VIDEO: Footage shows Bolivia tornado

VIDEO: Footage shows Bolivia tornado

VIDEO: Footage shows Bolivia tornado

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:28 PM PST

A tornado tore metal sheeting from roofs, demolished buildings and uprooted trees in the city of Cochabamba in central Bolivia on Wednesday.


VIDEO: Hen hotel - it's Odd Box

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:17 PM PST

The week's weird and wonderful video news stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.


VIDEO: Future uncertain for NZ quake victims

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:47 PM PST

Nine months after the devastating earthquake which claimed 181 lives, residents of Christchurch still face uncertainty about the future.


VIDEO: Footage shows Bolivia tornado

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:28 PM PST

A tornado tore metal sheeting from roofs, demolished buildings and uprooted trees in the city of Cochabamba in central Bolivia on Wednesday.


Obama opens door to new U.S. ties with Myanmar

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:24 PM PST

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he saw "flickers of progress" in Myanmar and dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to visit the isolated country next month to explore new ties.

Obama opens door to new U.S. ties with Myanmar (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 10:50 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he saw "flickers of progress" in Myanmar and dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to visit the isolated country next month to explore new ties.


Greek government readies budget, awaits EU/IMF inspectors

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:02 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's new national unity government submits a 2012 austerity budget to parliament on Friday, its first task in meeting the terms of the country's bailout and avoiding bankruptcy.

Obama to send Clinton to Myanmar

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:07 PM PST

Move to deepen engagement with Asian nation comes as US president holds first ever conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi.


In Benin, pope to articulate position on Africa (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 10:26 PM PST

A market worker salvages metal sheeting from the bulldozed and burnt remains of Zongo market, in Cotonou, Benin, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. Workers and residents say police forces destroyed the market without warning on Tuesday, citing an order from the city to make the area presentable ahead of the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI. The 84-year-old Pope arrives Friday for a three-day visit to the tiny west African nation. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is returning this week to Africa, the Roman Catholic Church's fastest-growing region whose pool of aspiring priests are helping to replenish orders in Europe, where congregations are dwindling.

Japan Inc steps up shift overseas as yen stays high (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 10:37 PM PST

Reuters - Japan's big manufacturers are speeding up their shift overseas, in a sign they see the strong yen as a long-term handicap rather than a temporary blip, as they struggle to compete with nimble Asian rivals.


VIDEO: Beckham: Blatter's remarks 'appalling'

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:45 PM PST

David Beckham has spoken about the comments made by FIFA president Sepp Blatter's on racism in football.


VIDEO: Occupy protesters in 'day of defiance'

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:51 PM PST

Two months after they began, the Occupy Wall Street protesters continued protesting in New York on Thursday.


VIDEO: Syria protest becoming armed uprising

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PST

Germany, France and Britain have tabled a United Nations resolution calling for an end to human rights violations in Syria.


VIDEO: Police collar escaped motorway dog

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:57 PM PST

A dog created chaos in the US state of Arizona when it jumped out of a car window following an accident.


VIDEO: Hundreds arrested in Occupy protests

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:51 PM PST

Two months after they began the Occupy Wall Street protesters continued marching in New York on Thursday resulting in more than 200 arrests for acts of civil disobedience.


VIDEO: Beckham: Blatter's remarks 'appalling'

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:45 PM PST

David Beckham has spoken about the comments made by FIFA president Sepp Blatter's on racism in football.


VIDEO: Police collar escaped motorway dog

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:57 PM PST

A dog created chaos in the US state of Arizona when it jumped out of a car window following an accident.


China's Wen warns "outside forces" off sea dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 10:55 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday that "outside forces" had no excuse to get involved in a complex dispute over the South China Sea, offering a veiled warning to the United States and others not to stick their noses into the sensitive issue.


Philippines Aquino: Pursuing corruption or just Arroyo? (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:33 PM PST

Reuters - A quarter of a century ago, a former president fled from the Philippines after a revolution. This week, another former president was stopped trying to leave in what President Benigno Aquino hopes will be the start of a new revolution.


China's Wen warns "outside forces" off sea dispute

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:40 PM PST

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday that "outside forces" had no excuse to get involved in a complex dispute over the South China Sea, offering a veiled warning to the United States and others not to stick their noses into the sensitive issue.
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