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The UN's World Food Programme says it will resume aid flights to Burma amid a row over impounded food.
Gunmen from militant group Hezbollah drive out government supporters from western Beirut, stoking fears of civil war.
The Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years is to be held for another month.
Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters inside polling stations, a policeman tells the BBC.
The Israeli PM denies taking bribes from a wealthy US-Jewish businessman and resists calls for his resignation.
A Czech woman is cleared of deceiving a children's home by posing as a young girl, but faces abuse charges.
The US military in Iraq says a man detained in Mosul is not in fact the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Crude oil has hit yet another all-time high in Friday trading, as strong demand and supply fears continue.
Some teenagers and young adults get high on drink and drugs to improve their sex lives, research suggests.
Sailors from the Russian and US navies square off in a sandwich-making contest for Victory Day.
Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.
Sir Alex Ferguson has faith that Bolton will provide a stern test for Chelsea in Sunday's Premier League title decider.
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neil launches an attack on Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez over the Gareth Barry transfer move.
Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict
Striking images from around the world
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Teacher's certificate to prove he's had a beating
Russia's military parades through Red Square
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Kenya's power-sharing cabinet meets for the first time for former rivals to learn how to work as a team.
Bolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president as he struggles to enact reform.
North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator.
Tanks and missile launchers are featured in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.
Israel marks 60 years since its creation in 1948, a date the Palestinians remember as "the Catastrophe".
Pakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo.
Two youths found guilty of murdering 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga are given life sentences.
The US trade deficit shrinks by more than expected as the weak dollar leads to a surge in exports, figures show.
Funding for HIV prevention is being wasted on strategies which have little impact, say US researchers.
Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.
David Chase, creator of TV drama The Sopranos, signs a deal to write, produce and direct his first feature film.
MySpace says its "data availability" project will put users in the driving seat with web information sharing.
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Business News from BBC.CO.UK
The number of people under threat of losing their homes has risen sharply in England and Wales, figures show.
Centrica warns that the prospect of making money from wind farms is looking "marginal" due to high costs.
French utility EDF is set to make a takeover offer for the nuclear power firm British Energy, the BBC learns.
BAA shareholders have agreed to stump up £400m ($779m) as the firm struggles to refinance its debt.
British Airways will begin to move its long-haul flights to Heathrow's Terminal 5 from June, the firm confirms.
US bank giant Citigroup aims to sell $400bn of assets over the next three years to bolster its financial position.
The US trade deficit shrinks by more than expected as the weak dollar leads to a surge in exports, figures show.
Alliance and Leicester joins other lenders in charging new customers with smaller deposits higher rates.
Rice prices rise for a sixth straight day as supplies continue to be stretched after cyclone damage in Burma.
Crude oil has hit yet another all-time high in Friday trading, as strong demand and supply fears continue.
HMV shares rise 4% after the retailer says it is confident that profits will be at the top end of expectations.
French industrial output falls four times more sharply than expected in March, raising concerns about the economy.
Google expresses interest in extending an advertising partnership with fellow search engine Yahoo.
Drinks giant Diageo says it will invest 650m euros in its Irish beer business - its largest capital investment to date.
Insurance giant AIG posts its biggest ever quarterly loss due to its continuing exposure to bad US mortgage debt.
C&C, the maker of Magners cider, says revenues have fallen in the past year after cider lost popularity.
UK interest rates are held at 5% by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, as inflation concerns persist.
Warner Music sees quarterly losses widen after consumers opt for digital music over CDs.
One in three European consumers buying plane tickets online is being misled, the European Commission warns.
UK kitchen equipment firm Enodis, which supplies machines to McDonald's, agrees to be bought for £1bn.
The European Central Bank leaves eurozone interest rates on hold at 4% after its latest meeting.
Some insurance comparison websites give incorrect information, a probe by watchdog the FSA finds.
Homeowners in England and Wales are given extra time to comply with the final rules for Home Information Packs.
More than a million adults a year in the UK are inheriting money from their relatives, new research reveals.
Mortgage markets will take two years to recover from the credit squeeze, the Building Societies Association says.
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the worst of the credit crunch may have passed.
Vladimir Putin promises to rein in inflation and boost social spending in his new job as Russia's prime minister.
South Africa promises that its lucrative mining sector will not suffer further power disruption during the winter months.
The market that enables firms to buy and sell the ability to pollute doubled in value in 2007, the World Bank says.
A slump in the number of stamped letters sees Royal Mail's losses widen to £279m in the year to March.
A gangmaster is stripped of his licence after investigators said they uncovered forced labour.
Discount firms Wal-Mart and Costco see April sales rise as consumers seek cheaper options, figures indicate.
Current Canadian News from CTV
A Via Rail train, carrying more than 260 passengers to Toronto, has been quarantined in Foleyet, Ont. after one person died and several people fell ill.
Industry Minister Jim Prentice says he will proceed with his earlier decision to block the foreign takeover of Canada's premier space technology firm.
Despite the 19,200 jobs created by the Canadian economy in April, Statistics Canada says the national unemployment rate edged up to 6.1 per cent from 6.0 per cent in March.
