ISLAMABAD: A $1.18 billion, 10-year investment programme, offered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Agence Francaise de Development (French

WASHINGTON: With the fairly substantive and meaningful shake-up in the top hierarchy of the Pakistan Army now complete, the key issue of Lt Gen Shuja

ISLAMABAD: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif plans to induct a good number of lawyers from the southern Punjab into his hi

NAWABSHAH: The government of Pakistan People’s Party is committed to take along all the allied parties and the amendment in the Local Government Ordin

ISLAMABAD: The government has removed yet another officer of impeccable integrity, the Chief Commissioner, Islamabad, Shahid Mehmood, after he refused

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Ansar Burney Trust International Ansar Burney has strongly condemned the apathy of the government towards its nationals with regar

ISLAMABAD: The Syrian lady teacher of the Pakistan International School of Damascus (PISOD), who went public against the Pakistani ambassador to Syria

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Wednesday formally requested the Ministry of Finance for kick-starting the process for re-p

ROME: General Tariq Majid, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), who is on an official visit to Italy for bilateral defence talks on the i

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says that even after nearly two years, it has no clue about the whereabouts of kidnapped Afghan Ambassador-designate to Pakistan A

Islamabad: Corrupt people are in every field of life, even among lawyers.
Such people are a threat to the overall reputation of an institution and the

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said that any initiative on Afghanistan should ensure Afghan ownership of the process as well as territorial int

LAHORE: Division was quite obvious among the PPP cadres in NA-123 on Wednesday when some party supporters voted for the Jamaat-e-Islami and a few supp

LAHORE: Terming the Indus Waters Treaty an unhappy marriage between Pakistan and India, Indus Waters Commissioner Syed Jamaat Ali Shah has said obliga

LAHORE: During the last two general elections held in 2002 and 2008, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) remained the majority party in NA-123 by d

KHAIRPUR: Prisoners of the Central Jail, Khairpur, on Wednesday held five members of the jail staff hostage to protest against the shifting of their t

Special documentary on kidney business on Geo News KARACHI: International network for illegal kidneys begins working in the poorest countries o

Five US nationals case Hearing held in District Jail for security reasons By our correspondent SARGODHA: Anti-Terrorism Court Jud

GENEVA: Middle Eastern countries feel tricked by the 40-year-old nuclear non proliferation treaty, an Egyptian diplomat warned on Wednesday, less than

GENEVA: The UN’s independent expert on torture on Wednesday criticised the Obama administration for not investigating allegations of torture made when

DHARMSALA, India: The Dalai Lama blasted Chinese authorities Wednesday, accusing them of trying to “annihilate Buddhism’’ in Tibet as he commemorated

CAIRO: Sunni Islam’s top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack su

CANBERRA/JAKARTA: A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant move

LONDON: The United States and Europe face growing tensions over restrictions on export deals involving BAE Systems while European politicians protest

KABUL: Iran’s president on Wednesday criticised Western troops as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their

RABAT: The crisis in relations between Libya and its Western partners is an expression of Muammar Qadhafi’s inner circle: a family he protects fiercel

NEW DELHI: India’s ruling Congress party officials met on Wednesday to douse a political standoff over a contentious parliament bill after two of its

YANGON: Myanmar’s military rulers have barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and may force her own political

BEIJING: A Chinese proverb says women hold up half the sky.
In the future, they’ll be doing it from space. The Chinese space programme’s first two wom

WASHINGTON: The United States said on Wednesday that it did not expect serious harm to ties with Japan after the new centre-left government in Tokyo l

MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin heads to India on Thursday for a visit aimed at tightening the close arms and energy partnerships that M

RAMALLAH, West Bank: US Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace e

ROME: Italy’s defence minister on Wednesday manhandled a journalist who tried to ask Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi a question at a news conference,

‘We cannot bury our head in the sand’ RIYADH: Turkey’s role as a key player in Middle East and Arab affairs was set in cement when the Saudis honoured

Ex-wife criticises Nelson Mandela JOHANNESBURG: A British newspaper interview that quotes Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife bitterly criticising the 92

The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.

Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.

The police have arrested about 200 people in Jos, where this week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution.

The Board of Education in Kansas City, Mo., accepted a sweeping and contentious plan to shrink its school system in the face of dwindling enrollment, budget cuts and a $50 million deficit.

