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Sri Lanka trial for ex-army chief - The trial of defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate and ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka begins before a military court....
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Blood protest against Thai leader - Thailand's anti-government protesters donate blood in a ritual curse, as anti-government protests enter third day....
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Doubts cast on 'runaway Prius' - Toyota casts doubt on claims one of its cars failed to stop, after a widely-publicised account of a "runaway" Prius in California....
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US presses Israel on settler row - The US says it is awaiting a formal response from Israel amid a row over its decision to build new homes in East Jerusalem....
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EU ministers agree Greek plan - European finance ministers say they have agreed how they would help Greece in its financial crisis, but reveal few details....
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FBI to investigate Mexico deaths - The FBI says it is sending agents to Mexico's border city of Ciudad Juarez after three people linked to the US consulate were killed....
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EU urges faster cut of UK deficit - Government plans to cut the UK's budget deficit are not ambitious enough, a European Commission report will warn this week....
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SA president set for Zimbabwe visit - South African President Jacob Zuma is due in Zimbabwe, where he will try to smooth out splits in the coalition government....
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Vietnam releases dissident priest - One of Vietnam's high-profile human rights activists is released from prison, five years before the end of his sentence....
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Michael Jackson's estate sets up $200m record deal for 10 albums - The estate of Michael Jackson agrees a deal worth $200m (£160m) with the record label Sony, US reports say....
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Double Falsehood turns out to be true Shakespeare, experts decide - A play which was first discovered nearly 300 years ago has been credited to William Shakespeare....
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Beckham has successful operation - Surgery on David Beckham's ruptured Achilles tendon has been deemed "a success" but ends any hopes he had of playing in this summer's World Cup. ...
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Woods return date still unknown - US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem says he does not know when Tiger Woods will return to golf despite hinting otherwise....
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Live - Bangladesh v England - Junaid Siddique reaches his first Test hundred as Bangladesh continue to fight hard to save the first Test against England....
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Who will win Thai power struggle? - The Thai prime minister has rejected a call from protesters to call elections. How can the political crisis be resolved?...
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Un-reality TV - Georgians question hoax broadcast of Russian invasion...
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Passions high - Proposed Indian nuclear plant angers farmers...
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Biswas on India - Is India's Maoist insurgency doomed?...
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Separate lives - Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes announce a split...
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Earth Watch - Ugly rumours put rhinos and tigers on extinction road...
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Street dreams - Homeless boy seeks World Cup glory in South Africa...
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Kraft to face MPs over takeover - The vice-president of Kraft Foods will be questioned by MPs over his company's takeover of Cadbury later. ...
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BA hopes to fly 60% during strike - British Airways has announced contingency plans to fly 60% of its customers during the first planned strike by cabin crew. ...
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US bank regulation bill unveiled - Democrat senators have unveiled proposed new laws that will give the US Federal Reserve more regulatory powers over US banks. ...
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Tories may 'lose broadband vote' - Research suggests that key Tory constituencies could suffer most from the Conservative policy on super-fast broadband....
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Dotcom marks silver anniversary - The internet domain name dotcom celebrates its 25th anniversary as nearly 86 million active internet sites now use it. ...
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China's stern warning to Google - China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws....
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Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split - Actress Kate Winslet and her film director husband Sam Mendes have split up, their lawyers announce....
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Cotillard receives French honour - Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard receives one of France's highest cultural honours at a ceremony in Paris....
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Toxic troubles for climate 'fix' - Spreading iron in the oceans as a climate "fix" could poison marine mammals and birds, scientists show....
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Home improvement 'hitting swifts' - A survey of swifts suggests the species is at risk from improvement work being undertaken on old houses....
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Impotence 'link to heart death' - Impotence is a strong predictor of heart attack and death among high risk patients, say German researchers....
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Somali deal to tackle militants - A powerful Sufi Muslim group joins Somalia's government to help tackle hardliners from the al-Shabab group....
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Explosions hit Nigeria oil talks - Two car bombs are detonated in Nigeria, during talks over an amnesty for militants in the oil-rich delta....
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Power cut plunges Chile into dark - A massive power failure plunges much of earthquake-hit Chile into darkness, affecting up to 90% of the population....
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Israeli FM 'boycotts Brazil head' - Israel's foreign minister is reported to have boycotted a visit by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva....
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Cyclone causes emergency in Fiji - A state of disaster is declared in parts of Fiji, as Cyclone Tomas batters the north and east of the country....
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World's shortest man dies aged 21 - The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 74.6cm tall, has died at the age of 21, Guinness World Records says....
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Two charged over cartoon 'plot' - Two men are charged in the Irish Republic in connection with an investigation into an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist....
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Turkey ban on insemination trips - A new law in Turkey makes it a criminal offence for a woman to go abroad and get pregnant via artificial insemination....
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Israel closes protest villages - The Israeli military has ordered two West Bank villages at the centre of protests against the "separation wall" are off-limits....
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Deadly car bomb in Iraq's Falluja - A suicide bomber explodes a car in the Iraqi city of Falluja, killing at least seven people and wounding 13, officials say....
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India 'rebels' explosives found - Police in India say they have recovered a huge amount of explosives which was being "used by Maoist rebels"....
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Pentagon to review spy ring claim - The US Defence Department may investigate one of its staff over claims he ran an unofficial spy ring in Afghanistan and Pakistan....
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Social care 'must be made fairer' - The number of people excluded from social care in England will continue rising if the system is not revamped, experts warn....
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GPs 'overrun with minor ailments' - Doctors and health campaigners say too many people are going to see their GP with minor problems such as coughs and colds....
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Low-quality nursery food warning - Nursery food is poor and could be subjected to new nutritional guidelines, a government-commissioned report says....
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Cut ministers by a third, say MPs - The number of ministers should be cut by up to a third to reduce costs and make Parliament more independent, MPs say....
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Council chief pay-offs criticised - The average pay-off for council chief executives who leave their jobs is £256,104, a local government spending watchdog says....
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Inspectors condemn London's CPS - Chronic failings within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in London are exposed in a damning report....
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