He who is slient, is strongest.

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new head after a profits slump.

The tennis players with a message in US Open final

Hours after China demands the release of a Chinese boat captain detained in Japan, a Japanese court rules he can be held for a further 10 days.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel steals Ferrari's thunder to set the pace in practice at the Italian Grand Prix.

Anti-American rallies sweep Afghanistan over plans, now on hold, by a small US church to stage an "International Burn a Koran Day".

An ally of Germany's Chancellor Merkel will quit a top party post after suggesting Poland may carry as much blame as Hitler for triggering World War II.

Former air steward Brian Dowling is the bookies' favourite to win Ultimate Big Brother as the Channel 4 reality show comes to an end.

7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in the US, has offered $2bn to buy smaller rival Casey's General Stores.

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Swaziland unions condemn the prime minister's suggestion that dissidents should be whipped on their feet with spikes.

Second practice for the Italian GP is under way at Monza after McLaren's Jenson Button sets the pace in the opening session.

Thousands of people are evacuated from low-lying areas near the Yamuna river in the Indian capital, Delhi.

An Australian man who cycled round Europe for three months looking for his missing son is to be reunited with him after two-and-a-half years.

Players in Serie A plan to strike in a fortnight's time in a protest over their rights.

The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne has banned pop songs and football anthems from funerals.

A "payment-by-results" project to cut reoffending is being officially launched, with investors getting a return only if reoffending drops.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson refuses to discuss Wayne Rooney's off-field problems or the hostile reception he might face at Everton on Saturday.

Images of massive explosion in San Francisco suburb

Shares in Germany's Deutsche Bank fall sharply after reports that it is planning to raise 9bn euros to shore up its finances.

More than 230,000 elderly people in Japan who are listed as being aged 100 or over are unaccounted for, officials said following a nationwide inquiry.