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Here is the link to Thursday's live blog. Please check the page regularly for updates.

7:45am PDT: The BBC has a disturbing first hand video report from a hospital in Port-au-Prince where, last night, injured people waiting for treatment slept amongst dead bodies.

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Finding could advance sequencing studies of ancient animals.

A major league baseball player’s bitter divorce has lifted the lid on the sport’s new drug problem – players abusing the drug Adderall.

Owners of Toyota's iconic Prius hybrid model who thought they'd escaped the rash of Toyota recalls need to think again. The company is working on a fix to reshape accelerator pedals so that they cannot be trapped by floor mats, and will issue details within weeks.

The US vice-president condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, as he prepares to visit the West Bank.

Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed terror suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.

The first thing that comes to mind is absolute stupidity.

Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.

Yes, she solicited an undercover Cincinnati cop, and all she wanted was5 bucks and a large clump of candy.

Turn on, tune in, drop out. This commercial made me feel like I was tripping.

A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, is to open.

Kinetically powered cell phones have been relegated to futuristic concepts..or have they? Nokia files a patent that could lead to the first real piezoelectric mobile phone.

Though the iPad has drawn some harsh reviews, it's hardly the first Apple product to get trashed (at first). A look back at 25 years of "flops"

Though not publicly acknowledged, many pubescent girls in the West African country of Cameroon are subjected to the practice of breast ironing, which involves massaging a child's growing breasts with an object like a stone, hammer or spatula that has been heated over coals, until the breasts actually disappear. The practice of breast ironing is...

Ancient Finnish charms, formulae, and prayers, used by Shamans, healers, and peasants from ancient times.

Exquisite Sufi poetry.

A treasure trove of Finnish lore. Volume two to follow shortly.

Finally completed--the six volume treasure house of the Buddha's past lives, the Jataka.

A short look at Jewish wisdom literature from the Talmud and Midrash.

New version--own the Wisdom of the Ages!