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News and Media RSS FeedsCanada halts parliament amid row - Canadian PM Stephen Harper secures a suspension of parliament, saving him from defeat in a confidence vote....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk Carmakers affect 'entire' US economy - The health of the entire US economy is at stake, says the chairman of Senate committee hearing a plea from carmakers.... Nasa puts off next Mars mission - US space agency Nasa delays the launch of its Mars Science Laboratory rover mission from 2009 to 2011.... Cruise ship stranded in Antarctic - A cruise ship carrying 122 people has run aground on the Antarctic coast, the Argentine navy reports.... Uruguay leader leaves party post - Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez resigns as head of the Socialist Party amid a row over his vetoing of a abortion bill. ... Moroccan convicted of Madrid link - A Moroccan man gets 10 years in prison for links to the group that carried out the 2004 Madrid bombings, killing 191 people.... Oil falls sharply on big job cuts - Oil prices fall to an almost four-year low after more bad economic data in the US, including unemployment benefit rises and big job cuts.... Hebron settlers evicted by force - Israeli forces begin evicting Jewish settlers from a disputed building in the West Bank city of Hebron, witnesses say.... Iranian police killed by rebels - Sunni militants killed 16 police officers captured in south-eastern Iran in June, the authorities confirm.... Swiss inventor travels round the world by sun power alone - Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer takes his solar-powered car to the UN climate change talks after a round-the-world trip.... US congresswoman mistakes Barack Obama for a hoax caller - A US congresswoman hangs up the phone on President-elect Barack Obama, thinking the call is a hoax.... Honda poised to quit Formula One - Japanese car giant Honda will withdraw from Formula One on Friday and place its team up for sale, BBC Sport understands.... Villa through despite Uefa Cup loss - Aston Villa fall to a shock defeat to MSK Zilina but still reach the Uefa Cup's last 32, thanks to Hamburg's victory over Slavia Prague.... Send your video, pictures and story ideas - Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.... Home from home - How exile communities wield power from the UK... Terror base? - The school some call a Pakistani militant camp... It's quiz time! - Why might Knut the polar bear have to leave his zoo?... Aids aware - How attitudes have changed in Guyana and Barbados... Pakistan dilemma - Relations with India strained in wake of the Mumbai attacks... Place of hope? - The new face of the West Bank's 'martyr's capital'... Kenya PM calls for Mugabe removal - Power-sharing in Zimbabwe is dead and Africa must unite to oust President Mugabe, says Kenya's prime minister.... Cuban named 'journalist of year' - Ricardo Gonzalez Alfonso is one of several journalists to receive press freedom awards from a major rights group.... Ill Thai king fails to give speech - Thailand's crown prince says his father is "a little sick" and not able to give his traditional speech on the eve of his 81st birthday.... Putin rules out early Kremlin bid - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he will wait until 2012 to decide whether to run again for the presidency.... Deadly bombings strike Iraqi city - Two suspected suicide car bombers hit the Iraqi city of Falluja killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police say.... Pakistan vows 'action' on Mumbai - Pakistan's president tells the US secretary of state he will take "strong action" against anyone linked to the attacks in Mumbai.... Mother guilty over Shannon kidnap - Shannon Matthews's mother and co-accused Michael Donovan are convicted of kidnapping the nine-year-old in a plot to claim a £50,000 reward. ... China tells US to steady economy - China tells the US to stabilise its economy and boost its savings rate in a sign of Beijing increasing economic confidence.... Zimbabwe cholera 'an emergency' - Authorities in Zimbabwe declare a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 500 people a national emergency, state media reports.... Seawater holds key to future food - Growing crops in salt water is becoming necessary to overcome shortages of fresh water, scientists say.... Lil' Wayne heads Grammy nominees - US rapper Lil' Wayne is nominated for eight Grammy awards, while Coldplay follow with seven mentions on the shortlist.... Net speed rules come into force - Rules that try to ensure consumers get better information when buying broadband come into force on 5 December.... Zimbabweans Turn to U.S. Dollar as Hyperinflation Erodes Value of Local Currency - HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The sun was blazing high in the sky just before 1 p.m., five hours after Timothy opened the sparsely stocked shop he manages in a dusty slum here in Zimbabwe's capital. It was time to change the prices.
... Iran Confronts an 'Economic Evolution': Ahmadinejad's Plan to Curb Government Subsidies Threatens to Alienate Recipients - TEHRAN, Dec. 3 -- Gasoline? It's 36 cents a gallon. Laundry detergent? Fifty cents for a standard-size box. Milk? About 20 cents a quart. These prices are so low because Iran's government spends half its national budget to subsidize many of life's necessities. Not for long.
... Putin Aims to Assuage Citizens' Economic Concerns - MOSCOW, Dec. 4 -- Confronting growing public anxiety over a faltering economy, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin assured Russians on Thursday the country would make it through the global financial crisis with "minimal losses" and pledged to boost pension payments and other spending to help those suff
... Zimbabwe Declares National Emergency Over Cholera Epidemic - MUSINA, South Africa -- Zimbabwe's crumbling economy and services have transformed this South African border town into a teeming district of shoppers, asylum seekers and job hunters. Now something new has traveled south across the river that divides the two countries: cholera.
... French Stimulus Plan Is Latest E.U. Effort to Boost Economy - PARIS, Dec. 4 -- Facing a drastic slowdown, France announced a $33 billion economic stimulus plan Thursday, including cash payments to the poor, a bigger rebate on new car purchases and a speedup in high-cost public works projects.
... Rice Increases Pressure on Pakistan - CHAKLALA AIR BASE, RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Dec. 4 -- U.S. pressure on Pakistan to act against terror groups behind last week's deadly attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai reached a new peak Thursday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited this country and urged its leaders to move forcefully
... Israeli soldiers drag settlers out of Hebron house - HEBRON, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers and police stormed a disputed building in the biblical city of Hebron on Thursday, dragging out 250 young settlers in a raid meant to send a warning to Jewish extremists fighting to keep what they see as God-promised land.
... U.N. Urged to Persist With Sudan Leader's War Crimes Case - UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 3 -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to resist calls by African, Arab and Islamic states to defer prosecution of Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and
... British Leader Announces Plan to Help Homeowners Avoid Default - LONDON, Dec. 3 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown threw a lifeline to people in jeopardy of defaulting on their mortgages, saying Wednesday that homeowners who lose their jobs or suffer a sharp loss in income will be allowed to defer mortgage interest payments for up to two years.
... As Rice Presses Pakistan, Mumbai Residents Hold Massive Rally - NEW DELHI, Dec. 3 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday urged Pakistan to act with "resolve and urgency" to help catch those responsible for last week's terrorist attacks in India, part of a stepped-up U.S. effort to ease tensions between the two nuclear powers.
... Wounded Mumbai Returns to Life - MUMBAI, Dec. 3 -- Nineteen-year-old business student Tanay Karnesh and his friend Prathamesh Gangnaik got to the Leopold Cafe early on Tuesday to eat breakfast at a table with a view. They wanted to sit close to the glass wall left spiderwebbed by the bullets that pierced it the previous Wednesda
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