Senate leaders are expected to allow Roland Burris to take up Barack Obama's vacant seat in the US Senate.

Adel Hakimjan, a Chinese Uighur, describes his struggle to find a safe haven after his release from Guantanamo.

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The Scarlets announce ticket deals as they bid to fill their new stadium against a star-studded Barbarians side.

BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen is writing a diary of the conflict between Hamas and Israel.

Israel halts military operations in Gaza for three hours in the first of planned daily suspensions, it says, as ceasefire calls mount.

A trust for a wealthy UK landowner was paid £281,000 to allow a bridge over a river, it emerges.

Cambridge United boss Gary Brabin has ruled out allowing any more players to leave the Abbey in order to free up cash for transfers.

Barnsley allow unsettled striker Miguel Mostto to leave the club to be closer to his family in Peru.

A social viewing website has brought the international pastime of watching TV and social networking together.

The senior executive at the centre of a "homes for staff" row at Norwich City Council stands by her decisions.

As part of a series on Britain's jobless, one woman seeking asylum in the UK explains how and why lack of work has touched her life.

International pressure builds for Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a UN-backed truce.

Thirty years after the quiet fall of the bloody Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, dark memories - and disputes - linger.

Aid agencies say the already fragile humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has deteriorated dramatically since Israel began its military offensive, reports the BBC's Heather Sharp.

The spirit of John Major's cones hotline lives on in the government's latest public service reform proposals.

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New head coach Mark Williams looks to build on last season's success as Redditch Arrows return to pre-season training.

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A profile of the Gaza Strip, including its main population centres, refugee camps and border crossings.