AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan needs to do more to prevent Taliban militants from launching attacks into Afghanistan from its territory.

AFP - A Qantas Boeing 747 flying to Melbourne made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after a dramatic mid-air rupture that left a "gaping hole" in its fuselage, officials and passengers said.

Reuters - A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after plunging thousands of feet and losing cabin pressure during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne.

Thousands of people descend on ticket booths in Beijing, to get their hands on the last batch of Olympic tickets.

Chinese officials said they broke up a terrorist cell plotting possible attacks in Shanghai during the Olympics.

Motor-racing boss Max Mosley won a lawsuit against a tabloid's sex-scandal claims. The ruling is likely to have big implications for Britons' right to privacy and the media's freedom to publish.

Player associations around the world warn their members over travelling to the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan on security grounds.

Barack Obama tells Berliners the US and Europe have drifted apart and it is time for them to come together again.

The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is seeking volunteers to help them record sightings of basking sharks.

Labour has suffered a major defeat in the Glasgow East by-election, losing one of its safest seats to the SNP.

U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama was due to arrive in Paris on Friday, one day after speaking to hundreds of thousands of exuberant people in Berlin.

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People struggling to conceive who are overweight or smoke should not be able to get free IVF treatment, experts say.

For Anthony Williams, being black in America means being a suspect. The 39-year-old former Marine said he's never had any major trouble with the law, but the Atlanta, Georgia, native said he still gets nervous around cops. "You never know what to expect when you get pulled over by police, and that's how it is when you're black," he said.

Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers will meet to discuss a dispute over who controls the ruins of a centuries-old Hindu temple overlooking a contested border.