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News and Media RSS FeedsIMF in global 'meltdown' warning - The world financial system is facing "meltdown", the International Monetary Fund warns, as it offers emergency funds to credit-starved countries....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk N Korea taken off US terror list - The US removes North Korea from its state terror list after the North agrees to nuclear inspection demands, the US says.... Hurricane batters Western Mexico - Hurricane Norbert strikes Mexico's Baja California peninsula, blowing down roofs and causing residents to flee to shelters.... Mugabe 'gives Zanu-PF key posts' - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe gives key ministries to his own party - in defiance of a power-sharing deal, reports say.... Peru's president appoints new PM - Peru's President Alan Garcia appoints a leftist regional governor, Yehude Simon, as his prime minister. ... 'US missile' hits Pakistan town - At least three people die in a missile attack on a town in a Pakistani tribal region near Afghanistan, officials say.... Austria's Haider dies in accident - Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider, known for his anti-immigration policies, has been killed in a car crash, aged 58.... Rocksteady star Ellis dies at 70 - Reggae star Alton Ellis, known as "the Godfather of rocksteady", dies at the age of 70.... US space tourist set for launch - US space tourist Richard Garriott will follow in the footsteps of his astronaut father when he blasts off into space on Sunday.... Blind Belgian tops 300km/h to break speed record - Belgian Luc Costermans breaks the world blind road speed record, reaching 308km/h on an airstrip in France.... Rooney double as England hit five - Wayne Rooney grabs two late goals as England beat Kazakhstan 5-1 in their World Cup qualifier at Wembley.... Scotland 0-0 Norway - Chris Iwelumo misses an open goal as Norway's draw delivers a blow to Scotland's World Cup qualification hopes.... Playing Palin - TV mimic gets viewers' vote of approval... The 2CV at 60 - It was the perfect car for a camping trip to the USSR... Five alive (just) - Rare, not well done - the species on the brink of extinction ... Haider shock - Death of Austrian politician stuns friends and foes... Poverty politics - Does Obama offer hope to the US poor?... Baghdad blues - When will it be safe for Iraqis to go back home?
... New rebels attack DR Congo town - A new rebel group threatens the key town of Bunia in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.... Palin abused power, probe finds - John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor for personal ends, a report concludes.... Aceh guerrilla leader flies home - Former rebels flock to Banda Aceh to welcome home one of Indonesia's best-known guerrilla leaders, Hasan di Tiro.... G7 nations pledge to fight crisis - Top finance ministers promise to take "decisive action and use all available tools" to tackle the world economic crisis.... Deadly bomb attack at Iraq market - A vehicle bomb in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, kills 13 people and injures 27 others, say police.... PM launches Kashmir train service - India's PM launches Kashmir's first train service amid heavy security and after protests that left two people dead.... UK will lead the way, says Brown - Gordon Brown promises Britain will "lead the way" through the global financial crisis ahead of an emergency EU summit in Paris.... GM and Chrysler 'in merger talks' - Struggling US car giants General Motors and Chrysler are in talks about a possible merger, US media say.... Repossession 'is mental threat' - House repossession poses the greatest threat to people's mental health, a charity has warned.... Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis' - The global economy loses more money from deforestation than the current banking crisis, says an EU-commissioned report.... Robbins gets star on Walk of Fame - Oscar-winning actor Tim Robbins is awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.... Bank turmoil fuels phishing boom - Scammers and fraudsters are capitalising on the changes sweeping through global financial markets and sectors.... Send your video, pictures and story ideas - Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.... Studying Japan's Dark Decade to See How U.S. Might Fare - The sky over Tokyo seemed to fall in September of 1990, when the Nikkei stock index dove almost 20 percent in one month. Real estate prices would plummet and the financial sector would crack, trapping Japan in a "lost decade" of economic growth. Is the United States now set for its own?
... Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback of Their Own - BAGHDAD -- The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq's growing stability and the financial strains faced by some news organizations.
... Zimbabwe's Mugabe Asserts Claim on Ministries - JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 11 -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has asserted claim to disputed government ministries, outraging the opposition and imperiling a fragile power-sharing agreement signed three weeks ago.
... The Big Apple Loses Luster - NEW YORK -- This big, brash, in-your-face city suddenly seems to have lost its mojo.
... Wall Street Greed? Not in This Neighborhood. - NEW DELHI -- With freshly cut keys to their new brick-and-cement homes, families in an impoverished settlement on the outskirts of India's capital honored a surprising hero this week: Richard S. Fuld Jr., head of the now-defunct Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers.
... Malaysia's Self-Prescribed Rescue Debated - As more countries become enveloped by the financial pandemic that began in the United States, some in the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are warily watching the events with a dose of schadenfreude.
... Ex-President Of Finland Is Awarded Peace Prize - PARIS, Oct. 10 -- Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been a tireless mediator in conflicts around the world for more than three decades, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and expressed hope that the prize will help him raise funds for further peacemaking in hot spots to
... NATO to Target Afghan Drug Lords Who Aid Taliban - BUDAPEST, Oct. 10 -- NATO defense ministers reached a compromise agreement Friday that allows forces operating in Afghanistan to target heroin networks funding the Taliban. The deal, viewed by the Pentagon as critical to beating back a resurgent Taliban, essentially allows some members of the
... 24 Killed, 45 Injured in Bombings and Shootings Across Iraq - BAGHDAD, Oct. 10 -- A car bomb exploded in a market in southern Baghdad late Friday afternoon, killing at least 14 people and prompting an outburst of sectarian rioting, according to police and witnesses.
... Global Markets Fall Despite Reassurances - BERLIN, Oct. 10 -- Fear seized investors around the world Friday as stock markets dropped to levels not broached for several years. National leaders tried to intervene with reassurances and stopgap measures, to no avail.
... $20 Million Job-Skills Ladder Created for Girls in Poor Nations - For years, global development experts have believed that if young women received the same schooling as young men, their families would have a path out of poverty. Now, with countries across the developing world documenting rapid progress toward gender equality in education, experts are focusing o
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