| UN relief team heads to Sri Lanka
April 23, 2009 at 10:04 pm
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|  The UN sends a humanitarian team into northern Sri Lanka, as fears grow for thousands of civilians trapped by fighting. |
| US women 'face North Korea trial'
April 23, 2009 at 9:38 pm
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|  Two US female journalists arrested by North Korea are to face trial, Pyongyang's state news agency says. |
| Orchard losses 'threaten species'
April 23, 2009 at 9:37 pm
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|  The disappearance of traditional fruit orchards from England's landscape threatens wildlife species, conservationists warn. |
| IMF head urges speedy bank reform
April 23, 2009 at 8:18 pm
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|  The managing director of the International Monetary Fund says the West must act more quickly to reform its banking systems. |
| Dead ponies 'got wrong medicine'
April 23, 2009 at 8:10 pm
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|  A US pharmacy says the strength of the medication it prepared for 21 dead polo ponies on the advice of a vet was "incorrect". |
| It's quiz time!
April 23, 2009 at 7:56 pm
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| | How is Hillary trying to raise cash to repay debts? |
| Suicides 'unchanged by pill ban'
April 23, 2009 at 7:42 pm
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|  Restrictions on the use of antidepressants in teenagers have not had an impact on suicide rates, a study suggests. |
| Apple sorry for 'Baby Shaker' app
April 23, 2009 at 7:27 pm
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|  Apple apologises for a "deeply offensive" iPhone application called Baby Shaker that was briefly sold in its iTunes store. |
| Data 'to show slump continuing'
April 23, 2009 at 7:09 pm
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|  Latest GDP figures are set to show the UK economy again shrank sharply in the first three month of 2009. |
| Thailand emergency to be lifted
April 23, 2009 at 6:50 pm
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|  Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says a two-week-old state of emergency imposed in Bangkok is to be lifted. |
| Cause for hope?
April 23, 2009 at 6:29 pm
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| | Donors offer rare optimism for Somalia future |
| Microsoft suffers first sales dip
April 23, 2009 at 5:33 pm
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|  Microsoft sales fall in the first three months of 2009 - its first quarterly revenue drop since 1986. |
| Pentagon chief in Taleban warning
April 23, 2009 at 5:31 pm
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|  Pakistan's relations with the US could be in danger if it fails to combat the Taleban, the US defence chief says. |
| Suicide bombs kill scores in Iraq
April 23, 2009 at 5:08 pm
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| | Suicide attacks in Baghdad and Baquba kill at least 76, including Iranian pilgrims and homeless people, officials say. |    |
| Cow genome 'to transform farming'
April 23, 2009 at 4:18 pm
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|  The full sequence of a cow's genome has been published, revealing coded secrets that could revolutionise agriculture. |
| Obama attacks credit card 'abuse'
April 23, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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|  President Barack Obama tells US credit card firms to scrap unfair interest rates and be fairer to customers. |
| Zuma cheered as ANC heads for win
April 23, 2009 at 3:39 pm
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| | ANC leader Jacob Zuma appears before a cheering crowd, as his party heads for a clear victory in South Africa's election. |   |
| Day in pictures
April 23, 2009 at 3:21 pm
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|  Some eye-catching images images from around the world |
| France 'to shut down Calais camp'
April 23, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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|  French authorities are to close a migrant squatter camp outside Calais by the end of this year, the immigration minister says. |
| UK economy 'faces decade of pain'
April 23, 2009 at 2:52 pm
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|  The UK economy faces a decade of austerity and sharp cuts in public spending, a leading think tank says. |
| Woman thanks her lucky bra as it saves her from a bullet
April 23, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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| | A Detriot woman escapes unharmed when the metal underwire in her bra deflects a bullet during an armed break-in. |   |
| Crew fears recapture by pirates
April 23, 2009 at 2:02 pm
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|  A Philippine crew freed after being held for five months by Somali pirates fear recapture after running out of fuel. |
| 'Not afraid to die'
April 23, 2009 at 1:54 pm
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|  A Tamil protester explains why he is on hunger strike |
| Shark 'dumped' on newspaper's doorstep baffles Australian police
April 23, 2009 at 1:45 pm
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|  Police in Australia are "dumbfounded" by the dumping of a live shark on the doorstep of a local newspaper. |
