Ten Palestinians, including the leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, are killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza.

About 20,000 court cases may have to be re-heard after allegations emerge claiming that expert witnesses employed by insurance firms lied in court.

Two protesters are arrested in Cambridge as former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn gives a speech to university students.

Pope Benedict XVI calls on visiting US bishops to take a stand against "powerful" groups advocating in favour of gay marriage.

Thousands of Libyans rally in the country's two main cities to denounce moves by eastern leaders to create a semi-autonomous territory.

Nick Clegg says the NHS bill has been changed "in a thousand ways" since it was first published, ahead of a possible party revolt on the issue.

The head of Ireland's largest fruit and vegetable producers is jailed for six years for a 1.6m euros (£1.3m) scam involving the importation of garlic.

A university's vice-chancellor warns it stands to lose 10% of its student places despite a big increase in applications for its courses.