BBC World News
- – The international Quartet of Mid-East peace mediators urges Israel to freeze settlement activity in occupied territories.
- – Rio Tinto signs a deal with China to develop a huge iron ore project in Guinea, days before four of its executives go on trial in Shanghai.
- – Switzerland halts special flights to deport asylum seekers after a Nigerian man on hunger strike died at Zurich airport.
- – Pope Benedict writes a letter to the Catholics of Ireland on how to deal with the sexual abuse of children by priests.
- – A former UN envoy to Afghanistan says Pakistan’s arrest of Taliban leaders halted a channel of secret UN contact.
- – Dutch officials reject a US general’s claim that troops failed at Srebrenica because of poor morale over gay soldiers.
- – YouTube accuses Viacom of secretly uploading content to the video-sharing site whilst publicly complaining about its presence.
- – Two men appear in court accused of killing British teenager Scarlett Keeling, whose body was found in the Indian state of Goa in 2008.
- – China’s first domestically developed civilian helicopter takes off on a maiden flight in the eastern province of Jiangxi.
- – South Africa’s budget airline pulls its tongue-in-cheek ad after a Fifa complaint that it infringes its trademark during the World Cup.
- – A songwriter who claims he helped launch Lady Gaga’s career, is suing the US pop star for $30.5m (£20m) .
- – Arsenal will face Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals while Manchester United draw Bayern Munich.
- – Fulham will face German champions Wolfsburg in the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
- – Diplomats from the US, Russia, EU and UN have called on Israel to stop building settlements. What are the chances of Israeli Palestinian talks starting?
- – Dotcom turns 25 – but what does it actually mean?
- – Thai protests point to wider discontent over elite rule
- – How realistic is new film about PM facing war crime charges?
- – Jerusalem’s African-Palestinian community
- – Weighing merits of health reform in Pennsylvania
- – Images that captured the American Dream
- – Lloyds Banking Group says it expects to make a profit this year – having made heavy losses due to bad loans in 2009.
- – Computing veteran Palm is losing ground fast to the iPhone and Blackberry in the battle of the smartphones.
- – Talks between British Airways and the Unite union aimed at averting strike action are now in their second day.
- – PlayStation 3 game Uncharted 2 leads the nominations for the Bafta video game awards, ahead of the event on Friday night.
- – Europe’s Cryosat spacecraft is set to launch on 8 April on a mission to map the world’s ice fields.
- – Scientists create the first cloaking device to render an object invisible in three dimensions.
- – Sandra Bullock’s husband Jesse James apologises to his wife and children following accusations he had an affair.
- – Actor Fess Parker, famous for playing American pioneer Davy Crockett on TV, dies in California at the age of 85.
- – Researchers discover a new species of dinosaur that was very closely related to the Velociraptor.
- – US researchers using genetically engineered fruit flies with glowing sperm track the seed’s progress inside the female in real time.
- – Doctors at Hong Kong University call for greater regulation of the acupuncture industry and stricter hygiene measures.
- – Ethiopia admits jamming the Voice of America in Amharic, accusing the US radio station of engaging in “destabilising propaganda”.
- – Nigeria recalls its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states.
- – Congressional officials say the healthcare bill will cut the deficit by $138bn over 10 years, ahead of a possible vote on Sunday.
- – Hundreds of Cuban government supporters heckle the “Ladies in White” protesters marking the 2003 crackdown on dissidents.
- – Indonesia and Australia express understanding after President Obama pushes back a much-anticipated regional visit.
- – A feng shui master launches an appeal, after a court rejected his claim to Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang’s fortune.
- – A court in northern France sentences a woman to 15 years in prison for murdering six of her newborn babies.
- – The EU’s foreign policy chief visits the Gaza Strip as militants there fire a rocket into Israel, killing one person.
- – The US Treasury has said it will freeze any assets owned by a bank and a TV station they find under their jurisdiction.
- – A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel kills a man, the first fatal rocket attack since Israel’s campaign last year.
- – India says it will ask for access to a Chicago man who has pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
- – Five-year-old Sahil Saeed returns to the family home in Oldham, as three people are charged with his kidnapping in Pakistan.
- – Railway signal workers vote in favour of strikes in a row over jobs – as British Airways and unions battle to avert walk-outs.
- – Six social workers are sacked by a local authority criticised for not preventing the abuse of Khyra Ishaq who starved to death.
- – The son of conductor Sir Edward Downes will not be charged with assisting his suicide, the director of public prosecutions says.
- – A man is jailed after he was caught when a DNA sample given by his daughter for an assault linked him to a rape in 1990.
- – A British soldier who recovered dead and injured comrades while under enemy fire in Afghanistan last year is given a gallantry award.
- – Police say they are “extremely concerned” for the health of a mother after the death of her abandoned newborn boy.
by Mark Thorogood
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