interludes


A chronology of key events

Australia finish day four of the final Test against India in Nagpur on 13-0, needing to score 382 to win and level the series.

Key facts, figures and dates

Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda will return to Broadway after a 46-year absence to perform in 33 Variations.

Labour moves to see off an attempt by 12 rebel MPs to force a challenge to Gordon Brown's leadership.

Motown legend Stevie Wonder opens his first European for a decade with a concert at Birmingham's National Indoor arena.

A profile of Mauritania's General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, who seized power in a coup last week.

Golden girl Rebecca Adlington plans a shoe spree as Jose Mourinho gets up to his old tricks

The BBC's Robert Trevelyan remembers his brief appearance in a film by the great Egyptian director Youssef Chahine.

New Zealand beat England by 22 runs at Bristol to level the one-day series 1-1.

Rangers' squad is beginning to bulge with attacking options

As protesters across the world target the Olympic torch relay, the BBC's James Reynolds finds people in Beijing much more upbeat about the Games.

Henry Hill walked New York's streets as a mafia king - now he makes money talking about his old life of crime.

Mike Sergeant reports from Lebanon on how the problem of child labour is exacerbated by the country's political crisis.

Barnsley shock Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals after Portsmouth stun Man Utd and Liverpool crush Newcastle in the Premier League.

As Thailand swears in a new cabinet, the BBC's Jonathan Head looks at the future direction of Thai politics

The Free Presbyterian Church elects a successor to Ian Paisley, its moderator for almost 57 years.

Several flood warnings remain in place on rivers across Gloucestershire after the heavy rain which began last week.

Water levels across parts of Wiltshire are continuing to rise, with a number of roads closed.

Greenpeace says it has chased off a factory ship from a Japanese whaling mission near Antarctica's coast.

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