by Governor Sarah Palin.

An Alaskan judge refuses to block a state investigation into abuse of power by Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice-president.

A profile of the Strasbourg-based body which aims to protect rights and freedoms in Europe

An Italian judge rules that one of the three suspects held over the Meredith Kercher murder will have a separate trial if indicted.

A pre-trial hearing for the trio accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher is taking place in Italy.

Apple bosses strike a preliminary deal to settle a lawsuit brought by shareholders over the firm's stock option scheme.

The Church of Scientology in France is to be tried in court for "organised fraud", according to legal sources.

BBC News takes a look at the principal areas of science that will be explored by the Large Hadron Collider.

Supporters of open source software are claiming victory after a US court ruled copyright protection applies to their work.

A US civil rights group accuses Google of double-standards on its stance over personal privacy.

Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos lose an attempt to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women.

A controversial Channel 4 film on global warming broke Ofcom rules on impartiality and fairness, the regulator says.

A Dutch court says it is unable to hear a case brought against the UN over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

A legal case claiming that New York denied proper burials to the victims of the 11 September attacks is dismissed.

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