Bedbug-sniffing dogs are the new and furry front line in an escalating domestic war.

Despite efforts to get drivers to stop texting, police officers and paramedics use an array of dashboard gadgets.

A Michigan city settled a discrimination suit by offering homes to descendants of residents forced off their land.

Previously undisclosed e-mail messages provide new evidence about Senator John Ensign?s efforts to steer lobbying work to the husband of his former mistress.

The ex-husband of the woman who called herself ?JihadJane,?
said she ?was just like anyone else.?

House Democrats were desperately trying to prevent a sweeping overhaul of student loan programs from becoming a casualty of the health care battle.

David J.
Loglisci, the former chief investment officer for the New York?s pension fund, told a court of kickbacks.

Gary Gensler, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is the leading contender to oversee the instruments that played a key role in the financial crisis.

The aftermath of the earthquake may give the country?s new right-wing government a chance to entomb the ghosts of the Gen.
Augusto Pinochet.

The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation?s checkerboard of locally written standards.

An exhibit at the New-York Historical Society is the first large- scale showing of items from the Grateful Dead archive.

A lungo interrogato Sergio Virtù, 49 anni.
I reati contestati: sequestro e omicidio volontario A fare il suo nome Sabrina Minardi, ex compagna del boss della Banda della Magliana
Caso Orlandi, c'è un indagato è l'ex autista di Renato De Pedis
E' stato citato anche da Fabiola Moretti, pentita dell'organizzazione criminale L'uomo è detenuto nel carcere di Regina Coeli per altre vicende giudiziarie

(22:34 10/03/2010)

A larghissima maggioranza ("no" dei laici del Pdl) approvato il documento che accusa il presidente del Consiglio "Attacchi inaccettabili che delegittimano le istituzioni.
Il premier non puó insultare e intimidire"
"Premier denigra, a rischio democrazia" Sì del plenum del Csm alla delibera

(20:20 10/03/2010)

Il fotoracconto: la dignitá delle donne di Tirana

(19:03 10/03/2010)

Champions League
Milan, notte da incubo Il Manchester lo umilia
I rossoneri escono a testa bassa rimediando un umiliante 4-0.
Decidono i gol del solito Rooney, autore di una doppietta, Park e Fletcher.
La squadra di Leonardo è stata surclassata sulla corsa e sul piano tattico.
Per l'Italia resta solo l'Inter
di JACOPO MANFREDI

(18:33 10/03/2010)

Domenica 14 e lunedì 15 su RaiUno la miniserie con protagonista Sofia Loren L'attrice interpreta sua madre per raccontare l'avventura di una donna e delle sue due figlie
Gli "specchi" di casa Scicolone "Una storia di guerra, fame ed elemosina"
di ANNALISA D'APRILE

(17:48 10/03/2010)

Dopo due voti di fiducia, l'ok definitivo con 169 favorevoli, 126 contrari e 3 astenuti Lo "scudo" consente al presidente del Consiglio di sottrarsi alle convocazioni in sede giudiziaria
Legittimo impedimento, via libera del Senato "Stop" alle udienze per premier e ministri
La Procura di Milano presenterá un ricorso alla Corte Costituzionale Con la seduta di oggi il governo Berlusconi tocca 31 questioni di fiducia

(17:48 10/03/2010)

CALCIO
La grande truffa di Greg Dal nulla al Cska Sofia
Ventotto anni, sconosciuto centrocampista, il francese Akcelrod si è costruito una carriera sul web: con foto ritoccate, un sito, video, si è inventato un curriculum in squadre come Paris Saint Germain e Racing Club de France.
E ha ottenuto un ingaggio in Bulgaria.
Ma è stato smascherato, grazie alla curiositá di un tifoso

(17:24 10/03/2010)

Inter
Mourinho-Inter: nervi tesi
Il tecnico nerazzurro sconfessa clamorosamente il dt Branca, che aveva parlato di Balotelli febbricitante nella gara con il Genoa: "E' una bugia, la febbre l'avevo io..."

