• 22 May ' 06:46

  

  22 May 201209:43 ET

  Launch success for SpaceX mission

  The US firm SpaceX launches its rocket and capsule system on a pioneering mission to take cargo to the space station.

  • SpaceX launch
  • A look at 'the Dragon'
  • Mars for the 'average person'
  • Shuttle successors: Dragon

  Nuclear watchdog eyes Iran deal

  The head of the UN nuclear watchdog says it is close to signing a deal with Iran on an investigation into its atomic activity, after talks in Tehran.

  • Q&A: Iran nuclear issue

  Anger over 'Reagan blood' auction

  The foundation of late US President Ronald Reagan expresses outrage after a vial said to have held a sample of his blood is offered for auction.

  • Chinese fakes 'used in US planes'

    Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee investigation finds.

  • 'Obscene' Zuma painting vandalised

    A painting showing South Africa's President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out, angering the ANC, is vandalised in a Johannesburg gallery.

  • Euro 'threat' to global outlook

  • Sri Lanka 'must face war probes'

  • Mount Everest deaths rise to four

  • Global warning on youth jobless

  • Man guilty of supremacist's murder

  • Brazil cuts tax amid growth doubt

  • Kodak in 'obvious' patent setback

  • Man survives fall into Niagara Falls00:25
  • Guinea pigs? The appeal of drug trials03:06
  • Robo-fish to 'police' the oceans02:27
  • Jordan's hospital for 'untreatable injuries' 06:16
  • Team that keeps torch relay moving02:30
  • 00:59
  • Mali president beaten by protesters01:56
  • Could rural votes decide Egypt vote?02:32

  • IMF tells UK to consider rate cut
  • Europe woes hit Vodafone results

  • Virgin and BT in broadband row
  • Microsoft opens up So.cl network

  • More tributes paid to Robin Gibb
  • Houston's final record released

  • Energy bill avoids carbon pledge
  • Rewritable DNA memory shown off

  • 'Commit more cash' to Global Fund
  • Third of malaria drugs 'are fake'

  • Milestone or millstone?
  • Nato endorses Afghan timetable

  • Mourinho signs new Real Madrid deal
  • Best replaces injured Gabriel for West Indies

  • Hunger Games village up for sale

  Prince set to meet Canada chiefs

  Farc kills 12 Colombian soldiers

  Six Somalis in Paris piracy trial

  Burma's plea over power protests

  Spanish protest at education cuts

  Bahrain activist attends retrial

  • Sister 'saw Shafilea suffocated'
  • Soldier 'sniper death' accidental
  • Trident £350m contracts unveiled
  • May details Asbo replacement plan

  • ‘Barcode everyone at birth’Idea aims to provide an easy, inexpensive way to identify individuals

  • Sleep shuddersWhy some people’s legs mysteriously twitch and jerk as they fall asleep

  • Event guide to the Diamond JubileeWhere to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s reign

  • Secret AmmanHome to a treasure trove of Arabian experiences

  • Thou shalt not click

    Ultra-orthodox Jews rally over dangers of the web

  • 

    Brad Pitt says he would rather play a brutal killer than a racist

  • Sold for sex

    How women are trafficked from Mexico into the US

  • Video evidence

    Jewish settlers filmed firing at Palestinian protesters

  • 'Moustachephobia'

    Hirsute readers share their joy and torment

  • 'Robo-fish'

    Could pollution-hunters soon be on patrol in our oceans?

  • App happy

    China's booming market in mobile-phone apps

  • Branding Barca

    Spain's football giants aim to dominate new media

  • No magic pill

    Why drug firms are struggling to find new cures

  • Hardtalk: Louis Saha

    "I see England as an example," the French international and Spurs striker on racism in football

  • China's app-ortunity

    Why China is ready to embrace the app economy

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  1. Chinese fakes 'used in US planes'
  2. Third of malaria drugs 'are fake'
  3. Warning over child 'screen time'
  4. Launch success for SpaceX mission
  5. 'Obscene' Zuma painting attacked

  1. House bows out on dramatic note
  2. Chinese fakes 'used in US planes'
  3. Launch success for SpaceX mission
  4. Trafficked: Sex slaves seduced and sold
  5. 'Obscene' Zuma painting attacked
  6. Mt Everest deaths rise to four
  7. Anger over 'Reagan blood' auction
  8. Sister 'saw Shafilea suffocated'
  9. Why readers love their moustaches
  10. Terreblanche 'murder' verdict due

