Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:18:59 GMT
Asian share markets react positively after efforts by world leaders to end the recent financial turmoil.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:02:42 GMT
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatens to pull out of a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:15:25 GMT
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is diagnosed with a brain tumour and will undergo a biopsy on Tuesday.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:15:53 GMT
Pakistan says its forces have killed 27 Taleban, two days after a suicide attack by the militants in Orakzai province.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:29:33 GMT
Turkey's military says its planes bombed Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, in the seventh cross-border raid in recent days.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:41:52 GMT
Iraq's prime minister vows to protect Christians in Mosul as nearly 1,000 police are sent to the northern city after sectarian attacks.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:27:24 GMT
A Catholic nun, Sister Alphonsa, becomes India's first female saint, canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:48:36 GMT
Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider was driving at twice the speed limit when he died in a car crash, officials say.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:04:48 GMT
US banking regulators need a "dramatic overhaul", according to Harvey Pitt who used to run one of them.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:00:06 GMT
A 106-year-old American nun living in a convent in Rome could well be the oldest person to vote in the 2008 US Presidential election and says she will support Barak Obama.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:07:19 GMT
Fernando Alonso wins in Japan as Felipe Massa cuts Lewis Hamilton's lead to five points after a clash between the title rivals.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:18:34 GMT
The FA criticises fans who booed Ashley Cole during Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan, labelling the vocal minority as "crazy".
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:53:48 GMT
UK couples head to India to solve fertility problems
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:01:56 GMT
Austria's mint flat out as investors seek safety
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:57:00 GMT
TV mimic gets viewers' vote of approval
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:08:07 GMT
What role now for Hasan di Tiro in Indonesia's Aceh?
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:13:48 GMT
Rare, not well done - the species on the brink of extinction
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:41:29 GMT
Does Obama offer hope to the US poor?
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:25:50 GMT
Aid agencies dispute the Ethiopian government's estimates of those suffering in the country's drought.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:56:12 GMT
Republican presidential candidate John McCain clashes with a civil rights icon who accuses him of "sowing hatred".
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:37:12 GMT
North Korea welcomes a US decision to remove it from a list of sponsors of terrorism and agrees to allow nuclear access.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:14:14 GMT
European leaders meeting at a crisis summit in Paris announce a plan to save their beleaguered banking industry.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:31:09 GMT
Hundreds of Israeli policemen are deployed in the northern city of Acre after four days of violence between Arabs and Jews.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:57:44 GMT
Dozens of Taleban militants are killed by security forces in fighting in southern Afghanistan, local and British officials say.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:04:38 GMT
Four major banks are being told they need to seek up to £50bn from taxpayers to boost their balance sheets, the BBC learns.
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:41:46 GMT
Struggling US car giants General Motors and Chrysler are in talks about a possible merger, US media say.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:20:58 GMT
House repossession poses the greatest threat to people's mental health, a charity has warned.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:19:17 GMT
US space tourist Richard Garriott follows in the footsteps of his astronaut father as he blasts off into space.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:40:32 GMT
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is in a stable condition in a Mumbai hospital after being admitted with abominal pains.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:08:00 GMT
Nearly three quarters of online music pirates would be be put off by warnings from their internet provider, suggests a survey.
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:27:28 GMT
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