How can US-China relations be repaired?
08.02.10
Tensions between the US and China have grown after a spate of diplomatic rows. What next for the two nations?
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter faces charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor after an online police sting. Officers come under attack in the village of Garrison, County Fermanagh, the BBC understands. Fifteen people die and nearly 70 are missing after a boat carrying Haitian migrants capsizes in the Caribbean.
US media giant Time Warner announces that it is to completely separate itself from AOL around the end of the year. Indonesian security forces hunting for a suspected al Qaeda-linked militant bomb-maker accused of masterminding last month's suicide attacks against two luxury hotels in Jakarta were locked in a gun battle Friday, according to police.
Life in Israel's southern town a year after Gaza war
South Africa's Bakkies Botha will miss the third Test against the Lions after being banned for two weeks, but Schalk hamburger is still waiting to hear the disciplinary panel's decision. The US government says it does not want to punish Scotland for releasing the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
The refugee crisis behind the conflict in north Yemen Argentina has imposed controls on shipping to the Falklands in a row with the UK. How will it affect ties? A ski centre sets the record for the largest number of kilted skiers and snowboarders on a slope at the same time.
Israeli police close an investigation into an apparent attack by Jewish settlers on Palestinian shepherds. Malaysian PM Najib Razak outlines plans to dismantle the decades-old affirmative action programme for ethnic Malays. Despite a heavy police presence in and around Tehran, demonstrators took to the streets on Monday to sprzeciw Iran's regime as the country marked a key national anniversary.
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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 balanga to challenge polls
08.03.10
Jim Muir reports on the new Kurdish impra 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 media say.
RSSbanda 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 dział - 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 publikatory 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 party says it will challenge the poll result that has seen President Faure Gnassingbe re-elected.
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