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Belfast TelegraphNurse threw away transplant kidneyThe Press AssociationA nurse accidentally disposed of a kidney from a living donor at a US hospital which later suspended its kidney transplant programme. The University of Toledo Medical Centre, Ohio,…
euronewsAnti-cholera aid for Sierra LeoneThe Press AssociationThe UK government has activated a £2 million emergency plan to help tackle a cholera epidemic sweeping through Sierra Leone. The Department for International Development (DfID) says it is u…

WXYZHead lice tips as kids go back to schoolIrish HealthPharmacists have advised parents to check children routinely for head lice every week after they return to school shortly. The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) has warned parents, however, not to treat …

AFPUS court rejects graphic cigarette warningsAFPBy Shaun Tandon (AFP) – 1 hour ago WASHINGTON — A US court on Friday shot down orders to slap graphic anti-tobacco messages on cigarette packs, saying the government overstepped its authority by tryi…

USA TODAYAlzheimer's drug fails study but flashes potentialU.S. News & World ReportBy TOM MURPHY, AP INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A possible Alzheimer's disease treatment from drugmaker Eli Lilly missed the main goals of two late-stage studies, but th…
With one more week left to go, August is already the deadliest month in Syria’s 17-month crisis. Opposition activists report more than 3,700 people killed — most of them civilians.
The front of Tropical Storm Isaac lashed Haiti’s southern peninsula early Saturday, bringing gale-force winds and potential flooding to a nation where hundreds of thousands still live in tent cities following a 2010 earthquake.
Zeno Franco says Armstong is a figure who brought us closer to the essence and the limits of the human endeavor. If we revel in his fall we no longer have to challenge ourselves to perform at those limits
Samsung plans to challenge a U.S. court ruling that recommends more than $1 billion in damages to Apple over a patent dispute.
It’s a new idea which could resonate with communities across the developing world — a biomass stove which also generates electricity using sound waves.
Unknown gunmen attacked an American diplomatic vehicle south of Mexico City, injuring three people, a Mexican military official told CNN Mexico.
CNN’s Jim Clancy reports on a Syrian hospital struggling to keep the wounded alive.
A teaching union says it has been inundated with members who are “baffled and angry” about this year’s performance in GCSE English language.
A 20-year-old man is charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a seven-week-old baby in Lincoln.
British runner and double Olympic champion Mo Farah announces the birth of his twin girls.
The cause of seven pedestrians being taken ill in south-east London’s Greenwich Foot Tunnel is unknown, emergency services say.
Cambridge University pays tribute to a student believed to have died while swimming on holiday on a Maltese island.
Olympic gold medallist Steven Burke is returning to Lancashire for a homecoming parade in his honour.
One of Edinburgh’s oldest houses is to be gifted to Historic Scotland by its American owner under a unique agreement.
The Olympic success of rowers from the Leander Club is being celebrated in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.