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Nationalised lender Anglo Irish Bank has announced the largest corporate loss in the history of the Republic of Ireland.

Dutch police have questioned two men who arrived at Amsterdam airport from Chicago, after US authorities spotted "suspicious items" in their luggage.

Lukoil, Russia's largest private oil company, reports a 16% drop in quarterly profit due to higher export duties and rising costs.

Fossils of a new type of dinosaur, which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor, have been unearthed in Romania.

Unemployment in the eurozone remained at a record rate of 10% for a fifth month in a row, according to official figures.

Can EU hopeful Montenegro cut ties to organised crime?

Three Russian pilots kidnapped in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region two days ago are released, regional officials and Russia's Khartoum embassy say.

The European Union is stepping up its efforts to fight organised crime in countries wanting to join.

Five-time champion Roger Federer gets his US Open campaign off to a smooth start as he defeats Argentina's Brian Dabul in straight sets.

Two Russian pilots are kidnapped in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, state media reports, as a US aid worker held for more than 100 days is freed.

The German government condemns a board member of the country's central bank on the publication of his book on immigration issues.

Two Team Sky riders quit the Tour of Spain during the third stage having been left sick by a mystery illness that has swept through the team.

A gunman opens fire in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava, shooting dead seven people and injuring at least 14 before killing himself, police say.

US chipmaker Intel agrees to buy the wireless unit of German counterpart Infineon for $1.4bn, disappointing markets.

An Iranian newspaper calls France's first lady Carla Bruni a "prostitute" after she condemns Iran's plan to stone a woman to death.

A special protection zone straddling the Chinese and Russian border is to be created to help the countries fight tiger poaching.

Italy's health minister apologises to a woman for a fight between two doctors which took place in the delivery room as she was giving birth.

A number of Britons are arrested in Ibiza following a large-scale drugs raid by Spanish police.

A drug made in Ireland has the potential to save the lives of thousands of heart failure patients, research suggests.

A fire that killed nine people in a Russian retirement home was probably started by one of the residents, investigators say.