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Report recommends huge private sector investments in energy infrastructure for the UK to decarbonise its economy and energy system.

An international team of scientists finds that geoengineering projects could lead to less rainfall in Europe and North America.

Researchers from Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find that state tobacco control policies are effective in curbing smoking during pregnancy.

Prince William, aka Flt Lt Wales, gets his colours to lead search and rescue efforts off coast of Britain.

Girlfriend of Miami flesh-eater Rudy Eugene told press conference that he was religious and didn't take hard drugs

Home Office report suggests some Whitemoor prisoners convert to Islam to avoid violence.

Nearly 100 species of birds in the Amazon are at the highest ever risk of extinction, according to a recent report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

On World Environment Day 2012, a gruesome ancient tradition, in the Faroe Islands, off the coast of Denmark, saw the mass killing of whales.

Warming Arctic climate has resulted in shrubs in the Arctic tundra turning into trees in just a few decades creating patches of forest which, if replicated across the tundra, would significantly accelerate global warming.

A report by the activist group Greenomics finds that the palm oil company PT SMART has been honouring its commitment to avoid conversion of high carbon forests in Indonesian Borneo.

China will become the third-largest gas importer behind Europe and Asia Oceania, driving a 2.7% average annual growth in global gas demand through 2017.

Right-wing campaigners in Belgium are causing uproar across the country after offering a so-called 'burqa bounty' to people who report women wearing the full veil to police.

Facts about Legionnaires' Disease, the potentially fatal disease that has hit Edinburgh.

Garfield, a fat cat from New York, at nearly 40lbs has been dubbed as the fattest cat in the world, replacing 33 lb Sponge Bob, which was bestowed with the label recently.

Buckingham Palace say Duke of Edinburgh's condition has "improved considerably" since being admitted with bladder infection.

A 15-year-old Indian girl has been gang-raped and set on fire by four youths in the district of Sagar

Russia's worst female serial killer, Irina Gaidamachuk, jailed for killing elderly women with a hammer to pay for alcohol.

Close Protection UK's 'exploitative' use of unpaid stewards who slept under London Bridge described as condemned by Lord Prescott.

Previous estimates showed that Brachiosaur weighed around 80 tonnes, but now they have found that it weighs only 23 tonnes.

Porn star accused of murdering Chinese student Jun Lin on film will not fight extradition and may have eaten parts of victim.

Two human skeletons with iron rods pierced through their chests found Sozopol.

Britain's homes are worth a total of around £5.6 tn, with the most valuable properties found in Surrey.

Astronomers find evidence about a black hole that was kicked out of its host galaxy at a speed of several million miles per hour.

Right-wing campaigners in Belgium are causing uproar in the country after offering a tasteless so-called 'burqa bounty' to people who report anyone flouting the law.

The US is well behind leading countries including Denmark, China, Germany and Brazil.

Regeneration Project ratings especially high for economic benefits of protecting environment.

Since 2000 B C, 53 transits have occurred and of these only six have been witnessed since the invention of the telescope in 1608.

Others included in the 2012 awards are Brazilian banker Fábio C Barbosa and renewable energy entrepreneur Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.

Hong Kong has replaced the United States for being the most competitive economy in the world in 2012 for two years in a row, while three European countries have been ranked in the top ten slots.