(17:16 10/03/2010)

CULTURA
Accordo  Google-MiBAC Un milione di libri online
Siglata la collaborazione tra il gigante di Mountain View e il ministero dei Beni e delle Attivitá Culturali.
Nikesh Arora: "Passo importante verso la realizzazione di una library universale".
In Rete opere rarissime.
Nessuna polemica con gli editori: sono opere non protette da copyright
di GIULIA BELARDELLI

(16:44 10/03/2010)

L'Alto commissario per i diritti umani Navi Pillay a Roma per una visita di due giorni Audizione in Senato.
Domani visiterá due campi nomadi.
"I migranti non siano denigrati e attaccati"
Immigrati, l'Onu critica pacchetto sicurezza "In Italia ci sono troppe discriminazioni"

(16:16 10/03/2010)

Roma, intesa con i sindacati al ministero: il provvedimento avrá vigore dal 24 febbraio 2010 Ossigeno per i lavoratori di Novara, Ivrea, Trino Vercellese, Gaglianico, Monza e Casalecchio
Phonemedia, un anno di cassa in deroga ma solo per i call center giá commissariati
Nelle sedi del Nord la Finanza preleva documenti e sigilla i server, al Sud si attendono le sentenze
di SALVATORE MANNIRONI

(15:25 10/03/2010)

Creative Commons: i volti delle donne contro la violenza

(15:11 10/03/2010)

Passaparola / Luigi Morsello è stato per 36 anni direttore di case di pena Il suo libro ripercorre decenni di storia d'Italia attraverso quel mondo
"La mia vita dentro", viaggio nelle carceri come sono e come dovrebbero essere
di SILVANA MAZZOCCHI

(15:08 10/03/2010)

Sentita dai carabinieri Giuseppina De Luca, consorte dell'ex portiere dello stabile del delitto Ieri si è tolto la vita, venerdì avrebbe dovuto deporre al processo
Via Poma, la moglie di Vanacore "Pietro era molto amareggiato"
L'autopsia conferma: morte per annegamento.
Nell'organismo non sono state trovate tracce di veleno
di MARIO DILIBERTO

(14:37 10/03/2010)

Champions
Leonardo, che guaio Nesta non ce la fa
Problema al menisco per il centrale rossonero, out anche Antonini.
Coppia centrale formata da Bonera e Thiago Silva, sugli esterni Abate e Jankulovski.
Beckham in panchina

(14:29 10/03/2010)

Juventus
"E' ora di vincere qualcosa"
Trezeguet non snobba l'Europa League alla vigilia dell'andata degli ottavi contro il Fulham: "E' una competizione importante, mi auguro di vincerla anche perché sono tre anni che restiamo a bocca asciutta".
Zaccheroni non pensa al futuro: "La panchina?
Non rientra nei miei obiettivi"

(14:23 10/03/2010)

MUSICA
Addio a Peter Van Wood chitarrista e astrologo
Nato all'Aia nel 1927 si era trasferito nel nostro Paese nel 1949.
Prima un trio con Carosone e Di Giacomo, poi la carriera solista e gli oroscopi.
Sua la sigla della "Domenica sportiva".
Nel 2007 fece causa per plagio ai Coldplay

(13:46 10/03/2010)

Berlusconi invoca la piazza: "Nessun errore" Bersani: "Il premier è un agitatore politico"
In una conferenza stampa nella sede del Pdl, il presidente del Consiglio è andato all'attacco: "Ci è stato impedito di presentare le liste", "non vi è stata da parte nostra nessuna responsabilitá riconducibile a nostri dirigenti.
Berlusconi ha proposto minuto per minuto la versione del Pdl sul 'caos liste' nel Lazio, individuando precise responsabilitá a carico dei radicali e dei magistrati dell'ufficio elettorale.
Berlusconi ha ufficializzato la manifestazione del Pdl del 21 marzo a Roma, sottolineando che ora la parola passa alla politica e dichiarandosi ottimista sul successo elettorale per il centrodestra.
Replica la presidente dell' Ufficio elettorale del Tribunale di Roma Anna Argento: "Quando sono intervenuta neanche sapevo che si trattasse di Radicali e Pdl.
Sono intervenuta solo per portare ordine".

