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The Home Office has announced that the passports, issued to British citizens living around the world, will now be printed and delivered from the UK.

Before Apple's newly unveiled iPhone 4S has even hit stores, reports have emerged suggesting Samsung is in the process of mounting a series of fresh patent infringement claims against the device.

Apple announced the new iPhone 4S, which features twice as much processing power as the iPhone 4, an eight megapixel camera with full HD video recording and 'Siri', a revolutionary voice-controlled personal assistant.

The huge and powerful Alma telescope has begun probing into the universe, and astronomers hope it will reveal the earliest dawn of the cosmos.

The PlayStation Vita could well be crippled before it's even launched, with a Sony representative reportedly saying that the Vita will have a 20mb download limit over 3G.

China is set to make a giant leap forward in its space program, when a space laboratory named Tiangong-1 will be launched into orbit this afternoon, atop a Long March 2F rocket.

Reports today suggest that the iPhone 5 will be released on October 14 in the UK, United States, France, Germany and Japan, although the question of whether there will be an iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S is still unanswered.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has reviled his five-point plan to help bolster the UK's stagnate economy, including tax breaks to home owners and small businesses

Hundreds of thousands of people in Japan have been told to leave their homes as typhoon Roke is heading to the city of Nagoya and is causing heavy rain amid fears of landslides and flash flooding.

New reports from numerous media outlets have emerged claiming Samsung already has plans to mount fresh legal action against Apple's, currently unconfirmed, next iPhone.

German manufacturing corporation Siemens is likely to withdraw completely from the nuclear trade.

Following a series of heated exchanges between iPhone maker Apple and Galaxy series maker Samsung, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in Apple's favour, confirming the iPhone 4 is the world's thinnest smartphone.

Sony has revealed the launch date and games line-up of its highly anticipated PlayStation Vita portable games console.

Gene scientists from the U.S. and Japan working with aids have created green glowing cats as part of their work to beat the illness Sky News has revealed.

U.S. Tennis Open Men's Final. Novak Djokovic will look to record his sixth victory in as many finals against Rafael Nadal on Monday night, as the 2011 U.S. Open reaches its climax at Flushing Meadows.

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French media have reported an explosion at the Marcoule nuclear waste-management site in the south east of France Monday 12 September that killed at least one man and injured another four.

Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed a new industry minister after his predecessor made controversial remarks only eight days into the post about the country's nuclear crisis.

The German Court overseeing Apple's case against Samsung has upheld an injunction against the Korean tech giant, banning the sale of Samsung Galaxy tablets in Germany.

A person tries to kill themselves in China every two minutes as latest figures show that 287,000 people commit suicide each year in China, accounting for 3.6 per cent of the country's annual deaths, according to official statistics.

Climate Change: UN and Rick Perry Opposed on the Science, Can a Deal Ever be Struck?

Sony has given its highly anticipated HMZ-T1, Personal 3D Viewer a United States release date and price.

The news adds to the growing spread of lawsuits spreading throughout the tech industry.

Reports have emerged suggesting Apple has extended its series of complaints against Galaxy device maker Samsung, now accusing the tech giant of patent violations in Japan.

Fourth September this year marked the first anniversary of the 7.1 Richter scale earthquake that struck the city of Christchurch at 04.35 local time. New Zealand's second largest city, and the largest in the South Island, the miracle was surely that despite extensive damage, no-one was killed in the quake. No doubt that the quake hit the area early on a Saturday morning helped make this possible.

Japanese rescue teams have resumed the search as thousands were stranded and more than 50 people are still missing after Typhoon Talas hit the west of the country, triggering floods and landslides that killed at least 26 people on Shikoku Island on Saturday.

Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's new prime minister, has named a youthful cabinet in an attempt to inject new blood and new hopes to the country's political landscape as Japan is still trying to recover economically from the quake that caused the Fukushima power plant crisis.

Three nuclear reactors in southern New Jersey have powered partway down due to debris from the aftermath of hurricane Irene that is now blocking essential cooling water intakes, the Daily Mail has revealed.

Following earlier reports in July, Sony has confirmed that it will be releasing its rumoured head-mounted 3D display visor in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Solar power technology could provide most of the world's power by 2060 leading to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to comments made to Bloomberg by the International Energy Agency [IEA].