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A teenager from London wins a $100,000 fellowship from one of the original Facebook investors and the man behind PayPal.
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Three new $1m awards for scientific endeavour are announced at the British Association festival in York.
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UK defence technology firm Qinetiq wins a deal to provide engineering services for Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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IrelandUp to 1,000 dogs a week are being illegally imported into the UK from unlicensed puppy farms in Ireland, animal welfare charities say.
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NetherlandsDutch police say 15 people were arrested in Amsterdam before the England football team's friendly with the Netherlands.
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KenyaKenyan police are seeking a terrorism suspect who has used identities including, it is believed, a widow of one of the 7/7 London suicide bombers.
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The cloned cow whose calves entered the UK food chain could have scores of descendants here, records suggest.
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Denmark, 
LibyaDirector Janus Metz, whose documentary Armadillo followed Danish soldiers fighting in southern Afghanistan, shares his memories of Tim Hetherington, the British photographer killed while covering the conflict in Libya.
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AfghanistanHigh-ranking British officers in Afghanistan say they need more air power to assist ground troops.
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A plot to blow up planes from the UK to the US would have caused "mass murder", Scotland Yard says.
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Anti-police sentiment was a major factor in the summer riots in England, according to a study in which 270 rioters were interviewed.
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Counter-terrorism officials are "dismayed" as a trial fails to prove a plot to bring down transatlantic airliners, the BBC learns.
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An official inquiry will recommend that the bill elderly people in England have to pay for care should be capped at £35,000, the BBC understands.
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ChinaGreenpeace says it has identified banned pesticides in vegetables sold by three supermarket chains in China, including outlets run by UK firm Tesco.
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A "big budget" porn movie was shot in a London hospital when it hired out one of its wards to a film company.
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PakistanUK kidnap case lifts lid on Pakistan's murky secret
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PakistanUK kidnap case lifts lid on Pakistan's murky secret
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PakistanUK kidnap case lifts lid on Pakistan's murky secret
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Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest.
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The government says revised proposals for public sector pensions are a "deal for a generation" but unions say preparations for strikes continue.
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Figures from UK charity Fareshare show a sharp rise in demand on charities for food.
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Gordon Brown says he understands people's concerns about immigration - after being overheard calling a pensioner who raised it "bigoted".
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Britain could become the first country to set legally binding carbon reduction targets under new plans.
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GreeceA plane travelling from the UK to Egypt is diverted to Greece after a note containing the word "bomb" was apparently found on board.
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A Taleban commander who led attacks on British troops says he was freed from prison for a $15,000 bribe.
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Slovenia prepare for historic World Cup moment
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United StatesA six-year-old boy who is believed to be British is among the 26 victims of the massacre at a school in Connecticut, US.
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Sporting facilities have improved around the country as a result of London 2012, according to a survey of Team GB athletes.
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PakistanA man describing himself as British has been held illegally in Pakistan since last August, campaigners say.
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The UK Met Office says evidence that human activity is causing climate change is stronger now than in a 2007 assessment.
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Care for people with schizophrenia in England is falling "catastrophically short" and requires a major overhaul, says an independent inquiry.
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A report by a Westminster committee calls for clarity on the "unanswered questions" of Scottish independence.
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The former UK chief scientist says the climate challenge is so great, it demands the most brilliant minds tackle it.
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The former UK chief scientist says the climate challenge is so great, it demands the most brilliant minds tackle it.
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Sri LankaThe UK "expresses concern" to Sri Lanka over a false diplomatic passport issued to ex-rebel leader Col Karuna.
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IndiaBritish Asians 'outsourcing murder to India'
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Injections to plump up the skin are a "crisis waiting to happen" and should be prescription-only, a UK review of cosmetic procedures says.
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RussiaRussian prosecutors urge the UK to extradite tycoon Boris Berezovsky, accusing him of a coup plot.
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A stone discovered by chance on the Isle of Canna is Scotland's first known example of a bullaun "cursing stone", experts reveal.
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Syria, United StatesA blog claiming to be written by a gay woman in Syria is revealed to be the work of an American man living in Scotland.
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The gang behind what is thought to be Britain's biggest robbery threatened and held captive a family of three.
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A UK court is to hear allegations that an oil firm engaged in a dirty tricks campaign in Ivory Coast over a toxic waste dump.
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The UK has been subject to a "disturbing" number of cyber-attacks, the director of communications intelligence agency GCHQ has said.
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NigerNiger has been hit by a double disaster as recent floods compound an existing food crisis, a UK aid agency warned.
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NigerNiger is being hit by a "second emergency" as recent floods compound an existing food crisis, UK aid agency Oxfam warns.
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The education secretary has announced a replacement for "harmful and dull" ICT classes in England's schools, which he says will better equip pupils for the 21st Century.
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UK bank Barclays says it made an "encouraging" start to the year as it reports its first-quarter results.
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Snow continues to disrupt travel and schools in parts of the UK but an end to the cold spell is in sight, forecasters say.
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RussiaRussian actors give London bitter taste of Stalinist terror
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Alan Shearer says England have no chance of winning the 2014 World Cup, saying they are "a million miles away".
