Six of the UK's biggest net providers have signed up to a government plan to tackle illegal file-sharing.

The US House of Representatives passes a massive housing rescue bill after President Bush says he will not veto it.

France's parliament passes a law which effectively ends the country's compulsory 35-hour working week.

Hurricane Dolly has reached the Mexico-Texas coast, bringing with it heavy rain and winds up to 100mph (161km/h).

UK academics sign a letter criticising the ongoing neglect of Bletchley Park - home of the wartime codebreakers.

Chlamydia screening in England reached just a third of those it should have in its first full year, the BBC learns.

Two of the world's richest men launch a campaign aiming to tackle smoking in the developing world.

Prosecutors at The Hague say they expect the extradition of war-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic to be delayed.

Green groups accuse the UK government of trying to sabotage Europe’s rules on renewable energy.

Moscow tops the league of the most expensive cities to live in for expatriates, followed by Tokyo and London.

A secret recording shows US President George W Bush explaining the problems afflicting the US stock markets: "Wall Street got drunk."

Diving sensation Tom Daley could burn out before the 2012 Olympics, warns Britain's performance director.

Sunderland announce the signing of Tottenham midfielder Teemu Tainio on a three-year deal.

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Two firearms officers are in hospital after using their own bodies to smother flames engulfing a knife-wielding man who had set himself alight.

Voting in the Glasgow East by-election will get under way from 0700 BST.

A goalkeeper collapses and dies after warming up for a friendly football match in Flintshire.

The Conservatives and UUP are to set up a working group to consider greater co-operation between their parties.

Sudan's president defies accusations from the International Criminal Court during a rare visit to Darfur.

Officials in Guatemala say they have irrefutable proof that a child was stolen and put up for adoption in the state system.

Iran will not "retreat one iota" in its nuclear activities, its president says, defying fresh international pressure.

The pilot of an Indonesian airliner that crashed at last year, killing 21 people, goes on trial charged with negligence.

Illegal immigrants convicted of crime in Italy face longer jail sentences than those for Italians, under new laws.

The Pakistani government says it aims to create greater national consensus to fight Islamic militancy.

The majority of Bank of England policymakers voted to keep rates at 5% this month, but one voted for a cut and another for a rise.

Alan Johnson calls for a "national movement" to tackle obesity and warns against "vilifying the extremely fat".

A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, scientists suggest.

Many parents are too embarrassed to have vital chats with their children about sex, a report for the government says.

Tiny fossils time the climate shift which gave rise to Antarctica's Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars.

No further action is being taken over a rape allegation made against former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie, police have confirmed.

The first official image of a proposed joint Russian and European manned spacecraft is unveiled.