  1. Man survives fall into Niagara Falls
  2. Robo-fish to 'police' the oceans
  3. Ultra-orthodox Jews rally over web fears
  4. SpaceX Falcon rocket launches
  5. Naked tribe's jungle dress code
  7. Inside a child prison in Indonesia
  8. Mali president beaten by protesters
  9. Will Smith on ears, Obama and 3D
  10. One-minute World News

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    How farmers in India irrigate remote areas of land with the help of mobile phone technology

  • 

    Grigory Yavlinsky, the co-founder of Russia's liberal party Yabloko, on the fragmented opposition

  • Suicide bombing in Yemen; Afghan troop withdrawal; should you stand for national anthems?

  • Connected TV

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• 21 May ' 02:06

  

  21 May 201205:03 ET

  Suicide attack targets Yemen army

  At least 20 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on soldiers in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, security sources say.

  • Al-Qaeda's hidden war in Yemen
  • Profile: Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen

  US-Pakistan rift hits Nato summit

  A US-Pakistan row over supply routes to Afghanistan is casting a cloud over the Nato summit in Chicago, as leaders discuss troop withdrawals.

  • Mission, sort of, accomplished

  Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dies

  Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has died aged 62 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family say.

  • Obituary: Robin Gibb
  • Robin Gibb's life in pictures

  • Three climbers die on Mt Everest

    Three climbers have died as they returned from the summit of Mount Everest, officials in Nepal say.

  • First Beirut clashes over Syria

    At least two people are killed and 18 injured in clashes overnight in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the first there since the Syrian conflict began.

  • Row dogs dinosaur skeleton sale

  • Millions watch Pacific eclipse

  • North Koreans 'free Chinese crew'

  • Italy quake victims given shelter

  • Lockerbie bomber's funeral due

  • IAEA chief 'positive' over Iran

  • Aftermath of deadly earthquake in Italy02:00
  • Bond's Skyfall trailer released02:37
  • Filipinos protest at Lady Gaga gigs01:24
  • Could Egypt elect an Islamist president?02:35
  • 01:01
  • Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies02:37
  • Millions see annular eclipse00:44

  • Yahoo agrees $7.1bn Alibaba deal
  • Facebook glitch 'embarrassing'

  • China clears Google Motorola bid

  • Adele wins 12 Billboard awards

  • 
  • Greens' concern for energy bill

  • 
  • Actress aids dementia awareness

  • Mission, sort of, accomplished

  • Unhappy Torres considers future
  • Swann bullish on England chances

  Mexican massacre suspect arrested

  Qantas cuts 500 maintenance jobs

  Clegg warns of Europe 'extremism'

  • UK childcare 'needs an overhaul'
  • Book GP visit online 'by 2015'
  • Calls to mental health lines rise

  • Sign of stability

    New Serbian leader combines change of style with continuity

  • Lockerbie questions

    Death of Megrahi will not end debate about 1988 bombing

  • Diamonds shine again

    Why jewels now mean jobs not war in Sierra Leone

  • The States we're in

    How British bands doubled their share of the US music market

  • Factories and farms

    Political change in Calcutta isn't working for either

  • Fast and frugal

    Smaller engines drive petrol revival

  • World Book Club

    Howard Jacobson discusses his Man Booker Prize winning novel The Finkler Question

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  1. Three climbers die on Mt Everest
  2. Unnamed page
  3. US-Pakistan rift hits Nato summit
  5. Deadly suicide bombing in Yemen
  6. Yahoo sells half Alibaba stake
  7. Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies
  8. In pictures: Chelsea bus parade
  9. Row dogs dinosaur skeleton sale

  1. Bond's Skyfall trailer released
  3. Vulcan flypast at Falklands memorial
  5. Need to know: Sudanese conflict
  6. Africa Beats: Kidum
  8. Olympic torch officers tackle man
  9. Falling in love with a gay man in Harare
  10. Vintage posters found in warehouse

  • HARDtalk

    French international striker Louis Saha on footballers' difficult relationships with women

  • 

    The low-cost tablets wanting to take a bite out of Apple's dominance

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• 20 May ' 15:20

  

  20 May 201218:18 ET

  'Hard days ahead' in Afghanistan

  President Obama tells a Nato summit there are "hard days ahead" in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to withdraw troops at the end of 2014.

