Oracle reveals financial ties to a blogger and professor, but Google names no-one after a judge raised concerns about coverage of a recent trial.

Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi is confirmed as the new envoy for Syria, taking over from Kofi Annan who resigned in early August.

Dairy farmers use tractors and trailers blockade a Muller factory in Shropshire in a protest over milk prices.

Foreign ministers from across the American continent will meet next Friday to discuss the row between the UK and Ecuador over Julian Assange.

MPs on the Treasury Select Committee have demanded wide-ranging changes in the wake of the Libor rate-fixing scandal.

The image of cereal bars as a healthy snack is a myth, according to a study that found many contain high levels of fat and sugar.

The US, EU and rights groups condemn jail sentences imposed on three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot over an anti-Vladimir Putin protest.

A Norwegian driver on a rural road swerves to avoid a moose and hits a bear instead, officials say.