Italian prosecutors Tuesday lodged an appeal against the acquittal of US student Amanda Knox, accusing her of murdering her British housemate Meredith Kercher in the university town of Perugia in 2007. More »Italian prosecutors appeal Amanda Knox acquittal
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A kiss may be just a kiss, but when sweethearts pucker up on Valentine's … More »Valentine's Day kisses continue odd human …
A law student has denied that he racially abused ex-footballer Stan Collymore on Twit … More »Student denies Collymore race abuse
A law student has denied that he racially abused ex-footballer Stan Collymore on Twitter. More »Student denies Collymore race abuse
The love letters of 19th century poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are going online. More »Barrett-Browning letters go online
The number of people in the UK suffering from a condition that can cause blindness is expected to rise by a third by 2020, research suggests. More »Warning over blindness condition
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused arch-enemies Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of being behind twin bomb attacks that targeted Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people. Tehran denied involvement in the attacks, … More »Israel blames Iran after attacks on embassy staff
Pupils who arrive late for school in South Africa's Soweto township will be taken to a police station and their parents will be called to fetch them, the local education department said Monday. More »South African school to take tardy pupils to police
LONDON (Reuters) - The leading shares index closed higher on Monday, led by commodity and financial stocks, after Greece moved a step closer to securing an international bailout and avoiding a messy default. At the close, the FTSE 100 index was up 53.31 … More »Commodity, financial stocks lead FTSE higher
A teacher who was sacked after she wrote a racy novel featuring some of her pupils has said it is "wonderful news" that she will not have to face a hearing of the General Teaching Council (GTC). More »GTC clears racy book row teacher
An initiative calling for a joint UN-Arab League peacekeeping mission to Syria is likely to fail but raises the stakes and further isolates the embattled regime in Damascus, analysts said on Monday. More »Arabs set to fail with latest Syria plan: analysts
Sharks killed twice as many swimmers and surfers last year than in 2010, with the increase due largely to a growth in tourism and changing shark patterns due to global warming. More »Humans blamed as shark attacks 'double'
The claim NHS productivity has fallen - one of the justifications for reforming the health service - is a party political myth, an article in the Lancet medical journal concludes. More »Experts: NHS Productivity Fall Is Tory 'Myth'
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists said on Friday that a "Rapunzel Number" may have helped them to crack a problem that has perplexed humanity since Leonardo da Vinci pondered it 500 years ago. Scientists from the University of Cambridge and the University … More »Rapunzel number helps scientists quantify ponytails
The Conservatives are propagating a "myth" about declining NHS productivity to justify the coalition's reforms, a Department of Health adviser has claimed. More »Expert demolishes 'myth' of falling NHS productivity
"Big improvements" More »Google TV gets swanky YouTube app update
South Korean swimming star Park Tae-Hwan graduated from university Monday and is heading to graduate school to follow his dream of becoming a professor even as he targets more Olympic glory. More »Olympic swim champ Park eyes academic future
Emeli Sande has revealed her school friends once stole a song she had written to start their own band. More »Emeli: My friends stole my song
More than seven out of 10 students have had unprotected sex but have never been tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI), according to research. More »Students urged to use contraception
A new electronic system could save the once-threatened method of paying by cheque, its developers have said. More »New system designed to save cheques
Almost two-thirds of prisoners are unable to write or do sums properly, a report revealed. More »60% of inmates below literacy level
Twin brothers have told of their "devastation" after both dramatically lost their sight to a rare condition that affects just a few hundred people in the UK. More »Losing sight fails to stop twins
The decline in NHS productivity, one of the reasons cited to justify the Government's controversial health reforms, is "a myth", it has been claimed. More »NHS output decline 'is a myth'
Tests involving chickens have raised questions about the impact on health from engineered nano-particles, the ultra-fine grains commonly used in drugs and processed foods, scientists said on Sunday. More »Lab study raises questions over nano-particle impact
A man is believed to have become Britain's first "male mother" by giving birth despite his sex change operation. More »Sex change man 'first male mother'
Japan's Emperor Akihito, 78, will undergo heart bypass surgery this week after tests showed the narrowing of his arteries has worsened, the palace announced on Sunday. More »Japan emperor to have heart bypass surgery: palace
Researchers have used information about seabird colonies to create a computer model which predicts their foraging habits and could be a vital tool in the quest to protect wildlife along the British coastline. More »Computer model help for seabirds
Japan's ageing Emperor Akihito underwent a heart examination at a hospital on Saturday after showing symptoms of restricted blood flow to his heart, amid increasing worries about his health. More »Japan emperor undergoes heart test
Japan's ageing Emperor Akihito was admitted to hospital on Saturday for a heart examination after showing symptoms of a restricted blood flow to his heart amid increasing worries about his health. More »Japanese emperor hospitalised for heart test
Washington (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at quelling an election-year firestorm, announced on Friday that religious employers would not be required to offer free birth control to workers and the onus would instead … More »Obama shift seeks to defuse birth-control fight
Lady Gaga has revealed that she suffered from bulimia as a teenager, but fought the eating disorder to save her voice. The Born This Way singer confessed that she battled with the illness when she was in school because of … More »Lady Gaga admits she had bulimia, stopped to save her voice
Getting behind the wheel within three hours of smoking cannabis could almost double the risk of a serious crash, research suggests. More »Cannabis 'doubles risk of crash'
Girls involved with gangs are often raped by male members, teenagers have been warned, as the Government announced £1.2 million funding to help victims. More »Girls in gangs warned of rape risk
The first person hired by Google's founders is leaving the Internet giant to devote himself to an innovative online education website called Khan Academy. More »First Google hire leaving for online academy
The first person hired by Google's founders is leaving the Internet giant to devote himself to an innovative online education website called Khan Academy. More »First Google hire leaving for online academy
Scientists have discovered a potential new weapon in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. More »Cancer drug offers Alzheimer's hope
LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of healthy people - including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes - may be wrongly labelled mentally ill by a new international diagnostic manual, specialists said on Thursday. In a damning … More »New mental health manual is "dangerous" say experts
Some 485 jobs have been created by three US firms as Taoiseach Enda Kenny used a trip to New York to urge American business chiefs to think, buy and invest in Ireland. More »US firms create 485 jobs in Ireland
School bosses have defended a decision to suspend six pupils for throwing snowballs. More »Pupils suspended for snowball fight
Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has spoken of his shock after the 17th century barn which housed his cookery school kitchens was destroyed in a fire. More »Chef shocked by River Cottage fire
President Michael D Higgins will visit London on his first official trip abroad, it has been announced. More »Higgins to visit London Games site
Islamist students halted the filming of an Egyptian television series at Cairo's Ain Shams University protesting against the "indecent" clothing of the actresses, the production company said Thursday. More »Islamists in Egypt halt filming of TV series
Jordanian public school teachers on Thursday ignored government calls to halt their strike to press for full annual bonuses, leaving hundreds of thousands of students at home. More »Jordan public teachers ignore call to halt strike