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Internally displaced Sri Lankan people - May 23 2009

Sri Lanka refugees 'to be freed'

Sri Lanka says refugees living in camps after the fight against the Tamil Tigers will be free to leave from next month.

Refugees plead for freedom

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Timeline: Sri Lanka

'Big Bang machine' working again

The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.

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Physical or emotional abuse during childhood could speed up the body's ageing process, US research suggests.

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Flooded parts of the UK are preparing for more rain after "unprecedented" rainfall swamped homes and brought down bridges.

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Drug-resistant swine flu hits UK

Tories ponder Army's German role

UK troop levels in Germany could be scaled back if the Tories win power, the shadow defence secretary has said.

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