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Author, screenwriter and director loses battle with leukaemia and will be remembered for When Harry Met Sally.

Vladimir Putin tours the Middle East to remark Russia's controversial albeit growing role in the area

The most popular newsreader app Flipboard has finally arrived on Android.

Gupta was found guilty of feeding confidential information to a corporate hedge fund manager.

The girl having her back burned with napalm was photographed by Nick Ut on 8 June, 1972. Nothing is seen in the background of the photograph except the smoke, which resulted from a US napalm attack.

Head of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab re-arrested after tweeting comment critical of al-Khalifa ruling system.

British ambassador Simon Collis and the US envoy Robert Ford are among those declared “persona non grata” by the Syrian government.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin shows off Project Glasses, but don't expect them to go on sale in 2012.

For celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of 60 years of reign of Queen Elizabeth II, luxury brand Louis Vuitton is showcasing an exclusive art exhibition at the brand's New Bond Street Maison.

Google's secret Project Glass has been shown off by one of the main people behind the headsup display glasses.

Facebook is working on a smartphone with former Apple employees, according to the New York Times.

The Facebook Camera app allows you to edit and share photos on Facebook faster and with a higher-resolution.

Private funeral service held for disco queen Donna Summer in country music capital she came to call home.

'Snitch' hacker Adrian Lamo, who turned in Wikileaks source Bradley Manning, warns of over-hyping the Anonymous threat and criticise role of media in depicting the collective.

Researchers have discovered ancient bacteria that have not eaten for 86 million years inside the Pacific Gyre which is believed to have existed well before dinosaurs were extinct.

Museum of Modern Art will display 170 iconic photographs from the career of contemporary American artist Cindy Sherman.

Anonymous attacks the websites of the Supreme Court of India and the Congress against government's plant to censor the web

Usernames and passwords of the hacked Twitter accounts have been posted online, though most appear to be duplicate and spam accounts.

Artworks by Gerhard Richter, Jackson Pollock, Yves Klein and Alexander Calder also smash Christie's auction records.

Underwear bomber in the foiled al-Qaida plot to blow up a US-bound plane was a double agent, working for the CIA and Saudi intelligence agency.

Celebrated children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak dies aged 83

Thai man serving record 20-year sentence for breaking Thailand’s strict lese-majesty laws has died.

Whitney Houston's mum meets publishers to discuss writing biography about superstar singer who died in the bath.

Why is the online collective featured on Time's list of 100 most influential people in the world?

The Pulitzer Prizes 2012 were announced on 16 April. Given below is the complete list of winner and finalists in all the categories:

Valve is working on a new project, wearable computing.

Apple Inc. has denied accusations that it conspired to fix prices for e-books in company of major book publishers.

Troubled bank fined again over analysts 'tipping' clients about stocks.

iBrain measures the distinct neurological patterns of specific thought processes.

Simons' appointment has been made after the former director John Galliano was dismissed due to his Anti-Semitic behaviour in a Paris bar.