Hamid Karzai delays naming new cabinet

After pondering make-up of new Government since his controversial election win Aghan president was to name cabinet today

More woes for Woods as Nordegren moves out

It seems his wife has had enough as more women allege affairs and reports Woods had taken drugs and alcohol on night of crash

Taxi driver 'source of Iraq 45-minute WMD claim'

Iraqi driver was said to be ‘intelligence sub-source’ quoted in Government dossier to point out threat from chemical missiles

Many surge troops 'already in Afghanistan'

More than 1,500 of the extra troops pledged by Nato allies to back up the US surge of 30,000 are already in the country

Philippines feud breaks out into armed rebellion

Militiamen loyal to a rebel warlord fought a gun battle with police in the southern Philippines after election massacre

Benson's allies insist that umpire is no quitter

ICC says Mark Benson withdrew from second Test between Australia and West Indies for health reasons

Iran opposition proves it’s alive and kicking

Thousands of students led the latest round of demonstrations in Iran against a Government that they regard as illegitimate

Karzai poised to name new Government line-up

After weeks of pressure from the West linking future support to reform, President Karzei is expected to name his cabinet

White House security 'breached 91 times'

US Secret Service report reveals presidential security infiltrated scores of times before Salahis gatecrashed state dinner

Pope health fears as Midnight Mass moved forward

Vatican insists Benedict XVI's busy schedule is only reason traditional service has been brought forward to 10pm

Europe turns on US and China at climate summit

Head of EU delegation said President Obama and China must strengthen commitments before end of Copenhagen

Dissident begins second year in detention

Detained with no formal charges against him, Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent rights activist, is trapped in a legal limbo

Great blue heron bites off more than it can chew

An American photographer caputed the food chain in a single image of a heron trying to eat a snake that was eating a fish

Is it still a price worth paying?

The conflict in Afghanistan and the toll it is extracting on British forces bring out differing responses

Grief turns to anger as Perm club owner is held

Flags flew at half-mast and entertainment programmes were cancelled across Russia to mourn 113 victims of the club fire

Egypt demands Rosetta Stone back

Top archaeologist to visit Britain to press ahead with campaign for return of 'icon of Egyptian identity' from British Museum

Teenage Briton leaves UK to be with husband

A law against forced marriages to gain visas for this country has led to a British bride living in Chile with her husband

Romanian President's re-election challenged

The left-wing Social Democratic Party says that it has proof of fraud in the razor-thin vote that has returned Traian Basescu

£10 Tata gadget promises clean water for poor

Named after the Hindi word for clean, Swach uses rice husk ash and does not need a source of running water or electricity