Man held over New York bomb plot
A US citizen of Pakistani origin is arrested in New York over an attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square.

Flights to resume after ash risk
All flights in and out of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic will resume at 1200 GMT after being grounded due to volcanic ash.

Mumbai gunman 'should be hanged'
The sole surviving gunman who attacked the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) in 2008 should be executed, prosecutors say.

Japan scraps US base move plan
Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says it is not "feasible" to move a controversial US base out of Okinawa.

BP vows to clean up US oil slick
Oil giant BP says it is "absolutely responsible" for cleaning up the massive oil spill off the US Gulf of Mexico coast.

Gunman kills SA strip clubs owner
"Lolly" Jackson, the owner of South Africa's Teazers strip clubs, is found shot dead, police say.

Rocks record early magnetic field
Scientists push back the date for the earliest known presence of a magnetic field on Earth by about 250 million years.

Warning over 'too much' toddler TV
The more TV a toddler watches, the higher the likelihood they will do badly at school and have poor health at the age of 10, researchers warn.

Objection! Anger at closure of US Supreme Court's famous entrance
The famous main entrance and marble steps to the US Supreme Court close because of security concerns, prompting objections from two justices.

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Japan abandons 2018 World Cup bid
Japan drops its bid to host the 2018 World Cup after Sepp Blatter hints the tournament will be staged in Europe.

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Little evidence that priests more prone to paedophilia

Hungry to learn?
Why freed Sudan slave felt he had to leave school

Struggling on
Displaced Tamils try to rebuild lives in northern Sri Lanka

Redgrave obituary
'Inadequate' sibling or successful actress?

Beauty of maps
So much more than how to get from A to B

Court deadlock
Slow case against 'Mumbai planners' in Pakistan

Thales fined for Taiwan navy deal
A court orders France and defence group Thales to pay $830m in compensation to Taiwan over a 1991 arms contract.

Tee time
Golf boom as rich Indians take to the fairways

Blame game
The hunt begins for culprits after BP oil rig blast

Student guilty of Palin hacking
A former US student is found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail account and obstructing justice.

Dick sci-fi journals to come out
Exegesis, the journals of science fiction author Philip K Dick, will be published next year.

Hewlett-Packard in $1bn Palm deal
Palm, a pioneer in the smart phone business, is being bought by US computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) for $1bn (£657m).

Actress Lynn Redgrave dies at 67
Lynn Redgrave, star of film and stage, has died of breast cancer at the age of 67 at her home in the US.

Nightmare slays film competition
Horror remake A Nightmare on Elm Street tops the north American box office after taking $32m (£21m) in its opening weekend, figures reveal.

Mammoths had 'anti-freeze blood'
Mammoths had a form of "anti-freeze" blood to keep their bodies supplied with oxygen at freezing temperatures, scientists say.

Uganda's highest ice cap splits
The ice cap on Uganda's highest peak has split because of global warming, the country's wildlife authority says.

'Green' exercise 'boosts health'
Just five minutes of exercise in a "green space" such as a park can boost mental health, say researchers.

'Attacks' hit Darfur peace talks
Darfur rebels boycott peace talks, accusing Sudan's government of new attacks despite February deal.

Cameroon police block journalists
Journalists protesting against the death of a Cameroon newspaper editor clash with police on World Press Freedom Day.

Nashville under water after storms
Parts of the US city of Nashville are flooded as severe storms kill 27 people in Tennessee and neighbouring states.

Argentine ex-leader charged again
Former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla is charged with an additional 49 counts of murder and torture.

S Korea 'resolute' over sunk ship
South Korea's president says resolute action and an international probe is needed after the sinking of a naval ship.

Taiwan gets first office in China
Taiwan opens its first office in China to promote mainland tourism to the island, in a sign of improving cross-strait ties.

Three on trial over Madrid bomb
Three suspected Basque separatists accused of carrying out the 2006 Madrid airport bombing go on trial.

Putin named press freedom 'predator'
Media watchdog group Reporters without Borders names Vladimir Putin among the world's worst "predators of freedom".

Nuclear talks spark Iran-US clash
The US secretary of state and Iran's president trade accusations at a nuclear non-proliferation conference in New York.

Obama renews US-Syria sanctions
US President Obama renews sanctions against Syria, saying it supports terrorism and is pursuing weapons of mass destruction.

Probe into India reporter death
Police in India question the father and brother of journalist Nirupama Pathak over her death, in a suspected "honour killing" case.

Nepal Maoists' strike continues
Businesses stay shut as an indefinite strike by Maoists in Nepal to force the government to resign enters its third day.

Ministers in tactical voting call
Labour ministers call for tactical voting in marginal seats - but the Lib Dems call it "desperate" while the Tories say it is "deluded".

Guantanamo claimants await ruling
Former Guantanamo Bay detainees await a judges' ruling on government use of secret evidence to fight their damages claim.

UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Two British soldiers from the same regiment die in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

'Hard-up Britons' watch more TV
UK television viewers watch more than four hours of TV every day, the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board says.

Self-employed 'mull move abroad'
A quarter of self-employed people would consider quitting the UK to work abroad in the next five years, a survey reveals.

Death row Briton loses US appeal
A British grandmother on death row in Texas for killing a young mother has her last-ditch appeal rejected.