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Xbox continues to outsell PS3 in Japan

The Nintendo DS continues to dominate the Japanese market, but the Xbox 360 has outsold the PS3 in the territory for the third week in a row. According to figures from Media Create, the Xbox 360 managed to shift 8,271 units in...

Václav Havel et al: Cooperation between nations to secure water is the only way forward

Water: a source of Middle East peace? In the Middle East, for instance, Israelis and Palestinians – as well as many others around the world – are beginning to believe that the negotiations to determine the long-term status of...

Taleban killed in Afghan battles

Dozens of Taleban militants have been killed by security forces in fighting in southern Afghanistan, according to Afghan and British officials. The militants died in a battle with Afghan and Nato-led forces on the outskirts of...

Football fans killed in M1 crash

Three men have been killed in a motorway crash on their way home from watching the England football team beat Kazakhstan at Wembley. The men were in a silver Ford Mondeo which left the M1 in South Yorkshire on Saturday night....

UAE central bank guarantees deposits

By Robin Wigglesworth in Abu Dhabi The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it will guarantee all credit risks and deposits at national banks and interbank lending among all banks operating in the UAE. The Abu Dhabi-based...

Soldier's father arranges concert

A Nottinghamshire man whose son died while fighting in Afghanistan has organised a concert in his memory. L/Cpl Paul Sandford, 23, from Hucknall, had been serving with the first Battalion, the Worcestershire and Sherwood...

British soldier faces court martial friendly fire deaths

A British soldier is facing a court martial in connection with the deaths of three comrades in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan. The sergeant allegedly gave the wrong co-ordinates to a US warplane which dropped a 500lb...

Pope honours saint who was "one of us"

Hundreds of Swiss faithful mingled with pilgrims from Colombia in St Peter's Square in Rome on Sunday, for an event of a kind most will never experience again. They were there to see the pope canonise the first female Swiss...

Thousands protest against smut law

Several thousand Indonesians have held a rally to protest against an anti-pornography bill that is before parliament. The protesters, who came from Papua, North Sulawesi, Yogyakarta on Java island and Bali, carried a 230-metre...

Chambers welcomes retesting

Dwain Chambers believes more drug cheats will be exposed when samples taken at the Beijing Olympics are retested. Officials confirmed last week they will run tests on stored samples for the banned blood-boosting substance EPO...