Australia

Entering its 35th year in Formula One, Williams reveals its 2012 car, the FW34, which will be driven by Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado.

The 200th anniversary of the birth one of Britain's greatest writers will be marked around the world.

In the end, the spin did for England's batting line up - as it has done throughout this all-to-brief series. England held out until after tea on Day Four but when Monty Panesar was trapped LBW just after tea the world's No.1-ranked Test side had slumped to a 71-run defeat and with it, suffered their first series whitewash by Pakistan.

Red Bull Racing has revealed the RB8, which it hopes will take drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber to victory in the 2012 Formula One season.

The Indian national cricket team has just lost the first match of the tri-nation One Day International (ODI) series involving themselves, hosts Australia and World Cup 2011 runners-up Sri Lanka.

Scientists from the University of Western Australia have discovered that seagrass is the oldest living thing on the Earth.

The morning session of player auctions for the 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL) have just concluded. The post-lunch session too is well under way. By far the biggest piece of news so far is the transfer of Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (formerly of the Kochi Tuskers Kerala) to IPL powerhouses Chennai Super Kings, for a staggering $2 million fee.

Innovative young designers from around world get chance to display cutting-edge fashions.

Australia sends rescue ships and helicopters to help search for survivors after Rabaul Queen sinks with 350 on board.

Australia have continued their dominance over India in the cricket, with Matthew Wade and Brad Hogg starring as the Aussies took out the Twenty20 match-up in Sydney last night by 31 runs.

McLaren has unveiled its new MP4-27 at the team headquarters in Woking, with drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton confident that the car will finally end Red Bull's dominance.

The Britain Davis Cup team will need to prepare to play without Andy Murray next month, with the British number one set to miss the match up with Slovakia because of injury concerns.

Samsung has denied reports that European Union regulators are investigating whether the company breached anti-trust laws during its current series of patent infringement cases.

Hacking collective defaces French government website in protest over international copyright law.

Complications set in after Caroline Lovell, who called for legal protection for home midwives, gives birth to second child.

Facebook is, for most of us, a rather harmless, if addictive, pastime. There are, however, darker sides to the popular social networking Web site.

Schoolgirl's death on railway crossing while listening to music on headphones may be latest in line of accidents blamed on iPods.

In a survey released by Lloyds TSB International, 46 percent of British nationals questioned said they missed the British countryside the most.

HTC fans in Australia may well be heaving a sigh of relief. The first Long Term Evolution (LTE) Android smartphone - the HTC Velocity 4G - is all set to hit their markets.

If cutting down on extra flab is on the New Year resolution's list, take the healthy way out and ditch fad diets.

An experimental drug by German drug maker Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceutical Inc has improved the overall survival by 29 percent in patients suffering from colorectal cancer, who have run out of standard treatment options.

Wives and girlfriends of many players have been on the sidelines of the Australian Open 2012.

Aboriginal political movement protest for equality and land rights.

Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray to set another potential classic match against his fierce rival Rafael Nadal.

Poland's left-wing Ruch Palikota Party members wear universal anti-establishment protest masks in parliament against signing of international copyright agreement.

Transport minister Anthony Albanese speech almost word-for-word copy of scene in The American President

Tennis player Bernard Tomic denies guilt after being fined for three traffic violations.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has signed the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in Japan, despite huge demonstrations in Warsaw Street and the hacking of governmental websites since the weekend.

Australian prime minister and opposition leader Tony Abbott chased from Canberra restaurant after slur against Aboriginal camp outside parliament.

A litany of missed chances marred England's progress in an otherwise impressive display by the tourists on a cool, windswept opening day of the second Test in Abu Dhabi.