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Nasa is using some hi-tech and some very low-tech approaches to try to understand what is happening under the Greenland ice.

Australia close day two on 189-2 after Jason Krejza takes 8-215 in India's first innings of 441 on day two of the final Test at Nagpur.

Gautam Gambhir and VVS Laxman both hit double centuries as India take control of the third Test against Australia in Delhi.

The scale of the delays affecting England's school rebuilding project is revealed by a parliamentary question.

Australia extend their lead to 263 runs over India at the end of day four of the first Test.

India close on 313-8 in reply to Australia's 430 in Bangalore on day three of the first Test.

Ricky Ponting's first century on Indian soil puts Australia on top in the first Test in Bangalore.

Top US envoy Christopher Hill arrives in North Korea to try to breathe life into a stalled denuclearisation deal.

Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Durham are all in the mix for the title as the Division One campaign nears a close.

Warwickshire claim two of the four points needed to win Division Two by closing day one against Glamorgan on 270-7.

Preserving tropical forests is the cheapest way of combating climate change - so why aren't we doing it?

Ukraine says farewell to the US vice-president but faces a tough debate about any future role in Nato, writes the BBC's Olexiy Solohubenko.

Why the UN needs to reform, meaningfully, the way it handles environmental issues.

The Premier League begins on Saturday with Arsenal taking on newly-promoted West Brom at 1245 BST.

Organisers of the Camp for Climate Change are hoping that thousands of fellow protestors will join them this weekend in a final "day of action"

Ravi Bopara's 83 not out leads Essex to within 30 runs of victory over Gloucestershire with eight wickets remaining.

Ashwell Prince and AB de Villiers guide South Africa to 322-4, a lead of 119 over England, on day two of the second Test.

Ian Bell hits a magnificent 199 as England declare on 593-8 on the second day of the first Test against South Africa.

The BBC's Jon Leyne says there is a building sense of crisis as tension continues to rise over Iran's controversial nuclear programme.

Critics believe a new Egyptian film could further help an industry just beginning to climb out of severe decline.

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