The UK is to double its non-military aid to opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.
He said the extra £500,000 will help groups both inside and outside Syria.
Mr Hague used his annual Mansion House speech in the City of London to urge President Assad to accept he has no hope of political survival.
The United Nations says more than 9,000 people have been killed during a year-long Syrian revolt.

Respect Party candidate George Galloway has taken the Bradford West parliamentary seat from Labour, winning the by-election by 10,100 votes.
Mr Galloway, expelled by Labour in 2003, said it was the "most sensational victory" in by-election history. He received 18,341 votes - a 56% share.
He said his victory represented a "total rejection" of the major parties.
At the 2010 General Election, Labour's Marsha Singh, who resigned on health grounds, won with a majority of 5,763 .

The government made a mistake in advising people to store petrol in jerrycans at home to prepare for a possible strike by fuel tanker drivers, a transport minister has said.
Mike Penning said Cabinet Minister Francis Maude had misunderstood the size of a jerrycan, which is 20 litres.
The government says drivers should top up tanks with fuel, but "not panic".
Labour has accused ministers of "stoking up" the threat of a drivers' strike over working conditions and pay.

An American teenager has been jailed for life in the US after being found guilty of the first degree murder of two British tourists in Florida.
James Cooper, 25, from Warwickshire, and James Kouzaris, 24, from Northampton, were shot in Sarasota.
The pair, who met at Sheffield University, were killed after drunkenly wandering into the Newtown area in the early hours of 16 April 2011.
The court heard Shawn Tyson, 17, had killed them after trying to rob them.

Still saddled with a huge overhang of distressed properties and lackluster demand, it seems the housing market could really use a knight in shining armor to slay the metaphorical dragons choking its growth.
According to a study released this month, that white knight could come in the form of Latino homebuyers who are expected to provide a deep well of housing interest over the next decade, propelling demand for condos, starter homes, and trade-up homes.

A recent survey by TIAA-CREF showed that:
38 percent of Americans who currently own an IRA account contribute up to the maximum amount allowed
55 percent of those IRA owners are contributing less than the maximum amount.
76 percent of those polled said they are not contributing to an IRA at all.
Clearly, the IRA has lost much of its popularity as a retirement savings vehicle. Should an IRA be a part of your retirement savings strategy? The answer is that it depends.

The purpose of the Supreme Court hearings on President Obama's health reform law is to determine whether a key provision, the individual mandate, is constitutional. But the case may end up demonstrating something else: That there is no "free market" solution that will extend coverage to millions of uninsured people and get skyrocketing costs under control.
[See photos of protesters outside the Supreme Court.]
It's worth stepping back for a moment to examine why the individual mandate even exists. The idea is to force healthy people to buy insurance even if they think they don't need it. That will bring more revenue to insurance companies, which they'll use to keep premiums down for sick people and those with preexisting conditions. Penalty fees paid by those who refuse to get insurance would bring in more revenue to help subsidize policies for those who want them, but need financial help. And healthy people who unexpectedly need care would get it through their plan, instead of racking up huge emergency room bills that typically get passed on to everybody else who pays for healthcare.

A lack of support and opportunity for young people contributed to the outbreak of riots in England last year, an independent report has concluded.
The Riots, Communities and Victims Panel, set up last year, has identified "500,000 forgotten families".
It also cited poor parenting, an inability to prevent re-offending, too much emphasis on materialism, and a lack of confidence in the police.
Schools should work on helping children to build character, it added.

A trade deal has been agreed between the UK and South Korea, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced.
The UK has approved a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and South Korea, which could bring £500m a year into the British economy, he said.
Mr Clegg, attending a nuclear summit in Seoul, said the UK aimed to foster good trade links with expanding economies.
The agreement "marks a new and even stronger era for trade" between the UK and South Korea, he added.

David Cameron has declined to reveal whom he has invited to dinner at his home - after a request made in the wake of the donor row - because such details are "private", No.10 has said.
But the PM promised a "proper inquiry" into donations after the resignation of Tory co-treasurer Peter Cruddas.
Mr Cruddas quit after reporters filmed him saying donations to the Tory party could ensure access to Mr Cameron.

The government is proposing a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol in England and Wales in an effort to stamp out binge-drinking culture.
Ministers say the proposal would not affect responsible pubs or drinkers.
But they predict that it could significantly change the behaviour of those who cause the most problems for hospitals and the police, by making it more expensive to get drunk.
Similar proposals are already being considered by the Scottish Parliament.

A US soldier suspected of killing civilians in Afghanistan will be charged with 17 counts of murder, US officials have told the BBC.
Staff Sgt Robert Bales is accused of attacking the villagers in their homes in Kandahar province on 11 March. Most victims were women and children.
Sgt Bales, 38, was later moved to a military prison in the US after being transported from Afghanistan to Kuwait.

A gunman suspected of seven killings in southern France has told police laying siege to his flat in Toulouse that he wants to die "weapons in hand", Interior Minister Claude Gueant says.
Mr Gueant said there had been no contact overnight with Mohammed Merah and it was not certain he was alive.
Police set off regular explosions overnight to increase the pressure on 23-year-old Merah.
He is suspected of killing seven people in three separate attacks.

George Osborne's big picture is that green shoots are emerging in the UK economy - a few, tiny buds - but the deficit reduction plan will be gradual and long drawn out.
The government is sticking to plan A, as defined by the first coalition Budget in June 2010.
The chancellor confirmed what had already been conceded in recent months, it will last until 2017, two years past the initial estimate.

French police searching for a gunman who shot dead four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse have surrounded a house in the north of the city.
The man inside the building where the operation is taking place has claimed affiliation to al-Qaeda, Interior Minister Claude Gueant told reporters.
Two police officers are reported injured in several exchanges of fire.
The man's mother has been brought to the scene, Mr Gueant said, and his brother is under arrest.

Inflation in the UK continued to fall in February, thanks largely to lower gas and electricity bills.
Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation fell to 3.4% in February, down from 3.6% in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation - including mortgage interest payments - fell to 3.7% from 3.9%.
Inflation has been falling steadily since September and the CPI rate is now at its lowest since November 2010.