The collapse of schools in China's earthquake zone is being blamed on sub-standard work.
There have been powerful aftershocks in China, four days after the tremor which killed up to 50,000 people.
Thalia Pellegrini investigates whether there's any future for the old fashioned travel guide book in the face of stiff competition from the internet.
Carmen Roberts explores the South Korean fascination with Kimchee - the popular pickled cabbage dish.
Computer files seized by the Colombian military in a raid on a FARC rebel camp are genuine, Interpol has said.
Italian police arrested hundreds of people in a nationwide crackdown on street crime and illegal immigration.
Food prices may have peaked as the UN's Food index survey of ingredients showed its first drop in a year.
Time is running out for thousands of people still thought to be trapped five days after China's earthquake.
Thousands of Palestinians gathered to mark the "catastrophe" of Israel's creation in 1948.
Helicopters and an 'army' of troops have been drafted in to help earthquake survivors in China.
Russia has said coalition forces are repeating Soviet Union mistakes made in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Thousands of extra troops boost China's rescue operation following Monday's devastating earthquake.
House prices in Spain are in freefall, with estate agents telling customers that prices are falling by up to thirty percent.
US President George Bush is in Israel to mark the country's 60th anniversary.
The Queen has visited a 15th century mosque on her first state visit to Turkey in 37 years.
A curfew has been imposed in the tourist city in Jaipur in western India after a series of bomb blasts
The US film director won plaudits for his one-man crusade against fast food culture. Now he is on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
The US film director won plaudits for his one-man crusade against fast food culture. Now he is on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
The US film director won plaudits for his one-man crusade against fast food culture. Now he is on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Colombia has extradited 14 former paramilitary leaders to the US to face drug trafficking charges.
A policeman has been killed and three people have been injured by a car bomb in the Basque region of Spain.
Tony Blair is attempting to improve the standard of living in Palestinian territories, in his role as international envoy to the Middle East.
China's military are preparing to parachute aid into areas devastated by Monday's earthquake.
A BBC reporter witnesses a family's struggle to survive despite some emergency aid arriving.
The Queen and Prince Philip have attended a state banquet on their first state visit to Turkey since 1971.
A television station in Beirut which was attacked by gunmen on Friday has gone back on air.
At least 60 people have been killed after a series of bomb blasts in the Indian city of Jaipur, officials say.
Barcelona is shipping in water supplies in an effort to counter Spain's worst drought in 60 years.
Rescuers in China have been frantically trying to free survivors from the country's worst earthquake in three decades.
The military authorities in Burma say they remain opposed to letting in foreign aid workers to help the cyclone victims.
Breathalysers could soon be compulsory in late-night bars and clubs in France to help prevent drink-driving.
The BBC has been given exclusive access to an Israeli army raid in the West Bank, ahead of President Bush's visit to Israel. Paul Wood reports.
The UN secretary general has described Burma's rescue effort as being "unacceptably slow".
Chad has closed its border with Sudan and suspended economic ties after a rebel attack near Khartoum.
A powerful earthquake has killed up to 10,000 people in China's south-western Sichuan province.
China has a long history of being vulnerable to earthquakes - but some of the worst have struck in the past 100 years.
The first US aid flight has landed in Rangoon, but relief supplies were swiftly seized by the military.
President Bush has told the BBC Arabic Service that Hezbollah has acted against its own people in Lebanon.
Fighting between Hezbollah supporters and government loyalists has flared in the Lebanese city of Tripoli.
The UN has urged Burma's military junta to co-operate in joint aid efforts to help victims of Cyclone Nargis.
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