The presence of ricin in a letter sent to US Republican Senator Roger Wicker has been confirmed by a laboratory, an official has said.

TOM BRADY threw for 269 yards and a touchdown, while Asante Samuel picked off three passes as the New England Patriots beat Chicago 17-13 in a showdown of American football division leaders on Sunday.

Slobodan Milosevic won his first victory in The Hague today as the UN war crimes tribunal barred the prosecution’s senior investigator from giving evidence, saying it was based on hearsay.