The Beijing Olympics in August could be a target for terrorists using radioactive materials, the UN nuclear watchdog has told the BBC.The International Atomic Energy Agency says a group might try to release radioactivity at an Olympic venue, possibly using

A fake bomb that was investigated Monday by law enforcement was the fifth in a string of fake bombs left at military recruitment centers, the FBI said.A package that was designed to look like a bomb, which was left in

UPDATE: Sweden Police Hold Two on Nuclear Sabotage SuspicionSwedish police detained two people on suspicion of planning sabotage against the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in the country's southeast.Two people are in custody, Kalmar county police spokesman Sven-Erik Karlsson said today

Amid cries of 'Allah o Akbar' (god is great), a young boy, barely 12 years old, lifts his machete and strikes at his victim who is lying on the ground, all tied up for the kill by beheading.Waving a 'V'

A woman is accused of trying to sneak boxes of marijuana through Sacramento International Airport and on to a jet bound for Georgia, authorities said Tuesday.Sgt. Tim Curran said the federal Transportation Security Administration found 15 pounds of pot Monday

Sofia City Court is to hear Wednesday the case against the Australian national Paul "Jock" Palfreeman, accused of stabbing to death a 20-year-old in Bulgaria. A total of 15 witnesses of the crime, committed at the end of December after

Could the surprise stars of the festival season be a group of Ethiopians whose haunting records were made 40 years ago? Neil Spencer travels to Addis Ababa to learn the strange secrets of the Elvis impersonators and political survivors from

Leader: In 1979, when Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, was 24 he visited Xerox Parc at Palo Alto in California, the research center for Xerox

Leader: From the start of the Burmese disaster, the generals were more concerned with their own political survival

Leader: David Cameron's efforts to convince people that he is 'a true progressive' count as one of the more audacious gambits of recent times

Charlie Brooker is frustrated by a long taxi ride with a talkative driver

Madeleine Bunting: Among these people whom history has served badly, lives are being transformed. But where is the Ugandan state, asks

Peter Preston: It's no good blaming the media. We are all guilty of hypocrisy and to feign otherwise is simply crass

David McKie: F Scott Fitzgerald and co produce great literature, but titles are often best left to publishers

High Court review to start on UK referendum over Lisbon reforms as Ireland prepares to go to the polls

Police at Houston airport examine laptops of chief executive and colleague in ongoing inquiry

Former Archbishop of Canterbury appeals directly to the group holding the five British hostages in Baghdad

More than 500 gamers turn out in hope of gaining a place at the world's biggest games championship

76-year-old liberal icon and leader of America's most famous political dynasty said to be 'resting comfortably'

President uses World Economic Forum speech to reiterate commitment to achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians