Iran 'has enough material for atomic bomb'

An analysis of the latest report on the country’s nuclear programme concluded Iran now has 630kg of low enriched uranium

Shares freefall halted by car bailout support

Stocks on Wall Street struggle to stay on the upside after jobless claims rise at fastest rate in 16 years and slowdown spreads

Son shoots dad, himself, in fast food fury

Robert Lee Mueller Jr, 16, shot dead his father and then himself after he returned with the wrong fast food order

Pirates demand $25m ransom for tanker

Saudi owners of the Sirius Star, hijacked at the weekend with its 25 crew, given ten days to pay up or face consequences

Cat gives birth to freak feline with two faces

A vet got more than he bargained for when a cat he was helping in labour gave birth to a two-headed kitten in Western Australia

Chelsea is 'best politician in our family' says Bill

The former President has spoken for the first time of his political ambitions for his daughter Chelsea

Two killed as violent storms hit Queensland

Two people have died in 'tornado-like' storms which have lashed the north east of Australia over the past week

Genetic code of woolly mammoth mapped-out

Success raises hopes it may be possible to resurrect the behemoths

Obama bailout may be too late for US giants

President-elect says he is in favour of helping motor industry but there appear to be too few votes to get such a Bill passed

The Dragons' Den, African-style

Want to make a difference to poverty and earn money too? We look at an ingenious scheme that has nothing to do with charity

Lost in space - the moment an astronaut dropped her bag

Heidemarie Stefanynshyn-Piper was on a space walk outside the International Spae Station when she lost her tool kit

Hindu extremists offer rewards to kill Christians

Rewards of money, food and alcohol are being offered to mobs for violence, according to Christian aid workers in India

Iranian 'Blogfather' is held as Israeli spy

Man who spawned Iran's blogging revolution is held on his return to homeland over highly publicised trip to Jewish State

Ukraine begs Nato to ignore Russian pressure

Speaking to The Times the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko urged the alliance to offer membership to his country

Somali pirates seize ninth vessel in 12 days

Raiders seize two more ships but lose one of their own in an uneven firefight with the Indian Navy's frigate Tabar

Two Iraqis face trial over Margaret Hassan murder

Two men are to stand trial in Baghdad charged with involvement in the kidnap and murder of the British aid worker in 2004

Talking started with a nitpicker

Friendly chit-chat evolved in primates as a more efficient form of bonding than mutual grooming, research suggests

Murdered journalist trial to be secret

Anger as judge reverses his decision to hold public the trial of the outspoken Putin critic Anna Politkovskaya

Fake doctor takes part in 190 operations

Bored banker realises his dream of becoming a surgeon by forging a degree certificate from Oxford university

Charities launch appeal as Congo suffering grows

More than 250,000 people have been forced from their homes to escape a flare-up in the Congo’s continuing cycle of violence