BBC World
Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks
South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe to meet President Robert Mugabe and leaders of a breakaway opposition faction.
5 Jul 2008 at 12:49pm
Iran nuclear position 'unchanged'
Iran says its stance on its nuclear programme is "not changed", hinting it is not ready to compromise over an EU offer.
5 Jul 2008 at 6:26am
Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin
A man is arrested after tearing the head off an Adolf Hitler figure, as a new Madame Tussauds branch opens in Berlin.
5 Jul 2008 at 11:04am
'Many killed' in Syrian jail riot
Violent clashes between guards and inmates at a Syrian jail have resulted in many deaths, a human rights group says.
5 Jul 2008 at 8:43am
Mongolia lifts emergency rule
Mongolian officials lift a state of emergency imposed after last week's deadly riots over alleged electoral fraud.
5 Jul 2008 at 12:43pm
Turkish women attack clothing law
A group of Turkish women protest after a woman is convicted of exhibitionism for wearing "improper clothing".
5 Jul 2008 at 9:29am
Film of Zimbabwe 'vote-rigging'
New evidence of vote-rigging in Zimbabwe's presidential election emerges in a secret film by a prison guard.
4 Jul 2008 at 11:59pm
Betancourt's medical 'reassuring'
Initial results of medical tests on Ingrid Betancourt following her six years as a hostage of Colombian rebels are "reassuring," her sister says.
5 Jul 2008 at 12:28pm
China to close plants over Games
Factories in Tianjin near Beijing are ordered to close in an attempt to improve air quality a month before the Olympic Games.
5 Jul 2008 at 9:18am
Abba quartet reunites for Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia film
Abba quartet reunites for Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia film
5 Jul 2008 at 9:07am
Valverde triumphs in Tour opener
Spain's Alejandro Valverde wins the first stage of the Tour de France to claim the coveted yellow jersey.
5 Jul 2008 at 10:26am
Venus triumphs in Wimbledon final
Venus Williams captures her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final.
5 Jul 2008 at 10:02am
Flip-flop guide
How Barack Obama and John McCain have changed tack
5 Jul 2008 at 8:14am
Kidnap ordeal
Colombia's pain over those still held hostage
5 Jul 2008 at 6:38am
Poppy trap
The Afghan farmers caught in a struggle for survival
5 Jul 2008 at 6:07am
Guardian Unlimited World
Iran to maintain nuclear programme
Iran said today that its nuclear programme remained unchanged, indicating that it would reject European Union incentives to stop enriching uranium
by Haroon Siddique
5 Jul 2008 at 9:03am
China picture special: Faces in a billion
From struggling peasants, yak farmers and factory workers to night-club dancers, this is how China looks as it readies itself for the Olympic Games. Jonathan Watts reports
by Jonathan Watts
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Faces in a billion: a failed shoot
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer describe a failed shoot in the hubbub of a Yunnan province market
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Faces in a billion: the police
Photographers Matthias Braschler and Monika Fischer talk to Jonathan Watts about the cultural differences between Chinese police and their western counterparts
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Photographing faces in a billion
Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer on their epic 20,000 mile journey through contemporary China, photographing on location in rivers, on roadsides and in coal mines
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Faces in a billion: lesson and impression
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer talk to Jonathan Watts about the environmental activists, fashionistas and factory workers they encountered in China
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Spanish MPs turn up heat on missing ties
Government minister shows up for a debate without wearing a tie, prompting speaker to send him one
by Associated Press in Madrid
4 Jul 2008 at 8:12pm
Gordon Brown: West must not give up on aid and climate change
World is suffering triple challenge of higher fuel prices, higher food prices and a credit crunch says PM
by Larry Elliott
4 Jul 2008 at 6:12pm
Police think French pair tortured for pin details
Detectives believe earlier burglary at flat could be linked to double murder
by Matthew Taylor
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Charles Wheeler, 'the reporter's reporter', dies aged 85
Tributes pour in for BBC veteran with independent streak who covered all the major stories for six decades
by Esther Addley
4 Jul 2008 at 6:08pm
Appreciation: Charles Wheeler - last of the great bureau chiefs
When Charles Wheeler broadcast, there were no hysterics, no histrionics, no whipping up drama
by John Tusa
4 Jul 2008 at 6:08pm
Zimbabwe: prison officer's 6 tense days of filming a terrifying regime
Prison officer who refused to pander to Zanu-PF officials filmed life inside using Guardian's secret camera
by Paul Lewis
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Zimbabwe: How an angry prison officer with a secret camera shamed a tyrant
We reveal how one brave prison officer risked his life to document from the inside the terror that has engulfed his country
by Duncan Campbell, Paul Lewis
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Nine British soldiers in court accused of Ayia Napa rampage
Cyprus bar owner tells court of mass brawl involving off duty soldiers
by Owen Bowcott
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
Childbirth: Transgender man has his baby, naturally
Thomas Beatie, 34, becomes father as his controversial pregnancy comes to an end with birth of baby girl
by Ed Pilkington
4 Jul 2008 at 6:05pm
People's Daily Online
Moderate earthquake jolts eastern Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 hit eastern Japan at around 16:50 local time on Saturday.
