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Karadzic taken to Hague for genocide trial
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was taken to a prison cell in The Hague on Wednesday to face trial at a U.N war crimes tribunal on charges of genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnia war.
Centrica to raise household gas prices 35 percent
British Gas-owner Centrica said on Wednesday it would raise gas and electricity prices for households by 35 percent and 9 percent respectively, citing high wholesale gas prices.
Miliband fuels talk of leadership battle
Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for a radical overhaul of Labour party politics on Wednesday, a move commentators interpreted as a potential challenge to the leadership of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
British NASA hacker to face U.S. trial
A British computer expert faces up to 70 years in jail after losing his fight on Wednesday against extradition to the United States, where he is accused of "the biggest military hack of all time".
Britons say one would rather talk like the Queen
If Britons could choose the way they spoke, most would prefer to sound like the Queen with rocker Ozzy Osbourne's Birmingham accent the most disliked, according to a survey on the wide variety of British accents.
U.N. report shows world AIDS deaths edging down
The number of people killed by AIDS worldwide edged down for a second straight year in 2007 after rising for more than two decades, amid intensified global efforts to fight the disease, a U.N. agency said on Tuesday.
Arctic ice bigger than 2007, but thawing long-term
Arctic sea ice is unlikely to shrink below a 2007 record low this year in a reprieve from the worst predictions of climate change even though new evidence confirms a long-term thaw is under way, experts said.
New AIDS figures show only slight decreases
New figures from the United Nations show very slight progress against the AIDS virus, with a small drop in new infections since 2001 and more people getting treatment for the fatal and incurable virus.
Drugs add 13 years to life of HIV patients
Cocktails of HIV drugs help patients live an average of 13 years longer - if they are lucky enough to get them, researchers reported on Thursday.
Meditation slows AIDS progression: study
Meditation may slow the worsening of AIDS in just a few weeks, perhaps by affecting the immune system, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Parasitic worms may help fuel AIDS epidemic: study
People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit sub-Saharan Africa particularly hard.
Mistrust risks violence, inter-faith meet told
Christians and Muslims mistrust each other so much that a few terrorist attacks could trigger dramatic and violent religious tensions, a Jordanian prince told an interfaith conference on Tuesday.
Tennessee church shooter angry at 'liberals' - police
A man who opened fire inside a church, killing two people with a shotgun hidden in a guitar case, was frustrated at being unable to find a job and blamed liberals and gays, police said on Monday.
Outcry over Pakistani court ruling on forced conversion of Christian girls
The head of CLAAS UK, Nasir Saeed, has condemned the ruling of a Pakistani court earlier this month upholding the alleged kidnapping and conversion of two pre-teen Christian sisters, and the forced marriage of the elder sister.
MRDF congratulates Cameroon social worker on Sheila McKechnie award
A former social worker who runs one of Cameroon's leading charities for the elderly has been awarded the Sheila McKechnie Foundation's International Award 2008 for campaigning.
Lazy Christians told not to waste life and resources
Pastor Ade Adesina, senior pastor of East London church Power House International Ministries, has published a new book to help lazy Christians leave their life of idleness and inactivity and instead strive towards reaching their full potential.