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Bahrain's appeals court acquits nine medics and reduces the sentences of another nine - all convicted last year for taking part in protests.

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi warns against ignoring workers' rights in a speech at the UN on her first trip to Europe in 24 years.

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Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong denies US Anti-Doping Agency drug charges brought against him.

The latest reboot of the Spider-Man film series premieres in Tokyo, with actor Andrew Garfield making his debut in the title role.

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A 10-year-old girl has had a major blood vessel in her body replaced with one grown in the laboratory, Swedish doctors report.

The home secretary defends plans to store details of all online activity - emails, web pages visited and games played - in the UK.

Scientists worldwide join forces to demand tougher action on consumption and population at next week's Rio+20 summit.

A discovery with stunning implications for new, more potent medicines

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Can space-saving electric vehicles convince commuters to ditch their cars?

India’s alternative Golden Triangle: The undeniably well-trodden route between Delhi, Agra and Jaipur in northern India has plenty of lesser-known attractions that are well worth seeking out.

LA’s cupcake frenzy: An ATM in the Californian city is holding late-night sugar cravings at bay by dispensing cupcakes instead of money.

Edible insects crawl onto menus: In Europe and the United States, a few ambitious chefs are determined to make eating bugs more palatable.

Berlin’s kitschy Little Vietnam: In and around the city’s industrial scale Asian market, a community left over from the Cold War feeds visitors with plastic junk and great food.

Mini guide to Cape Verde: This eclectic island nation off West Africa hosts a variety of landscapes, from the barren expanses of the eastern islands to the wooded valleys of the western island.

Is there equality in the cockpit?: While every other industry has seen exponential advancement in career opportunities for women, only about 6% of the world’s 130,000 airline pilots are female.

El Salvador’s guerrilla past: The country's brutal 12-year civil conflict is on display in and around Perquin’s inspiring Museo de la Revolucion Salvadorena.