Egypt's President calls Syria an oppressive regime / Paralympics open in London / Australian ship encounters boat people from Sri Lanka

Queen Elizabeth declares London Paralympics officially open at spectacular London opening ceremony/ Paul Ryan addresses Republican Party National...

Syria's Assad rejects humanitarian buffer zone / Mumbai bomber loses execution appeal / Paralympic flame paraded through London.

Republican nominee for US president chosen officially / New Orleans braced for Issac / French investigation into Yasser Arafat poisoning allegations

Israel court decides activist's death "accidental" / Grenade thrown in Kenyan riot / Blind tennis.

New Orleans braces itself for storm / Arctic ice plummets to new low / Togolese women initiate sex strike

Seventeen villagers killed in Helmand / Helicopter crashes in Damascus / The world's longest-living family.

Seventeen villagers killed in Helmand / Helicopter crashes in Damascus / The world's longest-living family.

Assad accuses 'foreign plotters' in Syria / US batons down for Issac / Outrage at Gambia executions

Neil Armstrong’s life remembered; Storm Isaac’s threat to Florida; China’s wealthy squirrel money away; Afghanistan rewrites history for school...