(13:35 10/03/2010)

A sei anni dagli attentati nelle stazioni di Madrid, i messaggi di cordoglio vengono raccolti in un archivio e studiati da ricercatori: la solidarietá prevale sull'odio
Spagna, ecco i biglietti del dolore "Viaggiavamo tutti su quel treno"
di DIEGO ARGENTI

(13:02 10/03/2010)

L'emendamento era stato approvato ieri con un sì bipartisan dalla commissione lavoro della Camera Per il ministro è giá sufficiente la cassa in deroga, che copre "per un tempo indefinito" tutti coloro che hanno i requisiti
Allungamento Cig, no del governo Sacconi: "E' inutile, daremo parere negativo"
Dure critiche delle opposizioni ma anche di Moffa (Pdl): "Si rispettino anche le prerogative del Parlamento".
Ma anche la Ragioneria generale diffonde un giudizio negativo

(12:47 10/03/2010)

Il premier assolve i dirigenti del Pdl: "Documenti in regola ecco le circostanze minuto per minuto"
Berlusconi contro giudici e radicali "Ci hanno impedito di presentare le liste"
Duro battibecco con un uomo seduto in sala che chiedeva una risposta sul decretino

(12:11 10/03/2010)

F1
Un computer nelle mani di Alonso
Dal pulsante per comunicare con i box a quello per limitare la velocitá.
Scopri i segreti del volante della Ferrari del pilota spagnolo, uno dei grandi favoriti del mondiale al via domenica in Bahrain
di MARCO MENSURATI

(10:20 10/03/2010)

L'Istat specifica che nel quarto trimestre 2009 il Prodotto interno lordo è a -0,3% rispetto al trimestre precedente e a -3 per cento nei confronti del quarto trimestre del 2008.
E' il maggior calo tra i Paesi dell'area euro
Pil ancora giù, nel 2009 crolla a -5,1 per cento Produzione industriale, torna il segno più
Il ministro Sacconi: "La ripresa c'è nel commercio globale e quindi anche in casa nostra, ma è selettiva e a tratti discontinua"

(10:04 10/03/2010)

Filomena Kabouree "sta bene ma è ancora nelle mani dei rapitori".
Alicia Gamez, cooperante catalana, è invece stata liberata.
Il governo Zapatero conferma.
Cauta la Farnesina
Mali, giallo sulla moglie di Cicala "Liberata con la spagnola", poi la smentita
Frattini: "Non parlo fino a quando gli ostaggi non sono liberi"

(09:24 10/03/2010)

Appello su Famiglia Cristiana dei prelati di frontiera contro i "collusi e corrotti" Da Mogavero a don Riboldi, tra le proposte anche uno "sciopero elettorale"
Mafia, la protesta dei vescovi del Sud "Basta feste religiose nei comuni collusi"
di ALESSANDRA ZINITI

(08:18 10/03/2010)

The police have arrested about 200 people in Jos, where this week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution.

Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.

President Obama made the pledge after meeting with President René Préval of Haiti on Wednesday, even as the U.S.
military begins withdrawing forces.

For the first time, the complete, original manuscript of the theory of relativity, profoundly human and surprisingly moving to examine, has been put on display in Jerusalem.

The aftermath of the earthquake may give the country?s new right-wing government a chance to entomb the ghosts of the Gen.
Augusto Pinochet.

The review aims to help the U.N.
climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.

Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican", according to the Holy See's chief exorcist.

White House tells House Democrats exactly what to say to sell the idea of health care reform, before it's even finalized
• Pro-Life Dems: Senate Health Bill DOA
• Dem Leaders Claim Momentum on Health Talks
• YOU DECIDE: Is Health Care Reform Doomed?
• RAW DATA: Dems Who Could Pull the Plug on Reform

Rhode Island Dem Patrick Kennedy decries Afghanistan war in a remarkable display of anger on House floor
• House Rejects Bid to End Afghan War
• Gates: Some Troops Could Leave Afghanistan Early

A cell phone application that will help illegal immigrants find water and key landmarks as they cross into the United States is an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds and an irresponsible use of technology, critics say.

Skamania County Undersheriff Dave Cox says a multi-day search for a Portland hiker missing near Bonneville Dam has been suspended.

A federal judge who found it unconstitutional that Congress tried to cut funding to the activist group ACORN has rejected a government request to change her mind and has ordered government agencies to make it clear the funding isn't blocked.

A 33-year-old Burbank middle school teacher accused of having sex with a teenage male student over a six-month period last year was charged on Tuesday with unlawful sex with a minor, MyFoxLA.com reported.

Two Marine Corps fighter pilots have been rescued from the ocean off South Carolina after their aircraft went down

A British father who repeatedly raped his two daughters and fathered nine babies with them during a 35-year orgy of physical and sexual abuse was never detected due to a litany of failures by health care professionals, a report reveals.

