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By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent We could be entering the era of Alzheimer's treatments, after the second drug in under a year has been shown to slow the disease. Experts said we were now "on the cusp" of drugs being available, something that had recently seemed "impossible".

ASL is a complex language that, like any other language, takes time and practice to learn. To give you a flavor of just three simple words, look at the video clips below (each sign will be repeated four times). What do you think the signer is saying? When you're ready to find out, click on

Last year, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced the end of a seven-year moratorium on executions. There are currently believed to be more than 8,000 people on death row in the country. More than 200 have already been hanged in the last eight months.

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In one of the defining early moments of Taylor Swifts career, in 2008, she sat on a maroon armchair as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, chatting about her new country album, Fearless. Swift, prodded by DeGeneress rapid questions and general nosiness, revealed that one of the tracks, Forever & Always, was about her