LONDON - A VIDEO game called 'House of the Dead: Overkill' has been named the most profane ever by Guiness World Records, a spokesman said on Monday.

The well-received game, which is playable on the Nintendo Wii console, features the F word 189 times, equating to three percent of the all of the game's dialogue.

MALE - THE MALDIVES will shift entirely to renewable energy over the next decade to become the first carbon-neutral nation and fight climate change that threatens the low-lying archipelago's existence, the president said on Sunday.

President Mohamed Nasheed said the Indian Ocean islands would swap fossil fuels for wind and solar power, and buy and destroy EU carbon credits to offset emissions from tourists flying to visit its luxury vacation resorts.

MOSCOW - THE LAUNCH of a pioneering European satellite intended to measure Earth's gravity field was delayed due to technical problems and will take place Tuesday, Russia's Khrunichev space centre said.