Weather threat to shuttle launch - (07/12/2006 12:12:57)

Possible rain and clouds threaten to delay Thursday's launch of space shuttle Discovery.

Violence 'eroding Afghan hopes' - (07/12/2006 12:07:26)

Rising violence is eroding Afghan optimism, but a majority are hopeful for the future, an ABC/BBC poll finds.

Interest rates kept on hold at 5% - (07/12/2006 12:00:20)

UK interest rates have been kept on hold at 5% following the latest meeting of the Bank of England.

Turners unite to save masterpiece - (07/12/2006 11:59:32)

Three watercolours by JMW Turner are to be exhibited together in an attempt to stop one leaving the country.

'Several leads' in charity death - (07/12/2006 11:53:37)

Police in India say they are examining several leads as part of their inquiry into the apparent murder of a charity worker from Swansea.

Microsoft predicts 1m Zune sales - (07/12/2006 11:51:34)

Microsoft says it expects to sell more than one million Zune music players by the end of June 2007.

UN urges freedoms for Arab women - (07/12/2006 11:30:59)

Discrimination against women is stopping economic and social development in the Arab World, the UN reports.

Opposition mounts to Fijian coup - (07/12/2006 11:14:30)

Powerful tribal and church leaders in Fiji express growing opposition to Tuesday's military coup.

Seminole tribe in Hard Rock deal - (07/12/2006 10:49:52)

Leisure company Rank Group agrees to sell its Hard Rock Cafe chain to the Seminole tribe of Florida for $965m.

US net journalist found dead - (07/12/2006 10:34:06)

Rescuers find the body of a US man who set off on foot to find help for his family, trapped in a snowbound car in Oregon.