Tuesday marks 40 years since the start of China's Cultural Revolution, which plunged the nation into turmoil. Read more…

Thailand's Election Commission proposes that fresh elections are not held until 22 October, prolonging the political limbo. Read more…

Germany orders its foreign intelligence service not to spy on reporters amid claims it used journalists to trace leaks. Read more…

The EU is preparing new measures to convince Iran to end nuclear enrichment, Javier Solana says. Read more…

Iraq's ex-leader Saddam Hussein refuses to enter a plea to murder and torture charges as his trial resumes. Read more…

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas holds talks in Russia as he seeks financial aid for the Palestinian Authority. Read more…

Twelve people including four women are killed in central India in a landmine attack by suspected Maoists. Read more…

Nepal's parties say they need more time before MPs debate a landmark move to drastically cut the king's powers. Read more…

MPs investigating the alleged "cash for peerages" scandal are asked to delay part of their inquiry. Read more…

Fears rise that Vauxhall is about to cut 1,000 jobs, after it emerges Gordon Brown may be visiting its plant. Read more…

The European Court of Justice is due to rule on patients rights' to get the NHS to pay for treatment in the EU. Read more…

Rising ocean temperatures look set to cause lasting damage to coral reef systems, a study suggests. Read more…

Technology companies are being encouraged to think more about how to make gadgets easy to use. Read more…

Aston Barrett, the bassist from Bob Marley's band The Wailers, loses his legal battle for Ј60m in unpaid royalties. Read more…

AP - President Bush said Monday night he would order as many as 6,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. border with Mexico and urged Congress to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at citizenship, as he tried to build support for a major overhaul of the nation's tattered immigration laws. Read more…

AP - Presidential adviser Karl Rove blamed the war in Iraq on Monday for dragging down President Bush's job approval ratings in public opinion polls. "People like this president," Rove said. "They're just sour right now on the war." Read more…

AP - Justin Globus is part of a fast-growing group — approaching one in 10 Americans — who have given up traditional telephones and depend only on their cell phones. That trend is making pollsters uneasy. Read more…

AP - President Bush was briefly caught in the floodlights Monday night when NBC News, which was operating the television camera in the Oval Office, gave him the cue to begin his speech too early. Read more…

AP - Pennsylvania voters Tuesday are expected to seal state Treasurer Bob Casey's nomination to run against conservative Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, and they may also show whether they are still mad at lawmakers for giving themselves a big pay raise in the middle of the night. Read more…

AP - Chic Hecht, a Republican known as much for his verbal miscues as his upset victory in a U.S. Senate race over two decades ago, died of cancer Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 77. Read more…

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been out of state all or part of 163 days since his inauguration in November 2003 — nearly one of every five days he's been in office. Read more…

AP - Taking issue with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the State Department said Friday the United States is not obliged under the Geneva conventions to give the committee access to all prisoners under U.S. jurisdiction. Read more…

President Bush announced plans to send up to 6,000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border to help stop the flood of illegal immigrants. He called for a "rational middle ground" between amnesty for illegal immigrants and mass deportations. Read more…

A grand jury indicted a third Duke lacrosse player, David Evans, on rape charges after allegations made by an exotic dancer who claims she was assaulted at a team party. Evans, the team captain, said he and his teammates are "absolutely innocent." Read more…

The Pentagon gave The Associated Press the first list of everyone who has been held at Guantanamo Bay, more than four years after it opened the detention center in Cuba. Read more…