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The Titanic hit an iceberg in 1912 because of a basic steering error, and only sank as fast as it did because an official persuaded the captain to continue sailing, an author said in an interview published on Wednesday. Louise Patten, a…

Republicans on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to pick a more business-friendly successor to economic adviser Larry Summers, a move that would signal a shift to the center. But a decision on Summer's replacement is months away, a…

Environmental campaigners have urged the Government to invest more in renewables, as the world's largest offshore wind farm is officially opened off the UK coast. The Thanet offshore wind farm, off the south east coast of England, has 100…

Four sub-contractors of MTN Nigeria and two mobile police officers have been killed by four gunmen as they were carrying out maintenance work on an MTN base transmitter station (BTS) in the South-East of that country. According to an MTN…

Oil rose past $75 on Wednesday, as a weaker dollar allowed it to shrug off an industry report showing surprise gains in U.S. inventories. The outlook for oil demand in the United States remained sluggish after the Federal Reserve on…

A new way to cause mischief quickly spread through short-messaging service Twitter on Tuesday morning before the site could fix the problem, as mysterious "tweets" of blocked-out text propagated themselves and caused popup windows to open.…

A three-day summit to push global leaders to meet U.N. goals to significantly reduce poverty by 2015 wraps up Wednesday with new financial pledges from countries but no certainty there will be enough money and political commitment to meet…

The head of Italy's biggest bank Unicredit, Alessandro Profumo, was forced to resign in a row with shareholders over the influx of Libyan money in the company's capital. "There was a demand made by the board of directors and he…

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will urge rich countries to live up to their promises on aid as he announces that Britain is to increase its spending on tackling malaria. In a speech to the United Nations in New York, Mr Clegg will…

Government belt tightening will mean the pace of economic recovery in the UK will be slower next year than previously forecast, the CBI has warned. The business group downgraded its gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for 2011 to 2.0%,…