Campaign body the Open Rights Group (ORG) calls for further detail on the workings of ad system Phorm. Read more…

Nasa directs its Cassini spacecraft to make an ultra-close pass of the Saturnian moon Enceladus. Read more…

The euro sets a new record against the dollar as doubt remains whether the Federal Reserve's plans will work. Read more…

Four Afghan civilians are killed in an airstrike by British forces, the Ministry of Defence confirms. Read more…

The arrest of five Sri Lankan journalists by anti-terrorist police alarms media rights campaigners. Read more…

Iran's intelligence minister accuses a leading reformist MP of treason, for talking to a US-funded television station. Read more…

A second employee at Societe Generale is arrested as part of an investigation into huge losses at the bank. Read more…

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pleads not guilty to corruption charges in a Bangkok court. Read more…

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi accuses "anti-China forces" of trying to politicise the Beijing Olympics. Read more…

Two more European countries sign accords with the US on visa-free travel, causing potential problems with the EU. Read more…

A Spanish court restores asylum status to exiled Equatorial Guinea opposition leader Severo Moto. Read more…

Everton and Tottenham go out of the Uefa Cup after both lose penalty shoot-outs. Read more…

New York shares close lower as optimism about central bank measures to ease the credit crunch fade. Read more…

Kindergartens and primary schools close in Hong Kong, amid fears of a flu-like epidemic. Read more…

A report from South Africa's Human Rights Commission says that over a fifth of sexual assaults on children occur in schools. Read more…

Chancellor Alistair Darling unveils big increases in tax on alcohol and high polluting cars in his first Budget. Read more…

An Afghan doctor has become the first ever medic in his war-torn country to qualify as an open-heart surgeon. Read more…

A meteorite that ploughed into Peru challenges conventional theories about space impacts. Read more…

Israeli undercover commandos shoot dead four Palestinian militants in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Read more…

A Clinton adviser resigns over comments that Barack Obama is leading the Democratic race because he is black. Read more…

The US tightens ozone standards for first time in 10 years but new targets fall short of campaigners' demands. Read more…

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer says he will step down on Monday, after being linked to a prostitution ring. Read more…

Minorities are more likely than white patients to rate their health care as fair or poor, a view that is particularly true among ... Read more…

More than 14,000 emergency patients were rejected by hospitals in Japan at least three times before getting treatment in 2007, ... Read more…

At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to ... Read more…