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Warming extremes 'not as likely'  Sun, 19 May 2013 17:31:29 GMT
Global temperature rises will be slower in the coming decades say researchers but the long term picture is consistent. 
UK astronaut Peake to go into orbit  Sun, 19 May 2013 21:51:22 GMT
UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station, but the mission is not expected to take place before 2015. 
Time-lapse imaging 'improves IVF'  Fri, 17 May 2013 01:49:29 GMT
Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research. 
Mental health 'bible' is updated  Sun, 19 May 2013 06:45:33 GMT
An update to one of the most important manuals in mental health - known as the bible of psychiatry - is published. 
Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal  Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:03 GMT
Arsenal finish fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League with a nervy 1-0 win over Newcastle. 
PSG boss Ancelotti asks to leave  Sun, 19 May 2013 20:53:35 GMT
Real Madrid target Carlo Ancelotti asks to leave Paris St-Germain but is told by the club "it is not possible". 
The Somali pirates 'jailed in paradise'  Sat, 18 May 2013 23:46:02 GMT
Anthony Denselow reports on the captured pirates who end up in the tiny island nation of Seychelles. 
The world's largest camel herd - in Australia  Sat, 18 May 2013 23:38:19 GMT
Kangaroos and koalas are possibly the best-known Australian wildlife, but thriving in the outback are more surprising residents - camels. There are now thought to be 750,000 roaming in the outback, making it the biggest wild herd in the world. 
Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast  Sat, 18 May 2013 20:57:15 GMT
The authorities in Ivory Coast arrest militia leader Amade Oueremi, suspected of one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence. 
N Korea urged to end missile tests  Sun, 19 May 2013 10:53:03 GMT
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Pyongyang to end its missile tests as a fourth short-range weapon is launched from North Korea's east coast. 
Disgraced French minister bows out  Sun, 19 May 2013 14:44:39 GMT
A French government minister who quit over revelations of his undeclared Swiss bank account says he will not stand again for election. 
El Salvador gangs warn over truce  Sun, 19 May 2013 00:16:24 GMT
The leaders of the main gangs in El Salvador vow to maintain a 14-month-long truce, but say political changes threaten the peace. 
Iran executes two men for spying  Sun, 19 May 2013 10:06:16 GMT
Iranian officials say two men have been executed after they were convicted of spying for Israel and the US. 
Malcolm X grandson suspects remanded  Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:55 GMT
Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X, are remanded in custody in Mexico. 
Man killed as blast destroys house  Mon, 20 May 2013 00:39:16 GMT
The body of a man is recovered from the remains of a house in Nottinghamshire after it was destroyed in an explosion that injured four others.