Dec 8, 2010
BBC News - John Lennon fans gather on 30th anniversary of death
Tributes are being paid to former Beatle John Lennon to mark the 30th anniversary of his murder.
Fans are gathering at a memorial garden in Central Park, New York, opposite the apartment block where he was shot dead.
Anonymous Mastercard attack 'hits payments'
Web attacks on the Mastercard site have disrupted payments, the BBC has learnt.
The site is among several targeted by the Anonymous group of hackers, who have pledged to pursue firms that have withdrawn services from Wikileaks.
Private space capsule launched
The Dragon ship launched from Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket at 1543GMT (1043 EST).
The capsule separated about 10 minutes after launch and has reached orbit, its manufacturer SpaceX said.
Wikileaks: Australia FM blames US, not Julian Assange
Australia's foreign minister has said the US is to blame for the release of thousands of diplomatic cables on Wikileaks, not its Australian founder, Julian Assange.
Kevin Rudd said the release raised questions about US security.
Suicide bomb kills 16 at market in north-west Pakistan
A bomb has gone off in a market in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 16 people, police say.
The explosion took place at a bus terminal in the main bazaar in the town of Kohat, close to Pakistan's border regions with Afghanistan.
Middle East peace talks: Settlement row 'crisis'
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says Middle East peace talks are in crisis following Israel's refusal to stop building in settlements.
His comments come hours after the US said that it had failed to get Israel to renew its settlement curbs.
Pinochet officials tried in absentia in France
Fourteen officials who served under the military rule of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile are being tried in absentia in a French court.
The charges, which include kidnapping and torture, relate to the disappearance of four French citizens soon after Gen Pinochet came to power.
Wikileaks: Australia FM blames US, not Julian Assange
Australia's foreign minister has said the US is to blame for the release of thousands of diplomatic cables on Wikileaks, not its Australian founder, Julian Assange.
Ivory Coast crisis: Liberia warlords told not to meddle
Liberia's president has warned its former rebel fighters not to get involved in the Ivory Coast crisis.
Both Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara claim to have won last month's poll, raising fears of renewed conflict in the world's largest cocoa producer.