|  Egypt questions Israeli spy suspect   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:23 PM PDT Family dismisses espionage allegations against Ilan Chaim Grapel, a US-Israel dual national, as "totally delusional".   
 
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  |  India-Sri Lanka ferry relaunches   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:11 AM PDT For the first time in three decades, there is to be a passenger boat services between India and its close southern neighbour, Sri Lanka.   
 
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  |  NHS concessions due after review   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT The government is to accept large swathes of its plans for the NHS in England need to be rewritten, the BBC has learnt.   
 
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  |  VIDEO: Bill Gates on why vaccines are magic   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:17 AM PDT Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates pledges $1bn to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumonia.   
 
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  |  Mavericks win their first NBA Finals   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:22 AM PDT After three decades of frustration the Dallas Mavericks sealed a 4-2 series win over rivals Miami Heat in the NBA Finals   
 
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  |  Reports: Abyei demilitarisation deal reached   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:33 PM PDT Mediator's office says agreement between leaders of north and south Sudan to pave the way for Ethiopian troops' arrival.   
 
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  |  Italian PM humiliated in crucial referendums   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:53 PM PDT Voters back motions against nuclear power, water privatisation and trial immunity for government ministers.   
 
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  |  Trichet Draws U.S.-EU Comparison   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:04 PM PDT The divergences between the economies of individual member states of the euro zone are no greater than those between states in the U.S., ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said.   
 
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  |  Carstens Says IMF Bid Is a Longshot   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT Mexican central banker Agustin Carstens pressed his bid to head the International Monetary Fund in a meeting with his U.S. counterpart, but admitted he had a slim chance of beating out French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde for the post.   
 
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  |  Rare Violence Targets Police in Jordan as Youths Seek to Engage King   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:05 PM PDT Stone-throwing youths in a poor southern town exploded in anger at rough handling by police during a visit by King Abdullah II on Monday, a symptom of simmering popular frustrations in Jordan even as the monarch moves toward democratic reform.   
 
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  |  At War: As Local Militias Expand in Northern Afghanistan, Tales of Abuse Follow   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:01 PM PDT Local militias in northern Afghanistan infuriate as much as they protect.    
 
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  |  Agency Cuts Greece’s Debt Rating Again   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:53 PM PDT The three-notch downgrade by Standard & Poor's is the latest sign that the market believes that Greece will be forced to default on its debt.    
 
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  |  The Appraisal: Holding On Has Its Benefits, and Then Some   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:59 PM PDT An 89-year-old woman who bought her State Street town house in Brooklyn for $16,000 in 1966 awaits the rewards — the asking price is about $1.895 million.    
 
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  |  Miliband: Homes for workers first   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:14 PM PDT People who work or volunteer should get priority on council house waiting lists, Labour leader Ed Miliband says.   
 
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  |  VIDEO: Ex-Gaddafi soldier speaks of regime   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:59 AM PDT Fighters in the Libyan rebel enclave of Misrata have been continuing efforts to try to break out of the port through army lines.   
 
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  |  Murray fights back to win at Queen's   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:47 AM PDT Andy Murray will be confident ahead of Wimbledon after defeating Frenchman Tsonga in the Queen's Club final   
 
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  |  Cyber attacks' China connection   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:22 AM PDT A cooking school in Jinan city has been traced to hackers who broke into US officials' personal accounts.   
 
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  |  City Room: 3 Wavering State Senate Democrats Back Gay Marriage   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:10 PM PDT With the reported switch by three senators who voted against the measure in 2009, the fate of the bill is in the hands of the chamber's Republicans.    
 
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  |  Well: Digital Dalliance: Easy to Do and Easy to Get Caught   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:34 PM PDT As online flirtation enters the mainstream, therapists are debating whether it facilitates infidelity.    
 
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  |  Taxman on trail of online traders   Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:47 AM PDT The tax authorities are going to use improved surveillance software to track down people trading on marketplace websites but failing to pay tax.   
 
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