The BBC's Gary Duffy meets people seeking answers to what happened to their relatives during Brazil's military rule from 1964 to 1985.

Pakistan's former PM Benazir Bhutto, appears to be on a collision course with the government of Gen Pervez Musharraf, says the BBC's M Ilyas Khan.

Record labels are struggling to find new ways of selling music in the digital age. But will subscription models catch on?

The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad assesses the fall-out of the red mosque siege for President Musharraf.

Experts are warning people about having cats as research shows more people develop allergic reactions to them than previously thought.

The BBC's Ilyas Khan looks at US efforts to change Pakistan's political balance.

Unemployment is about the same as it was during the winter of discontent. So why is it not a big political issue?

As Iran defies the Security Council over its uranium enrichment and the US threatens more pressure, there are signs of organised grass-roots opposition to any military attack, says the BBC's Paul Reynolds

Scientologists open a new "Church" in Berlin - and spark a heated debate about their beliefs, Tristana Moore reports.

Read an edited version of the statement put out by the North Korean foreign ministry declaring Pyongyang's intention to test a nuclear weapon.

Children at the centre of the Orkney satanic abuse allegations in the early 1990s speak for the first time.

Your comments (page 2)on Mark Mardell's diary looking at the EU's search for a role in the Middle East.

Uganda's northern rebels reject a Ugandan offer of amnesty ahead of peace talks in Sudan next week.

EU membership talks with Turkey have barely started but already Brussels and London fear they could collapse.

Law lords reject anti-war protesters' claim they were right to take action aimed at preventing the Iraq war.

Elections in Ukraine dominate European papers, while the French prime minister comes under fire and Tony Blair is praised in Denmark.

EU interior ministers consider introducing an "integration contract" for immigrants.

Supporters of South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma are angry that a song about him is denied radio play.

As part of our Write For Us series, Alan Marson ponders the reaction to he and his wife becoming parents in their 20s.

We asked eight experts to tell us whether proposals set to be discussed at the G8 represent the right way forward for Africa.