Scientists use a numerical model to predict the risk of infection through airborne transmission of foot-and-mouth virus.
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Police clash with fishermen protesting against the high cost of fuel outside EU headquarters in Brussels.
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Missing out on an Olympic medal can be devastating for some, but for Bradley Saunders, going home empty-handed seemed a relief. The lightwelterweight from Sedgefield, County Durham, had been considered Great Britain's best medal prospect after Frankie Gavin failed to make the weight, and he received a kind draw. But he failed to live up to the billing as he went down to a disappointing 11-7 defeat by Alexis Vastine, of France.
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Nasa's robotic rover Opportunity is driving out of a giant crater on Mars nearly a year after its dangerous descent.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday that Israel must 'freeze' plans to expand its settlements during his first trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories as Britain's leader.
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Comet Holmes, first spotted in 1892, has suddenly and mysteriously become much brighter.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientific detective work has uncovered a decades-old glitch in ocean temperature measurements and revealed that the world's seas are warming and rising faster than previously reported.
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Nepal's governing assembly began voting to elect the new republic's first president since it abolished the centuries-old monarchy in May.
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There has been the biggest annual rise since 1990 in the proportion of GCSE exams awarded the best grades.
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Space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station on Wednesday and began its journey home, ending a nine-day visit highlighted by the installation of a new Japanese lab.
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Most news stories about global warming recommend that consumers switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs. But are they really that good for the environment?
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Liverpool scrape into the group stages of the Champions League after a 118th minute goal from Dirk Kuyt against Standard Liege.
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Shops in Germany say they are running out of milk after seven days of protests by dairy farmers over low prices.
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The two Chinese students murdered in their flat near Newcastle University were hard workers who had graduated with good degrees, police said yesterday.
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AP - Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions.

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Simon Barnes is blogging from Beijing every day. Follow his Games here
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Intruder breaks into Chilean president's site, puts up image of Peruvian flag and words 'Viva Peru' followed by expletive.
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Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line and is headed to southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring.
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