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Researchers from Progeria Research Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital find new drug to treat progeria.

US watchdog Freedom House says that many countries are increasingly curbing online freedom.

Tesco and Morrison's deny control over editorial policy of topless staple of Britain's biggest-selling tabloid.

Police and family appeal to teenager Megan Stammers who fled to France with maths teacher Jeremy Forrest.

Harry Potter author ventures into adult world with The Casual Vacancy but plans to return to kids' books.

The ten most educated countries in the world, according to data released by OECD, were also those with lowest unemployment levels during times of recession

Hammad Hassan killed by own husband and in-laws who feared she was possessed by a 'djinn', after arriving in UK from Pakistan

Gillman Funeral Service expresses shock and launches probe after sick 'Chelsea Scum' chant revealed in in TV Expose 'The British Way of Death'.

Woman killed by falling tree at Kew Gardens, while mother and baby dead in Norfolk car accident.

Antioxidant supplements found to be no substitute for consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Apple iPhone's major supplier Foxconn hit by workers' riots triggered by personal rivalry.

Recycling had economic importance as a way to conserve lithic resources.

Several Europeans among victims after disaster strikes on world's eighth-highest mountain.

Church services held for murdered police constables Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes.

Man arrested at Turin airport check-in carrying pilot's uniform and fake ID.

Tax affairs of rich footballers, media personalities and other wealthy people to come under closer scrutiny.

Campaign groups seek total ban on smoking in enclosed premises including restaurants, cafes and bars, where people are exposed to second-hand smoke.

Drunk driver racing at 200km per hour mows down three boys and four girls enjoying a day off school.

In clinical trials, nearly 73 per cent of patients said pain was alleviated by new handheld device.

The opening day of Oktoberfest 2012 coincided with a first day of autumn that brought heavy rain to Munich.

The first day of autumn arrived across the northern hemisphere on 22 September, heralding the end of one of the hottest summers since records began.

15-year-old boy granted bail pending investigation into the killing of Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes.

Jessica Harper, the former head of fraud and security for digital banking, submitted false invoices to claim cash illegally.

Falling meteorite or space junk provides spectacular light show as it burns up.

Campaign groups believe the true number of child sex abuse cases is much higher than the church admits.

Andrew Mitchell picked the wrong insult by branding police "plebs."

Woman filmed Brian Coleman 'breaking own parking rules in Barnet'.

Ex-soldier Klein Michael Thaxton is communicating on social network Facebook say Pittsburgh police, while holding a manager hostage

Klein Michael Thaxton, 22, took a manager at CW Breitsman Associates hostage claiming to have a bomb in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania