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'Best estimate' of melting ice caps
Experts have come up with their most accurate estimate yet for the impact of melting ice sheets and glaciers on sea level.
Deadly Benghazi blast an 'accident'
A deadly blast outside a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi may have been an accident caused by men transporting explosives, ministers say.
Study to understand teenage brain
Trying to understand the adolescent brain
Google told to tidy up auto-complete
A German federal court tells Google to make sure the auto-complete results its search engine suggests are not offensive or defamatory.
Search begins for fallen hillwalker
A search is launched for a hillwalker who was reported to have fallen in the Torridon area of Wester Ross.
'Lifeline for sick pupils' not used
A computer programme that parents believe could be a lifeline for sick children who cannot attend school is hardly being used, the BBC has learned.
Rohingya boats sink off west Burma
At least 50 people are feared drowned after boats carrying Rohingya Muslims capsize while fleeing a powerful cyclone off western Burma.
VIDEO: Cameron 'profoundly relaxed' on EU vote
David Cameron is "profoundly relaxed" as MPs prepare to vote on amending the Queen's Speech over the EU.
Blackberry expands BBM to rivals
Blackberry is expanding its BBM chat app to rival platforms, initially offering free texts on devices running Android or Apple's iOS operating systems.
Minister rejects AS-level plan fears
Concerns that changes to AS-levels in England will harm university admissions are unfounded, the schools minister David Laws has argued in a letter to Labour.
Uran wins stage as Wiggins falters
Team Sky's Rigoberto Uran wins stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia to overtake Sir Bradley Wiggins in the general classification.
VIDEO: Guilty verdicts in sex grooming case
Guilty verdicts in sex grooming case
Savile producer 'greatly relieved'
A former BBC producer is "greatly relieved" to be facing no further criminal action by police investigating sex abuse claims against Jimmy Savile, his solicitors say.
Police probe disabled row councillor
A Cornwall councillor who said disabled children should be put "down" is being investigated by police.
'People trapped' in Rwanda collapse
About 100 people are feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in north-eastern Rwanda, the government says.
'Scores killed' in Nigeria attacks
Fifty-three people are killed and 13 villages burnt in a series of attacks by cattle herders on a farming community in Nigeria's Benue state, a local MP tells the BBC.
Uncomfortable truths of child exploitation
Uncomfortable truths of child exploitation
VIDEO: Russians arrest US 'spy in a wig'
Video footage has emerged of an alleged CIA agent being detained in Moscow.
Capturing Scots science in pictures
Strathclyde University photo competition
Cases in measles outbreak rise again
Measles cases in the Swansea epidemic rise by 20 over the last five days to 1,094 as health chiefs warn the uptake of vaccine is still too low.
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