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Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn increasingly to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.
Participants in the Original Mountain Marathon give their accounts of conditions during the weather-hit event in the Lake District.
Alain Robbe-Grillet, the French writer who pioneered the so-called new novel genre, dies at the age of 85.
Peruvians are hoping to find a foreign market for their potatoes, writes the BBC's Dan Collyns.
Sergei Khrushchev, son of Soviet premier Nikita, shares his memories of Sputnik and the US-Soviet race to the Moon.
A plague of field voles in central Spain leads the authorities to resort to controlled burning of fields.
The second in Mark Doyle's series looking at global food production and consumption
The Football League will investigate the circumstances of Birmingham postponing their game with Leeds due to their relaid pitch.
Read about the schoolchildren that linked up in Malaysia and the UK.
Ghana and Ivory Coast are struggling to contain the spread of a disease hitting cocoa crops, experts warn.
A Western Isles golf course is set to be restored to its 18-hole glory days as designed by Old Tom Morris.
A massive engineering project helps quench Libya's thirst for "fossil water", and transforms its economy.
The US and other countries in the region welcome the declaration of Rene Preval as Haiti's president.
Rene Preval is declared president of Haiti, after an election dispute which triggered big protests.
The winner of the controversial elections in Haiti, Rene Preval, is a former ally of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and has inherited his following among the poor.
Profiles of the main candidates running in Haiti's long-awaited elections on 7 February.
Ten years on, Israeli papers assess the legacy of assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
A serious fall at Chepstow race course may have been caused by insect larvae eating grass roots.
Poor infrastructure and a lack of access to finance make it hard for Albania's entrepreneurs to achieve their international goals.
Two top experts on the World Bank explain their contrasting views on Paul Wolfowitz's nomination to head the body.
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