| Lebanon general 'was Israeli spy'
April 23, 2009 at 1:42 pm
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|  A former Lebanese general and three other people, including two of his family members, are charged with spying for Israel. |
| Raikkonen rues Ferrari slowness
April 23, 2009 at 1:29 pm
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|  Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen says he does not see his car making up the gap on pace-setters Brawn and Red Bull in a hurry. |
| New tricks
April 23, 2009 at 12:32 pm
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| | Will the 'Somalia effect' encourage more piracy in Asia |
| Nadal handed bye into semi-finals
April 23, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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|  Reigning champion Rafael Nadal eases past Christophe Rochus at the Barcelona Open. |
| Crime and caste
April 23, 2009 at 12:11 pm
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| | Bihar's colourful politics test notion of democracy |
| Racism conference groups expelled
April 23, 2009 at 12:01 pm
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|  The UN expels three groups from an anti-racism conference in connection with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech. |
| Funds to boost Somalia security
April 23, 2009 at 10:59 am
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|  International donors pledge more than $250m (£172m) to boost security in Somalia, the EU development commissioner says. |
| Film star
April 23, 2009 at 10:38 am
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| | On the campaign trail with Indian silver screen idol |
| Pakistan bid to stop Taleban push
April 23, 2009 at 10:27 am
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| | Pakistani security forces are sent to a region near the capital which has reportedly fallen under Taleban control in recent days. |  |
| Pirate Bay lawyers demand retrial
April 23, 2009 at 10:16 am
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|  Lawyers for the men jailed in the Pirate Bay trial call for a retrial, saying the judge 'had a conflict of interest'. |
| German economy 'to shrink by 6%'
April 23, 2009 at 9:41 am
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|  The German economy will shrink by 6% this year according to a forecast from the country's leading economic think tanks. |
| All clear for Google Street View
April 23, 2009 at 9:28 am
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|  Google's Street View technology carries a small risk of privacy invasion but should not be stopped, the UK's privacy watchdog says. |
| Rome wants G8 talks in quake town
April 23, 2009 at 9:05 am
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|  Italy's cabinet backs plans by PM Silvio Berlusconi to move a G8 summit to the earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila. |
| Tax rise 'not end of New Labour'
April 23, 2009 at 8:51 am
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| | The Budget introduction of a new 50p rate of income tax does not mark the end of New Labour, the prime minister says. |   |
| Boycott busters?
April 23, 2009 at 8:10 am
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|  Small signs Hamas is breaking out of diplomatic isolation |
| Mara wildlife in serious decline
April 23, 2009 at 7:59 am
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|  Numbers of giraffe, impala and topi have halved since 1979 in Kenya's Masai Mara wildlife reserve, scientists estimate. |
| Ex-France captain Pelous to quit
April 23, 2009 at 7:11 am
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|  Fabien Pelous, France's most capped player, reveals he will retire from rugby at the end of the season. |
| Is Pakistan a threat to world security?
April 23, 2009 at 7:08 am
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|  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Pakistan poses a "mortal threat" to world security. Is she right? |
| Tarantino up for top Cannes prize
April 23, 2009 at 6:56 am
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|  Films by Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loach and Ang Lee are among those competing for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival 2009. |
| World first for strange molecule
April 23, 2009 at 6:54 am
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|  A type of molecule that until now only existed in theory has finally been made, proving a Nobel prize-winner was right. |
| Food aid
April 23, 2009 at 6:50 am
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|  Feeding the poor in the world's wealthiest country |
| Rice approved CIA waterboarding
April 23, 2009 at 6:16 am
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|  The CIA waterboarding of an al-Qaeda suspect was approved by Condoleezza Rice as early as 2002, a report shows. | |
Hard Candy director David Slade signs up to make the third Twilight film in the series, which is due out summer next year.
China puts on show some of its most advanced warships at a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of its navy.
Credit Suisse returns to profit for the January to March period, following a recovery by its investment banking division.
Japan's lower house approves a controversial bill to allow its naval ships to take a bigger role in fighting pirates.
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