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Mobile phone charges for use abroad are set to fall drastically across Europe following a deal between the European Parliament and EU governments. Until now, there's been no limit to the amount you can be charged, and especially people using their phones for downloading data have often faced enormous bills. Chris Morris reports.
We've all heard horrid stories of people returning from a trip abroad with an enormous mobile bill. Under the new deal, a
cap
of 70 euro cents per megabyte will be set, which will fall to 20 cents by 2014. The cost of making and receiving mobile phone calls or sending texts will also
come down
sharply. Europe's big mobile providers aren't desperately happy they will lose revenue. And the EU is also introducing greater competition, allowing consumers to sign up with one provider for domestic calls and data, and another one when they are abroad all on the same number.
Prosecutors in Chile say they'll seek murder charges against four suspected neo-Nazis accused of brutally attacking and killing a young gay man. Hundreds of people in the Chilean capital Santiago attended a
vigil
for the man Daniel Zamudio, who died 25 days after the assault in which his attackers carved swastikas into his body.
Doctors treating the former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva say his throat cancer is in complete remission. A statement by doctors said there was no longer any sign of a visible tumour in his larynx. Earlier this month, Lula was released from the hospital in Sao Paulo following treatment for a lung infection, common in patients who've received chemotherapy and radiotherapy.