Writing in France's centre-left Le Monde newspaper, Stephanie Le Bars says the end of Pope Benedict's papacy is overshadowed by "machinations and plots".

BBC: Pope Benedict resigns: European media stunned

Writing in the Lancet, Professor Martin Schrappe of the University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein said the 20% difference seen between the two groups was "one of the largest improvements ever achieved by a single modification of treatment".

BBC: Child leukaemia drug boosts survival rates

Dr Bilham and Vinod Gaur, from the Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation in Bangalore, writing late last year in Current Science, said that until recently Indian seismological research has neglected a technique known as geodesy, which measures the strains accumulating in, and distorting the surfaces of, plates.

ECONOMIST: Earthquakes in India

The concerns centre on a section of the English test, where pupils are asked to produce a piece of creative writing - an area which has attracted complaints in recent years.

BBC: Head teachers complain of 'erratic' Sats marking