
World - Britain
AP - Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday released a British journalist they had held for a month amid allegations that he endangered the Palestinian territory's security.
AP - BP is expanding its dominant oil and gas operations in the Gulf Mexico and dropping anchor off Brazil with a $7 billion deal to buy exploration rights from Devon Energy.
AP - Four legislators being prosecuted in a political scandal involving fraudulent expenses claims by hundreds of British lawmakers pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
AFP - Hamas released on Thursday a British journalist held in its Gaza enclave, the only foreigner to be arrested in the territory since the Islamist group seized power in 2007.
AFP - A monument to the 179 Britons who died in the Iraq war and its aftermath was re-dedicated Thursday at the National Memorial Arboretum, having been brought back from Basra.
AFP - Bosnian president Haris Silajdzic on Thursday demanded an apology from Britain over the way former leader Ejup Ganic was treated following his arrest.
AP - A U.K. man says he plans to make the first round-the-world trip in a customized rotorcraft known as an autogyro.
AFP - Conservative Party leader David Cameron has said his wife Samantha will be playing a key role in the forthcoming election campaign.
AFP - The Liberal Democrats, long seen as political also-rans, are attracting unprecedented attention as polls suggest they could end up as kingmakers after upcoming knife-edge elections.
Reuters - A British journalist left the Gaza Strip Thursday after nearly four weeks in a Hamas-run Palestinian jail facing accusations of spying for Israel.
AFP - Former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic is to be released on bail, although on stringent conditions, after his arrest on war crimes charges last week, the High Court in London ruled on Thursday.
AFP - Japanese bank Nomura announced on Thursday it was advising the "Red Knights" about a potential acquisition of Manchester United amid growing supporter unrest over its ownership by the Glazer family.
AP - A British boy kidnapped from his family's home in Pakistan has yet to be found, British and Pakistani officials said Thursday, following erroneous news of his release which one Pakistani diplomat here said was the result of mistaken identity.
AFP - More than 100 firefighters and 20 fire engines were tackling a blaze at a restaurant in east London on Thursday, though no casualties have been reported.
AFP - Police are probing expenses claimed by a Labour MP, reports said Thursday, as four other parliamentarians face court appearances over a scandal that has rocked the political system.