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Engineer who led Gulf of Mexico oilwell capping operation hid scale of disaster, prosecutors allege.

Truck carrying radioactive material for cancer treatment stolen near Mexico City.

Contract ban condemned as former BP engineer Kurt Mix's trial begins.

UK government files 'amicus brief' in Texas district court to support BP appeal against EPA embargo on US public contracts.

Ruling overturns US District Judge Carl Barbier's decision, upholding settlement administrator's evaluation methods.

Mexican priests face growing number of exorcisms as satanic cults increase in popularity.

Settlement ends probes by US law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

Cluster of eruptions perfectly normal phenomenon, volcanologists says.

US technology giant Cisco Systems already revealed the scandal has dented its revenues from China

Nasa satellites capture blast of light from dying star.

Hundreds of Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings have been let out into the Pacific Ocean in Tomatlan, Mexico.

Mother-of-three lives in seclusion in Texas - and maintains belief that Oswald was not guilty.

Textile factory workers Jesus N. and Edgar N. detained by police for Ciudad Juarez killing

A trio of startups are seeking to change the way we manage our money, by focusing on the customers traditional banks are ignoring.

Bank will pay $13bn to settle claims over mortgage asset quality misrepresentation.

A gallery of most notorious female serial killers in history in wake of triple Peterborough ditch killer.

Survey finds that French workers are most in need of a holiday despite having world's best holiday leave.

Family of eight stabbed to death in border city of Ciudad Juarez may have known their killers.

Philippines' economic planning chief Arsenio Balisacan says costs of reconstruction may reach 250bn pesos.

Three children aged between four and six among the dead in Mexican city.

Foreign firms reluctant to continue buying American products.