A chronology of key events

Giving fishermen long-term rights to fisheries keeps stocks healthy, scientists conclude from a huge global survey.

Read award-winning work by students in Scotland tasked with writing about the EU

The landmine is widely considered an unacceptable weapon of war. So why has the US refused to sign the mine ban treaty? The BBC's Stephanie Holmes explores.

King Kigeli Ndahindurwa V, who ruled Rwanda until his overthrow in 1959, says he wants to return home.

Who was the greatest king or queen of England? Three historians make the case for Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Victoria so you can weigh the evidence.

Author Mohsin Hamid says his second novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist took seven years to allow "distance" from the 9/11 terror attacks.

UK universities are teaching "gobbledygook" amid a growth in alternative medicine degrees, an expert says.

With religion increasingly polarised, is there any benefit in not knowing if there's a higher power? One man - an ex-vicar - explains why agnosticism is his creed.

The BBC's Jim Muir examines the United States' changing role in conflicts in Lebanon.

The recent movement in Nepal which led to the king giving up power was not about democracy, writes Krishna Murari Gautam.

A poll names the anniversary of Magna Carta as the best date for a national day to celebrate Britishness.

Documents from the Pentagon and Osama Bin Laden give insights into what the US calls "the long war", says Paul Reynolds.

Maoist rebels battle security forces in the Nepalese town of Chautara as protests against the king continue.

Aaagh! It's a giant purple squid! With horrible gnashing teeth! Run for your lives! Brian Wheeler writes.

Shortly before he was elected pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger delivered a withering denunciation of relativism. For those unfamiliar with even the blunter points of philosophy, what was he driving at?

European papers continue to focus on the situation in Ukraine, whilst France looks set for its own taste of political conflict

Reaction from leaders and commentators across Africa to George W Bush's victory in the US election.

The world press speculates about what President Bush's second term will mean for US foreign policy.

The Republicans are reaping the benefits of targeted assaults on Democratic candidate John Kerry, writes Tom Carver.