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The NationDoubts over reports of cull of Australian sheep in PakistanABC OnlineBy Sarina Locke and Anna Vidot There are contradictory reports today about whether Pakistani officials have ordered more than 21000 sheep from Australia to be culled because…
BBC News'Three people, one baby' public consultation beginsBBC NewsBy James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News A public consultation has been launched to discuss the ethics of using three people to create one baby. The technique co…

KMAlandTreynor cancer fundraiserKMAlandThis fall, Treynor and Tri-Center High Schools will join thousands of teams from around the country by participating in The Side-Out Foundation's Dig PinkĀ® National Breast Cancer Awareness Rally. The Treynor …
Puzzles help 'boost earning power'The Press AssociationWinning a pay rise could be helped by playing puzzles, crosswords and brain teasers, according to research. People who keep their brains active not only earn more but hold down more senior …
I had a good degree and a great job — and still nearly killed myself with drugsIrish IndependentIt was three weeks ago when Adam stared death in the face. His recovery from addiction to a cocktail of drugs had been going well — then he relapsed. He t…
Egypt’s prime minister said some of the thousands involved in days of protests near the U.S. Embassy got paid to participate, state news reported Saturday, the same day riot police managed to force demonstrators from the area.
Iran has had forces in Syria as “advisers,” the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Sunday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
Hundreds of protesters tried to make their way to the U.S. Consulate Sunday in Karachi, Pakistan, but were pushed back by police, a witness said.
Afghan insurgents who staged a daring, well-planned raid on Camp Bastion, the military base where Britain’s Prince Harry is deployed, were wearing U.S. Army uniforms, NATO said a day after the attack.
Four NATO troops were killed Sunday in an attack believed to involve Afghan police in southern Afghanistan, officials said, in what appears to be the latest incident of local forces turning their guns on coalition partners.
By the time the officer slapped her, she already felt dead. “Well, well, well, what a hero,” the officer laughed. But Samar Yazbek, a woman lauded as one of Syria’s most gifted novelists, wasn’t about to give up.
Populist or rabble rouser. Julius Malema can be both, depending on whom you ask. But to South Africa’s striking miners, he is the face of their mounting anger.
Small firms are struggling to raise the money they need to expand, according to a survey by the Federation of Small Businesses.
Alliance Boots, one of Europe’s biggest pharmacy chains, agrees a deal to buy a stake in a Chinese pharmaceutical wholesaler.
Millions of ducks bred for meat in the UK are not given proper access to bathing water and light, the RSPCA claims.
Information that university freshers reveal on Facebook could leave them vulnerable to fraudsters after their student loan cash, a study warns.
Renowned Scottish author and artist Alasdair Gray’s latest work is to be unveiled on the back wall of a Glasgow subway station.
The number of temporary jobs rose sharply in Scotland last month, according to a survey of recruitment agencies.
Manchester is the UK’s piracy capital and Ed Sheeran is the most pirated artist, a study of illegal music downloads suggests.
A public consultation is launched to discuss the ethics of using three people to create one baby in a bid to eliminate a genetic fault.
Two British soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan by a rogue policeman are named by the MoD as Sgt Gareth Thursby and Pte Thomas Wroe.