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Murdoch steps down from boards of UK newspapers after leadership called into question by phone hacking scandal.

Williams' Pastor Maldonado beat Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel by nearly half a second, to top timesheets for the second Free Practice session at the Hockenheimring. The McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton were dominant in the first session

Vodafone's strong performance in emerging markets was weighed down by weak demand in European countries.

Israeli government says it will do everything to find perpetrators of the bombing, which claims at least eight lives.

Amitabh Bachchan once said: "I became famous because I was working with Rajesh Khanna in Anand. People asked me questions like 'How does he look? What does he do?'"

Bomber kills eight including himself and injures dozens in attack on tourist bus full of young Israelis in Burgas.

Veteran Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna has passed away, family sources have confirmed, at the age of 69

David Bagley tells Senate committee he will quit over drugs, Iran and terror links that threatens HSBC charter in US.

Ferrari are confident of maintaining their strong title charge during the weekend's race at Hockenheim and Fernando Alonso could be in line for his third race win of the season

Lead Senate investigator says HSBC's US charter at risk after damning 335-page report.

Ernst & Young's ITEM Club economic outlook report says falling UK inflation will lead to consumer spending boost and return to economic growth in second half of 2012.

The ruined Cornish tin mines have been listed alongside monuments like Taj Mahal and natural wonders like Northern Lights as a must-see site before you die.

The McLaren F1 team has a lot to do to catch championship rivals Ferrari and Red Bull after yet another disappointing race led to criticism from drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button and former driver David Coulthard

Prime accused Pervez Tak, Laila's second step-father, spills the beans to the police after they recovered six skeletons near a farm.

China's slowdown is bound to create serious concern among other economies around the world as the country is one of the largest drivers of global growth.

The global business environment these days has been woven in a more complicated interdependency that some volatility from China could jolt or immobilise the stock markets to as far as Sydney, New York and London.

The four countries are tipped by ratings agency S&P to pick up the slack of slowing China GDP growth and others in the Asia-Pacific region, in the face of the faltering Eurozone economies.

Forensics experts are trying to match the DNA of the skeletons with Laila's family members to determine the identities of the skeletons.

From off-the-shelf laptops to military grade servers, we managed to get a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at the technology behind a Formula 1 team.

Bollywood's hottest couple - Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - continues to protect their first child together, daughter Aaradhya Bachchan, from the glare of public life, even as interest in her grows

A unique statue with an extraordinary story that moves between the worlds of early African exploration, opera, art and romance sold for £97,250 at Bonhams sale of Fine European Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art in London.

Nokia rolls out a software update for its MeeGo-based N9 smartphone, as the MeeGo team announces it is leaving the company.

Carnegie Institution for Science researchers discover that pre-industrial emissions still have an impact on global temperature.

Pervez Ahmed Tak, the prime suspect in the case, is reported to have informed the police that Laila Khan and her family were killed in February 2011 in Maharashtra, India.

Two Iranians allegedly involved in the plot aimed at Israel, Saudi Arabia, the US and British missions in Kenya arrested.

June purchasing managers index data shows that UK manufacturing output did not recover out of a contraction from its three-year-low in May.

Close to a million people evacuated in India while more than 100 die in Bangladesh.

Apple's biggest change to iTunes since its 2003 debut will further integrate iCloud services.

Recent controversies surrounding the post-pregnancy kilos notwithstanding, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan remains one of the most glamorous women in Bollywood

Apple also launches iTunes App Store in 12 new countries across Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.