A family of seven that spent six days lost in the Canadian Arctic survived by huddling inside a tent set up inside a makeshift igloo.
Two of Canada's privacy commissions have issued a statement stating personal health information can be disclosed in emergency situations.
A member of a Toronto-based rapid response team says he is frustrated the team has been unable to secure visas to get into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar -- and the UN's decision today to suspend aid shipments will affect his group's backup plan.
Two nearly intact skeletons found near the Plains of Abraham date back to the 19th century or even earlier, archeologists say.
Paramedics and the family of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan will gather at CFB Trenton on Friday afternoon.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper dismissed concerns Thursday pertaining to the past relationship between Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier and a woman formerly linked to the Hells Angels.
Israeli Ambassador to Canada Alan Baker on Thursday defended comments he made to a national newspaper regarding Canada's Muslim population.
A newlywed B.C. couple, injured in a devastating bus crash in Egypt last week, were reunited with their families. They touched down at Vancouver airport Thursday night.
Canada's last link to the First World War is a citizen again. Jack Babcock was forced to renounce his Canadian citizenship after moving to the U.S. following the war.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered strong words of support for Canada Thursday. Standing with Michaelle Jean, he said he would like to "bring together" Quebec and Canada.
The lawyer for a Sudanese-Canadian stranded in the Canadian embassy in Khartoum says Ottawa has created five years of unnecessary obstacles to Abousfian Abdelrazik's return. He has gone to Federal Court to try to get the 46-year-old man repatriated immediately.
Sceince and Nature News from BBC.CO.UK
Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.
Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.
UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.
The genetic blueprint of one of the world's strangest mammals - the duck-billed platypus - is deciphered.
A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth.
Nasa has unveiled a plan to boost its supercomputer power to help plan and model future missions.
People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests.
Declining fish stocks could be partially responsible for algal blooms in parts of the oceans, researchers find.
Body fat found under the skin may help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, research suggests.
Scientists examine how liver and bone disease could be treated using embryonic stem cells.
Scientists pinpoint a reason why people with Indian ancestry may be more prone to weight problems.
Jumping spiders use ultraviolet B rays to "talk" to potential mates, scientists report.
Nasa says the mission to service the Hubble telescope will occur in September at the earliest.
Cayman Island authorities investigate the killing of six critically endangered giant blue iguanas.
Mangrove deforestation in Burma left coastal areas exposed to Cyclone Nagris, a top politician suggests.
Fourteen tiger cubs are spotted in an Indian reserve, in a rare boost to halt the decline in their numbers.
Conservationists need help in ensuring amphibians thrive in their natural strongholds in the south of Scotland.
Many tropical insects could face extinction by the end of this century due to rising temperatures, scientists say.
The focus on green homes and offices ignores the wider landscape around our towns and cities.
Small changes to lifestyles are not going to be enough to tackle the challenges facing the planet.
A BBC producer records a diary of his experiences while trying to film the spectacular wildlife living on the most remote munro in Scotland.
Entertainment News from CNN.COM
"Speed Racer," the Wachowski Brothers' first film as writer-directors since "The Matrix Reloaded" five years ago, is a dizzying pop-art confection. But beneath the flash, there's no there there.
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Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz hate on each other with dynamite verve in "What Happens in Vegas."
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Offbeat News from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC
The Catholic Church has issued guidelines on what Filipinos should wear to mass in Manila after some parishioners complained about distracting skimpy attire.
A 22-year-old American man has been arrested after an early-morning naked bath in the historic Barcaccia fountain at the foot of Rome's Spanish Steps, an Italian news agency reports.
A Church of England-backed book suggests youth workers should try to make religion relevant to children by showing them episodes of cartoon show
The Simpsons.
A judge in the US capital has lost his $US54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner over a pair of misplaced trousers.
Indian authorities are releasing dozens of crocodiles bred in captivity to scare away poachers and protect their endangered counterparts.
A Melbourne council is hoping DNA testing will help it identify the animals involved in dog attacks.
An Alice Springs man's love of fried chicken saw him roll his car at a takeaway drive-through last night.
When it comes to luxury sports cars, Ferrari begs to differ with the Pope.
A Dutch woman has lost her compensation claim for mental distress she suffered from missing out when her neighbours won a lottery windfall.
An Italian Mayor hopes to shame men into not using prostitutes by photographing cars that pick them up and publishing the details in local newspapers.
Reality TV show
Big Brother has apologised to the Mexican Government for allowing contestants on
Friday Night Games to throw goo-filled balloons at the Mexican flag.
Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair has revealed he has worn the same pair of shoes to his weekly question-and-answer session in Parliament since becoming the country's leader in 1997.
The Mexican Government has complained to Australia's media regulator after contestants on
Big Brother TV show
Friday Night Games threw goo-filled balloons at the Mexican flag.
Authorities in India say rats are gnawing at beer cans and making holes in caps of whisky bottles stored in police storehouses in the east of the country and apparently getting drunk.
Cartoon character Homer Simpson has been kidnapped in Malaysia and Hollywood is offering a reward of 1,000 ringgit ($A346) for his safe return.