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Government leads new GM crops push
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:19:24 GMT
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson says GM makes sense for consumers, farmers and the environment and calls for reform of EU regulations.
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Snail genes reveal human migration
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:43:29 GMT
A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago.
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Naked mole-rat gives cancer clues
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:01:25 GMT
A rodent that never gets cancer could hold the key to preventing or treating malignant tumours, say scientists.
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Silver 'boost to antibiotic success'
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:21:51 GMT
Adding silver to antibiotics boosts their ability to fight infection, research suggests.
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Corbisiero named in Lions Test side
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:12:52 GMT
Prop Alex Corbisiero is the surprise inclusion in a Lions team featuring eight Welshmen for the first Test against Australia.
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Newcastle situation sickens Shearer
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:48:15 GMT
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has been undermined by Joe Kinnear's appointment as director of football, says Alan Shearer.
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How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:43:30 GMT
The Holocaust carries a special importance for Israel. Can it ensure that the next generation knows what happened, and does not forget?
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The air force pilot who took her baby on missions
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:30:48 GMT
Colonel Nabizada - Afghanistan's first woman helicopter pilot - often shares her cockpit with her baby daughter
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UN condemns 'despicable' Somali raid
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:28:59 GMT
UN head Ban Ki-moon expresses outrage over a "despicable" attack by Islamists on a UN office in Somalia which killed at least 15 people.
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Eleven jailed in China's Xinjiang
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:50:49 GMT
China jails 11 people for crimes of ethnic and religious hatred in the far western region of Xinjiang, state media say.
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Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:26:22 GMT
Speaking at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama calls for reductions to be made in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles.
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Mexico arrests top 10 US fugitive
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:52:38 GMT
A US fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for the alleged sexual exploitation of children is arrested at a resort in Mexico.
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Protests flare over Egypt governor
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:53:49 GMT
Egypt's tourism minister quits and protests erupt as a man with links to Islamists behind the deadly 1997 attack in Luxor is named as city governor.
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FBI uses surveillance drones in US
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:55:40 GMT
The FBI has used drones for surveillance in limited cases over US soil and is developing a drone use policy, the FBI director tells the US Senate.
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Schools 'let down invisible poor'
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:47:47 GMT
The problem of pupil underachievement has shifted from inner cities to schools in suburbs, coastal towns and rural areas, education watchdog Ofsted says.
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