Welfare reform options outlined
Ministers are to set out options for "radical reform" of the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work. BBC News - UK
MoD 'to pay for Trident renewal'
The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay the £20bn cost of renewing Britain's nuclear deterrent, putting further pressure on the defence budget. BBC News - UK
Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK'
The US senator, who is to chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, tells the BBC he may send investigators to the UK. BBC News - UK
Public to veto council tax rises
The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce. BBC News - UK
Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk
Calcium supplements taken by many older people in the UK could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows. BBC News - UK
Industry toasts beer sales rise
Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK, industry figures suggest. BBC News - UK
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FBI to aid Afghan war leak probe
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war. BBC News - World
Military 'kills' Mexico drug lord
The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel. BBC News - World
Frenchwoman 'smothered newborns'
A Frenchwoman admits killing eight newborn babies after remains are found but insists her husband knew nothing, prosecutors say. BBC News - World
Serbia pushes for UN Kosovo text
Serbia seeks support for UN resolution opposing unilateral secession in territorial disputes such as that involving Kosovo. BBC News - World
Lebanon vow at Saudi-Syrian talks
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia pledge to help stabilise Lebanon. BBC News - World
US seizes marijuana worth $1.7bn
Police in California seize $1.7bn worth of marijuana in the Sierra Nevada mountains. BBC News - World
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