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In the biggest ever study of the genetics behind the inherited diseases; scientists had identified fifteen new genes for common disorders. Using faster and more accurate research methods, 200 British scientists have discovered the genes linked to seven conditions including coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and manic depression. Our science correspondent Pallab Ggosh says the results are significant.

The idea is beautifully simple. They compare the DNA of someone known to have a particular disease with the DNA of someone that they believed to be healthy. And so the differences must only be accounted for by the disease, now obviously they need thousands of people to make sure that it’s statistically significant. But that’s what they have done a brand new way, a more effective way of hunting for genes.

Leaders of the world's most prosperous nations meeting at the G8 summit in Germany have a day's work ahead that could expose further deep divisions between them. Difficult tasks are expected between the American and Russian Presidents. And the G8 leaders of all also have to address the divisive issue of climate change. From Heiligendamm, James Roberson reports.

All G8 summits expose contentious issues, but not usually so many as this one. The rows between Presidents Bush and Putin over limits to Russian democracy and America’s planned missile system for Eastern Europe both ramble long. The two Presidents will have tough private talks with neither side willing to give much ground. If that wasn’t enough, an afternoon on climate change will have to look for consensus. Critics are fearful that the price of bringing the United States and Europe towards agreement will be delayed in setting collective targets for action.

A court in Rome has cleared all five defendants accused of murdering the Italian financier Robert Roberto Calvi in London twenty five years ago deciding that there was insufficient evidence. The body of Mr. Calvi known as God's banker because of his connections to the Vatican was found hanging from a bridge. One of the detectives involved in the inquiry Jeff C. told the BBC he was surprised by the verdict. “It will be tremendously disappointment for the families, and also for the Italian magistrates who have spent so much time on this case. The people who are in the dark were not either the people who actually murdered the man, not were the people who would have ordered the murder. What we were able to achieve was to prove that beyond any reasonable doubt this was a murder, and not a suicide which should have been the claim from the early days of his body being found.

The chief prosecutor for the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague said that the chief recommend that European court restarts talks in close cooperation with Serbia as soon as possible. It’s still P who’s on a visit to Belgrade said Serbia had finally shown that it had the political will to arrest remaining war crimes fugitives wanted by the Hague.

This is BBC World News.

A remote controlled robot which could rescue soldiers from the battlefield is being developed by a company in the US. It is 1.80 meters tall, has caterpillar tracks for legs and shadows for arms. Its creator Denial S. said the robot can lift heavy objects, go over a rough terrain, enter buildings, and climb stairs. He hopes it will be ready for action within two years.

Mayors in delegates from six Andean countries have signed a declaration in Bolivia saying that a decision by World Football’s governing body FIFA to ban games at high altitude is wrong on medical, political and sporting grounds. The document will be presented next week at the South American Football Federation meeting in Paraguay which could veto the altitude ruling. Our South American correspondent Denial Thrimler reports.

They’ve signed a declaration in La Paz saying that the decision by FIFA to ban games played at high altitude is wrong on medical, political and sporting grounds. The world football authority says that playing at that altitude is bad for the player’s health. The President of Bolivia Evo Morales says he has proved that’s not true. The Bolivian authorities have been meeting in La Paz with representatives from other countries affected by the ban, Columbia, Ecuador, Chile, Venezuela and Peru. They heard scientific evidence and accused foot-balling giants Argentina and Brazil of pushing for the ban since they have lost games played at that altitude.

American officials have detained a man who'd been alleged as a member of Al Qaeda in the home of Africa and taken him to Guantanamo Bay for questioning. The Pentagon identified the man as Abdulla / and accused of him smuggling arms to African extremist. Human Rights Watch says dozens of individuals who've fled the fighting in Somalia have been arbitrarily arrested and denied access to lawyers.

BBC World News.