Sochi's successful bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics has also left residents of Russia's city worried about their own future, says Steven Eke.

A boy who was born four months early and weighed just 1lb, 6oz is attending nursery and progressing well.

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A £330 million programme to deal with catastrophes is still "inadequate", the Whitehall spending watchdog says.

Venezuela joins the space race with the launch of its first telecommunications satellite from China.

Parents and lawyers are fighting to save juveniles sentenced to death in Iran, Jon Leyne reports.

The move to create an African free trade zone is positive and long overdue, a Kenyan analyst tells the BBC News website.

Newspapers around the world continue to worry about the deepening financial crisis.

A reporter is converted into a green 'fundamentalist' after discovering the joys of two wheels.

With the Taleban in Afghanistan proving "more resilient" than expected, more British troops are being killed than ever.

How the Brazillian government is trying to get all it's citizens online

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

BBC journalist Carley Bowman on her infant son's battle with a serious heart condition.

The high number of inmates at HMP Bristol is affecting its performance, according to prison inspectors.

Surrey County Council is to take immediate action after a report finds checks for staff working with children were "unacceptable".

Parents can now act as agents to handle their children's university applications - and then turn up for the interviews too.

The discovery of oil of South-western Iran 100 years ago transformed the country and its future. John Leyne looks at the impact of a century of oil production on the country where the Middle East oil industry began.

Internet users in Russia and Georgia attacked vital websites in each other's countries, in a virtual echo of battles being fought on the ground by troops and tanks.

The BBC's Jill McGivering looks at how the Paralympics could help change prejudice in China towards the disabled.