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Time-lapse imaging 'improves IVF' 
  Fri, 17 May 2013 01:49:29 GMT 
    Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research.


Mental health 'bible' is updated 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 06:45:33 GMT 
    An update to one of the most important manuals in mental health - known as the bible of psychiatry - is published.


Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:03 GMT 
    Arsenal finish fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League with a nervy 1-0 win over Newcastle.


PSG boss Ancelotti asks to leave 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 20:53:35 GMT 
    Real Madrid target Carlo Ancelotti asks to leave Paris St-Germain but is told by the club "it is not possible".


The Somali pirates 'jailed in paradise' 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 23:46:02 GMT 
    Anthony Denselow reports on the captured pirates who end up in the tiny island nation of Seychelles.


The world's largest camel herd - in Australia 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 23:38:19 GMT 
    Kangaroos and koalas are possibly the best-known Australian wildlife, but thriving in the outback are more surprising residents - camels. There are now thought to be 750,000 roaming in the outback, making it the biggest wild herd in the world.


Boko Haram militants 'in disarray' 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 19:04:47 GMT 
    The Nigerian military says that Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" as a result of its offensive against them.


Murdered Pakistan politician buried 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 21:38:51 GMT 
    Hundreds of people attend the funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, at a mosque in Karachi.


Disgraced French minister bows out 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 14:44:39 GMT 
    A French government minister who quit over revelations of his undeclared Swiss bank account says he will not stand again for election.


Malcolm X grandson suspects remanded 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:55 GMT 
    Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X, are remanded in custody in Mexico.


Iran executes two men for spying 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 10:06:16 GMT 
    Iranian officials say two men have been executed after they were convicted of spying for Israel and the US.


Serena powers to Italian Open win 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 13:27:39 GMT 
    World number one Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka to win the Italian Open and her fourth consecutive tournament.


Gay marriage plans return to Commons 
  Mon, 20 May 2013 03:31:27 GMT 
    Conservative Party divisions over legalising same-sex marriage in England and Wales are set to be exposed again when the plans return to the Commons later.


Man killed as blast destroys house 
  Mon, 20 May 2013 00:39:16 GMT 
    The body of a man is recovered from the remains of a house in Nottinghamshire after it was destroyed in an explosion that injured four others.


Ark Royal sets sail on final journey 
  Mon, 20 May 2013 03:41:20 GMT 
    The Royal Navy's former flagship, HMS Ark Royal, leaves her home port of Portsmouth for the final time later, bound for a scrap yard in Turkey.
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