He who is slient, is strongest.

The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.

An explosion partly destroys a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester, but no worshippers are seriously hurt.

Six Portuguese men are sentenced to between five and 18 years in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home.

A cargo plane has crashed on a major highway in Dubai, setting some cars on fire, local officials and media reports say.

A key witness at the commission set up to examine the last years of Sri Lanka's civil war complains his words were not properly translated.

Lord Prescott says he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked into his phone messages.

Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.

Why food prices around the world are on the rise again

The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.

Police are questioning the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that the players implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.

Women's fifth seed Samantha Stosur is in action early on day five at Flushing Meadows, while Andy Murray takes on Dustin Brown at about 2000 BST.

A weakened hurricane Earl skirts past North Carolina's Outer Banks and continues up the US east coast as a "category one" storm.

BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.

A bomb kills at least 42 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are doomed to fail, in the first regional reaction to the talks.

The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died, aged 82, the party confirms.

A former MI6 worker is given a 12-month jail sentence for trying to sell top secret material for £2m.

Dublin delays a deal to allow transfers of EU citizens' data to Israel, which is accused of forging passports.

The American rap star has been released from jail on bail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy.

UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.