It was while buying my Christmas Tree at my local lawnmower repair shop that I was reminded again about maintenance.

Turkey was condemned today for cyber censorship – and for being the only country in the world which bans YouTube.

A British servicewoman held captive by Iran may be released later on Wednesday or on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told Turkey’s CNN-Turk television.

Preliminary tests showed that at least 14 Turks, two of whom have died, tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu, officials warned today as the number of patients with symptoms climbed to about 70.

A car bomb exploded outside an office used by US soldiers in northern Iraq, killing one Iraqi and wounding six Americans and 41 Iraqis.