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  • Inmate reoffending 'costs £10bn' - Reoffending by thousands of criminals serving short sentences in England and Wales costs up to £10bn a year, says a report.
  • US attacks East Jerusalem plans - The US vice-president condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, as he prepares to visit the West Bank.
  • US 'hid terror suspect treatment' - A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.
  • Indonesia militant 'was killed' - Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed terror suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
  • Call to halt NHS medical database - Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.
  • Banking fraud 'moves to internet' - Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.
  • Baby P rules 'may increase risks' - Rules to improve child protection after the Baby P case may leave children more vulnerable to harm, council leaders warn.
  • Social care deal 'dead in water' - Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water ahead of a key summit.
  • UK seeks Afghan political drive - Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.
  • Collider to fix faults for a year - The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
  • Man admits blackmailing Letterman - A US TV producer pleads guilty to attempting to blackmail US chat show host David Letterman over his affairs.
  • Ancient eggshells of extinct species yield DNA - The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.
  • Leaping off the page - Belgian paper prints '3D edition' - A Belgian daily has issued what is thought to be Europe's first 3D newspaper - complete with cardboard viewing glasses.
  • Bendtner shines as Arsenal progress - Nicklas Bendtner silences his recent critics with a hat-trick as Arsenal see off Porto in emphatic fashion to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.
  • Portsmouth 1-2 Birmingham - Two goals from Cameron Jerome inspire Birmingham to a battling win against bottom-club Portsmouth at Fratton Park.