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The financial cost of redundancies
Making redundancies could lead to a significant financial loss for both employer and employee, an expert warns.
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Timeline: Russia
A chronology of key events
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Minnesota recount confirms winner
A recount in the US state of Minnesota confirms its Senate seat was won by a Democrat but the result is still contested.
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Bet row death man admits attack
A 37-year-old man who denied manslaughter after a betting shop manager died of a heart attack admits a lesser charge of affray.
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Wind of change for Ghana
Opposition candidate John Atta Mills narrowly wins Ghana's presidential run-off and vows to be a unifying leader, the BBC's Will Ross reports.
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Ghana awaits final poll outcome
Final results from Ghana's tense presidential run-off are due as preliminary figures point to a win for the opposition.
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Ghanaian leader in plea to rivals
Ghanaian President John Kufuor urges both candidates in the election to choose his successor to respect the result.
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Ghana vote despite party boycott
Voting is under way in the last district to cast ballots in Ghana's cliff-hanger presidential election, despite a ruling party boycott.
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Scramble for decisive Ghana votes
Opposition candidate John Atta Mills heads for the Ghana constituency which will decide the tight presidential run-off.
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Grim details of Columbia disaster
The space shuttle crew tried valiantly to regain control of their doomed orbiter, says a Nasa report into the 2003 disaster.
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Ghana opposition claims poll win
Tensions are high in Ghana as the opposition candidate claims victory ahead of official results.
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Ghana examines vote fraud claims
Ghana poll monitors are probing fraud claims, as partial unofficial results project a slender lead for the opposition presidential candidate.
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Faces of the year - the women
From Sarah Palin to Cheryl Cole, Georgina Baillie to Christine Ohuruogu, some of the women who have made the headlines in 2008.
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Web searches for minority groups
New niche search engines catering for minority groups are growing in popularity
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Ghana election to go to a run-off
Ghana's nail-biting presidential election must be decided in a second-round vote, the electoral commission announces.
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Ghana election count goes to wire
Ghana's electoral commission is due to announce poll results in what looks like a tight race for the presidency.
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Ruling party's man leads in Ghana
The candidate of Ghana's ruling party is narrowly ahead in the ongoing count from Sunday's presidential election.
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Race tight in Ghana's vote count
The two main presidential candidates in Ghana's elections are running neck-and-neck as votes are counted.
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Williams election 'breaks mould'
Wales has its first female party leader as Kirsty Williams wins the race to head the Welsh Liberal Democrats.
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Why India's state elections matter
India's governing Congress party can draw strength from state election but the outcome of imminent general elections is far from clear, says analyst Mahesh Rangarajan.
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