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Doctors plea for Guantanamo care  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:36 GMT
An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care. 
Food labels system to be rolled out  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:10:55 GMT
A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says. 
Dominant England reach Trophy final  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:23:52 GMT
England cruise into the final of the Champions Trophy with a convincing seven-wicket victory over South Africa at The Oval. 
Australia give three players debuts  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:40:52 GMT
Australia name Israel Folau among three debutants for Saturday's first Test against the British & Irish Lions in Brisbane. 
Telegram Era ends Stop  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:29 GMT
The last telegram in the world will be sent next month. Kathryn Westcott looks at telegraphy's linguistic legacy. 
Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:21 GMT
It's a shocking statistic that a child dies of hunger every 10 seconds, very good at grabbing headlines. But is it true? 
Congo attacks over arrests in India  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:46:15 GMT
Shops belonging to Asians are targeted in a violent protest in DR Congo's capital over the arrest of Congolese students in India over the weekend. 
Army leads north India flood rescue  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:49 GMT
Military helicopters and the army are leading rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 138 people are now known to have died. 
Drug firms fined for blocking rivals  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:18:37 GMT
Nine drug companies are fined for delaying cheaper generic drugs coming to market. 
Chile to extradite Argentine judge  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:10:00 GMT
The Chilean Supreme Court approves the extradition of former Argentine judge Otilio Romano, accused of human rights abuses under the military government. 
Suicide bomber strikes Yemeni market  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:23:23 GMT
A suicide bomber on a motorbike kills two people in Yemen's northern town of Saada, which is under the control of Houthi Shia rebels. 
One in nine US bridges 'deficient'  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:26 GMT
One in nine bridges in the US - more than 66,000 in total - are structurally deficient, a number likely to grow amid US budget woes, a report finds. 
'Invisible' poor children let down  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:55:05 GMT
Education watchdog Ofsted says poor children are now let down by schools in rural areas, leafy suburbs and deprived coastal towns - not the inner cities. 
NHS 'cover-up' unacceptable - Hunt  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:18:21 GMT
There should be "no hiding place" for anyone involved in a cover-up by England's NHS regulator after baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, the health secretary says. 
Royal baby's gender to be 'surprise'  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:51:11 GMT
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge do not know the gender of their baby, it is revealed - as it is confirmed the birth will take place at St Mary's hospital in London.