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- RBS bank posts £2bn loss for 2011
State-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of £2bn in 2011, its fourth year of losses since the bank's bailout in 2008. - Probe into gender abortion claims
The Department of Health launches an inquiry into claims that doctors agreed to carry out abortions on the grounds of the sex of unborn babies. - Comic Frank Carson dies aged 85
Friends and former colleagues pay tribute to "one-off" comedian Frank Carson, whose catch phrases included "It's a cracker", after his death aged 85. - Homs reporters' deaths condemned
The killings of two reporters in Homs and the reported deaths of 60 people across Syria trigger Western condemnation of Bashar al'Assad's regime. - World leaders to discuss Somalia
African and Western leaders gather for a major London conference on the future of Somalia, to discuss political change, terrorism and piracy. - Degree courses 'cut by a quarter'
The number of full-time undergraduate degree courses offered at UK universities has fallen by 27% over the past six years, data shows. - At least 35 dead in Iraq attacks
At least 35 people have been killed in Iraq and dozens injured in a wave of bombings and shootings targeting mainly police officers. - Santorum in spotlight in Arizona
Rick Santorum comes under fire from rival US Republican candidates in a crucial TV debate days ahead of two key primaries. - MP held over Parliament 'assault'
A man who is understood to be Falkirk's Labour MP Eric Joyce is arrested on suspicion of assault following a disturbance at the Houses of Parliament. - Cost-price drink plan criticised
A ban on the sale of below-cost alcohol will have a "limited impact" on overall alcohol pricing, research suggests.