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British police will review the death of Rolling Stones founder and former guitarist, Brian Jones, after receiving new information relating to his death.

British police are to re-examine the death of former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones after receiving new information.

France wants to launch an expanded international effort to find the missing wreckage and flight recorders of the Air France jet which crashed in the Atlantic in June, the country's top crash investigator said on Monday.

Environmentalists campaigning against climate change said on Monday they would attempt to shut down German utility E.ON's power station at Ratcliffe in central England in a mass action planned for October.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Monday as Chinese equities dropped sharply and commodities fell on concerns that asset prices have run ahead of the economic realities.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Monday it would open an online store for smartphone applications on September 14 in Europe.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday for the last session of the month, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.78 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.77 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.87 percent at 0825 GMT (4:25 a.m. EDT).

The Australian Dollar begins the new week at 0.8410 but has yet to assert itself above the US84 cent mark.

Administrators of the London arm of Lehman Brothers said the claims it is handling against the collapsed Wall Street bank could total as much as $100 billion.

Britain agreed to include Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in a prisoner transfer deal with Libya because of overwhelming interests shortly before an oil deal was sealed with Tripoli, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people said he would cooperate with a fresh public inquiry and provide documents he has, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

Scottish explorer Cairn Energy said on Saturday it may rope in partners if it decides to bid for blocks offered in the latest auction round of Iraq oil fields.

Songwriter and guitarist Noel Gallagher announced Friday he had quit Oasis, saying he could no longer work with his brother Liam, the rock band's singer.

A 15-year-old Belgium boy is allegedly the latest victim in a series of mysterious iPhone explosions that have captured the attention of France's and the European Commissions' consumer affair watchdogs.

Britain's National Express is looking to raise between 300 million pounds ($488.6 million) and 350 million in a rights issue after rejecting a proposed takeover approach led by its main shareholder.

Oil prices rose slightly on Friday amid lingering optimism that the recession is ending, spelling a rebound in ailing world energy demand.

Oil prices rose above $73 a barrel on Friday amid lingering optimism that the recession is ending, spelling a rebound in ailing world energy demand.

Author Fay Weldon sets her latest novel only four years in the future, but by then Britain's currency has collapsed, inflation has soared and the bailiffs are knocking on the door of London's middle class.

Oil prices slipped below $72 on Friday as losses on Wall Street and gains in the U.S. dollar dragged on commodities markets.

Republicans and Democrats came together on Friday to honor Senator Edward Kennedy, the standard-bearer for liberal Democrats and patriarch of America's fabled political dynasty, at a private memorial service.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is launching legal actions against media in Italy and abroad, including Britain, France and Spain, for libel in their coverage of his private life, his lawyer said on Friday.