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Scientists developing genetically modified wheat ask campaigners to come for a chat rather than ruin their experimental plots.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in China for wide-ranging talks, where the escape of a Chinese activist could overshadow discussions.

When a fugitive Bin Laden came to dinner

Do the Islamists of al-Shabab read my tweets?

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is sworn in as a member of Burma's parliament, a month after her party's sweeping victory in by-elections.

Tackling Asia's increasing wealth gap

Candidates contesting the 1,223 council seats up for grabs in Scotland are to make a final push for votes in their last day of campaigning.

On the day Roy Hodgson was appointed England's new manager, BBC's Newsnight sought the considered views of QPR captain, Twitter addict and one-cap England international Joey Barton. Barton told Jeremy Paxman that it was a shrewd decision by the FA.

The men behind two of the Edinburgh Fringe's biggest operations lock horns over the name used by the newly refurbished Assembly Rooms.

Greek voters look to new generation

Fizzy drink consumption amongst Scottish secondary school children has fallen dramatically according to a European survey of health behaviour.

Scottish ministers look set to speed up the appointment of the head of the new national police force, after recommendations from MSPs.

An openly gay spokesman for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney resigns, citing personal reasons but amid criticism by anti-gay conservatives.

Leicester Tigers teams up with IBM analytics

Why China's attempts to control the web could backfire

Bank staff are failing to give clear and accurate advice about recurring payments, a consumer watchdog says.

A BBC investigation uncovers new claims about the Catholic primate of all-Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, and his role in a 1975 clerical sex abuse inquiry.

Britain's 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams retires from skeleton.

A tornado has reportedly torn through a region of the southern region of France

Firefighters rescued six tourists trapped in the Columbus monument in Barcelona after the lift inside the statue broke down.