LOST IN THE DARK RIDE

Osama Bin Laden’s ex-driver is convicted of supporting terrorism but cleared of conspiracy in a landmark Guantanamo trial.

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The ICRC voices alarm over the apparent “deliberate misuse” of its symbol by Colombia during the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt.

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Troops in Mauritania have taken the president and prime minister into custody in an apparent coup, officials say.

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Papers on the FBI probe into the 2001 anthrax attacks will be made public soon, with the role of Dr Bruce Ivins under scrutiny.

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A spokesman tells the BBC that, for the time being, the militia loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr will not carry arms.

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Trade unionists in South Africa stage a nationwide one-day strike to protest over the rising cost of power and food.

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Researchers in Leipzig show off software that allows simulated humans to do back flips

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Paris Hilton records a spoof advert directed at US presidential hopeful John McCain, after he used her name in his campaign.

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Women and children in Kenya can empower themselves and help the environment by following a local grassroots organization’s "11th commandment": appreciate the world’s resources. Laura Musimbi discusses her three-year-old initiative to advocate tree planting in her home country.

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The first policy recommendations to "actively include TB [tuberculosis] and HIV care within the context of support to drug users" were released this Monday by a coalition of UN offices working on AIDS and drug use. Although HIV and TB are particularly prevalent among drug users, drug dependent people are often marginalized from their communities and struggle to access health care.

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