The Hamas leader-in-exile warns Israel that launching a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip would have dire consequences.

Soap characters with unhealthy lifestyles should be shown reaping the consequences, say doctors.

The Dalai Lama makes a speech to EU MPs, but China is angry at his European tour and threatens consequences for trade.

As you decide whether or not to have children, should you take the world's increasing stack of environmental woes into account?

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are in trouble, and as a consequence many other firms in Detroit suffer as well.

Religious leaders in Jerusalem are warning of a dangerous consequences after a decision by Israel's Supreme Court to allow the destruction of part of an ancient Muslim cemetery.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is to travel to DR Congo to push forward efforts at ending the conflict there.

Kazakh banks have started to feel the credit crunch, and consequently many building companies are struggling to raise funds and are facing bankruptcy.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns of "dramatic consequences" if a deal on US forces in Iraq is not agreed.

A senior police officer says the consequences of carrying replica firearms in public could be fatal.

With recession looming and unemployment rising, politicians and economists are trying to find ways of stimulating economic growth. But is growth a good thing? Does it have harmful consequences? Could we live without it?

An expert explains the consequences of when a hobby becomes a trade in the eyes of the taxman.

A British soldier is sentenced to two years in an Army detention centre for killing a colleague while "playing" with a gun.

David Haye believes he is finding it hard to get matched in the heavyweight division as a consequence of beating Tomasz Bonin.

DUP leader Peter Robinson warns of 'serious consequences' if the next Stormont Executive meeting does not go ahead.

Last month the Home Office announced that everyone in England and Wales will have access to crime maps of their local area by the end of this year. But will they help cut crime, or could they have unforeseen consequences?

Part of the blame for the rising price of oil - and the knock-on consequence for general prices - is laid at the door of speculators. Simon Cox found out what it was like trading in oil.

The violence in Georgia may have subsided but the consequences of the last few days will play out in South Ossetia and Abkhazia for many years, writes Caucasus expert Magdalena Frichova.

While US President George W Bush denounces Russia's actions in Georgia, he stops short of specifying any consequences.

Newspapers in Russia and Georgia consider the consequences of the conflict over South Ossetia.