Quantas denied corrosion was responsible for a 10-ft hole in its plane that made an emergency landing.
A decline in numbers of puffins on Northumberland's Farne Islands has surprised conservationists.
Debt charities are calling for action to be taken over loans which can charge up to 2000% in interest.
The ailing state of the US economy is becoming the prime issue for voters, recent polls show.
Pope Benedict XVI has held talks with the Iraqi prime minister at his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo.
Thousands of people besieged ticket booths in Beijing as the last batch of Olympic tickets went on sale.
The US secretary of state has urged Pakistan to do more to tackle Taleban militants, as she visited Australia.
Passengers were forced to flee through emergency exits when a plane caught fire on the runway in New Delhi.
Four Hamas militants and a five-year-old girl die in car bomb explosion on Gaza City's beachfront, medics say.
Venezuela's president has met Spain's king for the first time since they fell out at talks in Chile.
US presidential candidate Barack Obama warned Iran over its nuclear programme after talks with France's president.
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama is to meet UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Downing Street.
Mark Kermode reviews the latest UK film releases, including The Dark Knight and Lou Reed's Berlin.
Managing Director Chris Dell explains why he is confident the Lightning sports car will satisfy those with the need for speed, despite being electric.
A fifth day of world trade talks has ended without agreement but there is hope a deal may be reached.
EDF Energy has announced it is putting up gas prices by 22% and electricity prices by 17%.
Sales of US homes fell again in June while the number of foreclosures rose sharply, new figures show.
EDF Energy has increased its domestic gas and electricity prices by up to 22%, effective immediately.
The head of the British Bathroom Centre says his company has seen the effects of the slowdown for the last few months.
The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is seeking volunteers to help them record sightings of basking sharks.
Alastair Leithead has been embedded with British forces in Afghanistan, he revisits an area of heavy fighting
More than 100,000 white people in South Africa are homeless, according to a new report.
A naked model photographed using Peru's national flag as a saddle could face up to four years in jail.
Companies which produce and install solar panels are reporting a rise in interest in the fuel source.
Fans of the classic novel Brideshead Revisited are eagerly awaiting the release of the film adaptation.
After posting multi-billion dollar losses Ford Motors is hoping to improve sales with more fuel-efficient cars.
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama lands in Berlin, where thousands are expected to gather for a speech.
The pilot of an Indonesian plane that crashed, killing 21 people, has gone on trial accused of negligence.
Retail figures have suffered their biggest drop since records began 22 years ago.
An Australian submarine sinks a retired US ship during a test of a new torpedo.
Barack Obama has landed in Berlin to begin the European leg of his international tour.
The online retailer Amazon has seen its net three-month profits double to $158m.
Bulgaria's centuries old rose oil industry is used by perfumiers such as Chanel and Dior
Hurricane Dolly has hit the Mexico-Texas coast, lashing the region with winds of up to 100mph (161km/h).
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won parliamentary backing for a crime package.
Max Boot, a foreign policy adviser to US Republican hopeful John McCain, says Barack Obama is being "optimistic" about the Middle East.
Dozens of people have been injured in magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Japan's northern island of Honshu.
Millions of people in East Africa face a humanitarian crisis as soaring food prices and drought take their toll.
President Bush has ended his opposition to a housing bill, which could boost the US economy.
The Canadian government will withdraw its troops from front-line operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2011
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