BBC World
Betancourt joy at French return
French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt expresses her thanks as she lands in France, days after her release from captivity.
4 Jul 2008 at 11:08am
SocGen hit by rogue trader fine
French bank Societe Generale is fined 4m euros for allowing one of its staff to operate as a rogue trader.
4 Jul 2008 at 12:53pm
Poland holds out over US missiles
Poland's prime minister rejects the latest terms offered by the US to site part of a missile defence system there.
4 Jul 2008 at 10:35am
Pakistan 'knew of nuclear flight'
Disgraced scientist AQ Khan says Pakistan flew nuclear material to North Korea with the knowledge of the army.
4 Jul 2008 at 1:15pm
Ex-Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86
Former US Republican Senator Jesse Helms - a leading conservative politician - dies aged 86, officials say.
4 Jul 2008 at 11:06am
Tehran responds to nuclear offer
Iran responds to an international offer of incentives for suspending uranium enrichment, EU and Iranian officials say.
4 Jul 2008 at 12:33pm
Dozens hurt in Belarus bomb blast
Fifty people are injured in the Belarussian capital in a bomb explosion at a concert attended by President Lukashenko.
4 Jul 2008 at 11:01am
Opposition 'must accept Mugabe'
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says the opposition has to accept him as leader before any talks.
4 Jul 2008 at 1:12pm
Fires cause California evacuation
Thousands of people are told to leave their homes as wildfires burn in large areas of the US state of California.
4 Jul 2008 at 2:50am
'Bright object' spotted in sky is the Moon, police confirm
A 999 caller worried about a bright object in the sky has the mystery solved by police - it was the Moon.
4 Jul 2008 at 5:24am
US 'pregnant man' gives birth to baby girl
US 'pregnant man' gives birth to baby girl
3 Jul 2008 at 5:10pm
Zimbabwe to miss World Twenty20
Zimbabwe withdraw from the World Twenty20 in England next summer, but retain their ICC status.
4 Jul 2008 at 5:22am
Cricket: Shoaib's ban suspended
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is free to play cricket after his 18-month ban for indiscipline is suspended.
4 Jul 2008 at 4:41am
Toilet to catwalk
Excrement clearers join top models in New York
4 Jul 2008 at 6:57am
Out of the blue
Bomb blast shatters Belarus' facade of stability
4 Jul 2008 at 10:57am
Guardian Unlimited World
Obituary: Jesse Helms
Senator Jesse Helms, member of the US Senate's foreign relations committee for two decades and its chairman from 1995 to 2001, has died at the age of 86. To echo this newspaper's memorable comment on the death of William Randolph Hearst, it is hard even now to think of him with charity. From his earliest years, Helms's attitudes recalled those of an earlier southern bigot, Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, who so outraged his Senate colleagues, that they eventually refused even to let him take his seat
by Harold Jackson
4 Jul 2008 at 1:25pm
Q&A: Zimbabwe's disputed election
Allegra Stratton rounds up recent developments in the country's political crisis
by Allegra Stratton
4 Jul 2008 at 1:19pm
Zimbabwean prison officer's film shows Mugabe vote-rigging
Film believed to be first footage of how Robert Mugabe's supporters rigged the elections in Zimbabwe has been smuggled out of the country by a prison officer
by Duncan Campbell, Paul Lewis
4 Jul 2008 at 1:15pm
Zimbabwe election: The stolen ballots
Robert Mugabe's henchmen have long been suspected of stealing civil servant postal ballots. This GuardianFilms exclusive provides the first evidence of how they did it
4 Jul 2008 at 1:13pm
Betancourt describes sadistic treatment at hands of captors
Harrowing details about the captivity of Ingrid Betancourt and other rebel-held hostages in Colombia emerged today, as doubts surfaced over the official version of their daring rescue
by Rory Carroll, Sibylla Brodzinsky
4 Jul 2008 at 12:51pm
Q&A: The 'pregnant man'
What's the story?An American female to male transexual called Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl in the state of Oregon
by David Batty
4 Jul 2008 at 12:29pm
Litvinenko associate granted asylum by Britain
Moscow angered by Home Office ruling that Andrei Sidelnikov, who met murdered spy two days before his poisoning, faces danger if sent back to Russia
by Luke Harding
4 Jul 2008 at 11:01am
Police pursue burglary theory in French student murders
Two French students found stabbed to death after a fire at a London flat may have been the victims of a bungled burglary, police say
by Rosalind Ryan
4 Jul 2008 at 10:29am
BBC admits error in broadcasting fatal Jerusalem shooting on 10pm news
The BBC has admitted it was wrong to broadcast graphic footage of a man being shot dead in Jerusalem. By John Plunkett
by John Plunkett
4 Jul 2008 at 9:59am
Bush to attend Olympic opening ceremony
China's Olympic organisers received a political filip today as George Bush accepted an invitation to attend the opening ceremony, despite boycott calls by human rights groups
by Jonathan Watts
4 Jul 2008 at 9:37am
News of the World's 'Sex with Diana' story was false, claims Paul Burrell
Paul Burrell's solicitors have written to the PCC claiming a News of the World story alleging the former royal butler claimed he had sex with Princess Diana was untrue. By Jemima Kiss
by Jemima Kiss
4 Jul 2008 at 9:20am
24 hours in pictures
A selection of the best images from around the world
4 Jul 2008 at 9:11am
Former Tamil Tigers commander leaves UK after war crimes inquiry dropped
Colonel Karuna Amman, who was jailed for entering Britain on a fraudulent passport and investigated for alleged war crimes, returns to Sri Lanka
by Owen Bowcott
4 Jul 2008 at 8:08am
Obituary: Charles Wheeler
For more than four decades Charles Wheeler, who has died aged 85, reported for BBC radio and television from most of the world's trouble spots. By Harold Jackson
by Harold Jackson
4 Jul 2008 at 7:21am
Mugabe defiant on return to Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe was greeted by cheering crowds today as he returned to Zimbabwe after defending his controversial re-election to African leaders
by Allegra Stratton
4 Jul 2008 at 7:13am
AP World News
Freed hostage gets hero's welcome in France
PARIS (AP) -- "I cry with joy," Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did. After six years as a hostage in the Colombian jungle, the former Colombian presidential candidate and French citizen flew back to her beloved France to be embraced Friday as an icon by the country that raised her....
