World News from the BBC

A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest.

United States Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin refuses to rule out pairing world numbers one and two Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at Celtic Manor.

Property giant Connaught formally enters administration, putting thousands of jobs at risk.

Premises across Europe, including a Swedish university, have been raided by police in a piracy crackdown

A powerful family accused of being behind the worst political massacre in the Philippines plotted the killings over dinner, a court has heard.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military and police chiefs ahead of planned January presidential election.

Sri Lankan MPs overwhelmingly approve proposals to let President Mahinda Rajapaksa seek an unlimited number of terms.

The UN's secretary general urges Rwanda not to withdraw its peacekeepers from Sudan over a leaked report saying its troops may have committed genocide.

German gambling restrictions breach European Union law, the EU's highest court rules

A Russian passenger plane makes a safe landing in the Siberian taiga after a power failure at more than 10,000 metres.

The Irish government says it will break up the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank as part of the failed lender's resolution.

Europe's top clubs call on Fifa to re-assess its scheduling of international friendlies.

Canada now has interest rates of 1%, after raising its key lending benchmark for the third time this year.

A man appears in court in Mumbai in connection with a bomb blast at a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune six months ago.

The EU agrees on new rules to reduce the number of animals used in lab experiments and tighten controls over such procedures.

Formula 1's governing body turns down all the entries from teams hoping to fill the vacant 13th slot in 2011, with former champion Jacques Villeneuve among those to miss out.

A scale model of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how it is being repaired

Is it bad taste to have a 'shortest man' record?

Vodafone pockets $6.5bn in cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile.

About 700 prisoners escape after members of an Islamist sect storm a jail in northern Nigeria, where many of its followers were held.