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Idle home computers are being sought to raise cash for charities and contribute to a series of science projects.

Notorious violent nineties video game Carmageddon is attempting a comeback with the help of a Kickstarter project.

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One of Europe's main contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope - an instrument that will help identify the first stars to shine in the Universe - is built and ready to ship to the US.

British-born celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon - who revolutionised haircuts in the 1960s - has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 84, police say.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet has travelled with UN observers to the devastated city of Homs, which has been at the centre of the heaviest fighting since the uprising began in Syria 14 months ago.

Police in western Mexico try to identify the remains of 18 people found dismembered and dumped in two cars in Jalisco state.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation reports a jump in quarterly profits, boosted by its cable networks and its Hollywood film unit.

Italian sports car maker Ferrari apologises after one of its cars drives on top of an ancient Chinese monument, ahead of a celebratory event, causing damage.

Blackpool survive a late Birmingham rally to set up a Championship play-off final showdown against West Ham at Wembley.

Atletico Madrid clinch the Europa League as Radamel Falcao scores twice in a comfortable victory over fellow Spaniards Athletic Bilbao.

The eurozone's rescue fund holds back 1bn euros ($1.3bn; £800m) of its latest instalment of its bailout to Greece.

Train services in the north-east of Scotland are severely disrupted after a freight train comes off the line.

Troubled Spanish lender Bankia is to be partly nationalised, the central bank confirms.

Greece's far-left leader abandons efforts to form a government based on rejecting the EU bailout deal, after talks with mainstream parties fail.

Barack Obama becomes the first US president to back gay marriage, speaking out on the politically charged issue in a TV interview.

Barack Obama becomes the first US president to back gay marriage, as he speaks out on the politically charged issue in an interview with ABC News.

A search and rescue operation following reports that a baby fell from a ferry in Belfast is stood down by the Coastguard.

A massive arms cache is uncovered in DR Congo on the farm of renegade soldier Bosco Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", the army tells the BBC.