If it had been the first day of April yesterday and not boring old 4 January (1/4 not 4/1) I don’t think many people would have believed that story about the vulture that was "arrested" in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of spying for Israel...

Highlights Children’s Rights and Food Safety Activist Zhao Lianhai Believed to Be Released: Zhao Lianhai (赵 连海), founder of the online advocacy group Kidney Stone Babies, has been released from prison on medical parole, according to a...

The Vaccine Casebook was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 8 pm on Tuesday 4 January 2011. A team of Danish and African health specialists has been monitoring a population there and has come up with interesting findings that could influence...

The Stunning Controversy is a programme on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday 5 January 2011 at 9 pm. It looks into the use of stun-guns or tasers in the USA and asks how safe these weapons are.

Mauritanian anti-slavery campaigner Biram Dah Abeid has been arrested . Human rights groups allege that he is being held on trumped-up charges. Guardian Weekly carries the article, first published in Le Monde.