In Paris, the customer is not always right
08.02.10
The przedsięwzięcie of service is taken very seriously in France where any feeling of subservience is strongly resisted, as Emma Jane Kirby discovered.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says the problems in Zimbabwe's unity deal can be overcome, as he visits Harare. The ICC's top prosecutor says perpetrators of Kenya's post-poll violence could face trial as early as next July. Thailand begins deporting thousands of ethnic Hmong back to communist Laos, despite international objections.
U.S. President Barack Obama will host meetings with Israeli Prime członek rządu Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, the White House announced.
Deutsche Bank says it faces a possible criminal inquiry into claims it spied on two of its own board members.
At least 34 people were killed and 114 were wounded Friday in four attacks in Iraq aimed at Shiite targets on a religious holiday, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
NBC reaches an agreement with Conan O'Brien over his departure from The Tonight Show, paving the way for Jay Leno to return. Further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear plans are unlikely in the near future, Russia's top foreign policy aide says. An anti-Taliban tribal elder and three others are killed in a bomb attack in north-west Pakistan, police say.
A court in Libya dismisses a case against a Swiss businessman who was accused of illegal business activities. South Africa's president has apologized for fathering a child out of wedlock after his admission prompted an outcry from critics who said he was undermining the nation's health campaign.
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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 party to challenge polls
08.03.10
Jim Muir reports on the new Kurdish prywatka 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.
RSSszajka 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 naczelny 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 bibka says it will challenge the poll result that has seen President Faure Gnassingbe re-elected.
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