The US dollar, oil and precious metals continue to fall amid fears about a commodities "bubble" and interest rates. Read more…

Legal experts are deciding whether to open a huge Nazi Holocaust archive to general access. Read more…

At least 10 people die as suspected militants and security forces clash in north-west Pakistan, officials say. Read more…

A leaked report raises concerns about sexual abuse in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia. Read more…

AP - Just two weeks after the House passed a reform bill requiring lawmakers to attach their names to pet projects, GOP leaders are advancing spending bills containing billions of dollars in such parochial "earmarks" whose sponsors remain anonymous. Read more…

AP - The Bush administration said Tuesday it had broken off negotiations on a free trade agreement with Ecuador following the South American government's decision to annul an operating contract with Occidental Petroleum Corp. Read more…

AP - Al Gore is running to California, New York, Utah, Washington, France and points in between to promote "An Inconvenient Truth," a film chronicling his elaborate slide shows to educate people about global warming. Read more…

AP - An effort by Pennsylvania voters to oust state lawmakers over a big pay raise cost at least 13 incumbents their jobs, including both of the Senate's top Republicans. The pay hikes were passed in the middle of the night last year, then repealed by legislators under public pressure. Read more…

AP - Supporters of immigration legislation predict the Senate will pass a bill giving millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. Read more…

A Stradivarius violin smashes the record for a musical instrument sold at auction, selling for $3.5m. Read more…

US satellite broadcaster XM is being sued over a gadget that lets people record what they are listening to. Read more…

Nuclear energy is not the "sole answer" to meeting UK energy needs but must be considered, Tony Blair says. Read more…

Stress during pregnancy can help development rather than restrict it, US research suggests. Read more…

Japanese bankruptcies rise in April as the world's second-largest economy tries to keep on the road to recovery. Read more…

Carmaker Vauxhall confirms that 900 jobs are to go at its Ellesmere Port factory, saying it must improve productivity. Read more…

The Indian government holds a special screening of The Da Vinci Code after protests by Christians. Read more…

Indian freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose was not killed after all in a 1945 plane crash, an inquiry says. Read more…

The Palestinian interior minister announces the deployment of a new militant-based security force. Read more…

Israel orders the main cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip to be re-opened, easing restrictions on Palestinians. Read more…

The Dutch immigration minister says she may allow Somali-born MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali to re-apply for Dutch citizenship. Read more…

An asbestos-lined French warship goes home after years of trying to find a scrapyard ready to take it. Read more…

Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase claims victory in Fiji's general elections, with nearly all the votes counted. Read more…

More than 30 countries around the Pacific rim test their tsunami warning system by holding mock alerts. Read more…

At least 115 people are now known to have died in Brazil, in four days of gang violence and a police backlash. Read more…

The US releases the first video of a hijacked plane crashing into the Pentagon on 11 September 2001. Read more…