WASHINGTON - RESEARCHERS say gene segments in the swine flu have been circulating undetected for at least a decade. This comes from a team of experts who have sequenced the genomes of more than 50 samples of the H1N1 virus.

CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA has canceled the return of the space shuttle Atlantis to Earth on Friday due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, the US space agency said.

Atlantis could return on Saturday at 9:16am (9:16pm Singapore time) at the earliest, Nasa said.

LONDON - EBAY HAS won a UK court battle against French cosmetics group L'Oreal which had claimed the online marketplace was jointly liable for trademark infringements committed by its users.

Friday's decision is the latest in a series of legal tussles between the two firms as luxury goods groups seek to crack down on the sale of counterfeit goods.