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Pictures of babies on follow-on baby milk formula packs are expected to be banned later by the European Parliament.

The BBC's Mark Lowen describes the scene as Turkish riot police enter Istanbul's Taksim Square - where anti-government protesters have been staging demonstrations for close to two weeks.

Sony has revealed that it plans to sell the PlayStation 4 for £349, making it £80 cheaper than Microsoft's Xbox One launch price.

Embattled Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard describes renewed speculation about her leadership prospects as "wasted breath".

Two men have died and two more are in a critical condition after drinking home-brewed alcohol in the Australian state of Queensland, reports say.

The US administration says it will no longer seek to block over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception to women and girls of all ages.

Will desalination work for parched Chinese region?

AirAsia X, the long-haul arm of Asia's biggest budget carrier AirAsia, is looking to raise as much as $370m (£238m) via a share sale.

Nelson Mandela's former wife, Winnie, has visited the hospital in South Africa where the former president is being treated for a recurring lung infection.

Meet Iran's virtual woman presidential candidate

The Somali fisherman abducted and jailed in Paris

One man's struggle to give Colombia's victims a decent burial

Could I bring myself to eat a guinea pig?

Could I bring myself to eat a guinea pig?

Why some gay people oppose same-sex marriage

Why some gay people oppose same-sex marriage

Deep in the vaults of the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles are more than 80,000 films which are being preserved and stored for future generations.

Deep in the vaults of the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles are more than 80,000 films which are being preserved and stored for future generations.

Since 2001 a former countryside ranger in the Colombian village of Bocas de Satinga has taken it upon himself to fish the bodies of people killed in fighting between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitaries out of the water as they float by and bury them in makeshift graves.

Since 2001 a former countryside ranger in the Colombian village of Bocas de Satinga has taken it upon himself to fish the bodies of people killed in fighting between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitaries out of the water as they float by and bury them in makeshift graves.