- Mine-clearing operation sees 16,000 people evacuated in Brest
- Palestinian families evicted from Jerusalem homes
- Marion Bartoli wins Stanford title
- New Secretary-General Rasmussen set to take office
- Russia accused of 'penetrating into Georgian territory'
- Supreme leader confirms Ahmadinejad's second term
- Troops vote on eve of controversial referendum
- Firefighters battle raging forest fires
- Mourners pay last respects to Aquino
- Court gives Michael Jackson's mother custody of his kids
- Suicide attack rocks Herat at rush hour
- Francis Jeanson, politically active French philosopher, dies at 87
- Barclays' first-half net profit jumps to 2.2 billion euros
- Gaza settlers, an unresolved problem
- French farmers must pay back 500 million euros in EU subsidies
- Bad debts sink HSBC profits by 57 percent
- Lieberman vows to stand down if indicted for graft
- US recession is easing but hard times are still ahead, say officials
- Gorillas may be a source of AIDS, say French researchers
- Felipe Massa leaves hospital, flies home to Brazil
- Khamenei officially endorses Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election
- Afghanistan, Russia on new NATO chief's agenda
- Net users in shock after shooting in Tel Aviv gay club
- Opposition calls for referendum boycott as army votes early
- Clashes in country's south kill more than 160
- Google boss resigns from Apple board
- Weather helps firefighters get a handle on island blaze
- British soldier faces trial for desertion
- Mugabe's party accused of using targeted arrests to regain power
- Diary of Russian writer Solzhenitsyn to be published
- Government bans Le Monde opinion poll on royalty
- Injured Ribery makes the cut, Vieira left out
- Police prevent protests after Ahmadinejad endorsement
- Australia hold firm to secure battling draw
- Pirates free German ship after hefty ransom
- Army votes early as country braces for crucial referendum
- Clinton calls for return of missing backpackers
- Fatah looking for fresh start at first convention in 20 years