wary of
looking like they don't support American troops abroad. But some of the 89 Republicans who voted No also thought the resolution wasn't tough enough.
The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says two of its members have
confessed to
spying for the American CIA. Hassan Nasrallah said a third member was also under investigation. He said none of the alleged spies was a senior Hezbollah leader or had access to sensitive military information. There's so far been no response from Washington.
A four-day international meeting of nuclear experts has called for a tightening of safety standards at nuclear plants across the world following the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan in March. The meeting organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency proposed better checks on plants and random reviews by the agency.
The American actor Peter Falk has died at the age of 84. He was best known for his role as the
dishevelled
and eccentric television detective Columbo, which he played for more than 30 years. Natasha Gruneberg looks back on his life.
The rumpled, crumpled Columbo was one of the small-screen's most
distinctive
policemen. Playing him made Peter Falk famous the world over, and he was always grateful for the role he performed in his own battered mackintosh. Half Polish, half Russian, Falk had lost his right eye to a tumor at the age of three. Despite this, he was Oscar-nominated twice in the 1960s. But to many, Peter Falk will always be a dishevelled detective with a raincoat and a cigar.