Scientist: Pakistan knew of NKorea nuke deal
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The disgraced architect of Pakistan's nuclear program said Friday that it provided centrifuges to North Korea in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army under President Pervez Musharraf....
Colombians mull Betancourt presidency
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Could Ingrid Betancourt become Colombia's next president?...
West condemns Mugabe, ignores other Africa despots
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of "least democratic in Africa."...
G-8 summit gives chance to gauge Medvedev's power
MOSCOW (AP) -- Dmitry Medvedev's grand debut on the world stage at the Group of Eight summit Monday promises insights into the riddle all Kremlinologists are trying to crack: Is he calling any of the shots as Russia's president - or is he merely a puppet of Vladimir Putin?...
State media: Iran responds to nuclear proposal
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran delivered its response Friday to an international offer of incentives for it to suspend uranium enrichment, a central part of its nuclear program, state television reported....
Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent....
Prado says 'Colossus' is not the work of Goya
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- For years Spain's famed Prado museum had its suspicions about one of its most prized Goyas. Now the museum says it is certain the painting is not by the 18th-century master....
US soldiers in Iraq mark Fourth of July
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway....
G-8 meets as economy storm clouds thicken
SAPPORO, Japan (AP) -- Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week....
CBC World News
Former U.S. senator Jesse Helms dies
Former U.S. senator Jesse Helms, one of the country's most provocative politicians and a loud opponent of Canada's business dealings with Cuba, died Friday at age 86.
4 Jul 2008 at 12:58pm
'Today, I cry with joy': Betancourt on returning to France
Rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt landed in France Friday, taking her first steps on French soil since being held captive for more than six years in the Colombian jungle.
4 Jul 2008 at 12:11pm
Biofuel production boosts food prices by 75%, report suggests
The production of biofuels has driven up food prices 75 per cent, according to an unpublished World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
4 Jul 2008 at 11:15am
Historic China-Taiwan flights a sign of warming relations
Direct tourist flights began Friday between China and Taiwan for the first time in six decades, a sign of warming relations between the longtime foes.
4 Jul 2008 at 5:02am
Big flames consume Big Sur
A firefighter in northern California is dead as 367 wildfires are still burning around the state, mostly around the Big Sur coastline between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
4 Jul 2008 at 11:30am
Botswana takes hard-line approach to Mugabe
Botswana has taken a tough stand against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe by calling for his country to be suspended from the African Union and the Southern African Development Community.
4 Jul 2008 at 1:34pm
Elder Bush reopens embassy in Berlin
Fourth of July fireworks over Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Friday marked the official homecoming of the U.S. Embassy in Germany to its pre-Second World War address at Pariser Platz.
4 Jul 2008 at 11:44am
Gunmen kill 8 Afghan police officers
Eight Afghan police officers were killed by gunmen at a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar's police chief said Friday.
4 Jul 2008 at 4:54am
Stampede of Indian pilgrims kills 6
At least six Hindu worshippers died in a massive stampede off the east coast of India on Friday, as a crowd of pilgrims rushed toward the statue of a goddess.
4 Jul 2008 at 5:49am
Record number of Canadians shopping for cars across border
A record 151,169 vehicles were imported into Canada from the U.S. in the first half of 2008, according to industry figures released Friday.
4 Jul 2008 at 10:02am
Transgendered man gives birth to girl
A U.S. man who was born a woman but underwent a gender change has given birth to a girl.
4 Jul 2008 at 10:25am
Canadian released from Bulgarian jail still needs to pay 'ransom': lawyer
A Canadian businessman who has spent more than 12 years in a Bulgarian prison was released from custody Thursday but is not being allowed to leave the country until he pays what his Toronto lawyer calls "ransom money."