A 7-year-old boy who called 911 while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and delivered a high five to the dispatcher who took his call.

POP TARTS EXCLUSIVE: Pal says Haim may have traded illegal drugs for legal ones | CHILD STAR TRAGEDIES

SLIDESHOW: Some lawmakers are pushing for a national biometric ID card.
Check out YOUR creative designs and ideas

SLIDESHOW: Corey Haim fought addictions to several different drugs for most of his life.
These stars have also battled addictions, with varied success

SCENE & HERD: 'L.A.
Ink' star shows the tats that made her famous, Britney takes mom shopping, Kate Moss hits Paris, and more stars out and about...

Former teen heartthrob and star of 'Lost Boys' had a history of drug abuse, may have overdosed | COREY HAIM: 1971-2010 | CELEBS MOURN VIA TWITTER

THEN/NOW: Anthony Edwards went on to win a Golden Globe for his role in 'ER,' but what about the rest of America's favorite nerds and their frat boy nemeses?

SLIDESHOW: The star is suing E-Trade for $100 mil over their baby commercial?
A look back at her extreme highs and lows | LOHAN NO 'MILKAHOLIC'

FOX411: The Tiger Woods mistress beauty pageant has a "winner"!
Pancake waitress?
VIP club hostess?
Find out!
| WOMEN LINKED TO WOODS

SLIDESHOW: Science labs churn out startling images -- synapses firing, molecules, DNA works of art.
We round up the latest science news, as told in pictures

By land or by sea, New England's only National Park is 30,000 acres of fun

A 23-year-old American activist stands in front of an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza.
The bulldozer drives over her, crushing her to death.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo insisted Wednesday that this week's explosion of violence that claimed at least 200 lives is not driven by religious tensions between Christians and Muslims -- but by ethnic, social, and economic problems.

Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.

Myanmar's ruling junta has announced a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.

The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians responsible for any steps that make peace between them more difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania woman who dubbed herself Jihad Jane is an American who lived literally on Main Street in an apartment where she spent much time online, posting messages saying she was "desperate to do something" to help Muslims.

President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.

The suspected mastermind behind the deadly Bali bombings in 2002 has been killed by Indonesian police, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Wednesday.

Bahrain's finance minister said adherence to strict Islamic rules helped his country escape the worst of the global recession.

U.S.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Monday morning on an unannounced visit, as NATO-led coalition forces are pressing an offensive in the nation's south.

House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.

President Obama is set to turn up the heat on private health insurers again Wednesday, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to the political battleground state of Missouri.

Simmering tension between the White House and U.S.
Supreme Court spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at this year's State of the Union address "very troubling."

The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians responsible for any steps that make peace between them more difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

Aside from a moral obligation, improving the health of people in other nations is smart foreign policy, former President Clinton said Wednesday.

President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.

New York state's top police official announced Wednesday he was quitting, the second acting superintendent to step down in as many weeks.

Why would a gay politician vote against gay rights?

It's a grass-roots protest movement composed of the newly politicized and people distrustful of hierarchy.
So how is it possible to be an illegitimate Tea Party member?

Some 65 years after their service, a group of former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S.
effort in World War II are honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Colleen LaRose, the U.S.
woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted suicide in 2005, police said.

When former in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from his top post at Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his nearly $4 million severance package.

Simmering tension spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at the State of the Union address "very troubling."

Myanmar's ruling junta has announced a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.

As much as 16 percent of the U.S.
population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.

The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks.

A Texas man who became enraged when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol and spent part of a flight locked in the lavatory has pleaded guilty to interfering with an airline flight crew.

House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.

New York state's top police official announced Wednesday he was quitting, the second acting superintendent to step down in as many weeks.

Public and transport services grind to a halt in Greece as workers stage a second general strike in protest at austerity measures.

Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera will be sworn in as president, with a major post-earthquake rebuilding effort ahead of him.

Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.

Former rebels in DR Congo, now in the army, are running mafia-style extortion rackets in mines, campaigners say.

Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says.

Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's President, Rene Preval.

Two missile strikes by US drone aircraft kill at least 12 suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, security officials say

Israel comes under growing international pressure following its approval of new building in occupied East Jerusalem.

Italy signs a deal with Google to put online the contents of its two national libraries, including works by Dante and Galileo.

An Israeli supermarket chain uses spoof surveillance footage, parodying that of the alleged assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai, in a TV advert.

