http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world/ The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:21:05 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/ 15 President Barack Obama announces a $50bn infrastructure plan as part of efforts to jump-start the faltering US economy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11203656 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11203656 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:15:40 GMT South African trade unions suspend a nationwide strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11205314 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11205314 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:14:38 GMT France faces disruption in a strike over pension reform on Tuesday, when MPs will also debate a ban on full face veils and a new security bill. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11204528 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11204528 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:44:05 GMT A study suggests climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, challenging widely held assumptions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11204686 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11204686 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:47:23 GMT Hundreds of thousands of people flee towns and villages threatened by fresh floods in Pakistan's deluged southern Sindh province. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11201618 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11201618 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:57:36 GMT Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11191105 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11191105 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:28:08 GMT The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has hindered its investigations by repeatedly objecting to its choice of inspectors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11209054 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11209054 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:56:31 GMT Teams in Guatemala resume rescue work following devasting mudslides which have killed at least 44 people. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11208807 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11208807 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:32:10 GMT France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11203939 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11203939 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:39:34 GMT Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11204669 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11204669 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:30:31 GMT Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-11201699 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11201699 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:18:12 GMT Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the "Lizard King", is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11203270 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11203270 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:29:36 GMT A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11196709 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11196709 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:11:05 GMT The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/11190710 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11190710 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:10 GMT Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11189584 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11189584 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:02:43 GMT Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11194984 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11194984 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:15:19 GMT Police in El Salvador find a barrel containing more than $9m of suspected drug money, with more cash in a second barrel nearby. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11193687 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11193687 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:36:20 GMT A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-sussex-11200507 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11200507 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:31:23 GMT Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is allowed to appeal against his 15-year jail sentence. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11202986 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11202986 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:56:11 GMT A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11197020 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11197020 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:54:39 GMT North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11197917 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11197917 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:57:44 GMT The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11197409 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11197409 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:48:02 GMT Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11194117 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11194117 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:16:34 GMT Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11200278 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11200278 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:11:59 GMT Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman vows his party will block any attempt to extend the partial freeze on settlements in the West Bank. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11199709 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11199709 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:19:57 GMT Nearly 20 people die as a suicide bomber rams an explosives laden pickup truck into a police station in north-west Pakistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11195797 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11195797 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:02:58 GMT The body of a prominent Afghan broadcast journalist is found near his home in the capital, Kabul, police say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11204165 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11204165 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:56:48 GMT Labour MPs demand the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking by News of the World reporters is reopened, at an urgent Commons session. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11204281 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11204281 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:47:25 GMT A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-11199226 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11199226 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:02 GMT British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11196410 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11196410 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:01:59 GMT Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11198297 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11198297 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:19:46 GMT China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11200188 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11200188 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:55:25 GMT Robin Soderling is in action at the US Open ahead of a night session that includes Roger Federer, after Caroline Wozniacki earlier saw off Maria Sharapova. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/tennis/8974018.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8974018.stm Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:59:21 GMT England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/football/8969808.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8969808.stm Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:09:40 GMT Tiger Woods will find out on Tuesday if he has made the United States Ryder Cup team to play Europe at Celtic Manor. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/golf/8974177.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8974177.stm Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:44:43 GMT Charles Saatchi's plan to donate his gallery to the British public hits a stumbling block after talks with Arts Council England break down. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11205457 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11205457 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:18:10 GMT George Clooney's The American is top film at the North American box office over a lacklustre Labour Day weekend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11201624 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11201624 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:45:39 GMT American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-11204675 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11204675 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:04:05 GMT The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11200235 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11200235 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:31:14 GMT Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11195902 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11195902 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:28:48 GMT The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11206718 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11206718 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:24:23 GMT The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11205762 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11205762 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:55:50 GMT President Obama has announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on a huge infrastructure project to create jobs and boost confidence in the American economy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11208888 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11208888 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:12:58 GMT They put their right feet in, they put their right feet out and broke the world Hokey Cokey record. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-11202719 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11202719 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:15:59 GMT Emergency services in Guatemala say up to 100 people are feared to have been buried by landslides on the main highway linking it with Mexico. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11195167 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11195167 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:47:01 GMT The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-11191126 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11191126 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:54:48 GMT Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/10462520 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10462520 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:56:06 GMT Roma angry and disillusioned after being thrown out of France http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11205023 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11205023 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:11:06 GMT What does Mad Men tell us about this most mythologised decade? http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-11200259 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11200259 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:35:37 GMT The secrets behind some of the UK’s newest inventions http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11180146 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11180146 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:23:00 GMT US Muslims are free but that's not enough, argues Michael Goldfarb http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-11200987 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11200987 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:20:39 GMT Case of condemned female 'adulterer' creating problems abroad for Iran http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11208458 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11208458 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:55:08 GMT How the BBC learned that Eta was calling a ceasefire http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-11195595 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11195595 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:57:31 GMT Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/10581574 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10581574 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:07:42 GMT