Nissan reports a 3.6% rise its profit for the October to December quarter despite disruptions caused by floods in Thailand.

Glamorgan enquire about signing Australia pace bowler Mitchell Johnson for this season's Twenty20 campaign.

Aircraft maker Airbus has been ordered to check the wings of all A380 superjumbo planes currently in service.

Crucial assembly elections are under way in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.

Talks to end a police strike in the Brazilian state of Bahia break down, as troops blockade the state assembly occupied by striking officers.

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Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Stephen Hester, tells the BBC he briefly considered resigning during the uproar over his bonus.

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Stephen Hester, tells the BBC he briefly considered resigning during the uproar over his bonus.

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Stephen Hester, tells the BBC he briefly considered resigning during the uproar over his bonus.

US conservative Rick Santorum wins races for the Republican presidential nomination in three states, upsetting front-runner Mitt Romney.

A Liberal Democrat AM accuses the Welsh government of negligence over the handling of a race relations body at the centre of claims of wrongdoing.

Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are "passed like a parcel" between services, a committee of MPs has said.

Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are "passed like a parcel" between services, a committee of MPs has said.

Israel's main trade union federation launches a national strike intended to shut down government offices, banks, airports, ports and rail services.

Syrian opposition groups say the city of Homs has come under the heaviest shelling in days, despite the president's pledge to engage in dialogue.

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Plane maker Airbus is to inspect the wings of all A380 superjumbos in service for cracks.

Plane maker Airbus is to inspect the wings of all A380 superjumbos in service for cracks.

Nissan reports a 3.6% rise its profit for the October to December quarter despite disruptions caused by floods in Thailand.

Former All Blacks star John Kirwan says that he would consider the vacant Ulster coaching job but has not been contacted about the position.