  • Obama: 'Great challenges ahead'
  • What is Nato for?
  • Missile shield 'up and running'
  • UK force 'to stay in Afghanistan'
  • Nato's exit strategy
  • Life after Nato in Afghan East

  Nationalist Nikolic in Serbia win

  Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is elected president of Serbia beating incumbent Boris Tadic in a run-off vote, and vowing to stay on the EU path.

  • Country profile: Serbia
  • Regions and territories: Kosovo

  Sun starts 'ring of fire' eclipse

  An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, begins across east Asia, and is due to reach the western US later.

  • Annular eclipse provides spectacle
  • Esa tech satellite views eclipse

  • Lockerbie bomber Megrahi is dead

    Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was controversially freed from a Scottish prison.

  • Pakistan restores Twitter access

    Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content".

  • Deadly quake hits northern Italy

  • Syria town shelling 'kills 34'

  • Dominicans voting for president

  • Lone bomber sought in Italy blast

  • Cheap dysentery drug 'promising'

  • Crowded House drummer Jones dies

  • Arctic melt releasing ancient gas

  • Maldives' 'apocalyptic' waste secret
  • How world leaders watched Chelsea win01:19
  • 'Married': Facebook founder's new status01:51
  • Nato leaders discuss Afghan withdrawal02:48
  • Heroes' welcome for blind activist in US01:47
  • 01:00
  • Inside Greek town on the brink02:57
  • The prison where inmates lie on beach02:30

  • 
  • Euro banks 'in tatters' - Clarke

  • SpaceX aborts launch at lift-off

  • What is Nato for?

  • West Indies raise victory hopes
  • Sharapova wins Italian Open crown

  • Facebook boss in surprise wedding

  Sudan releases foreign nationals

  Sri Lanka general to be released

  Thousands cheer winners Chelsea

  • Balls warns of cuts 'catastrophe'
  • HSBC machines hit by IT failure
  • Single 30% income tax rate urged
  • 'No hope' of finding crew alive

  • Collateral damage

    What happens if Greece quits the euro?

  • Facebook's challenge

    How have other high-flying internet stocks performed?

  • Cannes diary

    How did Pete Doherty's acting debut go down at the festival?

  • Week in pictures

    News photographs from around the world this week

  • Commonwealth Queen

    'No-one visits Zambia, so waiting to see the Queen felt surreal'

  • No middle ground

    The elusive search for dialogue in battle-scarred Syria

  • One Square Mile

    Montreal, Canada's French-speaking Olympic city

  Last Updated at 18:19 ET

  1. Deadly quake hits northern Italy
  2. Maldives' 'apocalyptic' waste island
  3. Arctic melt releasing ancient gas
  4. In pictures: Italy earthquake
  5. Lockerbie bomber Megrahi 'dead'

  1. In pictures: Italy earthquake
  2. 'Ring of fire' eclipse to begin
  3. Arctic melt releasing ancient gas
  4. Deadly quake hits northern Italy
  5. Lockerbie bomber Megrahi 'dead'
  6. Facebook boss in surprise wedding
  7. Single 30% income tax rate urged
  8. Crowded House drummer Peter Jones dies at 45
  9. Fans gather for Chelsea parade
  10. What next if Greece quits the euro?

  1. How world leaders watched Chelsea win
  2. Maldives' 'apocalyptic' waste island
  3. Facebook founder's new status
  4. Will Smith 'slap' and more news
  5. Norway's self-sufficient prison
  6. Greece has 'nothing left to give'
  8. Ecstatic Chelsea fans celebrate win
  9. Preparing Japan's deadly fish dish
  10. Party for victorious Chelsea team

  • Al Megrahi dies in Libya; Nato's Afghan pullout talks; a King James bible for every child?

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• 19 May ' 17:47

  

  20:44 ET

  Obama: EU 'must focus on growth'

  Speaking after the G8 summit, US President Obama says leaders agree that economies must focus on jobs and growth to boost recovery.

  • Obama: Growth and jobs
  • Mardell: Grumpy support
  • Economic crisis in graphics

  China activist Chen lands in US

  Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York, after his escape to the US embassy in Beijing last month sparked a diplomatic crisis.

  • Chen expresses gratitude
  • Chen's support network

  Chelsea seize Champions League win

  Chelsea achieve a dramatic Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich following a penalty shoot-out at the home of the German side. BBC Sport

  • Benghazi votes in local elections

    Residents in the Libyan city of Benghazi vote in local council elections, the first polls held in the city since the 1960s.

  • French rally car crash kills two

    A rally car ploughs into spectators in the Var region of southern France, killing a marshal and one other person, and injuring 17.

