Burma warned over cyclone delays

The UN urges Burma to reconsider allowing in aid teams, as a referendum goes ahead despite the emergency.

Cabinet condemns Hezbollah 'coup'

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

Canadian train put in quarantine

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

Edwards: 'Obama likely nominee'

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

Tigers sink ship on polling day

Tamil Tiger rebels sink a naval cargo ship hours before local elections begin in eastern Sri Lanka.

Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine

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

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.

Ave cybernautae! Vatican gives Latin an online boost

The Roman Catholic church gives an ancient tongue a 21st Century makeover with a website in Latin.

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.

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.

Week in pictures

Some of the most striking images in the week's news

Exploring Zionism

Panellists exchange passionate views as Israel turns 60

Harare diary

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

High stakes

Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict

Taser parties

Meeting the women shunning kitchen ware for stun guns

'Don't be evil'

Shareholders urge Google to fight for human rights

Zambia seizes 'Chiluba millions'

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

Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering

US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment.

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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