| 05/09/2008
09:18 AM UN halts Burma aid after seizure
The World Food Programme halts its aid to Burma after the first delivery is impounded by the military government. |
| 05/09/2008
07:37 AM Hezbollah takes over west Beirut
Gunmen from Shia militant group Hezbollah take control of western Beirut, driving out government supporters. |
| 05/09/2008
08:24 AM Judge prolongs Fritzl's custody
The Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years is to be held for another month. |
| 05/09/2008
04:30 AM Militias 'to rig Zimbabwe poll'
Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters inside polling stations, a policeman tells the BBC. |
| 05/09/2008
09:45 AM Blast on eve of Sri Lanka polls
At least 12 people have been killed in an explosion ahead of elections in eastern Sri Lanka, the military says. |
| 05/09/2008
09:09 AM Czech 'mystery impostor' on trial
A Czech woman accused of duping a children's home into believing she was a young girl faces child abuse charges. |
| 05/09/2008
04:35 AM Tanks rejoin Russia V-Day parade
Tanks and missile launchers are featured in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era. |
| 05/09/2008
09:34 AM Japan to scrap space weapon rules
MPs in Japan vote to abolish rules which restrict the use of military technology in space. |
| 05/09/2008
07:32 AM Pakistan opposes US military aide
Pakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo. |
| 05/09/2008
12:04 AM Europeans get drunk 'to have sex'
Some teenagers and young adults get high on drink and drugs to improve their sex lives, research suggests. |
| 05/09/2008
08:55 AM F1: Massa ahead in practice
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton narrowly fails to beat Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to fastest time in second practice at the Turkish Grand Prix. |
| 05/08/2008
02:01 PM Football: Rijkaard quits Barcelona
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard will step down at the end of the season and be replaced by Josep Guardiola. |
| 05/09/2008
07:37 AM Kenya's cabinet learns the ropes
Kenya's power-sharing cabinet meets for the first time for former rivals to learn how to work as a team. |
| 05/09/2008
07:11 AM Somali militants raid police base
Islamist insurgents attack a police station in the heart of Somalia's capital ahead of planned peace talks. |
| 05/08/2008
10:25 PM Bolivians to hold confidence vote
Bolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president as he struggles to enact reform. |
| 05/08/2008
02:33 PM Top policeman shot dead in Mexico
The Mexican policeman in charge of co-ordinating operations against drugs traffickers is shot dead. |
| 05/09/2008
02:12 AM Australia probes troop abuse claims
The Australian army says it is probing allegations that its soldiers mistreated prisoners in Afghanistan. |
| 05/08/2008
07:33 PM Global manhunt nets abuse suspect
A man suspected of sexually abusing boys in South East Asia is arrested in the US after a rare Interpol appeal. |
| 05/09/2008
04:49 AM EU issues airline website threat
The European Commission says it will punish airlines that fail to clean up their online booking procedures. |
| 05/08/2008
02:15 PM Baltic backing for Lisbon Treaty
The parliaments in two Baltic states, Latvia and Lithuania, vote to approve the EU's Lisbon Treaty. |
| 05/09/2008
05:29 AM Israeli PM denies taking bribes
Ehud Olmert is suspected of illicitly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars before becoming PM. |
| 05/09/2008
06:44 AM Iraq al-Qaeda chief not captured
The US military in Iraq says a man detained in Mosul is not in fact the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. |
| 05/09/2008
07:39 AM UK transfers former Tamil rebel
A former leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels who was jailed in the UK is transferred to immigration detention. |
| 05/09/2008
12:25 AM Bangladesh food aid set for Burma
The World Food Programme says it has permission from Burma to send a plane from Bangladesh carrying relief. |
| 05/08/2008
05:05 AM Getting the boot from Burma
Andrew Harding was reporting on the cyclone disaster when he was suddenly deported and then censured on Burmese television. |
| 05/08/2008
08:57 AM The 'creaking' US airline industry
Matthew Price finds a sense of crisis in the US airline industry with warnings of summer delays. |
| 05/03/2008
10:04 AM Hidden jewel of Afghan culture
Dan Cruickshank visits an architectural wonder which is under threat, the 12th century minaret at Jam in Afghanistan. |