  • School bomb kills girl in Italy

  • Thousands greet Olympic torch

  • 'Horror' at Italy school bomb blast01:50
  • Diamond Jubilee flypast for Queen02:02
  • First theatre opens in SA's Soweto02:36
  • Syrians 'distraught' over car bomb01:53
  • Sri Lanka 'shows off military might'01:14
  • 00:58
  • Floating island of waste in Maldives03:33

  • G8 backs Greek euro membership

  • 

  • Grumpy, lukewarm support for eurozone Greece

  • West Ham back in Premier League
  • England closing in on Lord's win

  • 

  Fourth Mexican officer detained

  Argentine gas exports cancelled

  • Call to challenge booze pricing plan
  • Torch takes in South Devon coast

  • China’s clean coal goalCan the world’s biggest polluter create the solutions to our energy problems?

  • Answers from a sommelierAn expert’s view on common wine questions

  • Sultry squeezebox

    The beauty of the Argentine accordion

  • Youth vote

    Child politicians in Dominican Republic challenge corruption

  • In pictures

    UK armed forces parade and flypast mark Queen's jubilee

  • 'Devil on the wall'

    Do smoke alarms violate Amish religious freedom?

  Last Updated at 20:47 ET

  1. School bomb kills girl in Italy
  3. China activist Chen heads for US

  1. French rally car crash kills two
  2. School bomb kills girl in Italy
  3. Obama: EU 'must focus on growth'
  5. China activist Chen lands in US
  7. 'Cursing stone' found on island
  8. Fourth Mexican officer detained
  9. In pictures: Armed forces parade

  2. Floating island of waste in Maldives
  3. Channelling the voice of tango
  5. Africa Beats: Vieux Farka Toure
  6. Jamie: 'I've given up on politics'
  7. Royal Ballet dancer Polunin quits
  9. Deadly bomb blast at Italy school
  10. A look at 'wind turbines' of the deep

  • From Our Own Correspondent

    Kate Adie gathers correspondents' stories from Ankara, Luxor, Dubai, New York and China.

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• 19 May ' 07:16

  

  19 May 201210:13 ET

  G8 targets 'growth and stability'

  G8 leaders begin talks at their summit in the US, with President Obama saying they are "absolutely committed" to growth and fiscal consolidation.

  • Cameron: 'Good progress'
  • Obama unveils US Africa food plan

  Chinese activist Chen 'flies to US'

  Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy caused a diplomatic crisis, leaves China on a plane heading for the US.

  • Profile: Chen Guangcheng
  • Chen's family claim torture
  • Chen gives BBC interview
  • The Great Escape

  Aborted lift-off for spaceship

  The US firm SpaceX aborts the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station.

  • 'We've had a launch abort'
  • A look at 'the Dragon'

  • Bomb explosion hits Italy school

    A bomb explodes in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi killing a girl and injuring six others, reports say.

  • Powerful car bomb hits Syria city

  • China tunnel explosion 'kills 20'

  • Sri Lanka marks war anniversary

  • Deadly blast at Afghan checkpoint

  • Fans to handle world's oldest football

  • Crowds greet Olympic torch relay

  • 'Shock' as bomb hits Italy school gates01:44
  • Concordia salvage demo video released
  • Olympic torch relay gets first kiss02:13
  • Powerful car bomb hits Syrian city 01:13
  • Inside mass wedding at ruler's palace01:58
  • 00:59
  • Can cheap tablets take bite of Apple?04:28

  • 
  • Wild spring weather baffles bugs

  • Championship play-off final
  • England v West Indies

  Bring on Bayern, says Lampard

  • Armed forces in Jubilee parade
  • PM: 'Good progress' on eurozone
  • Two further arrests over grooming
  • Live - Scottish Cup final

  • 2020 vision

    The creative brains imagining a smarter tomorrow

  • Protest graffiti

    Divisions over Syria spray painted across Beirut

  • End of era?

    Chelsea's old guard set for last stand BBC Sport

  • No relaxing

    As himself, Sacha Baron Cohen clever, but unduly nervous

  • Anti-feminist?

