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Bank of England keeps interest rates at 0.5%, where they have been held since March 2009.
BBC News – Business

A UN-backed court says it will not take action over Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound ship in 2010, even though it believes war crimes may have been committed.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is in a stable condition in hospital where she is being treated for an infection, doctors say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU Commission says it wants information from Luxembourg over alleged tax breaks offered to more than 300 global companies.
BBC News – Europe

Ed Miliband dismisses reports of unrest among Labour MPs over his leadership, including reported calls for him to quit, as “nonsense”.
BBC News – UK

Barack Obama and the Republicans promise to work together, after the US president’s Democrats suffer a huge defeat in the mid-term elections.
BBC News – US & Canada

The head of the UN mission charged with fighting Ebola tells the BBC he does not yet have the resources necessary to defeat the deadly disease.
BBC News – Africa

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Marks and Spencer reports its 13th consecutive quarterly drop in clothing sales, blaming “unseasonable conditions in September” for the poor performance.
BBC News – Business

Clashes erupt between dozens of Palestinian protesters and Israeli police at a key holy site in Jerusalem, forcing it to close temporarily to visitors.
BBC News – Middle East

Police in Mexico City have arrested the fugitive mayor of the town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing in September.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko orders reinforcements to key cities in the south and east in case of a new pro-Russian rebel offensive.
BBC News – Europe

British police should be sent to Calais to help solve the port’s “tremendous problem” with illegal immigration, the French interior minister says.
BBC News – UK

Republicans win control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing its power in the final years of Barack Obama’s presidency.
BBC News – US & Canada

The presidents of Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal are to visit Burkina Faso to press the military for a speedy handover of power to a civilian ruler.
BBC News – Africa

TORONTO – Through continued waves of adversity, the Thunder never wavered.
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BROOKLYN – In zone defense or man-to-man, the Thunder couldn’t get enough stops on a regular basis to give itself
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HSBC has set aside $ 378m (£237m) to cover potential costs from investigations into currency trading.
BBC News – Business

Heavy fighting breaks out in the centre of Libya’s second city, Benghazi, as the army attempts to retake the area from Islamist militias.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentina temporarily bans the consumer products giant Procter & Gamble from doing business amid accusations of tax fraud.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean