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Pope in call to China's Catholics

Pope Benedict XVI in his Christmas Day message called on Catholics in China to courageously face limits on religious freedom and conscience.Benedict used his...

Freezing start to Christmas Day

Christmas Day got off to a freezing start across much of the country as overnight temperatures dropped to as low as minus 18C.Some areas...

2m register for Olympics tickets

Two million people have signed up for tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, chief executive Paul Deighton said.Organisers are steeling themselves for the "mind-boggling"...

At least 11 die in Nigeria blasts

At least 11 people have been killed in multiple Christmas Eve blasts in central Nigeria, a region violently divided between Christians and Muslims, an...

South Korea frees Chinese fishermen

South Korea has released three Chinese fishermen after questioning them over a maritime scuffle with the coast guard.Coast guard official Roh Sang-gue said authorities...

Urchins 'key to ever-sharp knives'

A sea urchin secret could one day lead to knives which never need sharpening.The creatures have self-honing teeth which allow them to chomp through...

Hunt for family of Somme soldier

Local historians trying to trace relatives of a soldier killed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 have unearthed photographs of troops being...

Suicide bomb kills 41 in food queue

A female suicide bomber has detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution centre in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 41 people and...

Philippines chapel attack wounds 11

A bomb has exploded during Christmas Day Mass at a chapel inside a police camp in the volatile southern Philippines, wounding a priest and...

Suicide bomb kills 40 in food queue

A suicide bomber has killed at least 40 people and wounded many others in an attack on a food distribution centre in the north-west...

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