Hurley's World

The 33 miners trapped in Chile will soon be able to share some wine.

A World War II veteran receives France's highest decoration for bravery, 66 years after liberating a town there.

A four-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his foster parents in Lincolnshire is found safe and well by police.

The panel of judges in a child sex abuse trial in Portugal is to deliver its verdict, more than five years after court hearings began.

Toshiba’s UK business manager says its Foilo 100 tablet PC complements trends in media usage.

The first specialist college for young people with Asperger syndrome in Wales opens its doors.

Commander Andy Coles shows BBC News around the control room of the Royal Navy's new attack submarine and talks about life on board.

Twenty-seven suspected drug gang members are killed in a clash with troops near the US border, Mexico's army says, hours after the country's president vows to continue the fight against drug cartels.

Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said.

The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties.

Hewlett-Packard offered about $2.3 billion, ending an 18-day bidding war. The price reflects a growing urgency to use acquisitions to fuel growth.

The publisher of the Grand Theft Auto video games raised its outlook on the strength of its newest release, Red Dead Redemption.

YouTube is expected to turn a profit this year, on revenue of about $450 million, with help from its onetime critics.

Thousands of coal trucks were backed up for miles on a northern China highway Friday, the latest in a series of monster jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer.

The projected path of Hurricane Earl shifted closer to the island of Nantucket on Thursday as the storm weakened slightly but still threatened the New England coast, where officials were wary of a further turn west.

The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds Friday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.

The projected path of Hurricane Earl shifted closer to the island of Nantucket on Thursday as the storm weakened slightly but still threatened the New England coast, where officials were wary of a further turn west.

The Federal Reserve chairman also said it was impossible for the government to save Lehman Brothers in 2008.

Japan imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme but maintains its oil import schedule.

The storm closed in on North Carolina early Friday morning, pelting the state with rain and wind as towns braced for Earl’s devastating force.