Quartet urges settlement freeze
The international Quartet of Mid-East peace mediators calls on Israel to freeze settlement activity in occupied territories.
Rio Tinto China deal ahead of trial
Rio Tinto signs a deal with China to develop a huge iron ore project in Guinea, days before four of its executives go on trial in Shanghai.
SA students riot over star's bail
Students in South Africa throw stones at police after a musician accused of killing pupils in a car race is freed on bail.
Papal letter on Irish sex abuse
Pope Benedict writes a letter to the Catholics of Ireland on how to deal with the sexual abuse of children by priests.
Swiss probe deportee's death
Switzerland halts special flights to deport asylum seekers after a Nigerian man on hunger strike died at Zurich airport.
Srebrenica gay theory irks Dutch
Dutch officials reject a US general's claim that troops failed at Srebrenica because of poor morale over gay soldiers.
YouTube hits back in Viacom row
YouTube accuses Viacom of secretly uploading content to the video-sharing site whilst publicly complaining about its presence.
BA crew to strike as talks fail
A strike by British Airways cabin crew will go ahead after talks between the airline and the Unite union collapsed.
Stem cell windpipe op 'success'
A 10-year-old British boy has become the first child to undergo a windpipe transplant with an organ crafted from his own stem cells.
Bullock husband 'sorry for grief'
Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James apologises to his wife and children following accusations he had an affair.
India and US unite over piracy
Film-makers in the US and India form a coalition to fight piracy in the South Asian nation, one of the biggest film markets
Songwriter sues 'protegee' Gaga
A songwriter who claims he helped launch Lady Gaga's career, is suing the US pop star for $30.5m (£20m) .
Davy Crockett's Parker dies at 85
Actor Fess Parker, famous for playing American pioneer Davy Crockett on TV, dies in California at the age of 85.
Price pays damages to ex-manager
Katie Price agrees to pay "substantial" slander damages to her former manager over a claim she had an affair with Price's ex-husband Peter Andre.
Atonement opera in the pipeline
Having inspired an Oscar-winning film in 2007, Ian McEwan's novel Atonement is to be turned into an opera.
Polanski lawyers file new appeal
Lawyers for Roman Polanski file an appeal over alleged judicial misconduct in his 1970s US trial for sex with a 13-year-old girl.
French 'game show' mimics torture
A French TV documentary shows people in a spoof game show giving what they think are huge electric shocks to contestants.
Soap star 'tried to end it all'
Actor Bruce Jones, who played Les Battersby in Coronation Street, grabbed the wheel of his wife's car and threatened to crash it, a court hears.
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YouTube hits back in Viacom row
YouTube accuses Viacom of secretly uploading content to the video-sharing site whilst publicly complaining about its presence.
Uncharted leads Bafta nominations
PlayStation 3 game Uncharted 2 leads the nominations for the Bafta video game awards, ahead of the event on Friday night.
Tech addicts offered treatments
Young people who spend excessive amounts of time online can now get treatment if they are diagnosed with addiction.
Palm hit by slow smartphone sales
Handheld computing veteran Palm is losing ground to the iPhone and Blackberry in the battle of the smartphones.
Ice mission given lift-off date
Europe's Cryosat spacecraft is set to launch on 8 April on a mission to map the world's ice fields.
Choice screen gives browser boost
Web browser Opera says its downloads in Europe have doubled since Microsoft began offering a choice.
China unveils homemade helicopter
China's first domestically developed civilian helicopter takes off on a maiden flight in the eastern province of Jiangxi.
Electric motoring to be assessed
The potential market for the future of electric cars is to be examined by experts from the University of Aberdeen.
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