Graeme Smith has hit a century in his 100th Test as South Africa dominated the third morning of the first Test match against England at the Oval.
Hundreds of sex workers who said they were denied visas to attend an international Aids conference in the US have begun their own meeting in protest.
A powerful first half set the Canterbury Crusaders on their way to the Super 15 semi-finals when they beat the Bulls 28-13 in a play-off match.
The Nobel laureate who helped to discover HIV, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, says a cure for Aids is in sight following recent discoveries.
Police in the United Kingdom have arrested a journalist from Rupert Murdoch’s market-leading tabloid the Sun on suspicion of computer hacking.
Shell will challenge a $5-billion fine imposed by Nigeria over an offshore oil spill last year, a statement seen by Agence France-Presse says.
Troubled British rock star Pete Doherty has been thrown out of an exclusive drug treatment centre in Thailand.
A suicide bomber dressed as a tourist has carried out the attack on Israeli tourists that killed seven people at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport.
A suicide bomber has struck at the heart of Syria’s security apparatus, killing the defence minister and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law.
Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck says he will lodge a formal complaint for poisoning if analysis of his B sample confirms a positive banned substance test.