Rivals bullish over title decider Avram Grant believes Chelsea are playing the best football while Sir Alex Ferguson says Bolton will make it hard for the Blues in Sunday's Premier League finale.
Federer suffers early Rome exit World number one Roger Federer falls to a surprise quarter-final defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek at the Rome Masters.
High stakes Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict
Life sentences for boy's killers Two youths who murdered 16-year-old Kodjo Yenga in Hammersmith, west London, are given life sentences.
Citigroup to shed $400bn assets US bank giant Citigroup aims to sell $400bn of assets over the next three years to bolster its financial position.
HIV funding priority shift call Funding for HIV prevention is being wasted on strategies which have little impact, say US researchers.
Great tits cope well with warming Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.
R Kelly porn trial gets under way Singer R Kelly attends court to face charges of child pornography, six years after first being arrested.
Burma's emergency telecoms delay Foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms are prevented from going into Burma.
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