1. Fukuda resigns as Japan PM

Yasuo Fukuda, Japan's prime minister, has resigned in what he says is an effort to break a political deadlock in the country.

01/09/2008

2. Ferdinand seals Sunderland deal

West Ham's defender Anton Ferdinand joined Sunderland on a four-year deal becoming manager Roy Keane's ninth signing of the summer in the English Premier League.

27/08/2008

3. Five killed in Iraq suicide attack

A suicide bomber has killed at least five people and wounded nine more in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, police have said.

24/08/2008

4. French troops die in Afghan battles

Ten French Nato troops have been killed in battles with Taliban fighters near Kabul, the Afghan capital, officials said.

19/08/2008

5. Flooding hits Grand Canyon village

Hundreds of people have been evacuated from a flooded village after a dam near the Grand Canyon in the US broke.

18/08/2008

6. Fraser leads Jamaican clean sweep

Shelly-Ann Fraser surged to Jamaica's first Olympic women's 100 metres gold medal on Sunday and led compatriots Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart to the event's first national podium sweep.

18/08/2008

7. Fears grow of humanitarian crisis

International pressure is mounting against Moscow over its conflict with Georgia as fears of a humanitarian crisis grow.

15/08/2008

8. Fresh bid to end SE Asia temple row

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to reduce their troop numbers around a disputed temple before a new round of border talks.

14/08/2008

9. Funeral held for Palestinian poet

Thousands of Palestinains are bidding farewell to Mahmoud Darwish, the poet who encapsulated the Palestinian cause.

13/08/2008

10. Fatal attack in China's Xinjiang

Three security staff have been stabbed to death in an attack in northwest China's Xinjiang region, the official Xinhua news agency reports.

12/08/2008

11. Fighters killed in Pakistan attack

Pakistani forces claim to have killed at least 100 pro-Taliban fighters near the Afghan border.

11/08/2008

12. Fannie Mae reports $2.3bn loss

Fannie Mae, the largest US home mortage lender, has posted losses of $2.3bn, its fourth consecutive quarterly loss.

09/08/2008

13. France denies Rwanda genocide role

France's foreign ministry has accused Rwanda of making "unacceptable accusations" in a report alleging that French politicians and military played an active role in the 1994 genocide.

06/08/2008

14. Fatah men 'to be sent to West Bank'

Israel has said it will transfer to the West Bank about 120 Fatah supporters who fled the Gaza Strip after clashes with Hamas.

04/08/2008

15. Fighters killed in Pakistan clash

At least 15 fighters and one Pakistani soldier have died in clashes in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley, according to a Pakistan military statement.

04/08/2008