"WHILE CHRISTIANS RESPECT ISLAM AND DESIRE TO DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIMS," POPE BENEDICT XVI'S PRIVATE SECRETARY SAYS, "[WE] MUST ACT TO PROTECT THE CHRISTIAN IDENTITY OF EUROPE."
Seven people have died after a motorway bridge over the Mississippi river collapsed in the evening rush hour.
Russian explorers are preparing to plunge below the North Pole to plant a Russian flag on the seabed of the Artic Ocean and lay symbolic claim to a large swathe of territory believed to be rich in oil and minerals.
The age at which pupils start school should be raised to six or seven, a teachers' association suggests.
Oil prices have climbed to a record high of $78.71 a barrel amid worries about whether oil supplies can meet global demand.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously agreed on Tuesday to a 26,000-strong joint UN-African Union force for Darfur, as Gordon Brown, the prime minister, hailed the creation of the world's largest peacekeeping operation during a speech in New York.
Children as young as eight or nine are using cannabis, experts warn.
World stock markets fell sharply on Wednesday and currency markets churned as casualties mounted from worsening credit markets and investors scrambled away from riskier assets.
Israel is looking into reports that Russia plans to sell 250 advanced long-range Sukhoi-30 fighter jets to Iran in an unprecedented billion-dollar deal.
For two weeks during the summer of 2008, an army of autonomous robots will march across the Wiltshire countryside.
Saudi Arabia has pledged to explore the possibility of starting diplomatic relations with the Shia-led government in Iraq, a move long sought by the US.
Five boys as young as 10 stoned to death a man playing cricket with his son, the Old Bailey heard today.
Forest fires on two of Spain's Canary Islands have forced the evacuation of more than 11,000 people, local officials have said.
Known sex offenders are living unchecked in the community because there are too many of them to be monitored regularly, according to research commissioned by the Home Office.
The US has announced military aid packages worth more than $60bn (£30bn) for Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other key Arab allies in the Gulf.