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Art therapyVying for the first contemporary Afghan art prize ...continue |
PM urges support of embryo billGordon Brown calls on MPs to back research using human-animal embryos in a Commons vote on Monday. ...continue |
Aid vessel hijacked off SomaliaA Jordanian-flagged ship carrying sugar, an aid donation to Somalia, is seized by pirates off Mogadishu. ...continue |
UN to press Burma on aid accessA UN envoy is due in Burma to ask the ruling junta to grant more access to aid workers to help cyclone survivors. ...continue |
Women 'face raised whiplash risk'Women drivers are three times more likely than men to suffer whiplash injuries in a crash, Swedish researchers say. ...continue |
Georgia condemns Russian actionsGeorgia says it has evidence that Russia is deploying heavy military hardware in the breakaway region of Abkhazia. ...continue |
Hispanic hopeHow 43 million Latinos are changing the face of the US ...continue |
News in briefs: 'Panters' strip off to mark historic protestCampaigners in their underpants mark the 10th anniversary of a poverty protest staged by a 70,000-strong human chain. ...continue |
Big Brown takes Preakness StakesKentucky Derby winner Big Brown wins the Preakness Stakes to keep alive his chances of becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. ...continue |
Spain arrests 'prolific' hackersSpanish police arrest five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the internet. ...continue |
TV's Ellen to wed actress partnerTV show host Ellen DeGeneres is to marry Portia de Rossi after California lifted its ban on same-sex ceremonies. ...continue |
Hundreds gather for Jimmy tributeHundreds attend a memorial service for a 16-year-old who was killed in a bakery in south-east London. ...continue |
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