Costa Concordia disaster: The body of a woman is discovered by search teams aboard the stricken cruise shipCosta Concordia, bringing the confirmed death toll of the ship's capsizing to 12. Rescue efforts continue apace, as it is feared the ship may soon slip into deeper waters off the Italian coast. (MSNBC)
Law and crime
Under new guidelines to come into force from April 30, clinics which charge for pregnancy services, including abortions, will be able to advertise on radio and television in the United Kingdom, after the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice ruled there was no justification for barring such clinics from advertising their services. (BBC)
Leading international virologists agree to temporarily halt work on a more virulent strain of the H5N1influenza virus, due to fears that an airborne strain of the lethal virus could be used by bioterrorists. (New Scientist)