V Festival organisers are branded "greedy" by fans angry about high prices and alleged overcrowding.

A witness at the genocide trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein describes a chemical weapons attack.

AP - Luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 19 percent as a downturn in the housing market resulted in a dip in revenue and caused the company to reduce the number of lots it controls.

Pakistan may skip Thursday's match against Middlesex amid fears Inzamam-ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing could jeopardise the one-day series.

Newcastle move closer to signing Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins after agreeing a fee with Inter Milan.

A rugby player who collapsed during cup final died of toxic shock after an infection, an inquest hears.

AP - Willy the tortoise made a break for freedom — well, break may be too strong a word. It was more like a slow crawl. But after a month on the lam, the 40-pound tortoise with a 2-foot-wide, gold-colored shell is back in the wading pool at his owner's home.

AP - Cisco Systems Inc. is buying a private on-demand television company for $92 million cash, part of the network-gear maker's bid to become a consumer brand that delivers television, movies and other video on the Internet.

A man treated for multiple sclerosis for 26 years now believes he has a condition which can be treated with aspirin.

Handing over control in Basra to the Iraqis is "feasible" in nine months, a senior British commander says.

Iran is due to give its formal answer to a United Nations demand that Tehran halt uranium enrichment in exchange for a package of incentives or face a new threat of sanctions. In recent days, Iranian officials have reiterated the country's refusal to dismantle the program and warned against imposing economic sanctions.

Eleven suspects charged in the alleged plot to bomb trans-Atlantic airliners were taken from prison Tuesday for their first appearance in court.

Reuters - A suicide bomber rammed a car into a convoy of NATO troops in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday, but there was no immediate report of casualties, witnesses said.

Iran is due to give its formal answer to a United Nations demand that Tehran halt uranium enrichment in exchange for a package of incentives or face a new threat of sanctions. In recent days, Iranian officials have reiterated the country's refusal to dismantle the program and warned against imposing economic sanctions.

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has told U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan his country is willing to lead a U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.

A Romanian oil firm says one of its rigs stationed in the Gulf has come under fire from Iranian troops.

UK security measures are having a "devastating impact" on travelling musicians, the BBC News website learns.