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Updated: Thu, 24 May 2012 05:45:58 -0400

News: World

US court nominee fractures ankle
Sonia Sotomayor, Barack Obama's nominee for the US Supreme Court, breaks her ankle after tripping at an airport.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Court declines gay soldier case
The US Supreme Court decides not to hear an appeal from a soldier against his dismissal from the army for being openly gay.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Court upholds US military gay ban
The US Supreme Court decides not to hear an appeal from a soldier against his dismissal from the army for being openly gay.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Virgin to sell Nigerian airline
Virgin Atlantic announces it is to pull its brand name and sell its shares in Nigerian flag-carrier Virgin Nigeria.
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
Kaka edges closer to Madrid move
AC Milan playmaker Kaka has a medical at the request of Real Madrid, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Voters steer Europe to the right
Centre-right parties have done well in EU elections at the expense of the left, with far-right groups also making gains.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Obama pledges 600,000 summer jobs
President Barack Obama has said his $787bn stimulus package will deliver more than 600,000 jobs this summer.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Should Africa mourn Omar Bongo?
The late President of Gabon was Africa's longest serving leader. Will you mourn his passing?
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
How will you remember Omar Bongo?
The late President of Gabon was Africa's longest serving leader. Will you mourn his passing?
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
Michelle Obama sees sights of Westminster
US First Lady Michelle Obama and her family have visited the Houses of Parliament, the BBC understands.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Ireland advance to Super Eights
Ireland cause an upset at the ICC World Twenty20 by beating Bangladesh by six wickets and knocking them out.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Election results across Europe
An in-depth look at the results of some of the EU's 27 member states in the 2009 European Parliament elections.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Secrets of the sea
More questions than answers, one week after crash
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
US bank deadline on stress tests
US stocks have fallen as investors await news on whether US banks have raised additional capital to meet stress tests.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
'Many missing' after Peru riots
Indigenous protesters say many people remain unaccounted for after two days of deadly clashes with police in north Peru.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Hanoi protests China fishing ban
Vietnam asks China to stop preventing its fishermen from working in what Hanoi says are its territorial waters.
news.bbc.co.uk | Asia | Monday Jun 8
 
Turf luck - magic charms ruin Swazi stadium ground
Players have ruined artificial turf at Swaziland's national football arena by planting magic charms underneath, say furious officials.
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
GM and Citigroup drop out of Dow
From the start of trading on Monday, General Motors and Citigroup are replaced by Cisco Systems and Travelers.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Real IRA leader 'liable' for Omagh
Real IRA chief Michael McKevitt was responsible for the 1998 Omagh bomb which killed 29 people, a UK judge rules.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Testing times
Chinese students sweat out college entrance exams
news.bbc.co.uk | Asia | Monday Jun 8
 
BMW's sales decline slows in May
BMW reports another hefty fall in sales in May, but the pace of decline was slower than it had been in April.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Dalai Lama made citizen of Paris
The exiled Tibetan leader becomes an honorary Parisian - a move China calls "grave interference" in Sino-French ties.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Albino trials begin in Tanzania
Twelve people go on trial in Tanzania, accused of killing albinos and selling their body parts to witchdoctors.
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
Somali Islamist leader not killed
A hardline Islamist opposition leader mocks reports he was killed in fighting.
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
In pictures
Mexicans mourn the death of dozens of children in fire
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Burma's Karen flee army offensive
More than 3,000 ethnic Karen flee Burma into Thailand, after renewed shelling by Burmese troops, aid groups say.
news.bbc.co.uk | Asia | Monday Jun 8
 
Japan current account drops 55%
Japan's current account surplus declined in April for the fourteenth consecutive month.
news.bbc.co.uk | Asia | Monday Jun 8
 
New party challenges SPLM
South Sudan's ruling SPLM accuses ex-Foreign Minister Lam Akol of being used by the north after he set up his own party.
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
New party challenges Sudan's SPLM
South Sudan's ruling SPLM accuses ex-Foreign Minister Lam Akol of being used by the north after he set up his own party.
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
Obama 'concerned' for jailed reporters
US President Barack Obama says he is "deeply concerned" by North Korea's sentencing of two US journalists to hard labour.
news.bbc.co.uk | Asia | Monday Jun 8
 
Fears grow on Latvian currency
Fears remain over the Latvian currency after the central bank said it has spent almost 1bn euros (£876m) this year supporting the lat.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
SP cuts Irish debt rating again
The Irish Republic's sovereign debt rating has been cut for the second time this year.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Mass for victims of Mexico fire
Thousands attend a Mass for victims of a fire which swept through a Mexican day-care centre, killing over 40 children.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
German retailer 'may go bust'
The German government warns that Arcandor, which owns Karstadt and Thomas Cook, may be allowed to go bankrupt.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
North Korea jails US journalists
A North Korean court sentences two US journalists convicted of entering the country illegally to 12 years' hard labour.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Billy Elliot sweeps Tony awards
The Broadway production of Billy Elliot scoops 10 Tony Awards in New York, including best musical.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
In pictures
The stars of stage come out for the 2009 Tony Awards
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Tracktown USA
Oregon's iconic athletics meeting worth the fuss
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Currency crisis
Fears that Latvia's weak lat could hit Baltic economy
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Monday Jun 8
 
Somali rage at grave desecration
Somali fury as Islamists desecrate 'idolatrous' graves
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
Grave error?
Somali fury as Islamists desecrate 'idolatrous' graves
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Monday Jun 8
 
NBA: Lakers edge out Orlando
Kobe Bryant stars again as the LA Lakers take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals with an overtime win against Orlando.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
In the hands of N Korean justice
The two Americans sentenced to hard labour in N Korea
news.bbc.co.uk | Asia | Monday Jun 8
 
In the hands of North Korean justice
The two Americans on trial for spying in N Korea
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
Shenzhen mayor faces graft probe
The mayor of Chinese boom town Shenzhen is investigated as part of a corruption investigation, state media reports.
news.bbc.co.uk | Asia | Monday Jun 8
 
China quarantines US mayor
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is held in a Shanghai hotel after a passenger on his flight falls ill with suspected swine flu.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
More bodies found from lost jet
Search teams recover more human remains from the Atlantic following last week's plane crash, bringing the total to 17 bodies.
news.bbc.co.uk | Americas | Monday Jun 8
 
World Cup qualifying roundup
Six times African champions Egypt are beaten 3-1 by Algeria in their latest 2010 World Cup qualifier and lie bottom of their group.
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Sunday Jun 7
 
Egypt thrashed in 2010 qualifier
Six times African champions Egypt are beaten 3-1 by Algeria in their latest 2010 World Cup qualifier and lie bottom of their group.
news.bbc.co.uk | Africa | Sunday Jun 7
 
EU nations await huge vote result
The results of the European Union's largest ever election are due within hours, as voting draws to a close after four days.
news.bbc.co.uk | Europe | Sunday Jun 7

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