3 Jul 2008 at 6:49pm
Obama denies shift on Iraq policy
Barack Obama denied Thursday that he was changing his promise to immediately begin withdrawing troops from Iraq after earlier saying he could "refine" his policy, blaming his Republican opponents for twisting his words.
3 Jul 2008 at 7:53pm
Algae encroaches on Chinese waters ahead of Olympics
China's efforts to offer a "greener" Summer Olympics has taken on a whole new meaning, as the sea where the Games' sailing events will be held has been overrun by algae.
3 Jul 2008 at 10:08pm
Ex-Pakistan minister acquitted of murdering Canadian woman
A former Pakistani cabinet minister has been acquitted on charges of murdering a Toronto-area woman and keeping her in illegal custody.
3 Jul 2008 at 10:47am
People's Daily Online
IRGC: Iran's response to make aggressors regret
A senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander warned that Iran's response to any military aggression will make the aggressors to be sorry for their actions, Iran's satellite Press TV reported on Friday.
"Any move against ...
4 Jul 2008 at 3:56am
Poll: Sarkozy's approval rating continues downward trend
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's approval ratings has continued on downward spiral, falling four points compared to June, with only 33 percent of French people saying that they trust him to solve their problems, according to the findings ...
4 Jul 2008 at 3:55am
Indonesian government to regulate companies' operating hours
Indonesian Government is planning to issue a decree regulating companies' operating hours in a bid to reduce electricity consumption, local media reported on Friday.
The regulation will assess the impact on industrial sectors, and ...
4 Jul 2008 at 3:53am
43 U.S. soldiers from Pacific among 5-year Iraq War casualties
A U.S. report said 43 U.S. soldiers of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Island origin have been killed in the Iraq war, Radio New Zealand International reported on Friday.
The report, compiled by the U.S. State Department, does not provid ...
4 Jul 2008 at 3:01am
Over 50 injured in Belarus blast
More then 50 people were injured in an explosion in Minsk, capital of Belarus, late Thursday during the Independence Day celebration, the Itar-Tass news agency reported Friday, citing the Belarussian Interior Ministry.
There were no ...
4 Jul 2008 at 3:00am
Indonesian police: Singaporean terrorist suspect is member of JI
One of the terrorist suspects arrested in Palembang of Indonesia's South Sumatra province earlier this week was a group member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and had spread his expertise of making bombs, Indonesia's National Police chief Gene ...
4 Jul 2008 at 2:59am
More than 4,000 trucks jam New Zealand in protest
At least 4,000 trucks took part in Friday's mass road protest in New Zealand's major cities and smaller centers, according to one of the groups behind the protest.
In Auckland, Michael Herrick from the Road Transport Association sai ...
4 Jul 2008 at 2:58am
S Korean police arrest drug smugglers with links to Taliban
South Korean police said Friday that several Afghan and Pakistani drug smugglers admitted their ties to the Taliban after being arrested near Seoul.
According to the National Police Agency, the suspects, including two Afghans and th ...
4 Jul 2008 at 2:58am
UN chief calls for more efforts to shore up peace in W Africa
Although West Africa has made strides towards shoring up peace, the region must overcome such obstacles as youth unemployment, rapid urbanization and irregular migration, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report mad ...
4 Jul 2008 at 12:34am
Int'l Criminal Court orders release of Congolese rebel leader
The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered the release of Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo on Thursday, according to a news release published on the UN Website.
The ICC said it made the decision t ...
4 Jul 2008 at 12:33am
UN food agency boosts assistance to Ethiopia
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced on Thursday that it is expanding its assistance operations to feed 4.6 million people in Ethiopia in response to the country's pressing appeal for help in staving off hunger-related deat ...
4 Jul 2008 at 12:33am
Medvedev: Russia, Japan have chance to settle territorial dispute
President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia and Japan have a chance to settle their territorial dispute if they do not rely on "miracles" but work "in a friendly way," the Itar-Tass news agency reported on Thursday.
"It seems to me the ma ...
4 Jul 2008 at 12:31am
Paraguayan president-elect: Rescue of FARC hostages "important step" for Colo...
The rescue of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages Wednesday was an "important step" for the future of Colombia, Paraguayan president-elect Fernando Lugo said Thursday.
"I received the news ...
4 Jul 2008 at 12:30am
Venezuelan president urges retaliatory actions against new EU immigration law
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday called for retaliatory actions against the European Union (EU) in response to its approval of a new immigration law.
Speaking to the press on the sidelines of the ongoing 7th Conference o ...
4 Jul 2008 at 12:29am
1 killed, 7 injured in explosion in SW Pakistan
One person was killed and seven others injured in an explosion in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported.
The explosion occurred at Mannan Chowk in Quetta, capital of Balochistan ...
4 Jul 2008 at 12:28am
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