Opposition ‘must accept Mugabe’
July 4th, 2008
Crowds greet Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe as he returns from a summit where he defended his re-election.
Day in pictures
July 4th, 2008
Striking images from around the world
Disaster hits Slovenian kayakers
July 4th, 2008
At least eight people die and five others are missing as their kayaks capsize near a partly built dam in Slovenia.
Toilet to catwalk
July 4th, 2008
Excrement clearers join top models in New York
Delays hit pupils’ test results
July 4th, 2008
More than a million 11 and 14-year-olds in England will get their Sats results late this year because of administrative chaos.
Robbery clue to student murders
July 4th, 2008
The brutal stabbings of two French students in London could be linked to an earlier burglary, police reveal.
BBC journalist Wheeler dies at 85
July 4th, 2008
Sir Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, dies from lung cancer aged 85.
Smallest planet shrinks in size
July 4th, 2008
The smallest planet in the Solar System has become even smaller, studies by the Messenger spacecraft show.
Somalis flood to Yemen for refuge
July 4th, 2008
Aid workers say thousands flood to Yemen for refuge as Somali fighting continues.
Direct China-Taiwan flights begin
July 4th, 2008
The first regular direct flight from China to Taiwan in nearly six decades lands in Taipei, in a new sign of improving ties.
