The Brazilian government says it will fine US oil company Chevron $28m (£17.9m) for causing an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

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Chevron fined over Brazil spill

The Welsh government says it plans to have a new law in place for presumed consent of organ donation by 2015.

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‘Presumed consent’ law by 2015

The government says it will make £250m available to help English councils keep or restore weekly bin collections.

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Weekly bin rounds get £250m boost

The government says the timetable for raising the state pension age to 67 is too slow and it is considering an automatic mechanism to raise it.

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Pension age ‘rising too slowly’

The Scottish government says it has been “vindicated” over its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber two years ago.

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Lockerbie bomber release defended

The Scottish government says it is working to ensure Scotland is prepared for any copycat disorder after the riots in England.

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Scotland ‘prepared’ for disorder

In Syria, tanks have swept into the town of Jisr al-Shughour, where the government says 120 security personnel were killed earlier this week.

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VIDEO: Syria town empties as tanks roll in

The Syrian army is moving into the town of Jisr al-Shughour, where the government says 120 security personnel were killed. The impending military action has prompted a new flood of refugees to cross into Turkey. According to Turkey, more than 1,200…

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The northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour braces for an army assault after the government says 120 security forces personnel were killed.

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Syria town braces for army attack

The Australian government says it will send unaccompanied children to Malaysia for asylum claims processing as part of a controversial plan.

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Australia to deport lone children

The Greek government says it will sell stakes in a number of domestic assets in order to raise cash to help reduce its massive debts.

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Greece begins domestic asset sale

Bahrain’s government says it doesn’t torture, but this makes it hard to believe: A leading opposition figure has died in police custody, the fourth such death to occur in recent days. Kareem Fakhawri died about a week after he disappeared, following a…

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Bahrain Dissident Dies In Custody

Iraq’s government says members of an Iranian exile group must leave the country by the end of the year, after deadly clashes with security forces.

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Iranian exiles ‘must leave Iraq’

Egypt’s interim military government says it will remove some Mubarak-era provincial governors – an apparent concession to protesters.

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Sudan’s government says Israel carried out an air strike on a car near the city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast which killed two people.

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