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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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.
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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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

Spurs star Bent out for two weeks
Tottenham striker Darren Bent will be out of action for two weeks after suffering a medial ligament injury.
The 25-year-old suffered the problem(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)