American Marie Colvin of the UK's Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik are among 60 people killed as Syria steps up its clampdown.
BBC NEWS: US dismay at IAE...The White House expresses disappointment on the barring of UN nuclear inspectors from a site in Iran, calling the visit a "failure" for Tehran.
BBC NEWS: Verdict on Mubar...A trial verdict for Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of protesters in the revolution that ousted him, is set for 2 June.
BBC NEWS: Ancient tracks a...Vast trails of seven-million-year-old fossilised footprints in the Arabian desert reveal the "social structure" of prehistoric elephants, say scientists.