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.
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.
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".
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:32:25 GMT
Talks between Somali pirates and owners of a Saudi tanker are being conducted by specialists, shipping sources tell the BBC.
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.
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 19:03:13 GMT
South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place.
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 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 19:44:47 GMT
Pirate copies of the anti-mafia film Gomorra go on sale in the heartland of the Naples Camorra clan it depicts.
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 17:33:19 GMT
Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said.
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 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 18:28:17 GMT
France's opposition Socialists are voting for a new leader, amid bitter infighting and deep divisions in the party.
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.
Oil prices fall below $50 a barrel amid growing fears over a global recession and lower demand for oil.
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.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:34:56 GMT
A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.
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.
