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 02:23:03 GMT
The families of US victims of the Lockerbie Pan Am bombing say they have received full compensation from Libya.
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 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 18:54:29 GMT
China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned.
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 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 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 12:48:33 GMT
The man who shot to fame in the US presidential election as "Joe the Plumber" signs a book deal.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:08:13 GMT
The Pentagon is embroiled in a row after releasing a digitally altered photo of a woman general.
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:47:01 GMT
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, asks if any European countries are likely to produce their own Obamas.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:00:38 GMT
Former Brazil striker Ronaldo admits he could retire, despite fighting back from a serious knee injury.
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:10:23 GMT
New Argentina boss Diego Maradona will not lose any sleep if Terry Butcher refuses to shake his hand at Hampden.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:36:01 GMT
Panama extradites a Colombian suspected of running the country's biggest pyramid finance scheme.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:53:36 GMT
US environmentalists accuse President Bush of trying to rush through changes to the Endangered Species Act.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:27:09 GMT
A US woman goes on trial accused of using a fake online personality to bully a 13-year-old girl who later killed herself.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:58:30 GMT
Ten Brazilian government and airline officials are blamed for the country's worst air crash, in an official report.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:17:52 GMT
US computer maker Dell sees its quarterly profits fall as customers around the world buy fewer computers.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:20:00 GMT
UK utility National Grid reports a 4% rise in half-year profit and gave a positive forecast.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:27:12 GMT
Microsoft's boss tells the firm's annual general meeting that it is no longer looking to buy Yahoo.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:18:46 GMT
Troubles of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler hit Detroit
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:18 GMT
Colombia scam victim tells how she was taken in
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:46:31 GMT
How navigation systems track and treat traffic jams
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:03:51 GMT
Nebraska's safe haven law reveals families in trouble
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:18:49 GMT
China's trade ties with Latin America are on the rise
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:27:56 GMT
Some carmakers struggle while others grow
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:06:09 GMT
Why US shops are running short of kosher meat
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:53:27 GMT
Venezuelan teachers give tips to UK colleagues
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:22:12 GMT
Peru hitches its wagon to China's economic motor
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:20:56 GMT
Team helps improve sanitation for Peru schoolchildren