    Dita Von Teese on burlesque and her female fans

  • The island where inmates are free to wander woods and beaches

  • Inheriting the blues

    The Malian singer who is taking his father's sound in new directions

  Last Updated at 10:16 ET

  3. Aborted lift-off for spaceship
  4. Bomb explosion at Italy school
  5. World's oldest football up close

  1. Aborted lift-off for spaceship
  2. Bomb explosion at Italy school
  3. US baby boomers in Hep C warning
  4. Eurozone set to dominate G8 talks
  5. Am I Sacha Baron Cohen's next target?
  6. Activist Chen 'to leave China'
  7. World's oldest football up close
  9. Crime and punishment, Norwegian style

  4. G8 leaders gather as Greek tragedy looms
  5. Bomb explosion at Italy school
  6. 'We've had a launch abort'
  7. France confirms early Afghan exit
  8. G8 leaders gather in the US
  9. Couples in mass Nigeria wedding
  10. Watch

  • Growth or austerity at G8? Aleppo Syrians protest; ANC uproar over Zuma genitals painting.

  • Newshour

    Facebook goes public; China's most wanted man sentenced to life; printing a new currency

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• 18 May ' 20:46

  

  23:43 ET

  Euro row brews as G8 summit opens

  Claims that Germany's chancellor suggested debt-stricken Greece should reconsider its place in the eurozone spark a row as the US hosts G8 leaders.

  • Obama's new friend
  • Market jitters over eurozone woes
  • Does Greece have energy for a fight?
  • French leader visits White House
  • UK PM warns Hollande over tax plan

  Facebook in stock debut rollercoaster

  Facebook shares end a volatile first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing, having initially jumped more than 10%.

  Private spaceship set for launch

  California's SpaceX company is preparing to launch to the space station - the first resupply mission to the orbiting outpost by a private company.

  • Mars for the 'average person'
  • Shuttle successors: Dragon

  • US baby boomers in Hep C warning

    US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives.

  • Prisoners surrender in Honduras

  • Argentine gas exports cancelled

  • Travel ban on Guinea-Bissau junta

  • Maryland allows same-sex divorce

  • Olympic relay flame lands in UK

  • Inside Afghan city, seven years on02:42
  • Concordia salvage details revealed01:58
  • Five Minutes With: Dita Von Teese05:24
  • World royals gather to mark Jubilee01:56
  • 01:02
  • Spanish minister accosted over banks02:38
  • Poor Greek children 'put in orphanages'03:04

  • Market jitters over eurozone woes

  • Baritone Fischer-Dieskau dies

  • SpaceX readies historic mission
  • Japan urges cuts in power usage

  • 'Bring on Bayern,' says Lampard

  Quebec in emergency protest law

  Cuban offshore oil attempt fails

  • Armed forces to march for Jubilee
  • Cameron joins talks over eurozone
  • Olympic torch relay to set off
  • Seven dissident suspects charged

  • Ten of England’s oddest sightsEccentric, unexpected and raunchy attractions

  • Following the vines to upstate NewThe Finger Lakes wine region is evolving

  • News tweets

    John Edwards, Greece and Facebook in 140 characters

  • Sultry squeezebox

    The beauty of the Argentine accordion

  • Unhappy ending?

    A glimpse of life after Nato in Afghanistan's wild east

  • Out of the spotlight

    Yemeni forces strike at al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

  • Norway's model prison

    The island where inmate are free to wander woods and beaches

  • New 'Rainbow Nation'

    Can South Africa overcome prejudice to attract gay tourists?

  • Massive challenge

    Egypt's economic crisis sets major task for country's next leader

  • UN split

    Small countries seek Security Council change

  • Pain in Spain

    Euro woes turn mood in Madrid fearful

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  1. Sacha Baron Cohen as himself

  1. US baby boomers in Hep C warning
  2. Euro row brews on G8 summit's eve
  3. Private spaceship set for launch
  4. Obama's new friend
  6. Crime and punishment, Norwegian style
  7. Argentine gas exports cancelled
  8. Facebook shares see modest debut

  1. Five Minutes With: Dita Von Teese
  2. Hollande meets Obama at White House
  3. Concordia salvage details revealed
  4. One-minute World News
  5. Beckham: 2012 a special year
  6. Spanish banks face credit ratings cut
  7. My friendship with Donna Summer
  8. China's 'instant' building
  9. The Queen - in cake form Watch

  • Mladic trial suspended; US rewards Burmese political reform; a tribute to Donna Summer

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• 18 May ' 10:50

  

  13:43 ET

  Facebook shares make market debut

  Facebook shares are trading flat at $38 on their stock market debut, having initially jumped to $42 within minutes of trade beginning.

