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Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Sudan to try to restart talks between Sudan and South Sudan after heavy fighting last month.

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President Barack Obama joins a host of music industry luminaries in paying tribute to Donna Summer following the disco star's death at the age of 63.

The wettest April in more than a century has caused problems for many UK butterflies, bees and other bugs, say conservationists.

Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

A father whose son died from leukaemia has called for a new law requiring school and college students to be taught about donating blood, organs and stem cells.

Alan Johnson says he considered running for London mayor and hints that he could seek the job in 2016.

GCSE results could be overhauled with a cut in the number of grades suggests the exams regulator for England, Ofqual.

A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.

Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.

The UK agrees a £50m trade deal to sell pork to China, the world's biggest market for pig meat, where parts such as offal and trotters are more popular.

The US says it will impose import tariffs of about 30% on Chinese solar companies, saying China is flooding it with subsidised products.

The song Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber have co-created for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations - featuring Prince Harry on tambourine - gets its first airing on Radio 2.

First female engineer at Facebook remembers when it was a start-up

Memorials to workers who died building the world famous Forth Bridge are set to be unveiled at either end of the crossing.

Scotland is falling behind other parts of the world in its provision of care for victims of major trauma, according to a new report.

A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.

Thieves steal a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys killed by IRA bombs in the Cheshire town of Warrington.

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