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Thinktank concludes there is no link between immigration and unemployment levels in the UK.

Coalition will pursue new fairness agenda in 2012 as priority as anger grows over fat cat pay packets and bonuses and 'merry-go-round' of salary deals.

A U.S. aircraft carrier unit has rescued 13 Iranian fishermen who were held hostage by Somali pirates for more than 40 days. The rescue operation was carried out by the USS Kidd, part of the USS John C. Stennis carrier strike group, on Thursday.

The 34-mile wide (at its narrowest point) oil transit route holds the key to deciding a new geopolitical equation as major world powers are already taking sides in case of a war.

Burma's opposition leader upbeat about democracy thaw as Foreign Secretary William Hague begins historic visit.

Aircraft carrier John C Stennis must stay out of the Gulf, Iran Tells US.

One in four of Spain's working population out of work with jobless numbers hitting record 4.42 million.

Alain Juppe says Iran should face tighter sanctions over controversial nuclear programme.

Turkey agrees to pay compensation over botched airstrike but refuses to apologise for it.

Peace talks resume with first face-to-face meeting in more than a year.

Victims' identities disputed after air raid near Turkey's border with Iraq.

Aasia Bibi, 46, of Christian faith, was sentenced to death in November 2010 under the blasphemy law by a court in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

You'll have to shout, Mrs Merkel, because either the Markets didn't hear you or they have totally ignored your message.

Anti-Europe UK Independence Party forces government to carry out cost/benefit analysis of Britain's EU membership.

The debris would hit the Earth's surface sometime between January 6 and 19

Iran is considering moving its uranium enrichment facilities to safer locations in response to fears of a possible strike from the West.

As the coalition splits on the EU issue, we look at the differences between senior figures in the two parties.

The scale of the divide between the Prime Minister, David Cameron, and his coalition deputy, Nick Clegg, over the decision to veto the EU treaty was for all to see as the Liberal Democrat leader failed to showup for the summit statement in the Commons.

Joseph Kabila Kabange has been re-elected President of the Democratic Republic of Congo with 48 per cent of votes, according to the electoral commission. The main opposition candidate, Etienne Tshisekedi, achieved 32 per cent of votes.

For the second time this week, Congo's authorities have postponed announcing the results of the country's presidential election amid rising tension in the central African state.

Live coverage of what's billed as the last chance to save the eurozone at the EU Summit in Brussels.

David Cameron has rejected proposed changes to the EU's Lisbon Treaty after 10 hours of negotiations, leaving Britain to go it alone in its corner of Europe.

The EU runs the risk of shooting itself in the foot if it imposes sanctions on oil from Iran, since it is reliant on crude from Tehran to help power struggling economies.

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) is giving Europe's finance ministers more bad news, as it says the European Union's (EU) AAA rating is at risk of a downgrade if the Eurozone countries within it have their credit ratings slashed.

Influential Tory backbencher, Bill Cash, accused the prime minister of “bypassing the British people” by refusing to call an EU Referendum.

Almost all the countries in the eurozone face the risk of a credit downgrade.

More than 6,000 protestors marched the streets of Durban to demand faster action on climate change.

The mission is expected to operate for at least 1 Martian year (668 Martian sols/686 Earth days) as it explores with greater range than any previous Mars rover.

With just under a week before the European Commission, the eurozone is on a knife edge. The International Business Times UK outlines the possible scenarios for the euro in 2012.

The European Union agreed Thursday it would impose fresh sanctions on Iran as a response to the country's alleged nuclear programme.