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Donegal Fianna Fail TD Jim McDaid loses the party whip after he abstains during a vote on the cervical cancer vaccine.
Drinking a small amount of alcohol while pregnant does not increase a child's risk of behavioural problems, a study suggests.
Schoolgirls in NI are being offered a vaccination against cervical cancer, but some parents say they should abstain from sex to prevent the disease.
The UN Security Council renews the Darfur mission mandate just two hours before it was due to expire.
MPs are warned about gadgets in the Commons after claims photos were taken of Lib Dem MPs abstaining on a vote.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg defends his handling of the EU treaty vote, after 15 of his MPs chose to defy him.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he was right to order his party to abstain on the vote on a referendum on the new EU treaty.
BBC Scotland political reporter John Knox watches Wendy Alexander attempt to mount a comeback.
Consumers' associations in Italy ask people to abstain from pasta for the day to protest against price rises.
Jean-Marie Le Pen tells supporters not to vote for either candidate in Sunday's French presidential run-off.
Pupils attending abstinence classes are no more likely to abstain from sex than those who do not, a study finds.
The BBC's panel examining climate change gives its verdict on 20 key questions.
A Zimbabwean factory worker tells the BBC how the HIV pandemic has affected his sexual behaviour.
A shrimp-like creature may have to forfeit its claim to be the longest abstainer from sex in the animal kingdom, a new study finds.
Newspapers in Israel are full of advice for voters on the eve of the general election, with many worried about possible high numbers of abstainers.
Sri Lankans vote for a new president, but most people in Tamil Tiger-controlled areas abstain.
Men who abstain from sex in the belief it will boost sperm quality and help them conceive are mistaken, a study shows.
Not Apathetic, where people are giving their reasons for abstaining, is having a busy day of it, and has spawned a twin, writes Alan Connor.
Kuwaiti MPs block a law which would have give women the right to vote and stand in municipal elections.
The BBC News website examines the evidence that if one in 10 Labour votes abstain they will let in the Conservatives.
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