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VIDEO: Are babies getting formula too soon?

June 11, 2013 - 1:37am
Pictures of babies on follow-on baby milk formula packs are expected to be banned later by the European Parliament.

VIDEO: Footage shows Turkish police move in

June 11, 2013 - 1:30am
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.

PS4 set to be cheaper than Xbox One

June 11, 2013 - 12:31am
Sony has revealed that it plans to sell the PlayStation 4 for £349, making it £80 cheaper than Microsoft's Xbox One launch price.

Gillard dismisses leadership rumours

June 11, 2013 - 12:28am
Embattled Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard describes renewed speculation about her leadership prospects as "wasted breath".

Home brew kills two in Australia

June 11, 2013 - 12:05am
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.

US to lift morning-after pill curbs

June 10, 2013 - 11:47pm
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.

China works to ease water woes

June 10, 2013 - 10:58pm
Will desalination work for parched Chinese region?

AirAsia X launches $370m share sale

June 10, 2013 - 10:06pm
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.

VIDEO: Mandela: S Africa 'preparing for bad news'

June 10, 2013 - 9:45pm
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.

VIDEO: Iran's fictional presidential candidate

June 10, 2013 - 8:54pm
Meet Iran's virtual woman presidential candidate

The Somali fisherman abducted and abandoned in Paris

June 10, 2013 - 8:01pm
The Somali fisherman abducted and jailed in Paris

Colombia's graves with no name

June 10, 2013 - 7:45pm
One man's struggle to give Colombia's victims a decent burial

Could I bring myself to eat a guinea pig?

June 10, 2013 - 7:24pm
Could I bring myself to eat a guinea pig?

Could I bring myself to eat a guinea pig?

June 10, 2013 - 7:24pm
Could I bring myself to eat a guinea pig?

The gay people against gay marriage

June 10, 2013 - 7:20pm
Why some gay people oppose same-sex marriage

The gay people against gay marriage

June 10, 2013 - 7:20pm
Why some gay people oppose same-sex marriage

VIDEO: Inside Oscars' private film library

June 10, 2013 - 7:16pm
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.

VIDEO: Inside Oscars' private film library

June 10, 2013 - 7:16pm
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.

VIDEO: Meet Colombia's 'fisherman of the dead'

June 10, 2013 - 7:16pm
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.

VIDEO: Meet Colombia's 'fisherman of the dead'

June 10, 2013 - 7:16pm
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.