The BBC's Andrew Whitehead says that there is a sense of deja-vu surrounding Kashmir as it heads into 2009.

Many people have gained an insight from cop shows like The Wire into the violent underbelly of some of the cities on the US eastern seaboard. But what is life really like for the police who tackle serious crime? Louis Theroux found out.

Why economic problems must not derail progress on the Millennium Development Goals, which the UN assesses this week.

The relations between militants on either side of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Preserving tropical forests is the cheapest way of combating climate change - so why aren't we doing it?

Solving the world's environmental ills may mean re-thinking the role of nations and national governments.

The BBC's Richard Black on why it is good to be sceptical when it comes to climate change, as long as it is based on facts.

The US current credit crisis rocking global markets is a key issue for debate.

England beat India by 104 runs at the Rose Bowl in the first match of the one-day international series.

Are the record profits of the UK's High Street banks to be criticised or welcomed?

Why "climate sceptics" should back up their claim that the scientific establishment is against them.

Outgoing No 10 strategy chief Matthew Taylor says the internet is helping to fuel a democratic "crisis".

Experts react to the warning by the UK security service that there are 1,600 individuals under terror surveillance.

The Iraqi authorities begin taking control of their armed forces from the US-led coalition.

Will the internet based encyclopedia, Wikipedia help preserve our languages?

Economist Kaushik Basu on why India's higher education system is lagging behind the rest of the world.

Economist Kaushik Basu examines whether optimism over India's economy is based on hard facts.

BBC News looks at how trench warfare has continued in the developing world since the Battle of the Somme.

Both Africa and Latin America are rich in natural resources, so what can Africa learn from the continent?

Dan Gillmor, author of We the Media, looks at how the business behind in-depth journalism is changing in his regular column for the BBC News website.