Two passports lost or stolen in Thailand on separate occasions were used to board the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
Amanda Knox has vowed to fight her second conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy.
Italy’s navy has rescued the migrants from boats trying to reach Europe in a special operation launched after the Lampedusa disaster.
Pope Benedict has urged Catholics to use social networks like Twitter and Facebook to win converts, as he launched his own smartphone app.