http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/default.stmGet the latest BBC World News: international news, features and analysis from Africa, Americas, South Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.en-gbThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:59:27 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reusehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/15http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/default.stmUS Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8561998.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8561998.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:17:19 GMTMiddle EastGreek public and transport services grind to a halt and clashes break out during a third strike over austerity measures. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8561311.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8561311.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:48:09 GMTEuropeMexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8560731.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8560731.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:39:49 GMTBusinessSurvivors of violence in central Nigeria on Sunday have been telling the BBC what happened. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8561748.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8561748.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 11:19:17 GMTAfricaChilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera will be sworn in as president, with a major post-earthquake rebuilding effort ahead of him. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8561340.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8561340.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 08:31:16 GMTAmericasAfghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8561395.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8561395.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:07:06 GMTSouth AsiaBrazil's President Lula is criticised for comments that appear to compare Cuban dissidents on hunger strike to common criminals. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8561718.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8561718.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 10:42:48 GMTAmericasUkrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8561531.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8561531.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:52:48 GMTEuropeJapan opens an airport in Ibaraki offering just one flight a day, sparking criticism over wasteful spending. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8561375.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8561375.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 06:50:31 GMTAsia-PacificBank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house and confiscated her parrot. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8561707.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8561707.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 10:06:20 GMTAmericasAn Israeli supermarket chain uses spoof surveillance footage, parodying that of the alleged assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai, in a TV advert.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8561247.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8561247.stmWed, 10 Mar 2010 22:05:38 GMTMiddle EastDavid Beckham hails Wayne Rooney as one of the world's best players after he fires Man Utd into the Champions League quarter-finals.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8561285.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8561285.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 07:21:02 GMTMan UtdEngland's men take on Germany in the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup, having reached the last four for the first time since 1986.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/other_sports/hockey/8561855.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/hockey/8561855.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:11:11 GMTHockeyBeijing's silent invasion of electric bicycleshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8538221.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8538221.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 00:18:24 GMTAsia-PacificA look at Mexican Carlos Slim - the world's richest manhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8560812.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8560812.stmWed, 10 Mar 2010 22:17:18 GMTBusinessChallenges ahead for new president in quake-hit Chilehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8559724.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8559724.stmWed, 10 Mar 2010 15:09:46 GMTAmericas'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gunhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/2010/03/armed_and_ready_to_shop.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/2010/03/armed_and_ready_to_shop.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 02:06:59 GMTAmericasWill review of UN climate change body be unbiased?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:36:28 GMTPoliticsWhy the UK fears politics and force are out of synchhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8560826.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8560826.stmWed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:19 GMTPoliticsAn opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8561732.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8561732.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:44 GMTAfricaFormer rebels in DR Congo, now in the army, are running mafia-style extortion rackets in mines, campaigners say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8561330.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8561330.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:32 GMTAfricaOil giant BP announces a $7bn (£4.7bn) deal that will allow it to begin exploring for oil off the coast of Brazil.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8561427.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8561427.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:59 GMTBusinessBarack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's President, Rene Preval.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8560909.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8560909.stmWed, 10 Mar 2010 20:17:14 GMTAmericasBurma's election laws provoke widespread condemnation, as Aung San Suu Kyi's 1990 poll win is formally annulled. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8561354.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8561354.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 11:47:37 GMTAsia-PacificJapan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8561751.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8561751.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 10:46:45 GMTAsia-PacificEx-Bosnian President Ejup Ganic, who faces war crimes allegations, has been given bail by London's High Court.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8562009.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8562009.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:24:24 GMTUKEU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8560896.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8560896.stmWed, 10 Mar 2010 20:57:43 GMTScience & EnvironmentHamas release a British journalist, Paul Martin, accused of spying and jailed for a month in the Gaza Strip, British officials say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8561705.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8561705.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 11:40:12 GMTMiddle EastEgypt's top Muslim cleric, Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/8559397.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8559397.stmWed, 10 Mar 2010 10:34:06 GMTMiddle EastDrug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to 40% of recruits testing positive in some areas, a US report says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8561529.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8561529.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 10:36:04 GMTSouth AsiaThe Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8561423.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8561423.stmThu, 11 Mar 2010 11:38:43 GMTUKJim Muir reports on the new Kurdish party that has emerged in northern Iraq to mount a challenge in the third general election since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8553321.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8553321.stmSat, 06 Mar 2010 12:48:38 GMTFrom Our Own CorrespondentAndrew Harding reports from Harare on the uneasy mood among the white population and the MDC party as President Robert Mugabe says he's ready for another term.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8551616.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8551616.stmSat, 06 Mar 2010 12:11:35 GMTFrom Our Own CorrespondentJoe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/haveyoursay/2010/03/can_the_us_vicepresident_broke.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/haveyoursay/2010/03/can_the_us_vicepresident_broke.htmlTue, 09 Mar 2010 12:24:35 GMTMiddle East