It's quiz time!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:11:31 +0000

What do humans and bonobos have in common?

New York banking gains on London

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:22 +0000

New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres according to new research.

Drogba is African Footballer of Year

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:16 +0000

Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is named African Footballer of the Year.

Russians jailed over race murder

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:01:41 +0000

Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.

Turkey and Sweden in genocide row

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:26:20 +0000

Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.

Pinera sworn in as new quake hits

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:22:41 +0000

Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.

Bosnian fallout

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:21 +0000

Pressure on UK after arrest of ex-Bosnian president

Iraq results point to tight race

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:38:37 +0000

First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.

Biden tries to ease Mid-East row

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:47 +0000

US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.

Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:10:27 +0000

Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead.

Web censure 'curbs human rights'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:50:22 +0000

Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.

Thalidomide effect mystery solved

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:45:27 +0000

The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.

US school prom axed as lesbian student asks to bring girlfriend

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:56:24 +0000

A student at a high school in Mississippi says the school board cancelled her school's prom rather than let her attend it with her lesbian girlfriend

Nigeria women protest at killings

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:53:47 +0000

Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last week's violence near Jos, where women and children were massacred.

Net billionaires

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:47:43 +0000

Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?

Extradition over Auschwitz theft

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:26:04 +0000

A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.

Between friends

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:47 +0000

US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation

Hamas releases British journalist

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:41:48 +0000

Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.

Burma annuls 1990 Suu Kyi poll win

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:25:32 +0000

Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge.

Ukraine president forms coalition

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:16 +0000

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.

Sri Lanka general trial date set

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:45:39 +0000

Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka is to be put on military trial next week, officials say.

Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:47:30 +0000

Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.

Cuba: The smoker's paradise

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:47:30 +0000

In Havana, one of the last bastions of the committed smoker, Matt Frei experiences Cubans' love affair with the cigar.

'Jihad Jane'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:06:58 +0000

Profile of Colleen LaRose, charged with terror offences

Mexican tycoon shakes up world rich list

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:39:49 +0000

Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.

Deadly clashes in southern Yemen

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:12:53 +0000

At least one person is killed in clashes between police and separatists in southern Yemen.

England to make late Broad call

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:34:48 +0000

England will make a last-minute call on the fitness of Stuart Broad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

Parched island

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:22:16 +0000

Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought

Japan protest over tuna ban plan

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:46:45 +0000

Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.

Lula criticised for Cuba comment

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:42:48 +0000

Brazil's President Lula is criticised for comments that appear to compare Cuban dissidents on hunger strike to common criminals.

Gambia row over wave of arrests

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:44 +0000

An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.

EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:57:43 +0000

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

Can US broker Middle East peace?

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:24:35 +0000

Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?

Bitterness and unease in Zimbabwe

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:11:35 +0000

Andrew Harding reports from Harare on the uneasy mood among the white population and the MDC party as President Robert Mugabe says he's ready for another term.

It's quiz time!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:11:31 +0000

What do humans and bonobos have in common?

New York banking gains on London

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:22 +0000

New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres according to new research.

Drogba is African Footballer of Year

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:16 +0000

Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is named African Footballer of the Year.

Russians jailed over race murder

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:01:41 +0000

Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.

Turkey and Sweden in genocide row

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:26:20 +0000

Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.

Pinera sworn in as new quake hits

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:22:41 +0000

Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.

Bosnian fallout

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:21 +0000

Pressure on UK after arrest of ex-Bosnian president

Iraq results point to tight race

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:38:37 +0000

First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.

Biden tries to ease Mid-East row

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:47 +0000

US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.

Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:10:27 +0000

Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead.

Web censure 'curbs human rights'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:50:22 +0000

Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.

Thalidomide effect mystery solved

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:45:27 +0000

The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.

US school prom axed as lesbian student asks to bring girlfriend

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:56:24 +0000

A student at a high school in Mississippi says the school board cancelled her school's prom rather than let her attend it with her lesbian girlfriend

Nigeria women protest at killings

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:53:47 +0000

Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last week's violence near Jos, where women and children were massacred.

Net billionaires

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:47:43 +0000

Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?

Extradition over Auschwitz theft

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:26:04 +0000

A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.

Between friends

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:47 +0000

US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation

Hamas releases British journalist

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:41:48 +0000

Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.

Burma annuls 1990 Suu Kyi poll win

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:25:32 +0000

Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge.

Ukraine president forms coalition

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:16 +0000

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.

Sri Lanka general trial date set

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:45:39 +0000

Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka is to be put on military trial next week, officials say.

Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:47:30 +0000

Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.

Cuba: The smoker's paradise

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:47:30 +0000

In Havana, one of the last bastions of the committed smoker, Matt Frei experiences Cubans' love affair with the cigar.

'Jihad Jane'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:06:58 +0000

Profile of Colleen LaRose, charged with terror offences

Mexican tycoon shakes up world rich list

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:39:49 +0000

Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.

Deadly clashes in southern Yemen

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:12:53 +0000

At least one person is killed in clashes between police and separatists in southern Yemen.

England to make late Broad call

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:34:48 +0000

England will make a last-minute call on the fitness of Stuart Broad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

Parched island

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:22:16 +0000

Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought

Japan protest over tuna ban plan

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:46:45 +0000

Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.

Lula criticised for Cuba comment

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:42:48 +0000

Brazil's President Lula is criticised for comments that appear to compare Cuban dissidents on hunger strike to common criminals.

Gambia row over wave of arrests

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:44 +0000

An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.

EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:57:43 +0000

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

Can US broker Middle East peace?

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:24:35 +0000

Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?

Bitterness and unease in Zimbabwe

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:11:35 +0000

Andrew Harding reports from Harare on the uneasy mood among the white population and the MDC party as President Robert Mugabe says he's ready for another term.