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England skipper Steven Gerrard says Roy Hodgson's side face a "big challenge" to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
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FranceRoy Hodgson is confident his England players will be well prepared for the heat in Donetsk against France on Monday.
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AfghanistanUp to 2,000 more British troops are likely to be sent to Afghanistan next year, the BBC learns.
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Former British generals warn the armed forces' reputation is being tarnished by right-wing "extremists" using their symbols.
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The jury at an inquest into the deaths of six people killed in a London tower block fire finds "numerous opportunities" were missed to carry out safety checks.
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South AfricaThe family of the woman who was killed on honeymoon in South Africa with her British husband has urged him to co-operate with the authorities.
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A "reasonable settlement" is reached in the annual European Union fisheries talks, says a UK minister.
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Michael Jackson's series of concerts at the O2 arena in London in July will be "the final curtain call", he tells fans at the venue.
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Archaeologists have found what they say is the earliest evidence of Neanderthals living in Britain.
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United StatesHenry Winkler, who played the Fonz on US sitcom Happy Days, is awarded an honorary OBE at the British embassy in Washington for his work on dyslexia.
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CanadaPolice in Canada discover what could be the seventh human foot to wash ashore in British Colombia since August 2007.
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Somalia, United StatesIslamists from Britain, Sweden and Pakistan are killed in joint US-Somali operations, Somali officials say.
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IraqUK Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls for the release of five British hostages who were kidnapped in Iraq in May.
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AfghanistanThree British soldiers are killed in Afghanistan by what is believed to be "friendly fire" from a US fighter plane.
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AfghanistanA British soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan may have been the victim of so-called friendly fire, the Ministry of Defence says.
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JapanLow levels of radioactive iodine believed to be from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan are detected in Glasgow and Oxfordshire.
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Libraries in England could share premises with health centres and police surgeries in future if new proposals are taken on.
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More than 1,200 gay couples are set to form civil partnerships after a long-awaited change in the law.
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The first set of civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples in the UK take place in Belfast.
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An expert is to look into the Scottish Police Service Authority's handling of forensic evidence during the Kevin "Gerbil" murder trial.
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IrelandUK and Irish ministers will today sign an agreement that could see some of the world's largest wind turbines built across the Irish midlands.
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PM David Cameron adds his weight to the growing international pressure on Col Muammar Gaddafi to step down as the UK freezes his British-held assets.
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An image of the Queen is incorporated into the homepage logo of internet giant Google, to mark her visit to its UK headquarters.
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United StatesEBay launches a US classified ad website similar to its Gumtree site, which has proved popular in the UK.
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JamaicaAn eight-year-old girl from south London shot dead by a gunman in Jamaica was a "happy and popular" pupil, her school says.
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IndiaA British woman is injured after jumping from a hotel balcony to escape from alleged harassment in Agra, India, local police say.
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ThailandFormer pop star Gary Glitter's return to the UK is delayed as he said he was having a heart attack at Bangkok airport.
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The final mayday call to a flight control tower from a British pilot who died after ditching his plane in the Caribbean Sea is released.
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Women in England and Wales with a strong family history of breast cancer could be offered preventative medication on the NHS for the first time.
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FranceTwo British men are arrested in France after customs officers find a record 684kg (1,507lbs) of cocaine inside their lorry.
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Artwork attributed to Adolf Hitler is auctioned in England for higher prices than expected.
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Aruba, 
GermanyAn Australian "Holocaust denier" is freed from jail after Germany abandons efforts to have him extradited from the UK.
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A huge colony of an elusive and brightly coloured shellfish species is discovered in coastal waters in the west of Scotland.
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RussiaA British man who claims he was married to alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman speaks about their relationship.
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The British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan says it 'just takes one idiot' to ruin a London 2012 event.
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The Scottish government has drawn up detailed plans for a transition to independence in March 2016 if there is a "yes" vote, the BBC can reveal.
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IndiaThe UK economy should see a return to growth in the coming months after a poor first half of the year, says a leading forecaster.
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AfghanistanUK commander claims success in Afghan district
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Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.
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IranSome of the British embassy staff arrested in Iran for "inciting protests" will be put on trial, a top cleric says.
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A UK scientist studying volcanic vents in the ocean says they hold a grave warning for future marine ecosystems.
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Tens of thousands of jobs in the UK will go, as a result of a windfall tax on North Sea oil producers announced in the Budget, the industry warns.
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SomaliaThe yacht belonging to a British couple feared kidnapped by Somali pirates is found empty by a naval patrol.
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The alleged kidnappers of BBC reporter Alan Johnston deny reaching a deal with Hamas for his release.
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AfghanistanA man who says he is the Afghan soldier who killed three UK soldiers in Afghanistan tells the BBC he acted alone.
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A British man accused of killing his wife and daughter cries as a jury in Massachusetts is shown footage of their bodies.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)British film-maker Stanley Long, known for directing low-budget sex comedies in the 1960s and '70s, dies aged 78.
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Many people believe Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi should now be left to die in peace, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond says.
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A ban on a range of drugs, known as "legal highs", comes into force in the UK, the government announces.
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The RAF will shoot down a plane as a "last resort" if the Olympics are threatened by an aircraft, the Games air security commander says.
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