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09:51 02/06/2014Row over protection for World Cup mascot armadilloThe armadillo in question, Tolypeutes tricinctus, is found only in Brazil, where it lives in a type of tropical dry forest known as Caatinga, in the country's northeast.
09:06 02/06/2014Solar plane makes inaugural flightThe Solar Impulse 2 vehicle lifted off from Payerne airfield in Switzerland.
14:09 31/05/2014Freed captive Arsen Khojoyan’s condition worsens day by day, relative says23-year-old Armenian citizen Arsen Khojoyan, who was released from Azerbaijani captivity on April 10, has health problems.
09:05 31/05/2014Turkey PM Erdogan warns youth to ignore Taksim anniversaryThe main organisers behind the Gezi Park protests - Taksim Solidarity - have called for a demonstration on Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary.
19:01 30/05/2014Light bedrooms 'link to obesity'A team at the Institute of Cancer Research in London found women had larger waistlines if their bedroom was "light enough to see across" at night.
09:09 30/05/2014Jihadi featured in suicide bombing video in Syria was U.S. citizenThe man identified as Abu Hurayra Al-Amriki in videos on YouTube, which showed the blast, grew up and went to school in Florida.
09:05 29/05/2014John Kerry tells fugitive Edward Snowden to 'man up'Mr Kerry also called the former National Security Agency contractor "confused", adding "this is a man who has done great damage to his country."
09:06 28/05/2014South Korea hospice fire kills 21Officials said most of the people who died suffocated because of toxic fumes.
09:08 27/05/2014Nigeria army 'knows where Boko Haram are holding girls'Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff said it was "good news for the parents," although he admitted the military would not risk "going there with force."
09:10 26/05/2014China: Extremists arrestedPolice in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have busted 23 "terror and religious extremism groups and caught over 200 suspects."
09:06 24/05/2014US ship finds hull of missing yachtA surface swimmer identified the name on the back of the boat and knocked on the hull but there was no response.
09:08 23/05/2014Cheeki Rafiki search may be suspended - US Coast GuardCaptain Anthony Popiel said he had spoken to the yachtsmen's families to tell them that the search could be suspended.
11:59 22/05/2014Suren Krmoyan relieved of post as Chief of Health Ministry StaffBy a decision of the Armenian government, Suren Krmoyan was relieved of his post as Chief of Health Ministry Staff.
08:48 22/05/2014Red Cross delivers food aid to AleppoICRC president Peter Maurer says it is the biggest such operation in months.
10:11 21/05/2014Today is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and DevelopmentThe day provides us with an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the values of cultural diversity and to learn to live together better.
09:00 21/05/2014Syrian refugees in Lebanon face health care crisis – AmnestyA new report says some refugees have resorted to returning to Syria to receive the treatment they need.
09:10 20/05/2014Putin arrives in China for state visitThe two countries will make a "substantial" announcement and sign agreements.
13:42 19/05/2014Arrests in deadly Turkish mine fireFour people have been arrested in connection with last week's coal mine fire in Soma, Turkey, that killed 301 miners, CNN reported, citing the country's semiofficial Anadolu news agency.
09:25 19/05/2014Nigeria suicide blast leaves four dead in KanoWitnesses say that the explosion was caused by a bomb in a car in the predominantly Christian area of Sabon Gari.
10:14 17/05/2014'Biggest dinosaur ever' discoveredFossilised bones of dinosaur believed to be the largest creature ever to walk the Earth has been unearthed in Argentina.