Filler in animal feed is open secret in China
Producers of animal feed in China have used a cheap additive that is at the center of a huge recall of pet food in the U.S.

5 Britons are convicted in London bomb plot
The men were found guilty of a conspiracy to use fertilizer bombs to blow up targets including, perhaps, a nightclub and a mall.

Wolfowitz says he's the victim of a smear campaign
The embattled World Bank president said it would be "unjustly and frankly hypocritical" to find him guilty of ethical lapses.

More than 130 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
British troops swept into a Taliban stronghold on Monday in southern Afghanistan just as U.S.-led forces reported killing 136 militants in the west.

Prosecutors begin to lay out case against prison chief in Iraq
A senior commander at the main U.S. detention center in Iraq testified that Lt. Col. William H. Steele breached military law and Iraqi cultural norms.

Record high temperatures in Europe in April
There was mounting unease about the effects of an early and sustained heat wave.

Candidates in France make bids for centrist's support
Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal have been aggressively courting supporters of François Bayrou's centrist party, aware that they are decisive to the outcome of the runoff next Sunday.

Recruiting plankton to fight global warming
Can plankton help save the p***t? Some Silicon Valley technocrats are betting that it just might.

France's moment of truth for femininity
Femininity and power are still incompatible in many parts of the world.

All the president's press
It's far from clear that the entire profession yet understands why it has lost the public's faith.

Language: Taking wraps off taking raps
What was the original fall?

Quiz shows are coming under the scrutiny of regulators across Europe
Allegations of fraud and deception circulating in Britain, the Netherlands and Germany recall the quiz show scandals that rocked 1950s America, but they have a decidedly digital bent.

Phone taps in Italy spark a rush for cellular encryption
High-profile eavesdropping cases stoke demand for tap-proof wireless communications technology.

The battle among Britain's free newspapers heats up
Two free sheets, The London Paper and London Lite, have accused each other of dumping copies of their rival papers into garbage bins, making it even harder for advertisers to know how many copies actually get read.