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Choose a page number: 1 News and Media RSS FeedsUN agrees DR Congo troop increase - The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk US warns of China 'cyber-spying' - China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned.... Madonna's divorce to be finalised - Singer Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are to be divorced in London on Friday, High Court lists show.... Oil price goes below $50 a barrel - Oil prices have fallen below $50 a barrel amid growing fears over a global recession and lower demand for oil.... US judge orders Algerians freed - Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge rules.... Putin vows to prevent 'collapse' - Russia's prime minister vows to prevent another financial "collapse", referring to the country's 1990s crises.... S Africa to cut aid to Zimbabwe - South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place.... Somalia 'to become pirate magnet' - Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said.... Security draws Iraqi doctors home - Improved security in Iraq has led to 800 doctors returning so far this year, a senior health ministry official says.... Riddle of the Czech beauty without a belly button - Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?... Joe the Plumber to become Joe the Published, after book deal - The man who shot to fame in the US presidential election as "Joe the Plumber" signs a book deal.... Pietersen wants more from batsmen - Captain Kevin Pietersen wants England to score more hundreds after India's Duckworth-Lewis win in the third one-dayer. ... NZ on top despite defiant Clarke - Michael Clarke saves Australia from total collapse with 98 as they are bowled out for 214 in the first Test against New Zealand.... Send your video, pictures and story ideas - Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.... Home from home - International Space Station marks its tenth anniversary... Day in pictures - The most striking images from around the world... Thinking allowed - Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt... Yugo gone - Serbia's iconic car finally runs off the road... Despair and anger - Gazans report worst ever living conditions ... Kosher crisis - Why US shops are running short of kosher meat... African child 'well-being' rated - Some poor countries score well compared to richer ones in a report assessing the treatment of children in Africa. ... Colombian scam suspect extradited - Panama extradites a Colombian suspected of running the country's biggest pyramid finance scheme.... China fears grow over job losses - Beijing says its employment outlook is "grim", amid concerns of increasing social unrest caused by economic problems.... Recession fears hit stock markets - Leading European stock markets fall by as much as 5% amid growing concerns of a protracted global downturn.... Arab plan explained in Hebrew ads - The Palestinian Authority has placed a full-page advert in Israel's Hebrew newspapers to promote an Arab peace plan.... India praised for sinking pirates - An anti-piracy group welcomes an Indian navy warship's destruction of a suspected Somali pirate vessel in the Gulf of Aden.... RBS boss apologises over losses - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman, Sir Tom McKillop, says he is "profoundly sorry" for the bank's financial difficulties.... Rolls-Royce plans 2,000 job cuts - Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce says it plans to cut between 1,500 and 2,000 jobs in 2009, including 140 in the UK.... Over-the-counter Viagra bid ends - The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application for the medicine to be available without a prescription.... Mammoth's genome pieced together - A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.... Bon Jovi to headline Live Earth - Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Bon Jovi are among the stars announced for this year's Live Earth concert, to be held in India.... UK 'ahead in digital TV uptake' - Digital television is spreading faster in Britain than in France, Canada, the US, Germany and Japan, according to research.... Democracy in Nicaragua In Peril, Ortega Critics Say - MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The U.S. Embassy has been accused of counterrevolutionary subversion. A nervous Catholic Church is appealing for calm. The opposition party is crying electoral fraud, while roaming gangs armed with clubs are attacking marchers. The mayor here has called it anarchy. And everyone
... Indian Frigate Sinks Pirate Ship in Gulf of Aden - NEW DELHI, Nov. 19 -- An Indian navy frigate battled with and sank a vessel described as a pirate mother ship in the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest and most lawless shipping lanes, the navy said Wednesday.
... U.N. Council Approves Increase in Congo Peacekeepers - NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -- The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to reinforce a beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Congo, temporarily approving the deployment of more than 3,100 additional peacekeepers to help protect hundreds of thousands of civilians.
... Blast Kills 1, Wounds 23 at Thai Prime Minister's Office - BANGKOK, Nov. 20 -- An explosion at an anti-government protest site in central Bangkok early Thursday killed one person and wounded 23 others, prompting a leader of the demonstration to call for a mass rally against the government on Sunday.
... Bolivian President Evo Morales Visits Washington, Talks of Fresh Start With U.S. Under Obama - Evo Morales, the charismatic but controversial president of Bolivia, this week came to Washington for the first time, saying he hoped for a fresh start with President-elect Barack Obama while defiantly reiterating the policies that have led to the near-collapse of his relations with the Bush admi
... In Japan, Killer May Be Hunting Officials Associated With Pension Debacle - TOKYO, Nov. 19 -- Bureaucrats here have infuriated the Japanese public by losing millions of government pension records. This week, someone with a knife and a willingness to kill appears to be hunting them down.
... Taxi Drivers Strike in China - BEIJING, Nov. 19 -- Civil unrest stemming from economic concerns flared in southwestern China on Wednesday as several hundred taxi drivers in Chongqing went on strike over a government plan to put more cabs on their district's roads. The protest took place two days after rioting erupted in the
... United Nations Report Says Destroyed Syrian Facility Looked Like Nuclear Reactor - The first independent investigation of the suspected nuclear site in Syria that Israel destroyed last year has bolstered U.S. claims that Damascus was building a secret nuclear reactor, according to a U.N. report that also confirmed the discovery of traces of uranium amid the ruins.
... Suspected U.S. Airstrike in Pakistan Kills Six Fighters - KABUL, Nov. 19 -- A suspected U.S. airstrike deep inside Pakistani territory Wednesday killed six insurgent fighters and wounded several others, according to a Pakistani security official.
... Poland to Await Obama Decision on Placing Missile Defense System in Europe - Poland's foreign minister said yesterday that his country will wait for the Obama administration to make up its mind on basing missile defense interceptors in his country and will not lobby to have the project proceed.
... Report Faults U.S., Saying Its International Aid Isn't Always Apolitical - UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19 -- The United States, the world's largest international aid donor, is among the worst at promoting the independence, impartiality and neutrality of humanitarian aid deliveries to needy populations, according to a survey by a Madrid-based nonprofit group that monitors donors'
... Al-Qaeda Leader Uses Slur Against Obama in Web Video - BERLIN, Nov. 19 -- Al-Qaeda delivered a harsh, personal message to President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday, tagging him with a racial slur in an attempt to undercut his political appeal in parts of the world where the network has recently tried to expand.
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