  • Zuckerberg rings Nasdaq bell
  • 'Is Facebook worth $100 billion?'
  • California expects Facebook boost
  • Facebook's first female engineer
  • Can Facebook crack China?

  Merkel 'suggests Greek euro vote'

  German leader Angela Merkel suggests Greece could hold a referendum on the euro alongside national elections next month, Greek officials say.

  • Obama unveils US Africa food plan

  Olympic flame on its way to UK

  The Olympic flame is in the air on its way from Greece to the UK for the start of the 2012 torch relay.

  • Olympic flame arrival in the UK Live
  • Top pilot's 'most precious cargo'

  • World royals mark Diamond Jubilee

    More than 20 monarchs gather to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, with protests over the inclusion of the controversial heads of Bahrain and Swaziland.

  • Syria protests 'grip Aleppo city'

    Syrian activists report thousands at protests in the city of Aleppo, which has so far largely stayed loyal to the president since the uprising began.

  • UN nuclear chief to visit Iran

  • First glimpse inside world's ‘priciest house’

  • Market jitters amid European woes

  • German baritone Fischer-Dieskau dies

  • Jackie Chan: 'No more action movies'

  • Malawi's malnourished babies
  • 'Is Facebook worth $100 billion?'02:30
  • Sacha Baron Cohen ... as himself04:55
  • Queen hosts royals for Jubilee lunch01:33
  • 01:01
  • Afghan concern over Nato withdrawal
  • 'Sir' David Beckham on UK's special year04:54

  • Yahoo jumps on Alibaba deal talk
  • JP Morgan boss to testify in US

  • Silicon trick for next-gen memory

  • Obama leads Donna Summer tributes
  • Sweden tipped for Euro success

  • Wild spring weather baffles bugs

  • 

  • Strauss ton gives England control
  • Rodgers rejects Liverpool talks

  • Iran 'to sue Google' over Gulf
  • Bollywood star given stadium ban

  Quebec in 'emergency' protest law

  Malawi 'to overturn ban on gays'

  India charges prompt Italy row

  Italian fraudster's assets seized

  Protesters angered by Gulf union

  • Parent classes 'not nanny state'
  • Plaque to IRA bomb victims stolen
  • Barry George in compensation case
  • Sex abuse Pakistani issue - Warsi

  • Reaching for the starsThe ex-astronaut in charge of plans for humanity's escape from the solar system

  • The fiery Mediterranean coastVolcanoes along Italy’s western seaboard

  • Wine tasting in Buenos AiresUncork at creative, informal urban events

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  • Morning to night

    What caused the mystery of the Dark Day?

  • French connection

    A real-life socialist comes to the Obama White House

  • Exit angst

    How will Nato remove troops and hardware from Afghanistan?

  • Chen's escape

    How blind activist fled heavily-guarded village

  • World Football

    Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben and former Chelsea star Pat Nevin on the Champions League final

  • Share your shares

    The social networks breaking stock market traditions

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  1. Inside world's ‘priciest house’
  2. Baritone Fischer-Dieskau dies
  3. The fish more poisonous than cyanide
  4. Facebook poised for market debut
  5. What caused the mystery of the Dark Day?

  1. Inside world's ‘priciest house’
  2. US-France talks focus on economy
  4. Chan movie is "last action role"
  5. Facebook poised for market debut
  7. What caused the mystery of the Dark Day?
  8. Iran 'to sue Google' over Gulf
  9. Silicon trick for next-gen memory

  1. Sacha Baron Cohen as himself
  3. Queen hosts royals for Jubilee lunch
  5. Baron Cohen's The Dictator opens
  6. Building disasters blight Sicilian town
  7. Horse rescue two miles out at sea
  8. Greece has 'nothing left to give'
  9. 9: Ship 'floated' on sea of jelly
  10. 10: Zuckerberg rings Nasdaq bell Watch

  • Click

    Honda Motors unveils a new auto-balancing unicycle plus other technology news stories

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• 18 May ' 00:40

  

  18 May 201203:38 ET

  European shares knocked by Spain

  European stock markets open lower after a ratings agency downgrades 16 Spanish banks and uncertainty continues about the fate of Greece.

  • In depth: Euro crisis
  • Moody's downgrades Spanish banks

  China jails smuggler Lai for life

  Lai Changxing, extradited from Canada to face one of China's most notorious smuggling and bribery cases, is jailed for life, state media says.

  • Canada returns Chinese fugitive
  • China corruption 'still serious'

  Zimmerman found with bloody nose

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