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Spanish doctors say they have successfully operated the lung of a foetus for the first time.

There has been "inadequate" progress in getting the food industry to adopt healthier practices, campaigners say.

Children as young as 10 are more familiar with some alcohol brands and adverts than those for popular foods and snacks, research shows.

A group of Cuban dissidents occupies a church in Havana ahead of the Pope's visit demanding he urge the Cuban government to end political repression.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Michelle Obama chose an off-the-shoulder Marchesa gown for her duties Wednesday night as hostess at a White House state dinner honoring the British prime minister and his wife, David and Samantha Cameron....

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil....

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil....

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil....

Ruben Navarrette says before it gives its nod, the GOP should consider Romney's weakness in the south--a region that's a must-have to win the presidency

ROCKWOOD, Pa. (AP) -- A tractor-trailer collided with a school bus carrying about two dozen students and adults Wednesday in western Pennsylvania, killing the truck driver and injuring at least 20 people, most of them students, authorities said....

BOSTON (AP) -- The longtime girlfriend of former mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges she helped him evade capture during 16 years on the run, and a man who claims one of his relatives was strangled by Bulger called her a "monster."...

China's Premier Wen Jiabao has delivered a swansong speech, in which he said he may invite some of his critics for face-to-face talks. Some of those critics - also among China's poor - had gathered from all over the country to watch the event on a single television set in Beijing, from where Damian Grammaticas reports.

Plans to teach software design prove controversial

The rules of the new National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) pension scheme should be relaxed to make it more attractive, MPs says.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Union leaders upset that this summer's Democratic National Convention will be held in right-to-work North Carolina plan to stage their own political gathering in a more union-friendly state....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Union leaders upset that this summer's Democratic National Convention will be held in right-to-work North Carolina plan to stage their own political gathering in a more union-friendly state....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Union leaders upset that this summer's Democratic National Convention will be held in right-to-work North Carolina plan to stage their own political gathering in a more union-friendly state....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A state governor was suspended from President Hugo Chavez's governing party on Wednesday after making critical remarks about the president of Venezuela's National Assembly....

"The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars" argues that global temperatures have risen in conjunction with our use of fossil fuels. Anne Jolis reviews.

PARIS (AP) -- A North Korean and a French orchestra performed a landmark concert on Wednesday, adding a note of harmony to longstanding tensions between the isolated nation and the West....