Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:08:41 GMT
The US presidential candidates exchange barbs as they prepare for their second debate in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:30:36 GMT
A US plane has been forced to land in Iran, an Iranian news agency says, but the US denies the report.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:48:47 GMT
A novel about the Prophet Muhammad's child bride appears in the US after an attack on the UK publisher.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:31:03 GMT
A man accused of beheading a passenger on a Canadian bus in July is now fit to stand trial, his lawyers say.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:20:11 GMT
Peru's energy minister resigns amid a scandal allegedly involving bribes in return for oil concessions.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:19:57 GMT
The US defence secretary says a comment by a British commander that the war in Afghanistan cannot be won is defeatist.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:44:09 GMT
The head of failed US bank Lehman Brothers tells Congress he took home $300m in the past eight years.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:05:21 GMT
Ford is to introduce a key-based security system that limits what younger drivers can do to the family car.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:13 GMT
Kenyan authorities have detained the US author of a highly critical book about Barack Obama.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:22:01 GMT
The world's largest collection of whiskies arrives in Edinburgh this week, brought home from Brazil.
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:47:05 GMT
Loss of trust all round as economic crisis bites
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:12:26 GMT
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, watches as the economic crisis shakes up the presidential race.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:32:10 GMT
Latest presidential debate crucial as race turns ugly
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:55:11 GMT
Clean bill of health for voters in the US?
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:08:54 GMT
How closely are you following the US vote?
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:32:13 GMT
'My grandfather jumped off a roof in the 1929 crash'
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:36 GMT
Judging al-Qaeda's strengths and weaknesses
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:15:41 GMT
Tim Vickery on Juan Roman Riquelme
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:16:34 GMT
The US and Iraq are close to an agreement over US troops remaining in Iraq after 2008, Iraq's foreign minister says.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:40:39 GMT
China cancels some military and diplomatic exchanges with the US over Washington's $6.5bn deal to supply Taiwan with arms.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:12:14 GMT
The driver of a US bus that crashed killing eight passengers is held on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, police say.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:40:24 GMT
Steven Spielberg's film studio agrees a joint venture with one of India's largest entertainment conglomerates.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:26:22 GMT
US coffee-shop chain Starbucks defends itself against claims of a serious waste of water by leaving taps running in its stores all day.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:17:25 GMT
The police did nothing wrong in the run-up to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a policewoman tells the inquest into his death.
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:07:36 GMT
US employers cut 159,000 jobs in September, the most in more than five years, Labor Department's figures show.
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:38:46 GMT
US car sales fell sharply last month, the latest sign that woes in the financial sector are spreading to the wider economy.
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:21:36 GMT
Microsoft's boss says his firm is a "David" to Google's "Goliath" after its failure to grasp the importance of internet search.
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:16:59 GMT
Unpopular bail-out could reshape poll-footing Congress
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:47:44 GMT
UK journalist recalls being caught up in 1968 violence
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:10:26 GMT
Digital Planet looks at what's behind Brazil's web boom
