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Researchers have invented a new equipment design that will increase the chances of a woman getting pregnant through IVF.

Archeologists have claimed to have found what could be an earliest record of Christianity by uncovering a first century Jerusalem tomb, which has ancient inscriptions and an iconographic image written on Jewish ossuaries or bone boxes.

Global warming is the main cause for early ripening of grapes, according to research.

Jury in Ponzi scheme case hears closing arguments against US financier.

Nearly 1.3 Million people will die of cancer in the European Union in 2012, but the death rate of people who die from the disease continues to decline, according to research.

Syria's foreign ministry claims armed groups hindering attempts to repatriate bodies.

Syrian troops launch deadliest barrage on city since crackdown began in move on key rebel area of Baba Amr.

TV station had been accused of staging footage of Palestinian boy's death.

Super-rich pay £50,000 to hunt and kill polar bears and endangered species in exotic locations.

Tehran's ambassador to International Atomic Energy Agency disputes claim Iran refused site access.

Mahatma Gandhi has been baptised in proxy by a US church in 1996, according to Helen Radkey, a researcher.

Researchers have reconstructed four feet tall giant penguin fossil which lived in New Zealand, nearly 25 million years ago.

Researchers from Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Universidad Complutense of Madrid and Uppsala University have discovered that Neanderthals in Europe were extinct even before the arrival of modern man.

February 29 is 'nice little earner' as extra working day, claims AA chief.

Five-thousand-year-old caveman preserved in ice had genetic illness and potential for heart disease, researchers find.

University of London researchers create first realistic maps of the Earth's forests at the time of the dinosaurs.

US Secretary of State uses diplomatic language in Senate questioning.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad increasingly isolated after former allies distance themselves.

Longer Republican primary season goes on, the stronger President Obama will be in the autumn.

Ships towing Costa Allegra change course to Mahe

As Japan sets to observe their first tsunami anniversary, let's take a look at some of pictures of Japan of how it looked after tsunami and now.

Saving Face documentary on taboo issue of acid attacks takes Hollywood by storm and brings issue into the open.

Britons claim they saw fugitive murder suspect peer in southern Africa 12 years ago.

A 72-year-old Chinese man has been drinking gasoline for 42 years, to ease bodily aches.

Emirati authorities cancelled dozens of Syrian's residency permits of individuals who joined protests against the Syrian government.

Sunday Times Photographer escapes the beseiged city of Homs but status French correspondent Edith Bouvier remains

Latest speculation linked to an Israeli attack on Iran suggest that Tel Aviv could drop the US and instead turn to Saudi Arabia for help.

Initial claims that Conroy was "safe and sound" in Lebanon refuted by fellow journalists.

Hamas turns back on Syria and increasingly woos Gulf States for support.