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LONDON (Reuters) - A charity set up to help victims of the July 2005 bombings in London has disbanded after handing out 12 million pounds. The London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund (LBRCF), funded mainly from public and company donations, said on Wednesday it had completed the task for which it had been set up. The charity, which began distributing grants to the 325 injured and bereaved in the da ...

By Carol Giacomo and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key European states on Tuesday circulated their own draft resolution imposing nuclear and missile-related sanctions on Iran after failing to reach agreement with Washington, U.S. and European officials said. A senior U.S. official predicted the dispute ultimately would be resolved but it was unclear when that might happen. A unified front ...

Scientists have successfully carried out a series of ovarian transplants on women with an early menopause by using tissue from identical twin sisters. The US team hit the headlines last year when Stephanie Yarber, who went through the menopause at 14, had a baby after her twin sister donated tissue. Another five women have now had the operation, three of whom are pregnant. A study in Human Reproduction shows twins have a three to five times higher rate of premature ovarian failure. Dr Sherma ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Masked men grabbed a U.S. soldier, handcuffed him and forced him into a vehicle, the U.S. military said Tuesday, offering a relative's account of the kidnapping in Baghdad. The soldier, who has not been named, was visiting the relative at a residence when the kidnapping occurred Monday night. He did not have permission for the visit, a military spokesperson said Tuesday. Shortly after the abduction, the kidnappers reportedly contacted the relative on the soldier's cell  ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The rear end of a train pulling into London's Waterloo station derailed during evening rush hour on Tuesday but nobody was hurt, police and a rail official said. Commuters suffered delays to their service as investigators examined the scene. Disruptions were likely to drag on into Wednesday, said South West Trains spokeswoman Simone Spinks. The train, which had been travelling ...