Brazil attacks UN over Falklands stand-off

President Lula da Silva of Brazil today attacked the UN for failing to act on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and claimed its reticence was down to Britain's seat on the Security Council.

Six more British passports used in Dubai assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh

Six more Britons had their passports cloned by the killers of a senior Hamas official, Dubai police said today, as they revealed a total of 15 new suspects in the assassination.

Court convicts Google trio for violating Down's syndrome boy's privacy

Three Google executives were today convicted in Milan of "violating privacy" by allowing a video of an autistic Italian schoolboy being physically and verbally abused to be posted online.

Son of Hamas founder spied for Israel for more than a decade

The son of one of Hamas?s founding members was a spy in the service of Israel for more than a decade, helping prevent dozens of Islamist suicide bombers from finding their targets, it emerged today.

Toyota chief to face crash victims' family

The president of Toyota will today face relatives of a family that was killed in one of the carmaker?s vehicles in the second day of congressional hearing into safety defects that forced the recall of 8.5 million motors.

Scores feared dead in Indonesian landslide

Scores of peoples are feared dead after a landslide, triggered by moonsoon rains, swamped a village in Indonesia on Tuesday.

Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata dies after 85 days on hunger strike

The Cuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata died in hospital yesterday, 85 days after he went on a hunger strike.

EU launches antitrust inquiry into Google 'dominance'

The European Commission has launched a preliminary antitrust inquiry into Google after three companies complained that the US giant's dominant search engine penalises potential competitors and keeps advertising prices artificially high.

Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua returns from treatment in Saudi Arabia

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has flown back to the capital Abuja, three months after he left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.

EU plans longer maternity leave

A massive extension of maternity leave across Europe was last night voted for by the Womens? Rights Committee of the European Parliament to make it compulsory for employers to pay mothers for a minimum of 20 weeks on full pay.

Shock jock Howard Stern lines up lovers of Tiger Woods for $100,000 beauty contest$

As if Tiger Woods?s apology last week for his serial philandering wasn?t enough of a public humiliation, several of his former mistresses have agreed to take part in a beauty pageant in which they will compete for a $100,000 ($£65,000) prize.

Welsh convert to Islam Belinda Khan killed in Pakistan blast

A British woman who converted to Islam and moved to Pakistan to be with her husband was killed by a suicide bomber on Monday.