International

London saddles up for new bike hire scheme

30.07.2010 - International

A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London has begun.

Syrian and Saudi leaders visit Beirut to defuse tension

30.07.2010 - International

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are set to pay a joint visit to Lebanon.

Former UN weapons inspector Blix to face Iraq questions

27.07.2010 - International

The man who led UN weapons inspectors in Iraq before the 2003 invasion is set to appear before the war inquiry.

Greenpeace activists close down BP stations in London

27.07.2010 - International

BP petrol stations in central London have been shut down by environmental activists.

Brazil tribes allow workers to leave hydro plant

27.07.2010 - International

Indigenous people protesting against the construction of a hydro-electric plant in the Brazilian Amazon have allowed most workers to leave the site, the Brazilian authorities say.

Clinton and Gates visit Korean Demilitarized Zone

21.07.2010 - International

The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and Defence Secretary Robert Gates have visited the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea.

PKK 'would disarm for Kurdish rights in Turkey'

21.07.2010 - International

The leader of a Kurdish rebel group engaged in a guerrilla war with Turkey has told the BBC it is willing to disarm in return for greater political and cultural rights for Turkey's Kurds.