BBC News - Protests delay Rome film festival launch

Hundreds of actors, directors, screenwriters and other film industry workers invaded the red carpet

Actresses Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes sidestepped the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival opening after protesters picketed the event.

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Miniature livers 'grown in lab'

There is a shortage of organs for transplant

Scientists have managed to produce a small-scale version of a human liver in the laboratory using stem cells.

The success increases hope that new transplant livers could be manufactured, although experts say that this is still many years away.
The team from Wake Forest University

Afghan President Karzai criticises US-Russia drugs raid

Mr Karzai said Afghanistan's relationship with Russia had to be based on mutual consent
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticised the first joint operation by Russian and US agents to destroy drug laboratories in his country.Mr Karzai said he had not been informed of Russia's participation - a sensitive issue in Afghanistan ..

Argentina buries former leader Nestor Kirchner

Rio Gallegos is mourning its most celebrated son

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has been buried in his home town of Rio Gallegos.

Thousands of people waving flags joined the funeral procession led by his widow, current President Cristina Fernandez, before a private ceremony.

EU leaders clinch pact to defend euro

David Cameron: ''We protected the UK taxpayer"

EU leaders say tough new budget rules agreed at their summit in Brussels will protect the euro from a future Greek-style debt crisis.

The EU "sealed a solid pact to strengthen the euro," said European Council President Herman Van Rompuy.

China reassures US on key 'rare earth' minerals

Rare earth metals come from China - they are vital for production of a range of electronic items
China has reassured the US it has no intention of withholding "rare earth" minerals from the market, the US Secretary of State has said.China suspended export of the metals, key to some high-tech industries, to Japan after a

Bomb was designed to explode on cargo plane

The printer found in Dubai had a circuit board linked to a mobile phone card
Prime Minister David Cameron says the device in a package sent from Yemen and found on a US-bound cargo plane was designed to go off on the aircraft.But Mr Cameron said investigators could not yet be certain about when the device,

Nigerian leaders urge calm after ethnic violence flares

Violence between the two communities flared up in March this year
Community leaders in Nigeria's Plateau State are appealing for calm in villages outside the city of Jos. At least six people - women and children - were killed, cattle slaughtered and homes burned in one village this week.

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