On this day 10 years ago, the very first video was uploaded to a new little site named YouTube.

Andy Townsend not up to speed: “The players are always greeted with such velocity here at Old Trafford.”

With beautiful beaches, a sunny climate and cheap prices, Tunisia is winning tourists back.

The EU could be less than a month away from a deal forcing the bloc’s listed companies to change their accountant every decade, a senior EU lawmaker said.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti praised match-winner Karim Benzema after the France forward’s goal saw off Granada last night – but acknowledged there was plenty of room for improvement from his team.

Rules to prevent auditors becoming too close to the companies they are auditing have been agreed by MEPs but this could cause major headaches for the Irish presidency in negotiations.

YOU’RE sitting at your computer, struggling with a deadline, when! new mail arrives from a friend.

Iraqis braved the fear of violence today to vote in the first election since the US military withdrawal, though delayed voting in some parts of the country and an apparently lacklustre turnout elsewhere has cast doubt about the credibility of the vote.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert hopes the current fortnight’s break from any action will clear up the recent illness and injury setbacks suffered by the midlands club.

Aston Villa have signed midfielder Karim El Ahmadi from Feyenoord on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, the Barclays Premier League club have announced.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert is hopeful of reaching a “positive conclusion” to his bid to sign Feyenoord midfielder Karim El Ahmadi.

France coach Laurent Blanc gave his defenders a Euro 2012 wake-up call despite seeing his side ease to a 4-0 victory over Estonia in their final warm-up game last night.

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge fancies his side’s chances of reaching the Champions League final after Mario Gomez’s 90th-minute goal gave them a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-four tie at the Allianz Arena.

President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat to his former protege Macky Sall, congratulating him several hours after polls closed when preliminary results showed the opposition candidate had trounced the 85-year-old incumbent.

Makeshift hospitals in besieged opposition areas of the Syrian city of Homs are overflowing with dead and wounded from government bombardments and snipers, according to a report by international monitor Human Rights Watch.

REAL MADRID assistant coach Aitor Karanka has played down the importance of tonight’s first Clasico of the season and insisted the Primera Division leaders will not alter their approach to end Barcelona’s recent superiority in the fixture.

THE founders of LinkedIn and Youtube have been confirmed as speakers at the Dublin Web Summit — Ireland’s largest tech event.

A JURY convicted a former British Airways computer specialist of plotting with US-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane.

A former British Airways computer expert was convicted today of conspiring with a wanted terrorist to blow up a plane.

Four men, including a British national, who were imprisoned for killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl were not present during his beheading, but were convicted of murder because Pakistani authorities knowingly relied on perjured testimony and ignored other leads, a report has concluded.

Karim Benzema could return for France in Tuesday’s Euro 2012 qualifying clash with Bosnia-Herzegovina, but Guillaume Hoarau has been ruled out.

Italy international Marco Borriello came close to signing for Manchester City earlier this week, according to his agent.

A new gel can block the Aids virus, halving a woman’s chances of getting HIV from an infected partner, US scientists say.

A man who worked at a British Airways call centre will appear in court in the UK today accused of terrorist offences.

REAL MADRID will attempt to put themselves in a position to end five years of Champions League hurt tonight when they take on Lyon in the first leg of their last 16 tie at Stade Gerland.

An Australian security contractor was sentenced to death in Afghanistan for fatally shooting an Afghan colleague, Australia’s government said today.

A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains 185 bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi government said today.

DON’T expect the floodgates to open in Croke Park on Saturday night. Not if Shay Given is anyone to go by.

Eunuchs in Pakistan have formed a group to highlight their plight in a bid to fight for rights for the "third sex".

JORGE VALDANO has admitted Real Madrid are some distance from Liverpool’s valuation of Xabi Alonso.

Maicon’s agent expects Real Madrid to launch a transfer “offensive” for the Inter Milan right-back.

REAL MADRID last night brought their galactic summer spending to almost €200m with an agreement in principle to pay €35m to Lyon for striker Karim Benzema. Lyon have accepted this bid and the player is now negotiating the terms of his transfer.

Karim Benzema is poised to become the latest big-name arrival at Real Madrid after Lyon accepted a bid from the Spanish side for the highly-rated France international.

Lyon director Bernard Lacombe is confident Karim Benzema will still be at the Stade Gerland next season.

Human Rights Watch today accused the US military of not doing enough to reduce civilian casualties during battles in Afghanistan and called for “fundamental changes” to prevent massive civilian deaths like those during an airstrike this month.

The death toll from the Mumbai terror attacks topped 100 today, with parts of the city still under siege.

Lyon have emerged as a possible destination for unwanted Barcelona forward Samuel Eto’o after Les Gones president Jean-Michel Aulas revealed he had started talks with the Catalan club.

A series of landslides, house collapses and flooding caused by heavy rains have killed at least 21 people and injured dozens of others in India's remote north-east, officials said today.

‘Brick Lane’ (Optimum, €24.99) is a compelling adaptation of Monica Ali’s novel about a young Bangladeshi girl, Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee), who is forced to leave her family and village following her arranged marriage to an older man (Satish Kaushik).

Alternative comedy programme Comic Strip is making a return to Channel 4.

A previously unknown group today said it had kidnapped three Hamas officials in the West Bank, accusing the Islamic group of putting itself above the law.

Iraq was hit by a new wave of attacks targeting security forces today, killing at least 20 people in Baghdad.