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Ed Davey, who has replaced Chris Huhne as Energy Secretary following the senior Lib Dem's dramatic resignation

Cabinet reshuffle as Huhne quits

David Cameron and Nick Clegg have been forced into a mini-reshuffle of their ministerial team after the dramatic resignation of Chris Huhne from the Cabinet.

'Hundreds killed' in Syrian city

Syrian forces have killed at least 200 people and wounded hundreds in a deadly barrage of shelling early today, in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said.

• UN Security Council meets on Syria
• Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
• Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
• Four die in football riot protests

Fall in jobless numbers boosts Dow

A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest in three years has propelled the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest close since before the 2008 financial crisis.

• FTSE 100 Index hits six-month high
• Bankers' big pay needs 'correction'
• BT in 'ultra-fast' broadband pledge
• Panasonic projects record loss