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• UK gov't gives approval to resume fracking

  Britain's government has given the go-ahead to resume fracking — the controversial practice of drilling for gas trapped in shale — in the U.K.. 

• Google, Belgian papers reach accord on copyright

  Google says it has reached an agreement over copyright issues with a group of French-language Belgian newspapers, ending a six-year dispute. In a ... 

• Deutsche Bank: co-CEO, CFO part of tax probe

  Deutsche Bank says its co-chief executive Juergen Fitschen and chief finance officer Stefan Krause are under investigation as part of a tax evasion ... 

• Polish energy advisor: keep using coal for energy

  An advisor to the Polish government says the country should keep using its coal for decades to come, despite a European Union policy of replacing the ... 

• EU approves common patent rules

  The European Union approved a new common patent system on Tuesday designed to cut red tape and streamline patent procedures across ... 

• China overtakes US in number of patent filings

  GENEVA — The U.N. says the Chinese filed the most patent applications in the world last year, overtaking the U.S. for the first time. The U.N.'s World ... 

• Hawking, CERN scientists win huge physics prize

  A Russian billionaire's foundation is awarding two special prizes of $3 million each to British cosmologist Stephen Hawking for his work on black ... 

• Amgen buying deCODE Genetics for $415 million

  Biotech pioneer Amgen Inc., in a bid for a big edge in using people's genetic information to find better ways to attack diseases, is buying human ... 

• Deep divides in Dubai at UN talks on Internet

  Talks over possible new U.N. regulations for the Internet were deeply divided Monday, with Russia and others advocating for more government control, ... 

• Kazakhstan mulls ending Russia's cosmodrome lease

  The head of Kazakhstan's space agency said Monday that Russia's lease of a launch facility in the Central Asian nation, the only site worldwide ... 

• UK student convicted of denial of service attack

  A London jury convicted a 22-year-old student and member of the hacking group Anonymous on Thursday of taking part in cyberattacks on several major ... 

• German research center opens 1st US facility

  Germany's leading research institute opened the doors to its first U.S. center Wednesday, bolstered by hope its world-class science could bring cures ... 

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  Cameron urges quick creation of press regulator

  Britain's prime minister has warned newspaper editors they must act quickly to set up an independent press regulator in the wake of a media ethics ... 

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  Fossil fuel subsidies in focus at climate talks

  Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump. "Thank God that ... 

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  New Zealand: forget Kyoto, write new climate deal

  Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's ... 

• Arianespace launches satellite from French Guinea

  A Russian-made rocket has put an observation satellite into orbit after blasting off from a European space consortium's launchpad in French Guiana. 

• Fracking opponents protest in London

  Opponents of shale gas extraction are protesting amid reports the government is to green-light the controversial practice, known as fracking. 

• European stealth-combat test drone flies in France

  A pan-European stealth combat drone demonstrator has taken its first test flight in southern France. French defense company Dassault-Aviation is lead ... 

• JK Rowling 'dismayed' at response to press report

  Victims of press intrusion including writer J.K. Rowling on Friday urged Britain's political leaders to fully implement a judge's recommendations on ... 

• Seeking renewable energy, Poland looks to sea wind

  Seeking renewable energy to meet EU recommendations and cut dependence on Russian energy imports, Poland is looking to offshore wind farms as part of ... 

• Russian environmentalist's attacker gets 4 years

  The organizer of a brutal attack that left a Russian environmentalist activist in a coma was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. The Moscow ... 

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  UK judge issues damning press verdict

  Britain's unruly newspapers should be regulated by an independent body dominated by non-journalists with the power to levy steep fines, a judge said ... 

• Long scandal highlights faults of British press

  Here are key developments in the phone hacking scandal involving segments of Britain's unruly press: November 2005: The News of the World tabloid ... 

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  A look at scandals involving UK media

  After a yearlong inquiry full of sensational testimony, Britain's Lord Justice Brian Leveson released a report Thursday into the culture and practices ... 

• Beckham exploring 'exciting options' after Galaxy

  David Beckham says he is mulling over "some quite exciting options" as he seeks the final challenge of his career. However, the ex-England captain ...