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Chemicals in environment contributing to diabetes and obesity.

Flavonoids in chocolate guard against cardiovascular disease through antioxidant, anti-clotting and anti-inflammatory properties.

The US Defence Department cites breach of non-disclosure agreements as reason to initiate legal action against the author of No Easy Day.

A major feature of the Montessori system of education is the discovery model where students learn concepts from working with materials, instead of direct instruction.

Mitt Romney promises to create 12 million jobs in four years during his speech to accept the Republican presidential nomination.

Mitt Romney has vowed to restore "America's promise" as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination as the party candidate to take on Barack Obama in the forthcoming US presidential election.

Royal Mail is expected to deliver 6 days a week to nearly 29 million addresses, a challenge that it seemingly fails to rise to.

Hurricane Isaac causes significant damage to US Gulf Coast but nothing on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.

Personal data of Nigeria's elite secret agents leaked online by Islamist radical sect in change of tactics.

Former French president could earn nearly a quarter of a million euros for a 45-minute speech.

Foreign minister accuses Egypt of interfering in internal affairs after Mohammed Mursi slams Assad's oppressive regime.

Dust-covered galaxies quite bright but can be viewed only using infrared telescopes.

Judy Chicago talks exclusively to Gianluca Mezzofiore about the state of radical art and the challenges punk feminist band pose to Russian bigotry.

Apart from a huge Airbus deal, China and Germany firm up deals in energy, telecommunications, automobile, health and maritime.

President courts internet generation and crashes servers by answering questions on Afghanistan, beer and basketball on live AMA.

Tourists report finding some shinning objects on the southwest face of Mont Blanc, in the French Alps.

Police find two bodies in Kazan flat near blood-scrawled message demanding freedom for jailed Pussy Riot members.

Aron found guilty of smothering Leiby after abducting him on way home from Jewish day camp.

In scientists' quest for habitable planets, they see more opportunities for life to exist.

Five Australian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in two separate incidents, according to NATO officials.

Majority of victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning underground at the Xiaojiawan mine in Panzhihua city.

Researchers say that quitting smoking after a stroke attack 'may be more effective than any medication'.

Second 'green-on-blue incident' incident in a day brings number of Australian fatalities to five.

On 20 August 2012, standing in the dock of a courtroom in Hefei, former distinguished lawyer and businesswoman Gu Kailai, wife of dismissed one-time Politburo member Bo Xilai, listened as the judgement was given against her for the murder of British businessman, Neil Heywood.

Attendees ejected after throwing nuts at CNN camerawoman saying “this is how we feed animals”.

Study reveals crumbling permafrost in Siberia releasing 10 times the amount of carbon previously estimated.

Isolated pacifists who reject the modern world, America's Amish community is often a puzzle to outsiders.

Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoğlu urges UN creation of havens to stop refugees pouring across Syrian border.

India's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence handed to Pakistani national Mohammed Amjal Qasab for the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which killed 166 people.