Egypt relaxes Gaza border restrictions, allowing many Palestinians to cross for the first time since ousted President Hosni Mubarak shut the crossing.
The mouth-watering Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United gets under way at Wembley at 1945 BST.
Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott share a century stand to take England to 148-2 against Sri Lanka at tea on day three of the first Test.
Gil Scott-Heron - the influential US musician, poet and author known as the "godfather of rap" - dies in a New York hospital at the age of 62.
A Californian team claim they have succeeded in converting human skin cells directly into functioning brain cells.
Computer conservationists have finished restoring a machine known as Tunny which was key to Allied code-cracking efforts in WWII.
Researchers reporting at the Acoustical Society of America meeting unveil video of a shock wave emanating from a trombone for the first time.
El Consejo de Ancianos de la Nación Misquita, en la costa caribe de Nicaragua, quiere usar el dinero del narcotráfico para salir de la pobreza. Las autoridades no creen que sea una buena idea.
中亚产油大国哈萨克斯坦的反对党组织游行示威,抗议“哈萨克政府允许中国掠夺哈萨克资源”。
المحكمة الإدارية المصرية تغرم الرئيس المصري السابق حسني مبارك، ومسؤولين سابقين، أكثر من 90 مليون دولار، بعد ادانتهم بقطع خدمات الانترنت والهاتف المحمول خلال ثورة يناير المصرية.
در جریان یک انفجار انتحاری پرقدرت در ساختمان دفتر والی تخار در شمال افغانستان، فرمانده پلیس حوزه شمال و فرمانده پلیس تخار کشته شده اند. والی تخار نیز در اثر این انفجار مجروح شده است.
Fast:Track accompanies the team from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne as they create a gold-winning garden for the Chelsea Flower Show.
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