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News and Media RSS FeedsUS presses Pakistan over Mumbai - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Pakistan must "co-operate fully" to bring Mumbai's attackers to justice....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk Richardson gets US commerce nod - US President-elect Barack Obama names New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to be his commerce secretary.... Zimbabwe 'asks for cholera help' - Zimbabwe's government has asked for urgent help to tackle its cholera outbreak, the World Health Organisation says.... Nations sign cluster bomb treaty - The first of more than 100 countries begin signing a treaty which will ban current designs of cluster bombs.... Conjoined twin dies in UK hospital - One of the conjoined twins separated at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital has died, the hospital says.... Nato defers on Georgia, Ukraine - Nato reiterates Ukraine and Georgia will eventually join the bloc, but does not offer them formal roadmaps.... US auto union makes key concessions - The United Auto Workers union pledges key concessions in order to help the Detroit Three carmakers secure government aid.... Swayze denies 'deathbed' rumours - Actor Patrick Swayze quashes speculation that he is close to death, calling tabloid reports "lies and false information".... Noisy oceans 'threaten sea life' - Increasing noise pollution in the world's oceans is threatening the survival of whales and dolphins, a UN-backed conference says.... Salzburg says 'So long, farewell' to plan for Sound of Music family's home to become hotel - The Austrian city of Salzburg block plans to turn the former mansion of the von Trapp family, made famous by The Sound of Music, into a hotel.... 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.... England set to resume India tour - England's cricketers will fly to Abu Dhabi on Thursday ahead of resuming their tour of India - if happy with security plans.... Man Utd 5-3 Blackburn - Carlos Tevez scores four goals to send Man Utd into the Carling Cup semi-finals at Blackburn's expense.... Send your video, pictures and story ideas - Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.... Pirate ransom - How to deliver bags of cash to modern-day buccaneers... Landmark treaty - BBC looks at key issues surrounding cluster bombs... Organised chaos - How were Thai protesters able to strike at Bangkok?... Day in pictures - Striking images from around the world today... Still simmering - Nato deal papers over deep divisions in the alliance... Beware, Triffids! - Why the enduring love affair with man-eating plants?... Nigeria buys baby poison antidote - Nigeria is flying in an antidote to stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a teething syrup.... Canada head weighs crisis options - Governor General Michaelle Jean cuts short an overseas trip to return to Canada to deal with a growing political crisis. ... Thai demonstrators leave airports - The first flight lands in Bangkok as anti-government protesters end an eight-day blockade of the city's main airports.... Croatia web arrests spark furore - Croatia's PM orders an inquiry following arrests of opposition activists who used the social networking website Facebook.... Lebanon's Aoun in Damascus visit - Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, who fought a "war of liberation" against Syrian troops, meets Syria's president.... French hostage in Kabul released - A French aid worker who was kidnapped in Kabul has been released, according to France's President Nicolas Sarkozy.... Brown unveils mortgage help plan - Many people made redundant will be able to defer part of their mortgage payments for up to two years, Gordon Brown says.... US economy 'weaker in all areas' - The Federal Reserve's Beige Book paints a bleak picture of the US economy, with weaker economic activity across the country.... 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.... New flying reptile species found - A new fossil species of flying reptile - with a wingspan the size of a family car - has been uncovered by scientists.... US folk icon Odetta dies aged 77 - US folk singer Odetta, a civil rights campaigner and major influence on Bob Dylan, dies aged 77.... Firm makes one billionth mouse - Amid claims the computer mouse will soon be history, the world's biggest manufacturer of the device rolls the billionth one off the production line.... 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.
... 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."
... U.K. to Help Homeowners at Risk of Losing Homes - LONDON, Dec. 3 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown threw a lifeline to people in jeopardy of defaulting on their mortgages, saying Wednesday that homeowners who lose their jobs or suffer a sharp loss in income would be allowed to defer mortgage interest payments for up to two years.
... Rice Presses Pakistan to Help in Mumbai Terror Probe - NEW DELHI, Dec. 3 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday strongly urged Pakistan to act with "resolve and urgency" to help catch those responsible for three days of attacks in Mumbai, part of a stepped-up U.S. effort to ease tensions between the two nuclear powers.
... 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 grave
... 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 Gulf
... 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 paralyzed the country's airports and raised fears
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