‘Diplomat detained’ on US plane

A man has been detained after he tried to set fire to his shoes on a US flight, reports say.

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S Lanka war doctor contests poll

A doctor who worked in Sri Lanka’s war zone during last year’s civil war is standing for a pro-government party in parliamentary elections. Dr V Shanmugarajah gave high casualty figures to aid agencies and the media from within the combat zone

Blasts kill at least 28 in Iraq

A series of large explosions has hit the centre of Baghdad killing at least five people, reports say.

Second Moscow bomber identified

Russian officials have confirmed the identity of the second suicide bomber to attack the Moscow metro, a 28-year-old woman from Dagestan.

Live: General election 2010

1007 Gordon Brown has arrived at the Palace to meet the Queen. He should re-emerge shortly, having been granted a dissolution of Parliament

Prison stand-off draws to close

A protest by dissident republican prisoners at Maghaberry prison has ended.

Prisoners’ jail protest goes on

A security alert at Maghaberry Prison is under way after dissident republican inmates barricaded themselves into a dining room. A suspicious object was thrown from the room, where up to 30 prisoners gathered on Sunday morning after attending Mass. Visits at the high-security prison have been suspended

Attack on Pakistan US consulate

A series of explosions has been reported in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Frozen figures

24 August, AD79. The day one volcanic mountain came to life and two cities met their deaths. Pompeii and the nearby settlement of Herculaneum were consumed by a mixture of heat, falling pumice stone and ash

Israel allows private imports into Gaza

Israel has allowed 10 trucks of clothes and shoes for Palestinian traders into the Gaza Strip for the first time since Hamas took over the territory in 2007. Food, medicines and fuel are allowed into the territory, but aide agencies say there are serious shortages.

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