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Operations cancelled after tests
A hospital cancels about two-thirds of its operations after problems within the sterilisation process.
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Healing Florida's 'River of Grass'
US conservationists hail a deal under which Florida will buy a huge tract of land from a sugar company, in a move to restore the Everglades.
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Water system gets £25m cash boost
Scottish Water lays out plans to spend £25m on improving the quality of drinking water in the Borders.
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The great military beans fatigue
British soldiers are used to surviving for long periods on monotonous rations. But with most of the fighting now being done in the searing heat of Afghanistan and Iraq, the MoD is creating new hot weather ration packs that rely less on the staples of beans, biscuits, cocoa and custard.
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A way of life is feeling the heat
Centuries of knowledge needed to survive in the world's drylands are being sacrificed in the name of progress.
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Clean-up under way after floods
People in south Somerset begin clearing up the wreckage caused by flash flooding.
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Time to leave the comfort zone
Civic leaders must be willing to make tough choices if we are going to live in green cities.
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Cyclone victims' tales seep through
The BBC's Roland Buerk glimpses the suffering among victims of Cyclone Nargis, which hit Burma on 2 May.
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Burma diary - the relief effort
Save the Children's Burma director, Andrew Kirkwood, sends his diary of the days following Cyclone Nargis.
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Council withdraws bottled water
A council removes bottled water from its offices and meetings in an environmental move.
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Firm told to upgrade sewage plans
South West Water (SWW) is forced to upgrade its plans for a sewage plant in Cornwall.
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Green movement forgets its politics
Why climate campaigners should stop trying to persuade people into lifestyle changes and start dealing with the politics.
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Run water supports well projects
Bottled water bought for road runners in Bristol pays for schemes providing clean, safe water in India.
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Xerox plans the future of today
The famed Xerox Parc labs invites the BBC to view the best of its latest crop of research projects
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At a glance: The Byron Review
A quick guide to the key conclusions and recommendations in the Byron Review.
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Video games ratings face overhaul
A review of how the net and video games affect children says the ratings system for games should be revamped.
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China's battle to police the web
Web users in China are able to view the BBC News website for the first time. So how does the great firewall of China work?
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'Sea slug' inspires brain implant
Sea cucumbers inspire a novel material that could be used in brain implants, US researchers say.
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Antarctic diary: Polar year
The BBC's Martin Redfern is spending a month in the Antarctic reporting on International Polar Year.
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The mobile future blog: day four
All this week BBC News website technology editor Darren Waters is using a mobile phone to cover the Game Developers Conference, in text and in video.
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