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News and Media RSS FeedsNo agreement for US car bail-out - US carmakers are given a deadline to produce a viable recovery plan if they want a $25bn government bail-out....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk UN agrees DR Congo troop increase - The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country.... Madonna and Ritchie begin divorce - Singer Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are to be divorced in London on Friday, High Court lists show.... 'Experts' lead Saudi tanker talks - Talks between Somali pirates and owners of a Saudi tanker are being conducted by specialists, shipping sources tell the BBC.... US judge orders Algerians freed - Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge rules.... US convicts Syrian arms dealer - A Syrian-born arms dealer is convicted by a US court of conspiring to sell weapons to left-wing Colombian rebels.... US warned of China 'cyber-spying' - China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned.... S Africa to cut aid to Zimbabwe - South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place.... Security draws Iraqi doctors home - Improved security in Iraq has led to 800 doctors returning so far this year, a senior health ministry official says.... Riddle of the Czech beauty without a belly button - Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?... Anti-mafia film 'arrives early' in the town it depicts - Pirate copies of the anti-mafia film Gomorra go on sale in the heartland of the Naples Camorra clan it depicts.... Pietersen wants more from batsmen - Captain Kevin Pietersen wants England to score more hundreds after India's Duckworth-Lewis win in the third one-dayer. ... Tendulkar back in India ODI squad - India recall star batsman Sachin Tendulkar to their one day side for the remaining four matches against England.... Send your video, pictures and story ideas - Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.... Home from home - International Space Station marks its tenth anniversary... 'Tinderbox' region - The struggle for peace in Rwanda and DR Congo... Day in pictures - The most striking images from around the world... Thinking allowed - Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt... Yugo gone - Serbia's iconic car finally runs off the road... Despair and anger - Gazans report worst ever living conditions ... Somalia 'to become pirate magnet' - Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said.... Recession fears hit Wall Street - Wall Street shares fall steeply for the second day in a row, amid investors' growing fears of a protracted economic downturn.... China fears grow over job losses - Beijing says its employment outlook is "grim", amid concerns of increasing social unrest caused by economic problems.... French Socialists vote for leader - France's opposition Socialists are voting for a new leader, amid bitter infighting and deep divisions in the party.... Arab plan explained in Hebrew ads - The Palestinian Authority has placed a full-page advert in Israel's Hebrew newspapers to promote an Arab peace plan.... India praised for sinking pirates - An anti-piracy group welcomes an Indian navy warship's destruction of a suspected Somali pirate vessel in the Gulf of Aden.... RBS boss apologises over losses - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman, Sir Tom McKillop, says he is "profoundly sorry" for the bank's financial difficulties.... Oil price goes below $50 a barrel - Oil prices have fallen below $50 a barrel amid growing fears over a global recession and lower demand for oil.... Over-the-counter Viagra bid ends - The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application for the medicine to be available without a prescription.... Mammoth's genome pieced together - A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.... Bon Jovi to headline Live Earth - Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Bon Jovi are among the stars announced for this year's Live Earth concert, to be held in India.... UK 'ahead in digital TV uptake' - Digital television is spreading faster in Britain than in France, Canada, the US, Germany and Japan, according to research.... Democracy in Nicaragua In Peril, Ortega Critics Say - MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The U.S. Embassy has been accused of counterrevolutionary subversion. A nervous Catholic Church is appealing for calm. The opposition party is crying electoral fraud, while roaming gangs armed with clubs are attacking marchers. The mayor here has called it anarchy. And everyone
... Indian Frigate Sinks Pirate Ship in Gulf of Aden - NEW DELHI, Nov. 19 -- An Indian navy frigate battled with and sank a vessel described as a pirate mother ship in the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest and most lawless shipping lanes, the navy said Wednesday.
... Juror Challenges Closed Door Trial in Journalist's Murder Case - MOSCOW, Nov. 20 -- The trial of three men accused of helping to organize the murder of one of Russia's most prominent investigative reporters, Anna Politkovskaya, took a surprise turn Thursday as a juror publicly challenged the court's decision to hold the proceedings behind closed doors.
... CIA Misled Congress, Justice Dept. Over 2001 Incident, Probe Finds - The CIA repeatedly misled Congress and the Justice Department in their investigations of the 2001 shoot-down of a Peruvian plane carrying U.S. missionaries, according to findings of an internal CIA probe released today by congressional officials.
... Federal Judge Orders Release of 5 Guantanamo Detainees - For the first time, a federal judge today ordered the release of alleged enemy combatants from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that the government had provided insufficient evidence to continue their detentions.
... Protest-Hit China Says Job Stability Top Priority - BEIJING, Nov. 20 -- A top Chinese official on Thursday described the country's employment outlook as "grim," and said he will expedite a new system to mediate employment disputes as China seeks to head off social unrest amid a weakening economy.
... U.N. Council Approves Increase in Congo Peacekeepers - NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -- The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to reinforce a beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Congo, temporarily approving the deployment of more than 3,100 additional peacekeepers to help protect hundreds of thousands of civilians.
... Blast Kills 1, Wounds 23 at Thai Prime Minister's Office - BANGKOK, Nov. 20 -- An explosion at an anti-government protest site in central Bangkok early Thursday killed one person and wounded 23 others, prompting a leader of the demonstration to call for a mass rally against the government on Sunday.
... In Japan, Killer May Be Hunting Officials Associated With Pension Debacle - TOKYO, Nov. 19 -- Bureaucrats here have infuriated the Japanese public by losing millions of government pension records. This week, someone with a knife and a willingness to kill appears to be hunting them down.
... Taxi Drivers Strike in China - BEIJING, Nov. 19 -- Civil unrest stemming from economic concerns flared in southwestern China on Wednesday as several hundred taxi drivers in Chongqing went on strike over a government plan to put more cabs on their district's roads. The protest took place two days after rioting erupted in the
... United Nations Report Says Destroyed Syrian Facility Looked Like Nuclear Reactor - The first independent investigation of the suspected nuclear site in Syria that Israel destroyed last year has bolstered U.S. claims that Damascus was building a secret nuclear reactor, according to a U.N. report that also confirmed the discovery of traces of uranium amid the ruins.
... Suspected U.S. Airstrike in Pakistan Kills Six Fighters - KABUL, Nov. 19 -- A suspected U.S. airstrike deep inside Pakistani territory Wednesday killed six insurgent fighters and wounded several others, according to a Pakistani security official.
... Poland to Await Obama Decision on Placing Missile Defense System in Europe - Poland's foreign minister said yesterday that his country will wait for the Obama administration to make up its mind on basing missile defense interceptors in his country and will not lobby to have the project proceed.
... Report Faults U.S., Saying Its International Aid Isn't Always Apolitical - UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19 -- The United States, the world's largest international aid donor, is among the worst at promoting the independence, impartiality and neutrality of humanitarian aid deliveries to needy populations, according to a survey by a Madrid-based nonprofit group that monitors donors'
... Bolivian President Evo Morales Visits Washington, Talks of Fresh Start With U.S. Under Obama - Evo Morales, the charismatic but controversial president of Bolivia, this week came to Washington for the first time, saying he hoped for a fresh start with President-elect Barack Obama while defiantly reiterating the policies that have led to the near-collapse of his relations with the Bush admi
... Al-Qaeda Leader Uses Slur Against Obama in Web Video - BERLIN, Nov. 19 -- Al-Qaeda delivered a harsh, personal message to President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday, tagging him with a racial slur in an attempt to undercut his political appeal in parts of the world where the network has recently tried to expand.
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