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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sixty percent of Americans oppose the U.S. war in Iraq, the highest number since polling on the subject began with the commencement of the war in March 2003, according to poll results and trends released Wednesday. And a majority of poll respondents said they would support the withdrawal of at least some U.S. troops by the end of the year, according to results from the Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted last week on behalf of CNN. The corporation polled 1,047 adult  ...

A booby-trapped game of noughts and crosses has been used to show how a Blackberry can be hijacked to steal confidential data. Created by a security researcher the game contains malicious code that turns the popular mobile e-mail device into a backdoor into corporate networks. Dubbed "blackjacking" the technique is thought to be the first to try to take advantage of the Blackberry. The creator of the hijack code intends to release it publicly in mid-August. Download danger The Blackberry ha ...

An NHS inquiry has been launched after a mother who claimed she was told her unborn child was dead found she was still pregnant three weeks later. Julie Brown, from Livingston, said she was told by doctors at the town's St John's hospital that her child had died in the womb. Mrs Brown said she was given the news on 13 July and underwent treatment to remove the remains of the foetus. However, a later visit to her GP revealed that she was still pregnant. Mrs Brown told The Scottish Sun newspa ...

Two former detectives have been arrested over the police handling of the inquiry into the death of a Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) murder victim. Wednesday's arrests relate to the case of Raymond McCord Junior who was murdered near Belfast in 1997. It is understood one of the officers is former CID detective Trevor McIlwrath. Police Ombudsman investigators are questioning them over allegations of perverting the course of justice and misconduct in public office. Two premises have also been sea ...

Dissident republicans are being blamed for several suspected firebomb attacks in County Down. The Fire and Rescue Service said fires at four businesses in Newry were probably started by incendiary devices. About 125 firefighters tackled the blazes which destroyed two stores and severely damaged two others. Sinn Fein blamed republican "micro organisations". Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy said dissidents were "marking the anniversary of internment". The blazes erupted at about 0225 BST on Wedne ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former grand slam finalist John Lloyd has been appointed captain of Britain's ailing Davis Cup team, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) said on Wednesday. The former British number one, who lost to Vitas Gerulaitis in five sets in the 1977 Australian Open final, was part of the last team to compete in a Davis Cup final, against the United States in 1978. He replaces Jeremy Bate ...

Robberies involving knives have risen by 73% across England and Wales in the last 12 months, British Crime Survey figures have revealed. The news comes as a report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) describes government strategy on tackling knife crime as "incoherent". A Home Office spokesman said the figures to March 2006 pre-dated the knife amnesty, which began in May. The CCJS claimed Knife amnesties have a "negligible" impact on knife crime. The report - carried out by t ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Interest rates will probably need to rise a little further to keep inflation on course to hit the Bank of England's 2.0 percent target, the central bank signalled on Wednesday. In its quarterly Inflation Report published a week after it unexpectedly raised rates a quarter percentage point to 4.75 percent, the central bank said its expected profile for economic growth and inflation over the next two years was higher than in May. Most significantly, the CPI rate was expected t ...

A policeman's house has been set alight in a suspected arson attack hours after the home of Flintshire Council leader was set on fire in the same village. The officer and his family fled their home in Penymynydd, Mold, just before 0400 BST on Wednesday after their porch was set alight. The attack was yards from councillor Derek Darlington's home. North Wales Police said they were keeping an "open mind" as to whether the two attacks were linked. However, a spokeswoman confirmed that both blaz ...

England paceman Sajid Mahmood said he refused to let abuse from sections of the Headingley crowd get him down. During England's Test victory over Pakistan on Tuesday he was targeted by some fans who accused him of betraying his Pakistani heritage. "I heard them call me a traitor during my second spell, but I didn't let it affect me," said the Bolton-born fast bowler. "I didn't really take much of the banter in." Mahmood claimed 4-22 in the second innings to help England to a 167-run win in t ...