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BBC's Robyn Hunter investigates how you negotiate and deliver a pirate ransom in the 21st Century.
British soldiers take to the streets in Afghanistan's Helmand province in an attempt to win trust and respect from the population.
The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, describes the floods in the northern state of Bihar as a "national calamity".
The first UK servicewoman to die in Afghanistan belonged to the military's psychological operations unit. But what do "psy-ops" really involve?
The flood situation in India's eastern states of Orissa, West Bengal and Jharkhand continues to deteriorate, officials say.
The BBC's Nick Bryant reports from a US navy ship off Burma's coast which has been barred from delivering cyclone aid.
Aid is getting through to the Burmese people despite obstructions, the agency coordinating donations has said.
The Irish government is to send an aid package to help areas of China hit by Monday's devastating earthquake.
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, wonders if John Edwards's endorsement will help Obama win over blue-collar voters.
China ramps up relief efforts with more troops and helicopters as the search for earthquake survivors goes on.
A massive search and rescue operation is under way in China after a huge earthquake that killed more than 12,000.
UK ministers condemn Burma's military rulers for not allowing aid to flow more freely into the cyclone-hit country.
Aid should be dropped into Burma whether the authorities there allow it or not, says Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.
The international community is split over how to get aid to victims of the cyclone, as Burma's rulers drag their feet in accepting help, writes Jonathan Marcus.
Threatening to drop aid into Burma without permission is "incendiary" says UK International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander.
The UN says it is disappointed at Burma's slow progress in allowing access to victims of last weekend's cyclone.
Some 600 rare goats that give the wool for Kashmir's prized Pashmina shawls have reportedly died of starvation.
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, reflects on the unlikely end of Fidel Castro's career as despot.
The goats that provide the wool for Kashmir's world famous Pashmina shawls "face death from intense cold".
Fifty years of study on Alaska's McCall glacier have provided scientists with a timeline of local climatic change.
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