England v South Africa 2nd Test

Headingley, 18-22 July

Flintoff has struggled with the bat since returning to fitness

Andrew Flintoff has been recalled to the England squad for the second Test against South Africa, which starts at Headingley on Friday.

The all-rounder has not played a Test since the final Ashes match in Sydney in January 2007 because of injury.

The 30-year-old underwent ankle surgery in October 2007 and returned to fitness before a recent side strain hampered his comeback to the international fold.

Brazil sees rise in bulletproof cars

By Gary Duffy BBC News, Sao Paulo

Aluizio Coelho recalls in vivid detail the incident which persuaded him to buy a bulletproof car.

He was driving with his wife into the centre of Sao Paulo when a motorbike pulled up alongside his vehicle.

Brazil has an estimated 50,000 bulletproof vehicles on its roads

"Two guys were on the motorbike, and the guy behind had a gun. He asked for everything we had, and of course we said to him we will give you everything.

"But the problem was that the guy had such a nervous attitude, and it looked like he was using drugs. The risk of the situation was not only if we wanted to give away whatever we had, but if the guy was sure in his mind that he didn't need to shoot us.

"That was really what brought me to have a bulletproof car."

Pakistani film, based on a real-life story, is being released simultaneously in India for the first time.

Pakistani film, based on a real-life story, is being released simultaneously in India for the first time.

The film tells the story of a boy who strays into the Indian side of the border by mistake. It will be released in both countries on 1 August.

Called Ramchand Pakistani, the film has been praised by the critics.

Obama team decries cartoon image

The magazine said the image "combines... fantastical images" Barack Obama's team has decried The New Yorker magazine for a cartoon cover depicting him in traditional Muslim garb and his wife as a terrorist. The magazine says the cartoon is intended as a satirical comment about some of the distorted right-wing attacks on the Democratic senator. An Obama campaign spokesman said the cartoon was "tasteless and offensive". A spokesman for John McCain, Mr Obama's Republican rival in the presidential election, also criticised the cartoon.

Court cases sharpen Turkey divide

By Roger Hardy, Middle East analyst, BBC News

Mr Erdogan's AKP stands accused of subverting Turkey's secular system

Two court cases in Turkey are deepening the rift between secularists and a government with Islamist roots.

At the heart of the latest political crisis in Turkey is a shadowy ultra-nationalist group called Ergenekon.

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FIRST TEST, Lord's, day five (close): England 593-8 dec drew with S Africa 247 & 393-3 By Jamie Lillywhite Amla's patient innings ensured that there were no final day fireworks Hashim Amla became the third centurion of the South Africa follow-on as the first Test at Lord's ended in a draw. Amla shared 152 with Neil McKenzie, who spent more than nine dogged hours at the crease for his 138 before edging a wide delivery shortly after lunch.

UN pulls back staff from Darfur

Unamid is a joint UN mission with the African Union

The United Nations is pulling back some non-essential staff deployed in Sudan's restive Darfur region.

It says the decision comes after recent violence and as a precaution after an international prosecutor accused Sudan's president of genocide.

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