John Pienaar asesses whether the pre-Budget reports marks the end of New Labour and a return to traditional Labour.

The BBC's Soutik Biswas asks why malnutrition is not a key issue with politicians as the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh goes to the polls.

It's the sort of conundrum that apprentice wizard Merlin - eponymous hero of the current BBC children's drama - needn't concern himself too much about: how do magicians stop others from pinching their tricks?

A look at the life of Juan Camilo Mourino, Mexico's interior minister who was killed in a plane crash.

Thousands of people hold a peaceful protest in Damascus against an alleged US raid that Syria says killed eight.

At least 18 Taleban militants are killed in a second major attack on a southern Afghan town this week, officials say.

Attacks on troops, civilians and aid workers in Afghanistan are at their highest level for six years, according to the UN.

Nottingham Panthers coach Corey Neilson insists his sides performance against Sheffield was "undisciplined".

The UN chief calls for sanctions to be considered against those involved in drug trafficking through Guinea-Bissau.

Gordon Brown says the UK remains "permanently on guard" against the threat of terrorism in the UK.

A small German coal-fired plant will be the first in the world to capture and store its own CO2 emissions.

A small German coal-fired plant will be the first in the world to capture and store its own CO2 emissions.

What are the geological options available to lock away captured CO2 for thousands of years.

Prachanda, the Nepalese Maoist leader who has been elected as prime minister, has a mild manner which conceals a tough interior.

Will Serbia follow the arrest of Radovan Karadzic by capturing his wartime commander and right-hand man Ratko Mladic, asks Gabriel Partos.

Nine MPs - eight of them Welsh Labour - urge a halt plans to cull badgers in Wales to tackle bovine TB.

The top US commander in Iraq says al-Qaeda may be shifting its focus and sending fighters from Iraq to Afghanistan.

Bangladeshi border forces say two of their guards have been shot dead by Indian troops near a frontier post.

A city council defends its choice of imported Chinese granite despite criticism that it is easily stained.

The history and background of the Taleban movement that has been staging a comeback in Afghanistan.