Warning as climate deal emerges 18.12.2009 4:44:38 GMT A deal is emerging at the UN climate change talks, but there are fears it will not contain a catastrophic rise in temperatures.
Genocide charge for Khieu Samphan 18.12.2009 5:4:48 GMT A UN-backed tribunal issues genocide charges against Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state of Cambodia.
Deepest volcano caught on video 18.12.2009 2:0:8 GMT Extraordinary video is obtained in the Pacific Ocean of the deepest undersea volcano eruption ever recorded.
Travel ban for Pakistani minister 18.12.2009 2:7:31 GMT Pakistan's defence minister says he has been stopped from leaving the country as a result of a corruption inquiry.
Beijing 'now has 4m vehicles' 18.12.2009 1:46:45 GMT The Chinese capital Beijing is expected to pass the four million vehicle mark sometime during the next few days.
Flu medicine diplomacy for Koreas 18.12.2009 4:51:50 GMT South Korea sends flu medicine to the North as diplomacy intensifies towards resumption of nuclear talks.
Search as ship sinks off Lebanon 18.12.2009 5:42:21 GMT A rescue operation is under way after a ship carrying 83 people and a cargo of livestock sinks off the north Lebanese coast.
French launch major Afghan attack 17.12.2009 22:56:49 GMT More than 1,100 troops - 800 of them French - have launched a major operation in Afghanistan, the AFP news agency reports.
Expelled Sahara activist returns 18.12.2009 5:45:20 GMT A Western Sahara activist expelled by Morocco is allowed to return from Spain where she was on hunger strike.
