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DNA evidence suggests some Scandinavian trees survived the last Ice Age, contradicting the widely held notion that vegetation was wiped out by a great ice sheet.

James Blunt and Katherine Jenkins are forced to cancel performing for British troops in Afghanistan because of problems reaching the base.

Nine more farms in the south of England have reported cases of a disease which causes birth defects and miscarriages in livestock, taking the total to 92, the government says.

Emails sent by Education Secretary Michael Gove from a private account should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, the information commissioner rules.

US President Barack Obama says it would be unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon but warns against any pre-emptive attack.

Prosecutors at the UN-backed tribunal investigating the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri want to expand the charges against the accused.

Construction finishes on the Tokyo Sky Tree in Japan - now the world's tallest free-standing broadcast tower completed in Japan.

A Scottish MP suspended from the Labour Party says he will not stand for re-election to parliament in 2015.

A suspected Taliban suicide bomber kills 20 members of a rival militant group, officials say, as violence claims at least 50 lives in Pakistan's Khyber region.

Spanish reporter Javier Espinosa, who escaped to Lebanon from Syria, has spoken to the BBC about his experience in Homs.

Nick Clegg tells Lib Dems to go into the Scottish council elections with their "heads held high", in the wake of last year's "painful" Holyrood poll.

Construction begins on a multi-billion dollar port project in Kenya which will also see an oil pipeline, railway and motorway built to South Sudan and Ethiopia.

Predictive texts disrupt Radio 5 live Breakfast listeners' Engelbert Humperdinck reactions.

Andy Murray becomes the first man to beat world number one Novak Djokovic in 2012 with victory in the Dubai semi-finals.

Apple and Samsung both have their patent lawsuits - over the "slide-to-unlock" feature - thrown out by a German court.

Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says his country will miss its budget deficit target this year, as EU leaders agree a new treaty on budget discipline.

Voters have backed Aberdeen's controversial City Garden Project after a referendum on the issue.

Rangers administrators are chasing club owner Craig Whyte for up to £9m that was contractually promised at the start of his takeover.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says Carlos Tevez is not yet fit enough and at least two weeks away from a return.