Sachin Tendulkar became the highest run scorer in Test cricket as India looked to build a big first-innings total in Mohali on day one of the second Test.

It is time to take radical action to curb rising population and consumption levels, or face "unspeakable consequences".

Your comments on Mark Mardell's diary on a call from the European Parliament to ban cars that go more than 100mph.

Papers in Zimbabwe react to the announcement that President Robert Mugabe will be ZANU-PF's candidate in next year's elections.

ITV Play, a digital channel dedicated to audience participation quizzes, has picked up its ball and gone home.

Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer says Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif are not at the World Cup.

Whether it's whizzy phones that double up as portable music players, or the latest advances in genetic engineering, the pace of technology seems to grow ever faster. But has our lust for gadgets overshadowed an appreciation of the technologies that really make a difference?

The UN's outspoken special envoy on Aids in Africa speaks to the BBC news website about the highs and lows of his tenure.

How is Gordon Brown funding the UK's pledge to give $1.4bn to fund child immunisation programmes in the developing world?

South Africa admits having problems with its Aids message, as activists call for the health minister to resign.

The UN's special Aids envoy accuses South Africa of "immoral" Aids policies, at the end of a major conference.

The first minister launches an outspoken attack on local authorities over the education of children in care.

The Monitor is the home for some of our most popular features, including your letters, Punorama, the caption competition, and 10 Things.

Mr Blair's in Dorset. Mark Mardell takes a look at the candidates' weblogs.

Susan Sontag's wide-ranging essays, on subjects ranging from illness to pornography, have influenced four generations of Americans.

The US commission report into the 11 September attacks is nominated for National Book Award.

Our man in Porto watches the hosts open Euro 2004 with a sorry defeat to Greece.

Munster will use Thomond Park as their launching pad for Heineken Cup success over Stade Français on Saturday.

The Ferdinand affair leaves the FA's disciplinary processes under fire.

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