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News and Media RSS FeedsThai demonstrators leave airports - Thai anti-government protesters hand over Bangkok's main airports to the authorities after an eight-day blockade....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk Republican wins key Senate race - US Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss wins re-election in Georgia, dashing the Democrats' hopes of a "super-majority".... US carmakers publish rescue plans - US carmakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler present their new cost-cutting plans to Congress.... Rice visits India to ease tension - The US secretary of state is in India hoping to ease tensions between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks.... Cluster bomb treaty to be signed - The first of more than 100 countries are due to sign a treaty that will ban the use and stockpiling of cluster bombs.... Nato 'to resume ties with Russia' - Nato agrees to a "graduated re-engagement" with Moscow,four months after talks were frozen over Russia's war with Georgia.... Chavez plans February referendum - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez says he expects a fresh referendum in February on a move allowing him to stand for re-election.... Bid to scrap Polanski sex charge - Lawyers for the director, Roman Polanski, ask a US court to dismiss a 30-year-old charge of unlawful sex with a minor.... Ant invader knocks on UK's door - A recently identified ant which wipes out native species is finding new homes in northern Europe.... British doctor performs amputation in DR Congo by text - A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo performs a life-saving amputation using text message instructions from a colleague.... NFL star Burress faces gun charge - after shooting himself in leg - An American footballer who scored the Super Bowl's winning touchdown faces criminal charges for shooting himself in the leg.... England stars ready to shun tour - At least five England players have told former Test bowler Dominic Cork they will not go back to India for the Test series after the Mumbai terror attacks.
... Burnley 2-0 Arsenal - A brace from midfielder Kevin McDonald sends Championship Burnley into the semi-finals of the Carling Cup.... Send your video, pictures and story ideas - Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.... 'Stain on America' - Prosecutor tells BBC why he had to quit Guantanamo... Pirate ransom - How to deliver bags of cash to modern-day buccaneers... Turnover - Who will fill the new political vacancies in the US?... 'Too much to take' - Harare diarist tells of no water, no cash and army riot... Intel questions - Attacks in Mumbai highlight Indian security failings ... Day in pictures - The most striking images from around the world... Zimbabwe cholera deaths near 500 - A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 484 people between August and the end of November, the UN says.... Chavez opponent faces charges - Prosecutors in Venezuela charge one of the country's main opposition leaders, Manuel Rosales, with corruption.... Chinese dairy exports in decline - China's dairy exports have all but ground to a halt following the scandal earlier this year when milk was tainted with melamine.... Many hurt in Spanish 'gas blast' - At least 25 people are injured in a suspected gas explosion near the Spanish city of Barcelona, officials say.... Israel buries Mumbai attack dead - Thousands of people attend funerals in Israel for Jewish and Israeli victims of the Mumbai attacks.... Dhaka exams row sparks violence - More than a dozen protesters angry at being "dropped" from the civil service are detained in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.... Queen to outline Brown's agenda - Crime and finance measures are set to feature in the Queen's Speech as the government outlines bills for the next year.... BA exploring merger with Qantas - British Airways announces that it is discussing a potential merger with the Australian flag-carrier Qantas Airways.... NHS pays to rectify cosmetic ops - The NHS is having to pick up the tab for cosmetic surgery performed abroad that has gone wrong, doctors say.... Harbour seals' decline 'alarming' - Marine biologists are baffled by a dramatic decline in numbers of harbour - or common - seals from UK shores.... Boy George decides not to testify - Boy George chooses not to give evidence in his defence at his trial for imprisoning a male escort.... Facebook rolls out site browser - Social site Facebook has rolled out a system that lets members use other sites via the social networking portal.... U.N. Addresses Congo Conflict by Helping Hutus Return to Rwanda - NYABIONDO, Congo -- The couple had spent three hard years in a militia camp deep in the forests around this eastern Congolese village when they finally decided to escape.
... Thai Government Collapses After Court Ousts Premier, Giving Demonstrators a Partial Victory - BANGKOK, Dec. 2 -- Thailand's government collapsed Tuesday after the nation's Constitutional Court banned the prime minister from politics and dissolved three parties in his ruling coalition, delivering a partial victory to opponents, whose protests have paralyzed the country's airports and raised
... South Korean Activists Opposed to Inciting the North Brawl With Group Launching Anti-Kim Leaflets - PAJU, South Korea, Dec. 2 -- Park Sang Hak, a North Korean defector, launches balloons bound for his homeland. They carry leaflets accusing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il of being a drinker of pricey wine, a seducer of other men's wives, a murderer, a slaveholder, a dictator and "the devil."
... A Lifeline Abroad for Iraqi Children - BAGHDAD -- A couple of months after Capt. Jonathan Heavey, a Walter Reed Army Medical Center physician, arrived in Baghdad, an Iraqi doctor handed him the medical file of a 2-year-old boy with a life-threatening heart ailment. The doctor said the boy couldn't get the care he needed in Iraq.
... Group's Leader Recalls Days of Terror - FABER, Va., Dec. 2 -- It is easy to appreciate the peaceful quietude that drew Alan Scherr and his wife, Kia, to settle in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains at the Synchronicity Foundation 11 years ago. It is a place where cellphone service disappears and where one can follow gravel
... Indian Investigators Reveal Details Culled From Arrested Gunman - MUMBAI, Dec. 2 -- Of the 10 gunmen who carried out the attacks in Mumbai last week, only one, Azam Amir Kasab, was captured by the police. Shown in a grainy video clip with an assault rifle in hand as he tiptoed through a train station, he has become the face of the three-day assault that brought
... Pakistan Offers to Join With India in Investigating Mumbai Massacre - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 2 -- Pakistan on Tuesday offered to set up a joint inquiry into last week's terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai and said it would cooperate with India as it investigates the three-day siege of the country's financial capital.
... 6 Chinese Infants Died in Milk Crisis - BEIJING, Dec. 2 -- China's Health Ministry has sharply increased the official toll of deaths linked to tainted milk formula, belatedly acknowledging the scale of the country's latest food safety scare as affected families continue to complain that the government is not doing enough for the sick.
... U.S. Hopes to Quiet Indian-Pakistani Tensions - Senior U.S. officials converged on South Asia yesterday, hoping to persuade India and Pakistan to lower the tensions between them after the Mumbai attacks, and to avoid an escalation that could jeopardize U.S. war efforts in neighboring Afghanistan.
... Bombings Kill at Least 15 Across Iraq; Chemical Ali Gets Second Death Sentence - BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 -- A series of bombings in northern and southern Iraq on Tuesday killed at least 15 Iraqis and injured dozens, while Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as "Chemical Ali," was sentenced to death for his role in crushing a Shiite revolt in 1991, after the Persian Gu
... India Demands Pakistan Hand Over Fugitives - MUMBAI, Dec. 2 -- India has demanded that Pakistan hand over 20 men wanted under Indian law to show the country is serious about closer cooperation on security issues in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks here last week.
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