Child stalking ‘more aggressive’
Stalking by children and teenagers tends to be significantly more violent than that carried out by adults, Australian research has suggested.
Psychiatrists looked at nearly 300 so-called juvenile stalkers and found they rarely acted due to infatuation…

Bankers made ‘astonishing mess’
The effects of the continuing banking crisis will be felt for generations, a committee of MPs has warned.
The Treasury Committee, in its second report on the crisis, said it had been caused largely by the banks’ own…

Experts unveil African gene study
A group of scientists have unveiled what they say is the most comprehensive study ever of African genes.
Published following a decade of study, the researchers say their findings give new insight into the origins…

Iran ‘leading terrorism sponsor’
By Kim Ghattas
BBC’s state department correspondent, Washington
Iran remains the “most active state sponsor of terrorism” in the world, a report by the US state department says.
It says Iran’s role in the planning and financing of terror-related activities…

In pictures: Dutch parade attack
The Netherlands has been left in shock after a car ploughed into crowds who had gathered to see the queen in the city of Apeldoorn (Warning: Some readers…

El Paso not slowing down for swine flu
By Andy Gallacher
BBC News, El Paso
El Paso is a border town in more than just name.
It is where the Mexican and American cultures merge into…

You might expect the mood in Basra to be one of rejoicing, given that an occupying army is pulling out. It is exactly the opposite, finds the BBC’s John Simpson.
The British themselves tend to think of their time…

Serie A to form breakaway league
Italy’s top football division Serie A is poised to split from Serie B to form a new league Lega Calcio Serie A.
The two…

Woods leads the way in Charlotte
Tiger Woods made a late burst to take a three-shot clubhouse lead on the first day of the Quail Hollow Championships in Charlotte.
The 33-year-old, making his first…

Kenya church arson case dismissed
The high court in Kenya has dismissed a case against four men who were accused of involvement in burning to death 33 people in a church in January 2008.
The judge said the prosecution had…

Federer avenges loss to Stepanek
Roger Federer put last year’s Rome Masters defeat by Radek Stepanek behind him with a convincing win over the Czech in round three.
Federer eased to a 6-4 6-1 victory and…

US to limit Guantanamo releases
Between 50 and 100 detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay cannot be released or put on trial, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said.
The fate of those detainees “is still open”, Mr…

Birds show off their dance moves
By Rebecca Morelle
Science reporter, BBC News

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Some birds have a remarkable talent for dancing, two studies published in Current Biology suggest.
Footage revealed that some parrots have a near-perfect sense…

Africans give 400m to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has received 400m (270m) in credit from African governments, says Finance Minister Tendai Biti.
The funds are aimed at helping pay civil servants and regenerating the country’s economy, he said.
Botswana provided 70m (47m)…

Exxon profits hit by weaker oil
Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest private oil company, has posted a sharp fall in quarterly profits as the price of oil dropped from its peak.
Net profit for the first three months…

Israeli Arabs held on ‘bomb plot’
Israeli police have arrested seven Arab Israelis suspected of planning to carry out bomb attacks and kidnap soldiers.
Police said the men wanted revenge for Israel’s offensive in Gaza earlier this year,…

Spurs star Bent out for two weeks
Tottenham striker Darren Bent will be out of action for…

Hundreds hurt by Tanzania blast
More than 300 people, some critically injured, remain in hospital a day after the massive armoury explosion near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city.
Officials said the death toll has risen to 10, including six…

Mobile sales ‘in record decline’
Mobile phone sales have plummeted by a record amount in the first quarter of 2009 as the global financial crisis sapped demand, a research firm said.
The number of phones shipped worldwide in the first…

Murder raises ethnic tension higher
Ethnic tension between Hungary’s Roma and non-Roma communities has spiralled, as the BBC’s Nick Thorpe finds out at the funeral of its latest victim.
“The net is tightening around the perpetrators,” says Hungarian Police Chief…

Wife’s poll rage hits Berlusconi
Italy’s prime minister and his wife have clashed publicly after reports his party planned to field attractive young women as European election candidates.
Veronica Lario said the plan amounted to “shameless rubbish” being put on…

The EU’s health commissioner has urged Europeans not to panic over swine flu, as ministers prepare for emergency talks on ways to contain the virus.
“We have to exercise vigilance, we should not panic, we have to…

Microsoft preps Windows 7 release
By Darren Waters
Technology editor, BBC News website
A release candidate of Windows 7, the next major release of the world’s most popular operating system, goes public in trial form in the next week.
Microsoft is hoping…

Israel warning on Europe ‘freeze’
Israel has told the European Union to stop criticising Benjamin Netanyahu’s government or risk being excluded from future Middle East peace negotiations.
A foreign ministry official called EU envoys in Israel after a commissioner in…

Mexico arrests ‘drug gang boss’
Mexican police have arrested one of the country’s most sought-after suspected drugs bosses.
Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa was arrested in a raid on a house in the city of Matamoros, near the US border.
He is…