Iraq to debate poll candidate ban
08.02.10
Shia political parties in Iraq stage demonstrations ahead of an emergency parliamentary debate on next month's elections.
An international manhunt is under way for a New Zealand couple who fled after a bank mistakenly paid them NZ$10 million (US$6 million) when they applied for a loan of just $10,000.
The US will find a way to cope securely with dangerous inmates at Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama has said. President Obama has warned Democrats not to "jam" healthcare reforms through the Senate after the Republicans won a key seat in Massachusetts. What does the defeat mean for Barack Obama? A Hamas commander who was killed in a Dubai hotel room was drugged then suffocated, police say.
Cape Town reopens its beaches after a Zimbabwean man was killed by a great white shark off the South African coast.
Nearly 60% of African people living in Russia's capital Moscow have been the victim of racist attacks, a study says. A pro-government tribal leader and three other people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber rammed his car into their vehicle in northwest Pakistan, authorities said.
A Chinese bulk carrier hijacked by pirates in October was released Sunday off the coast of Somalia, according to European Union Naval Force Somalia.
Police in the Netherlands arrest twin brothers after a boy they are alleged to have mugged said he saw a picture of them on an Internet map service. Didier Drogba scores twice as John Terry ends a difficult week by helping Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 and move back to the top of the prezes rady ministrów League table. A video showing Tamil prisoners-of-war being summarily killed in Sri Lanka is genuine, a starszy UN official concludes.
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What will the Iraq elections achieve?
08.03.10
Polls have closed in the second election since Saddam Hussein's fall. Will this poll bring change?
RSSAdjusting to Swedish life, after Andijan
08.03.10
In May 2005, troops in Andijan, Uzbekistan, opened fire on demonstrators. Uzbek authorities threw out all foreign press - including the BBC's Monica Whitlock. Five years on, she meets survivors leading new lives in Sweden.
RSSNew Kurdish bibka to challenge polls
08.03.10
Jim Muir reports on the new Kurdish party that has emerged in northern Iraq to mount a challenge in Sunday's election.
RSSIndian writer accepts talks role
08.03.10
Indian writer Arundhati Roy says she is ready to be an observer at any government talks with Maoist rebels.
RSSPolice 'closing in' on kidnappers
08.03.10
Police in Pakistan are closing in on the kidnappers of a five-year-old British boy, says the Pakistani Interior Minister.
RSSPM's Iraq evidence 'disingenuous'
08.03.10
Former defence chiefs challenge Gordon Brown's claim at the Iraq inquiry that no military request for equipment was turned down.
RSSSurgery on Mubarak 'successful'
08.03.10
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak undergoes successful surgery at a German clinic for an inflamed gall bladder, state czwarta władza say.
RSSgrupa przestępcza robs Berlin poker tournament
08.03.10
Armed robbers storm a luxury Berlin hotel hosting a poker tournament, reportedly stealing the $1.1m jackpot.
RSSEU considers general carbon tax
08.03.10
The European Commission plans an EU-wide tax on carbon as part of the EU's green energy agenda - but the UK opposes such a move.
RSSAustralia charge over boy's death
08.03.10
Police in Australia charge a man with manslaughter over the death of a three-year-old Indian boy, Australian media report.
RSSPhilippine troops kill 'rebels'
08.03.10
Philippine troops kill at least seven militants from the Abu Sayyaf group in a raid on their hideout, officials say.
RSSRove regrets weak defence of Bush
08.03.10
Strategist Karl Rove says he regrets not doing more to reject claims his pryncypał President George W Bush lied about WMDs in Iraq.
RSSUN chief visits Chile quake city
08.03.10
UN chief Ban Ki-moon visits a Chilean city badly hit by the earthquake as doctors warn that debris poses a health risk.
RSSGeldof challenges BBC aid claim
08.03.10
Bob Geldof challenges the BBC to substantiate its report that millions raised for Ethiopia aid paid for arms.
RSSTogo opposition snubs poll result
08.03.10
Togo's main opposition party says it will challenge the poll result that has seen President Faure Gnassingbe re-elected.
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