Once described by Orson Welles as the most exciting woman in the world, Kitt's smouldering, feline drawl in memorable hits conveyed a wealth of innuendo.

A Russian businessman trademarks the emoticon, a combination of punctuation marks used to convey a wink in text messages.

As Nelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday, BBC News Website readers convey their wishes to the former South African leader.

The BBC's Martin Redfern is spending a month in the Antarctic reporting on International Polar Year.

Here in Australia, the news of actor Heath Ledger's death has been a "have you heard" event - a tragedy conveyed as fast by word of mouth as over the airwaves and on the internet.

A Serb and an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo compare hopes and fears for the future, as the province prepares to declare independence from Serbia.

It doesn't matter if films play fast and loose with the facts, says historian Lisa Jardine. What matters is to convey the spirit of the age - and its players.

Fernando Torres caps a fine display with a hat-trick as Liverpool dump Reading out of the Carling Cup.

Can England's returning hero handle the air miles?

Reading winger Bobby Convey undergoes surgery on his injured knee.

Reading winger Bobby Convey will miss the rest of the season because he needs another operation on a knee injury.

A choreographer from London wins a major dance prize for a work which 'conveys the hurly-burly of commerce'.

The jury in the Clydach murder retrial is told 'words can't convey' the severity of the victims' injuries.

Reading winger Bobby Convey agrees a new three-year deal after being granted a work permit.

Thousands turn out for the annual gay pride march in Paris which this year conveys a particularly political theme.

Facts and figures on the Group E game.

Facts and figures on the Group E game.

Facts and figures on the Group E game.

USA winger aims to end winning season on a World Cup high

Bobby Convey reveals the secrets behind Reading's success this season