Will polar bear Knut get the boot?

Will polar bear Knut get the boot?

Knut the cute polar bear that captivated Germany is now all grown up, and facing eviction from the Berlin Zoo. He's gotten too big.

Mafia's grip heightened in Italy

Mafia's grip heightened in Italy

Mafia organisations are using the economic downturn to their advantage by helping troubled 'clean' companies, and using them to recycle dirty money.

Mafia groups have always targeted weaker elements of society and for the illegal immigrants -many of whom have entered the country by boat- it is almost impossible to attain a 'legal' existence, say the anti-racket association.

Calling all bird watchers

Calling all bird watchers

The hunt is on to find one of Europe's rarest birds, and bird enthusiasts are using a mobile phone to track it down.

The UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has launched an appeal to find the curlew, a crow-sized bird.

The birds were once seen in their hundreds on wetlands around the mediterranean.

But their numbers are dwindling, with many ornithologists fearing that the numbers are below 50 or that the curlew is extinct.