How can we know when a dying prisoner should be released?
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US demands Wikileaks return files
The Pentagon demands that Wikileaks remove secret US documents on the Afghan war from its website and cancel plans to publish any more it holds.
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Wyclef on his presidential ambitions
Hip hop star Wyclef Jean has officially registered to stand for president of his native Haiti ahead of the presidential election due to be held on 28 November.
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Diabetes linked to dementia risk
Preventing diabetes and depression as well as boosting education could have a dramatic impact on cutting cases of dementia, a study suggests.
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Disease ‘killed one million bats’
A disease known as white-nose syndrome is likely to wipe out a once-common species of bat in the north-eastern US, according to scientists.
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Saudi Arabia Blackberry ban due
A ban on the use of Blackberry phones to send and receive messages is due to come into effect in Saudi Arabia.
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Strike ban ‘option’ for ministers
An employers group urges the coalition to consider banning strikes by essential services, as a response to the expected action against cuts.
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Database of children switched off
A controversial database of children’s records designed to aid child protection in England is being switched off.
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End of the database
Why Climbie led to short-lived changes in child protection
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U-turn
Italy on the brink of new nuclear era
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Al-Qaeda in Pakistan ‘top threat’
Al-Qaeda in Pakistan remains the biggest threat to the US and its interests abroad, says an annual US government report on terrorism.
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Mulligan film for London festival
Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley’s new film Never Let Me Go will launch the London Film Festival in October.
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Stage set for Edinburgh Fringe arts festival
The Edinburgh Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world, has begun its three-week run in Scotland’s capital.
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Riotous Assembly
How Edinburgh Fringe’s first super-venue came to be
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B Watson shines as Woods wobbles
Bubba Watson fires a first-round 64 to lead the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by two shots as Tiger Woods looks set to lose his world number one ranking.
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