The judge today discharged the jury hearing the trial of Milton Orkopoulos.

It's not enough to save their marriage as Pink and Carey Hart separate after two years.

It will probably fall to a new generation of leaders to ultimately fulfill or frustrate their dreams of prosperity.

NASA announced a $170 million agreement with Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., on Tuesday for the development of a commercially operated spacecraft to launch supplies to the international space station following the shuttle's retirement.

Political endgame looms for Musharraf as party evicted from power and Sharif arrives to negotiate place in new government

In a country of shortages, political symbols are one of the few objects of plenty in Cuba

EU track record and in Iraq seen as obstacles to Blair getting new post of president

Former Gaza commander escaped arrest as police feared Heathrow gun battle

British engineer held in Gambian jail on charges of illegally mining uranium

Coroner investigating deaths of four British soldiers killed in Iraq will press government to improve protection of vehicles

British soldier killed by an explosive device named as Corporal Damian Stephen Lawrence from Whitby, North Yorkshire

Walt Disney company pays $203m (£104m) to increase its stake in film and television producer in Mumbai

One of the world's largest NGOs has helped millions in Bangladesh, but critics now claim it acts as a parallel state, accountable to no one

After 9/11 the American media were filled with with reports about how women now wanted to give up their careers, get married and have children. But the much predicted baby boom never happened; and the back-to-the-nest story simply wasn't true, as Susan Faludi shows in the final extract from her new book

Giant sea creatures have been found by Australian scientists in the deep waters around Antarctica

Leader: President Castro's resilience in itself secures him a place in history. But it cannot disguise the fact that his Cuba was undemocratic

Leader: For once, the voice of the people of Pakistan has been loud and clear

Ignacio Ramonet: No one can quite replace Castro, but Cuba's course is clear for now. Its future will depend on who takes the White House