Source: Xinhua ...
5 Jul 2008 at 3:24am
Renegade leader: Sri Lanka's rebels weakened
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have been weakened by a series of military operations by government troops against them in the island's battle zones, a renegade Tamil Tiger leader said Saturday.
"The LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil ...
5 Jul 2008 at 3:22am
U.S. marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry
Participants in the annual National Independence Day Parade carry a flag on Constitution avenue in Washington July 4, 2008.
Americans across the cou ...
5 Jul 2008 at 3:14am
Japan to give Zambia $15 mln for ground water development
Japan will give Zambia a 15 million U.S. dollars grant for ground water development in Luapula Province and the rehabilitation of the road network in Livingstone in Southern province under an agreement signed here Friday.
Zambian Mi ...
5 Jul 2008 at 2:52am
Terrorists targeted to bomb cafe in West Sumatera
Terror suspects arrested in Indonesia recently had been preparing an attack on a cafe in the West Sumatra town of Bukittinggi, police said Saturday.
Before taking action, they learnt that no foreigners but Moslem were dominant at th ...
5 Jul 2008 at 2:50am
Sri Lanka warns fishermen to avert poaching in Indian waters
Sri Lanka's Minister of Fisheries Felix Perera said Saturday that continued action by his country's fishermen to poach in the neighboring Indian waters could cause a diplomatic row between the two South Asian neighbors.
"This can't ...
5 Jul 2008 at 2:49am
Solana holds "positive" phone talks with Iranian nuke negotiator
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana held "positive" talks by phone with Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, his spokeswoman said here on Friday.
"They had a positive, constructive conversation," Solana's spokeswoma ...
5 Jul 2008 at 1:57am
Mexican deputy FM: Mexico-China ties in optimum stage
Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Maria del Lourdes Aranda said Friday that the current ties between Mexico and China are "at its optimum level."
Aranda made the statement at a press conference at the presidential house ahead of Pres ...
5 Jul 2008 at 1:56am
Cuba willing to hold talks with U.S. on equal footing
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez said Friday that the Cuban government is willing to negotiate with the United States on equal footing without compromising its principles.
Perez made the remarks during the Non-Alliance Movement ( ...
5 Jul 2008 at 1:55am
Earthquake shakes Russia's Sea of Okhotsk, no casualties reported
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the region of the Sea of Okhotsk in southeast Russia on Saturday, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
The tremor occurred at 06:13 Moscow time (0213 GMT), the Kamchatka office of the geophysics serv ...
5 Jul 2008 at 2:51am
Interview: German expert expects G8 to continue closer dialogue with developi...
A German scholar has expressed the hope that the Group of Eight (G8) major industrialized nations will continue strengthened dialogue with major developing countries to seek solutions to pressing global problems.
Katharina Gnath, an ...
5 Jul 2008 at 1:53am
Russia accuses Georgia of open aggression
Russian foreign ministry accused Georgia Friday of "an open act of aggression" for launching mortar attacks against Ossetia.
The Russian-backed separatist administration said, Georgian forces fired at their capital, Tskhinvali, and ...
