Silverstone, England -- The contract of Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber was extended through the 2009 season on Thursday.

Paris -- Unemployment in the world's 30 richest countries could rise by 9 percent by the end of 2009, a research group from Paris said Wednesday.

London -- A British official who promoted a limited response to youth crime says he has been attacked by those he sought to protect.

Clayton, Australia -- Australian scientists say they have started three-year clinical trials to find a successful vaccine against footrot in sheep.

Chicago -- Mickey Hart said he and two other surviving members of the Grateful Dead may reunite for a concert to support U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

London -- A British consultancy group has concluded Canada is the safest place to survive global climate change, while the Comoros Islands is least equipped.

Manchester, England -- A 34-year-old British man says he was unaware he was running up a nearly $63,000 cell phone bill by watching an online TV show on his mobile phone.

Iowa City, Iowa -- Flood damage in the Midwest, estimated at $8 billion, will likely ripple through the U.S. economy and food-supply, economists said.

Nairobi, Kenya -- Pop star and UNICEF ambassador Clay Aiken, who just spent five days Somalia, is calling on the world to do what it can to help the African nation's children.

Washington -- A recall of tainted ground beef is expanded to include all products used to make approximately 5.3 million pounds of ground beef, U.S. federal officials said.

New York -- Crude oil prices gained 10 cents to a record close of $145.27 Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange on continued supply concerns and a weak U.S. dollar.

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- A space-age parking garage in Edinburgh, Scotland, has gone unused since the company that owned it went bankrupt four years ago.