An elephant in a Sydney zoo shocks vets by giving birth to a live baby elephant who appears to have survived labour in a coma in the womb.

Wayne Rooney scores twice in another irresistible display as Manchester United beat Milan 4-0 on the night and 7-2 on aggregate to ease into the Champions League quarter-finals.

Lyon draw 1-1 in the Bernebau to earn a 2-1 aggregate win over Real Madrid.

Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel.
What can be achieved?

Beijing's silent invasion of electric bicycles

Why the UK fears politics and force are out of synch

'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun

Will review of UN climate change body be unbiased?

It's a big task, but how do you recycle a plane?

Challenges ahead for new president in quake-hit Chile

The US government records a budget deficit of $221bn (£147.6bn) in February - the largest monthly deficit in its history.

Talks between British Airways and Unite aimed at averting strike action by cabin crew break down without agreement.

Insurers paid out £650m from 335,000 claims made as a result of damage caused by the wintry weather in the UK.

Sony unveils its new motion controller the PlayStation Move, as a contender to market leader Nintendo Wii.

The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan.

Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms.

Actress Farrah Fawcett was not in the Oscars memorial segment because she was more known as a TV star, the Academy says.

The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.

Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead.

South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson.

The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and calls for bold steps for peace.

Granny D, who walked across the US at the age of 89 in support of election campaign finance reform, dies.

Burma's election laws provoke widespread condemnation, but military rulers re-open opposition party offices.

Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of former agent Alexander Litvinenko.

The EU's foreign policy chief, Lady Ashton, tells MEPs how she will shape Europe's new diplomatic service, as officials vie for influence.

Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.

Iranian President says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.

Russian PM Vladimir Putin arrives in India for talks expected to focus on arms and energy contracts.

Indian security forces step up their operations against Maoist rebels in eastern states, security officials say.

Police failures to tackle anti-social behaviour risk public confidence, says the chief inspector of constabulary.

Three Labour MPs and a Tory peer are due in court later to face charges in relation to their expenses claims.

Gordon Brown labels as "unfair" criticisms over the timing of his weekend visit to British troops in Afghanistan.

Union leaders representing British Airways cabin crew will meet later to decide whether to announce dates for a strike.

Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are to be published by the government later.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg calls for a £10bn "down payment" in the next financial year to help cut the UK's deficit.

UN report says much of the food aid intended for Somalia's poor is diverted.



Somalia - Africa - Aid - United Nations - United States

France is atwitter with rumors that President Nicolas Sarkozy and first lady Carla Bruni are having affairs -- a whirlwind of buzz started by a single tweet.



Nicolas Sarkozy - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy - France - Carla Bruni - Chantal Jouanno

For the second time in three days, CIA drones attacked a target in North Waziristan.



North Waziristan - Central Intelligence Agency - Pakistan - Al-Qaeda - Taliban

Sheik Mohammed Tantawi, Egypt's highest cleric has died.
Tantawi was considered by many to be the spiritual leader of Sunni Muslims.



Egypt - Sunni Islam - Africa - Islam - Al-Azhar University

A proposed bill in Uganda would punish gays and lesbians for marrying with a life sentence in prison



Life imprisonment - Gay - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual - Uganda - Crime and Justice

Dalai Lama says China attempting to annihilate Tibetan Buddhism.



Tibetan Buddhism - Buddhism - Dalai Lama - Religion and Spirituality - Lineages

Gunmen attack Western aid group in northwest Pakistan, killing 6 people



Pakistan - Asia - Government - Business and Economy - Taliban

Swedish newspapers publish Prophet Muhammad drawing after plot to murder artist.



Islam - Religion and Spirituality - Prophets - Muhammed - People

Mexican telecom magnate becomes 1st person from developing world to be named 'world's richest'



Bill Gate - Mexico - Microsoft - Warren Buffett - Carlos Slim

Brazil's president blasted for comments on Cuba's dissidents and their hunger strikes



Cuba - Hunger strike - Caribbean - Nation & World - United States

Simulate your death at coffin academy in South Korea.



R.I.P. - Death - Oceania - Australia - Politics

Plan for American troop withdrawal is still on track after encouraging election.



United States - Troops - Iraq - Barack Obama - Iraqi security forces

After the Oscars, bomb disposal units are still hard at work in Afghanistan.



Hurt Locker - Afghanistan - Asia - Academy Award - England