Acupuncture - permanent cure for health problems

Two Egyptian women die of bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the virus in Egypt to 19.

Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone.

• A Year in Words, featuring the newest words/phrases/slang for 2007. Love it.
• An Angel in the Post Office. See, there are government workers who care.
• The Airport Security Follies. Finally, someone writes a great, biting piece on the ridiculousness that has become airport security.

Czech patients are to start paying doctors for visits, in a controversial healthcare shake-up.

Experts are developing a flexible surgical robot - the i-Snake - which they say could revolutionise keyhole surgery.

Professor Ian Wilmut, the man who led the team which created the clone known as Dolly the sheep, is knighted.