Govt looks to move on from Hague gay rumours (AFP) - 3 Sep 2010 at 3:23am - AFP - The government looked to put recent controversies behind them on Friday as Prime Minister David Cameron backed his foreign secretary William Hague following an aide's resignation over "malicious" rumours that they had an inappropriate relationship.
BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn - 3 Sep 2010 at 3:20am - 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.
4 killed in Russian forest fires (AP) - 3 Sep 2010 at 3:14am - AP - Russia's emergencies ministry says forest fires in the country's south have killed four people.
4 killed in Russian forest fires - 3 Sep 2010 at 3:14am - MOSCOW -- Russia's emergencies ministry says forest fires in the country's south have killed four people.
BP says cost of Gulf of Mexico spill hits $8B (AP) - 3 Sep 2010 at 3:07am - AP - BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.
Germany kick off Euro 2012 campaign against Belgium - 3 Sep 2010 at 2:01am - Joachim Loew's team is on a high after a solid World Cup, but it faces a tricky qualifying group for the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. DW breaks down Germany's group rivals.
Capello looks to silence critics in Euro opener (AFP) - 3 Sep 2010 at 1:29am - AFP - Fabio Capello launches his quest for redemption on Friday knowing only a convincing victory by a makeshift England team over Bulgaria can hush a growing band of critics clamouring for his dismissal.
EU presses China to step up fight against fakes (AFP) - 3 Sep 2010 at 1:21am - AFP - The European Union pressed China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.
ICC charges Pakistan trio over betting scam (AFP) - 2 Sep 2010 at 10:16pm - AFP - Cricket's world governing body charged three Pakistan stars with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them, as the trio protested their innocence in an alleged betting scam.
Sharapova storms through at US Open (AFP) - 2 Sep 2010 at 9:30pm - AFP - Maria Sharapova has kept alive her hopes of a second US Open crown, four years after her first, with an impressive 6-1, 6-2 win over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.
Dirty jokes and papal rosaries mix in Chile mine saga (Reuters) - 2 Sep 2010 at 8:39pm - Reuters - Contact between 33 Chilean miners trapped for weeks underground and the outside world took an irreverent twist on Thursday, as the men passed dirty jokes to the surface -- and the Pope sent down blessed rosaries.
Verdict due in high-profile Portuguese abuse case (Reuters) - 2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm - Reuters - A Portuguese court will render its verdict Friday in one of the country's highest profile legal cases, a shocking story of alleged child abuse at a state orphanage that has gripped the nation for over half a decade.
Netanayahu and Abbas agree to biweekly Israeli-Palestinian meetings - 2 Sep 2010 at 6:52pm - Israeli and Palestinian leaders have opened direct peace negotiations in Washington to the praise of numerous international leaders. Still, finding a solution to their decades-long conflict is an uphill battle.
Europe agrees finance watchdogs - 2 Sep 2010 at 5:52pm - The European Union agrees to reform financial supervision, with new agencies to oversee banks, insurers and financial markets.
New Russia wildfires kill 2 and consume homes (Reuters) - 2 Sep 2010 at 5:13pm - Reuters - A new wave of wildfires swept through villages in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least two people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said.
Animal rights group claims mass Greek mink release (AP) - 2 Sep 2010 at 3:24pm - AP - An international animal rights activist group has claimed responsibility for releasing more than 50,000 minks from two fur farms in northern Greece.
Animal rights group claims mass Greek mink release - 2 Sep 2010 at 3:24pm - ATHENS, Greece -- An international animal rights activist group has claimed responsibility for releasing more than 50,000 minks from two fur farms in northern Greece.
German Central Bank wants board member removed over race comments - 2 Sep 2010 at 2:58pm - Germany's Central Bank has initiated proceedings to remove one of its board members, Thilo Sarrazin, for controversial remarks he made on race and immigration.
Iran stoning lawyer reunited with family (AP) - 2 Sep 2010 at 2:21pm - AP - The lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran was reunited with his family in Norway Thursday.
Iran stoning lawyer reunited with family - 2 Sep 2010 at 2:21pm - OSLO, Norway -- The lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran was reunited with his family in Norway Thursday.
Russia extends grain export ban - 2 Sep 2010 at 1:39pm - Russia will consider lifting its grain export ban only after the next year's harvest has been reaped, Vladimir Putin says.
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October (AP) - 2 Sep 2010 at 1:02pm - AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October - 2 Sep 2010 at 1:02pm - GENEVA -- A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
German banker 'should be fired' - 2 Sep 2010 at 12:42pm - The German central bank calls on the country's president to dismiss one of its board members over comments he made about immigration and Jews.
Aid agencies face growing hostility from Pakistani flood victims - 2 Sep 2010 at 12:36pm - Enduring starvation and disease, flood survivors are beginning to resent the slow pace of foreign aid in Pakistan. In addition, Pakistanis face the danger of unexploded landmines, washed up by the waters.
Germans accused of honey smuggling - 2 Sep 2010 at 12:24pm - US authorities indict 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m worth of honey from China.
Recovering bubbly in Baltic Sea, divers find beer (AP) - 2 Sep 2010 at 12:08pm - AP - Divers who found what's believed to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne say they have also discovered two-centuries-old bottles of beer at a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
Recovering bubbly in Baltic Sea, divers find beer - 2 Sep 2010 at 12:08pm - STOCKHOLM -- Divers who found what's believed to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne say they have also discovered two-centuries-old bottles of beer at a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
Paris mosque slams burger chain's Muslim outreach (AP) - 2 Sep 2010 at 12:00pm - AP - Note to big companies hoping to tap into France's lucrative but long-neglected Muslim consumer market: Pitfalls may await, and not only in the form of complaints from the far-right.
Paris mosque slams burger chain's Muslim outreach - 2 Sep 2010 at 12:00pm - PARIS -- Note to big companies hoping to tap into France's lucrative but long-neglected Muslim consumer market: Pitfalls may await, and not only in the form of complaints from the far-right.