Cruise firm sorry over castaways
2012-04-20 05:47:31
Princess Cruises says it is sorry that one of its ships sailed past an adrift fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean, leaving two of the men to die.

AUDIO: How much power do dictators' wives have?
2012-04-20 05:05:24
Simon Sebag-Montefiore, historian and author of Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women, and Jane Kinninmont, senior research fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Programme, discuss how the wives of autocratic leaders managed to change the course of history in the past.

Mali ex-leader flees to Senegal
2012-04-20 04:35:00
Amadou Toumani Toure, ousted as Mali's leader in last month's coup, flees to Senegal, even though many of his allies are freed.

India media hails missile launch
2012-04-20 00:04:22
Thursday's successful launch of a long-range ballistic missile has propelled India into an 'elite group' of nations,. media say.

Cruise ship 'ignored castaways'
2012-04-19 20:55:52
Princess Cruises expresses regret that one of its ships failed to rescue a fishing boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean despite alerts from passengers.

Many Timbuktu residents 'fleeing'
2012-04-19 19:39:23
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Malians fleeing to Mauritania in the wake of the northern rebellion and coup, a charity says

VIDEO: Polar opposites rally in French election
2012-04-19 17:51:57
With just days until the first round of the French Presidential election, President Sarkozy is trailing behind the Socialist Party's, Francois Hollande in the latest polls.

VIDEO: Pakistan searches for avalanche victims
2012-04-19 15:01:35
Pakistan has promised it will not stop until it recovers all the bodies of those killed when an avalanche swept through a military base in the Himalayas.

VIDEO: Witnessing Syria's broken promises
2012-04-19 14:17:30
As the United Nations and Syria reach a deal that will set the ground rules for UN observers in the country, people in Idlib Province have accused the government of breaking its promises and attacking civilian areas.

VIDEO: Massacre in Syrian town of Taftanaz
2012-04-19 14:17:30
The BBC's Ian Pannell reports from the town of Taftanaz where a massacre is reported to have been carried out by Syrian forces.

Rwanda genocide suspect sent home
2012-04-19 13:34:28
The UN tribunal trying Rwandan genocide suspects transfers pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi to Kigali - the first suspect to face justice in Rwanda.

Dismantling US bases as the Taliban fight on
2012-04-19 10:58:34
A US base is dismantled, but Afghanistan's Taliban fight on

Iran's leader in car-top meeting
2012-04-19 10:35:48
A woman is so determined to speak to President Ahmadinejad during a tour of Bandar Abbas that she defies his bodyguards and clambers on top of his open-top car.

Anger in SA at rape video hearing
2012-04-19 09:38:25
There are angry scenes outside a South African court where suspects appear in connection with filming an alleged gang rape of a teenager.

VIDEO: Fans pay respects to Morosini
2012-04-19 07:35:43
Italian football fans have been paying respects to Piermario Morosini, the Livorno player who died during a Serie B game on Saturday.