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In pictures: Mandela-inspired art

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29 September 2013
Updated at 21:01 ET

In pictures: Mandela-inspired art

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UK Asked New York Times To Destroy Edward Snowden Documents

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UK Asked New York Times To Destroy Edward Snowden Documents

Reuters

Posted: 08/30/2013 1:51 pm EDT
Updated: 08/30/2013 7:12 pm EDT

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UK press slams Cameron after Syria vote ‘humiliation’

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UPDATE: 30/08/2013 - BASHAR AL-ASSAD - DAVID CAMERON - FRANCE - MIDDLE EAST - SYRIA - UK - UNITED NATIONS - USA

UK press slams Cameron after Syria vote ‘humiliation’

For a government to lose a vote on a matter of war and peace is almost unprecedented in British parliamentary history. The British press has gone to town over Prime Minister David Cameron’s failure to secure parliament’s support for strikes on Syria.

Bénédicte PAVIOT reporting from London (video)

Tony Todd (text)

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Britain world role in question after defeat over Syria action: Osborne

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Britain world role in question after defeat over Syria action: Osborne

LONDON
Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:40am EDT

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The government's defeat in parliament over military action in Syria will spark a debate about whether Britain still wants to play a major role in the world, finance minister George Osborne said on Friday.

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Britain operates secret monitoring station in Middle East: report

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Britain operates secret monitoring station in Middle East: report

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Britain runs a secret monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept large numbers of telephone calls, emails and internet traffic that it shares with intelligence agencies in the United States, the Independent newspaper reported on Friday.

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The first farmers are believed to have brought domesticated cattle with them to Europe

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10 November 2010
Updated at 14:39 ET

Migrants from the Near East 'brought farming to Europe'

Katia Moskvitch
Science reporter, BBC News

The first farmers are believed to have brought domesticated cattle with them to Europe

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Farming in Europe did not just spread by word-of-mouth, but was introduced by migrants from the ancient Near East, a study suggests.

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Farming 'spread by migrant wave'

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27 April 2012
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Farming 'spread by migrant wave'

The researchers extracted DNA from 5,000-year-old remains found in southern Sweden

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Blow for European origins theory

Farmers spawned most European men

Migrants spread farming to Europe

A new study of DNA from ancient remains provides further evidence that farming was first spread to Europe by migrants.

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History: Making of Europe unlocked by DNA

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23 April 2013
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Making of Europe unlocked by DNA

The Neolithic was a period of momentous cultural and demographic change

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Farming 'spread by migrant wave'

Migrants spread farming to Europe

DNA sequenced from nearly 40 ancient skeletons has shed light on the complex prehistoric events that shaped modern European populations.

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Bank of England rejects more stimulus

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7 March 2013
Updated at 08:28 ET

Bank of England rejects more stimulus

In February, the Bank of England governor voted to expand the quantitative easing programme

UK Economy

What is quantitative easing?

What is inflation?

What is GDP?

Q&A: UK credit rating downgrade

The Bank of England's rate-setting committee has kept interest rates at 0.5% and rejected calls to inject more stimulus into the economy.

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"Muslim patrols" target drinkers and gays in London United Kingdom

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22/01/2013
UNITED KINGDOM

"Muslim patrols" target drinkers and gays in London
United Kingdom

Screen capture from a video in which a hooded man goes up to another man drinking alcohol, and yells at him for doing this in what he calls a "Muslim area."

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UK finance minister says poor GDP will not deter policy drive

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UK finance minister says poor GDP will not deter policy drive

LONDON
Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:29am EST

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Britain's economy flirts with "triple dip" recession

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Britain's economy flirts with "triple dip" recession

Instant View: UK Q4 GDP falls more than expected
5:14am EST

David Milliken and Olesya Dmitracova

LONDON
Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:08am EST

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Report said half the food bought in Europe and the US ended up in the bin

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10 January 2013 pdated at 03:07 ET

Half of all food 'wasted' report claims

The report said half the food bought in Europe and the
US ended up in the bin

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Sixty-day bread could cut waste

Population and consumption 'key'

Why do we waste so much bread?

As much as half of the world's food, amounting to two billion tonnes worth, is wasted, a UK-based report has claimed.

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Space spending to be increased by £60m a year

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9 November 2012 Updated at 04:58 ET

Space spending to be increased by £60m a year

Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News

Chancellor George Osborne has made a string of research funding announcements

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UK space sector 'on the up'

Chancellor George Osborne has increased spending on space technology by £60m per year over the next two years.

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Children 'with no state' in UK

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4 November 2012 Last updated at 20:53 ET

Children 'with no state' in UK

Ugandan-born Tony, 17, has been living on the streets for about two years

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Children 'at risk' in new system

Child protection shake-up urged

Child detention 'harm' documented

Hundreds of children living rough in London and other cities may have no nationality, the BBC has found.

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