Archive: January 2010
Switzerland's justice minister warned in an interview on Sunday that top bank UBS could collapse if sensitive talks with the United States over a high-profile tax fraud investigation fall through.
A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates have told the first journalist to see them in captivity they are in urgent need of help.
A Libyan appeal court quashes a Swiss businessman's jail term for a visa charge in a case that has been linked to a diplomatic row.
A quarter of people living in England's rural villages will be over 65 by 2020, the National Housing Federation says.
California dismayed by rare battering from wind and rain
El Salvador's troubled adoption history
Filipinos have mostly not benefited from the country's economic growth _ equal to about five percent annually _ during President Gloria Arroyo's seven-year term, a top official admitted Sunday.
Yemen rejects a truce offer by northern rebels, insisting they must agree to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia, officials say.
Roger Federer showed he has no intention of relinquishing his iron grip at the top of men's tennis, winning his fourth Australian Open, 16th Grand Slam and securing the top ranking for a 268th week.
Roger Federer said he produced one of his finest performances to repulse the challenge of Andy Murray and win his fourth Australian Open and 16th Grand Slam title on Sunday.
Burglars "leave their human rights outside" the moment they break in to someone else's property, Conservative leader David Cameron has said.
The wife of a missing Sri Lankan journalist who favoured the loser in last week's presidential poll pleads he be freed.
Striker Wayne Rooney is not for sale at any price, Manchester United chief executive David Gill tells BBC Sport.
The World Economic Forum ends with few clear outcomes, but with global bankers firmly on the defensive.
Britain's Andy Murray says his desire to win a Grand Slam title remains undimmed by defeat to Roger Federer in the final of the Australian Open.
Counter-terrorism police say their discovery of a film of children being encouraged to hold guns is evidence of attempts to radicalise youngsters.
Gordon Brown was "marginalised" by Tony Blair in the build-up to the Iraq war, says Clare Short.
An icy cold snap that has caused transport chaos throughout Germany will also take a significant toll on the economy, Europe's largest, a top economic institute warned on Sunday.
An insurance levy on financial institutions to help bail out banks in any future financial crisis is gaining support.
A Conservative government would not make "swingeing cuts" to public spending during its first year, David Cameron says.
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There will be no cancellation of next week’s meetings of members of the parliament although the mass anti-government rally by red shirts is prolonged, House Speaker Chai Chidchob insisted on Wednesday morning.
Two soldiers providing security for teachers were injured by a bomb explosion at a bridge linking two villages in tambon Muang Tia of Pattani’s Mae Lan district on Wednesday morning, Mae Lan police said.
A television producer has pleaded guilty to trying to blackmail the US chatshow host David Letterman out of £1.3m over a string of affairs.
Lindsay Lohan is suing an online share trading company for $100m (about £66m), claiming one of their adverts features a baby modelled on her.
The alleged mastermind of the Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, is thought to have been killed in a shootout with police in Indonesia.
