Burma warned over cyclone delays
The UN urges Burma to reconsider its attitude towards allowing aid teams into the country to avoid further loss of life.

Cabinet condemns Hezbollah 'coup'
Lebanon's government says the seizure of most of western Beirut by Shia group Hezbollah is "a bloody coup".

Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.

Edwards: 'Obama likely nominee'
Former Democratic US presidential hopeful John Edwards says Barack Obama is now his party's likely nominee.

Canadian train put in quarantine
Passengers are isolated on a train in Canada, after one dies and several others experience flu-like symptoms.

Bombing on eve of Sri Lanka polls
A bomb in a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka kills at least 11 people on the eve of the first elections there for years.

Second police shooting in Mexico
Another senior police officer is gunned down in Mexico City, the fourth in under two weeks.

SA head silent after Harare talks
South African President Thabo Mbeki leaves Zimbabwe without comment after crisis talks with Robert Mugabe.

Gaza mortar attack kills Israeli
A mortar attack from the Gaza Strip kills an Israeli civilian, police and medical officials say.

US and Russian sailors stage sandwich-making battle
Sailors from the Russian and US navies square off in a sandwich-making contest for Victory Day.

Tags to track Greenland walrus migration
Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.

Rivals bullish over title decider
Avram Grant believes Chelsea are playing the best football while Sir Alex Ferguson says Bolton will make it hard for the Blues in Sunday's Premier League finale.

Federer suffers early Rome exit
World number one Roger Federer falls to a surprise quarter-final defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek at the Rome Masters.

High stakes
Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict

Day in pictures
Striking images from around the world

Taser parties
Meeting the women shunning kitchen ware for stun guns

Harare diary
Teacher's certificate to prove he's had a beating

In pictures
Russia's military parades through Red Square

It's quiz time!
Could fat on your derriere be a good thing after all?

Zambia seizes 'Chiluba millions'
Assets worth nearly $60m stolen under former President Chiluba have been recovered, Zambia's government says.

Move to resurrect CIA leak case
Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame seeks to resurrect a lawsuit against present and former White House officials.

N Korea hands in nuclear records
North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator.

Tanks rejoin Moscow V-Day parade
Tanks and missile launchers are featured in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.

Iraq al-Qaeda chief not captured
The US military in Iraq says a man detained in Mosul is not in fact the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Pakistan opposes US military aide
Pakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo.

Parents blamed over gang culture
A senior police officer calls on parents to be more responsible as 10 teenagers are sentenced over the murder of two schoolboys.

Citigroup to shed $400bn assets
US bank giant Citigroup aims to sell $400bn of assets over the next three years to bolster its financial position.

HIV funding priority shift call
Funding for HIV prevention is being wasted on strategies which have little impact, say US researchers.

Great tits cope well with warming
Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.

R Kelly porn trial gets under way
Singer R Kelly attends court to face charges of child pornography, six years after first being arrested.

Burma's emergency telecoms delay
Foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms are prevented from going into Burma.

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