Relatives of Kenyans torched inside a church in poll violence a year ago protest at burial plans.

A majority of Supreme Court judges favour maintaining a vast indigenous reserve in the Amazon but the contentious issue is not yet resolved, reports the BBC's Gary Duffy in Brasilia.

Edinburgh Zoo joins forces with a Zoo in Devon in a bid to save a bird extinct in the wild for 30 years.

US President-elect Barack Obama is invited to his ancestral home in County Offaly by Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

A tribal Indian woman who worked as a housemaid is now leading the campaign against a major corporation, reports the BBC's Moushumi Basu.

With the collapse of a deal for extended Muslim autonomy in the southern Philippines, many fear a return to war, writes the BBC's Vaudine England.

People come from around the world to find out more about their ancestors who hail from Tayside.

Fancy being told you have a higher-than-average risk of getting prostate cancer but are at low risk of suffering from glaucoma? Now for about £500 you can have your genome analysed by a commercial firm. Rob Liddle swabbed his cheek and sent off for a scan.

The ancestral home, of Diana, Princess of Wales, is opening to the public as it marks its 500th anniversary.

People seeking to trace ancestral links between Ulster Scots and North American descendants are now using DNA testing to aid their search.

Repair work is to begin immediately on the ancestral home of US president Woodrow Wilson, which caught fire on Thursday.

The thatched roof of the ancestral home of a former American president is extensively damaged by fire.

An aristocratic couple have to leave their ancestral home of 1,000 after it is sold by the bank.

The basis for laughter may have originated in an ancient primate ancestral to both humans and modern apes, a study suggests.

Thousands mourn assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as she is buried at her ancestral home in Pakistan.

Images of Benazir Bhutto's funeral and the family mausoleum in which the assassinated Pakistani ex-premier has been buried.

Pakistan's ex-PM Benazir Bhutto visits her family village amid tight security, after last week's assassination attempt.

Armed and with political agendas, two vigilante groups are causing a security headache in Kenya ahead of elections.

More than a third of British Asians feel just slightly or not at all British, a BBC survey suggests.