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Captain Ricky Ponting says Australia have no fear of Sri Lanka in Saturday's World Cup final. More Info...  

Experts find a 13th Century prayer book has yielded yet another key ancient text buried in its parchment. More Info...  

A House panel granted immunity Wednesday to a former Justice Department aide in its probe of the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, while senators authorized a subpoena for the White House's political director.

Music producer Phil Spector had a history of violence against women, jurors at his Los Angeles murder trial hear. More Info...  

Senior Army officers are to review the decision to send Prince Harry to Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says. More Info...  

Dr. Heba Kotb is tackling a taboo in the Arab world unlike anyone else: She's talking about sex openly on a show broadcast all over the Middle East.

Budget cuts mean Nasa's capacity to monitor our planet is greatly diminishing, a major report has concluded. More Info...  

Nearly one in four people are at risk of strokes due to undiagnosed high blood pressure, a charity warns. More Info...  

Senior Iranian and EU envoys make progress in talks, saying they plan to meet again in two weeks. More Info...  

Authorities in the Texas border town of Eagle Pass searched Wednesday for anyone trapped in the debris left by a powerful tornado that killed 10 people. Five family members -- including a young girl -- died when their mobile home was blown from its foundation and into an elementary school, City Councilman Ramsey English Cantu.

Apple sells more than 10 million iPods in the first three months of 2007, helping the firm to a 88% rise in profits. More Info...  

Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. US congressmen will vote on a bill requiring troop withdrawal from Iraq, despite threats of a presidential veto. More Info...  

An Argentine court cancels pardons for human rights violations granted to two former military leaders. More Info...  

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Migrant workers are being lured to Britain by deception, a Lithuanian journalist finds in a BBC probe. More Info...  

The BBC World Service's Spanish section website, BBC Mundo, wins the Ortega Gasset prize for online journalism. More Info...  

Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko delays snap parliamentary elections by a month. More Info...  

A House committee Wednesday subpoenaed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to find out what she knew about the 2003 claim that Iraq sought uranium from the African country of Niger.

The main US share index passes the 13,000 mark in intra-day trading for the first time in its history. More Info...  

Joe Cole's goal gives Chelsea a slender lead in the Champions League semi-final first leg against Liverpool. More Info...