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16:48 19/11/2014Eating biscuits and cakes could damage your memory - regardless of your ageA study of 1,000 healthy men aged under 45 found those who ate the most trans fat had worse scores in a word memory test.
14:29 19/11/2014“Armenian Genocide: Frontpage Coverage in the World Press” exhibition opens in TehranThe exhibition “Armenian Genocide: Frontpage Coverage in the World Press" and the presentation of the book of the same name was organized by the Armenian Genocide 100th anniversary committee of the...
09:21 19/11/2014Russia has more ballistic missile interceptors than US - Arms ControlThe senior arms control official said the United States currently has 30 interceptors, deployed in Alaska and plans to deploy an additional 14.
17:34 18/11/2014The secret to ageing slowly? Ditch the carbs and cut back on caloriesAn experimental study suggests for the first time that food restriction – particularly carbohydrates - may work by manipulating the function of a much larger group of genes than previously suspected.
09:15 18/11/2014Global terror attack deaths rose sharply in 2013, says reportFive countries - Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria - accounted for 80% of the deaths from terrorism in 2013. More than 6,000 people died in Iraq alone.
18:32 17/11/2014Almost 36m people live in modern slavery – reportMore than 14 million people live as slaves in India. Next in the index comes China, with more than 3 million slaves, followed by Pakistan, Uzbekistan.
11:41 17/11/2014OSCE Mission to monitor Line of Contact in Askeran directionOn November 18, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the...
09:22 17/11/2014Mudslides hit Switzerland and ItalyThe heavy rain is expected to continue across the region, and both countries have issued major flood alerts.
09:08 15/11/2014Comet lander: Philae sends data from surfaceEngineers fear this contact may have been its last - certainly for a while.
09:13 14/11/2014White House says no Syria strategy review to deal with Islamic StateThe United States is not reviewing its Syria strategy to fight the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser, said Thursday.
18:30 13/11/2014World's tallest man strikes up unlikely friendship with smallest manSultan Kösen, 31, towers almost two metres above Chandra Dangi, 75, - who is about as tall as six stacked cans of beans.
09:15 13/11/2014Ukrainian forces concentrate along front line – RussiaThe ceasefire regime in Ukraine is turning into Ukrainian forces concentrating along the front line, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia in UN Alexander Pankin said.
17:44 12/11/2014A glass of wine a day can protect against heart disease - but only if you have a specific geneSmall quantities of alcohol protect against heart disease, but only for those who have a particular variant of a gene known as CETP TaqIB.
09:14 12/11/2014Russia to begin testing its Ebola drugs - Health MinistryOn Tuesday, Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp confirmed that it was waiting for an international license for its Avigan drug to be used for treating Ebola from January 2015.
09:24 11/11/2014Brain's taste secrets uncoveredIt is a myth that you taste sweet only on the tip of the tongue.
09:17 11/11/2014Russian capital Moscow shrouded in noxious gasThe source of the gas is unclear - no accidents have been reported at any of Moscow's chemical factories.
11:02 10/11/2014Women have a better sense of smell than men, study showsResearchers have solved the mystery of why women have a better sense of smell than men - and say it is all down to their brain.
09:13 10/11/2014All nine people on board killed in plane crash in BahamasThe Department of Civil Aviation stated that it has been unofficially advised that there were no survivors.
14:32 08/11/2014When do our brains form new memories?Our brains expect (or predict) what will happen in given situations based on prior experiences and patterns.
09:05 08/11/2014Islamic State crisis: US to send 1,500 more troops to IraqThe Pentagon said the troops would train and assist Iraqi forces.