Dec 14, 2009 · Acidification of the oceans is a major threat to marine life and humanity's food supply, Hilary Benn has warned as the UN climate summit resumes. The UK environment …

Sunday, January 31, 1999 Published at 06:07 GMT UK Lockerbie pair 'could have survived' Wreckage: 259 on board and 11 on the ground died New research has suggested that two …

BBC Country Profiles: instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.

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Apr 10, 2007 · In January 2006, Sweeney kidnapped and sexually abused a three year-old-girl, despite theoretically being subject to Mappa. His victim's mother said if Sarah's Law had …

Jul 27, 2004 · The first clue was that many of the patients had had a sore throat before they were struck down with the illness. So the two doctors started looking for evidence of bacterial …

Three hundred mourners attended Phil Lynott's memorial service on 9 January 1986 at St Elizabeth's Church in Richmond, Surrey. He was buried in Dublin.

May 31, 2005 · In April 1974, Nixon bowed to public pressure and released edited transcripts of his taped conversations relating to Watergate. But it failed to stop the steady erosion of …

May 6, 2008 · The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948, the culmination of nearly two thousand years of hopes by Jewish people.

Apr 11, 2005 · Between December 1937 and March 1938 one of the worst massacres in modern times took place. Japanese troops captured the Chinese city of Nanjing and embarked on a …