5 Jul 2008 at 1:52am
Stranded whale transported by road and released in Auckland
An orca whale stranded west of Auckland was transported by road on Saturday and released off a city beach.
The 3.4-meter juvenile female, estimated to be three years old, was reported on Friday afternoon to have been beached at Hui ...
5 Jul 2008 at 1:51am
More than 10,000 march against crime in Auckland
An estimated 10,000 people marched on Saturday in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland in protest against violence crime against Asians.
Police said the demonstration, in the suburb of Botany Downs, extended 2.5 km, Radio New Zeal ...
5 Jul 2008 at 1:50am
Thai FM leaves for World Heritage meeting to explain stand on Preah Vihear Te...
The Thai foreign minister left Bangkok Saturday to attend a World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec, Canada, to explain Thailand's withdrawal of support to Cambodia's application to list the ancient Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritag ...
5 Jul 2008 at 1:44am
The New York Times
Despair Drives Suicide Attacks by Iraqi Women
In Diyala Province, a trend of bombings by women may be due partly to successes in fighting a terrorist group.
by By ALISSA J. RUBIN
5 Jul 2008 at 3:12am
Colombia Releases Video of Jungle Rescue
Officials denied paying a ransom to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for the release of hostages.
by By SIMON ROMERO
5 Jul 2008 at 7:11am
A Side Competition in Beijing: Island vs. Mainland
As Taiwan?s athletes prepare for the Olympics, its officials fear that China will use the Games for political purposes.
by By EDWARD WONG
5 Jul 2008 at 12:13pm
Iran Says Nuclear Policy Is Unchanged
Iran?s nuclear policy has not changed, an Iranian government spokesman said, confirming that Iran would not comply with Security Council resolutions.
by By ELAINE SCIOLINO
5 Jul 2008 at 12:10pm
Betancourt, in France, Details Her Captivity
Two days after her rescue from the clutches of guerrillas in the Colombian jungle, Ingrid Betancourt shared some painful details of her long ordeal.
by By STEVEN ERLANGER and ALAN COWELL
5 Jul 2008 at 12:20am
Iran Responds Obliquely to Nuclear Plan
Iran failed to address the central issue of whether it would halt its uranium enrichment activities, officials said.
by By ELAINE SCIOLINO
4 Jul 2008 at 11:53pm
Congolese Politician Goes Before International Court
Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former vice president and still a sitting senator in Congo, has been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
by By MARLISE SIMONS
5 Jul 2008 at 2:12am
India Party Backs Government Over Nuclear Deal
A key regional party in India said that it backed the government over a controversial nuclear energy agreement with the United States.
by By REUTERS
5 Jul 2008 at 4:28am
Afghan Lawmaker Slain
Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, and a roadside bomb detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said.
by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
5 Jul 2008 at 4:20am
35 Rebels Die in Sri Lanka
Government forces attacked Tamil Tiger rebels along Sri Lanka?s northern front lines, triggering a series of battles that killed 35 rebels and one soldier, the military said.
by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
5 Jul 2008 at 4:21am
Insurgents Kill 3 in Thailand?s South
Suspected terrorists in Thailand?s restive south shot up a bustling cafe, killing three customers, police said.
by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
5 Jul 2008 at 4:18am
Argentina Export Tax Sets Off Political Furor
Farm leaders said they were prepared to renew blockades of major highways and cut off exports of grains if the measure was approved.
by By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
5 Jul 2008 at 9:02am
Pakistani Says Army Knew Atomic Parts Were Shipped
Abdul Qadeer Khan, the architect of Pakistan?s nuclear program, said that his country gave centrifuges to North Korea in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army.
by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
4 Jul 2008 at 11:56pm
Blast in Belarus Injures Dozens
A bomb exploded during an outdoor concert Minsk, the capital of Belarus, injuring dozens of people.
by By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
4 Jul 2008 at 11:58pm
U.S. at Odds With Afghans on Airstrike
The American military said that its airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan hit two vehicles carrying insurgents, while a provincial governor said that civilians had been killed.
by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
5 Jul 2008 at 12:11am
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