UK government criticises BA strike
2010-03-14 11:29:56
Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it 'totally unjustified'.
Chinese PM rejects yuan criticism
2010-03-14 03:10:52
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rejects criticism that Beijing keeps the yuan undervalued in order to boost exports.
Troops deploy for Colombian polls
2010-03-14 00:10:30
Colombians are set to head to the polls for legislative elections that may indicate how the May presidential election will shape up.
Thousands protest against Italy's PM
2010-03-13 17:15:01
Tens of thousands of Italians stage a protest in central Rome against the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Berlin's children get reprieve from noise police
2010-03-13 10:55:46
Children can now be legally noisy in Berlin, prompting Joanna Robertson to compare childhood rules in several major cities.
Real crash enlivens Nigerian mock rescue
2010-03-13 08:03:57
A Nigerian plane taking part in a simulation exercise for disaster relief operations crashes in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt.
Is US politics nastier than ever?
2010-03-13 06:21:53
As Barack Obama delivers his angriest performance since he was elected, Mark Mardell asks if America is becoming more divided.
Tidy tents and pretty plaits in Haiti
2010-03-13 06:18:28
Huge tented communities have been set up in Haiti and survivors of the earthquake and tremors are making the most of their new life under canvas, which, as the BBC's Christine Finn finds, could be for a long time to come.
Apollo men decry Moon cancellation
2010-03-12 22:34:05
Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is 'catastrophic'.
Clinton rebukes Israel over homes
2010-03-12 17:10:30
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem.
Village of tears
2010-03-12 12:30:39
No end in sight to Nigeria's brutal cycle of violence
Charles Taylor's wife gives birth
2010-03-12 08:46:16
The wife of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor - on trial in The Hague for war crimes - has a baby girl.
On trial
2010-03-12 04:25:52
Legal battle in Israel over Franz Kafka manuscripts
Atheists meet in Melbourne to celebrate lack of faith
2010-03-12 01:33:45
More than 2,000 atheists from around the world meet in Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate their lack of religious belief.
UN critical of Israel over Gaza blockade
2010-03-12 00:06:53
The UN's top humanitarian official strongly criticises Israel's Gaza blockade and its expanding settlements.
Drugs: the Opera - Mexico's plague gets high-brow treatment
2010-03-11 21:34:48
The first Mexican opera to deal directly with the country's drugs conflict stages its premiere in Mexico City.
Russians jailed over race murder
2010-03-11 18:01:41
Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.
Net billionaires
2010-03-11 12:47:43
Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?
Cuba: The smoker's paradise
2010-03-11 09:47:30
In Havana, one of the last bastions of the committed smoker, Matt Frei experiences Cubans' love affair with the cigar.
Parched Cyprus 'at war' with nature
2010-03-11 06:22:16
Water has been rapidly disappearing in Cyprus since the 1970s, yet despite the warnings, Cypriots don't seem to be taking the shortage as seriously as they should.