Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:25 GMT
US carmakers are given a deadline to produce a viable recovery plan if they want a $25bn government bail-out.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:04:08 GMT
Argentina's Senate approves a bill to nationalise private pension schemes, a measure that has provoked controversy.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:53:35 GMT
France's opposition Socialists face a run-off vote for a new leader, after a first ballot failed to produce a winner.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:12:01 GMT
Guy Ritchie tells a newspaper that discussion over the terms of his divorce from Madonna "was never, ever about money".
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:23:03 GMT
The families of US victims of the Lockerbie Pan Am bombing say they have received full compensation from Libya.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:49:19 GMT
The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:18:38 GMT
Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge rules.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:33:23 GMT
A Syrian-born arms dealer is convicted by a US court of conspiring to sell weapons to left-wing Colombian rebels.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:56:51 GMT
Brazilian police are investigating more than 1,200 women suspected of having had illegal abortions at the same clinic.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:32:08 GMT
Polish researchers say they have solved an ancient mystery and identified the remains of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:13:58 GMT
Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:23:54 GMT
Arsenal captain William Gallas admits his side must toughen up if they are to challenge for the Premier League title.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:24:49 GMT
Jonny Wilkinson's mentor Steve Black believes the England fly-half can defy his injuries and play until he is 40.
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:27:28 GMT
Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:28:12 GMT
What is missing from this supermodel's body?
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:00:32 GMT
The struggle for peace in Rwanda and DR Congo
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:49:46 GMT
International Space Station marks its tenth anniversary
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:31:04 GMT
The most striking images from around the world
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:25:29 GMT
Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:22:06 GMT
Gazans report worst ever living conditions
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:13 GMT
South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:54:29 GMT
China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:45:07 GMT
Beijing says its employment outlook is "grim", amid concerns of increasing social unrest caused by economic problems.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:56:23 GMT
Thieves have stolen the remains of a billionaire who died in 2006 from his vault in southern Austria, police say.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:59:42 GMT
The Palestinian Authority has placed a full-page advert in Israel's Hebrew newspapers to promote an Arab peace plan.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:46:21 GMT
An anti-piracy group welcomes an Indian navy warship's destruction of a suspected Somali pirate vessel in the Gulf of Aden.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:02:34 GMT
Ministers should rethink plans to force lone parents, disabled people and long term jobless into work, a government advisor says.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:25:24 GMT
Wall Street shares fall steeply for the second day in a row, amid investors' growing fears of a protracted economic downturn.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:38:53 GMT
The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application for the medicine to be available without a prescription.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:07:07 GMT
An otter has survived a "perilous" three-mile sea crossing to the Farne Islands for the first time, the National Trust says.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:48:00 GMT
Singer Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are to begin their divorce at the High Court in London on Friday, according to court lists.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:59:19 GMT
Digital television is spreading faster in Britain than in France, Canada, the US, Germany and Japan, according to research.
