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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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
Australia give three players debuts  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:40:52 GMT
Australia name Israel Folau among three debutants for Saturday's first Test against the British & Irish Lions in Brisbane. 
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? 
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 
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. 
China gives first lecture from space  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:23:47 GMT
China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, delivers the country's first-ever video lecture from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory. 
Olympic champion held in custody row  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:50:43 GMT
A Moroccan Olympic champion, Khalid Skah, who claims his children were abducted by Norwegian agents, is arrested in France. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
Nine hurt in crash outside school  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:06:55 GMT
Nine people are taken to hospital after a car hits parents and children as they used a school pelican crossing in a south Wales village. 
CQC 'to reveal NHS cover-up names'  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:06:38 GMT
England's NHS regulator will name some officials accused of covering up a failure to investigate deaths of babies at a Cumbria hospital, ministers say.