World News

Green groups accuse the UK government of trying to sabotage Europe’s rules on renewable energy.

Illegal immigrants convicted of crime in Italy face longer jail sentences than those for Italians, under new laws.

France's parliament passes a law which effectively ends the country's compulsory 35-hour working week.

A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, scientists suggest.

US scales down its military 'surge' in Iraq

Sunderland announce the signing of Tottenham midfielder Teemu Tainio on a three-year deal.

More than 14m in the Horn of Africa need food aid because of drought and high prices.

Two of the world's richest men launch a campaign aiming to tackle smoking in the developing world.

Six of the UK's biggest net providers are believed to have signed up to a government-backed plan to tackle illegal file-sharing.

Switzerland protests to Libya over what it calls retaliatory measures for the arrest of Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son.

A powerful earthquake in northern Japan causes injuries, power cuts and landslides.

A secret recording shows US President George W Bush explaining the problems afflicting the US stock markets: "Wall Street got drunk."

India's communists and other opposition parties launch a joint campaign against rising prices and a nuclear deal with the US.

The father of a girl who died after the quad bike she was riding collided with a Range Rover is charged with manslaughter.

The White House says President George W Bush has dropped opposition to a housing bill that could boost the US economy.

A key aide to the Argentine president resigns days after the government suffered a blow to its tax plans.