Suu Kyi urges Myanmar to free more prisoners Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:52 PM PST Speaking on anniversary of her release from home arrest, opposition leader cites progress but calls for more reform.  
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Deutsche Bank boss reign to end Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:58 PM PST Deutsche Bank's chief is to leave next year, ending his nine-year reign at the top of Germany's largest lender.  
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Most looted missiles still in Libya: U.S. official Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:59 PM PST ALGIERS (Reuters) - Most of Libya's missing stocks of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles are still in the country but they need to be secured before they are smuggled to militants outside Libya, a U.S. official said on Monday.  
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Chile priest abuse case dropped Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:52 PM PST A criminal case against a Chilean Catholic priest accused of abusing minors is dismissed, but the judge says the allegations are "truthful".  
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VIDEO: Training China's female bodyguards Posted: 13 Nov 2011 04:45 AM PST More and more Chinese women are choosing to become bodyguards to the wealthy, as the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing discovered.  
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Warning over raw sewage discharge Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:04 PM PST Thousands more pipes could discharge raw sewage into the sea, rivers and lakes than was previously thought, the Marine Conservation Society has said.  
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NBA players reject league offer Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:09 PM PST The NBA season has been cast into doubt after the Players' Association rejects the league's latest offer for a collective bargaining agreement.  
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Checks were relaxed at 28 ports Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:57 PM PST The home secretary has revealed her pilot scheme to reduce passport checks was used at 28 ports and airports.  
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A Good Appetite: A Seven-Day Plan for Thanksgiving - A Good Appetite Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PST The more you can do ahead, the happier you'll be on the big day.  
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Sarkozy pledges "friendship" to Netanyahu after gaffe Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:11 PM PST (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reaffirm friendship despite what he refers to as their "differing views on the Middle East," Israeli officials said on Monday.  
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UN chief makes Dhaka climate plea Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:59 AM PST UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges world leaders to establish a climate fund to help countries worst affected by climate change.  
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Boxing unites for Frazier funeral Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:50 PM PST Muhammad Ali and a host of boxing greats were in attendance at the funeral of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in Philadelphia.  
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Euro crisis 'an opportunity' - PM Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:50 PM PST David Cameron says the turmoil in Europe provides scope for the UK to "refashion" its relationship with Brussels and reclaim some powers in future.  
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Japan radioactive levels probed Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST Radioactive material in some parts of north-eastern Japan exceeds levels considered safe for farming, new research finds.  
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Yemen's Saleh says ready to step down in 90 days Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:59 PM PST SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday he was ready to step down within 90 days of reaching a deal on a formal process for implementing a Gulf initiative aimed at ending the nine-month-old crisis in his country.  
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Japan radioactive levels probed Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST Radioactive material in parts of north-eastern Japan exceeds levels considered safe for farming, new research finds.  
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VIDEO: UK PM Cameron foreign policy speech Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:50 AM PST David Cameron makes a speech on foreign policy at the Lord mayor's banquet.  
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Questions Cloud Meeting of Afghan Elders Called by Hamid Karzai Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:57 PM PST More than 2,000 have been invited, but its agenda has been left ambiguous. Is it more than winning support for talks with the U.S. on extending its presence by a decade?  
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Poor states have less wiggle room as risks rise: IMF Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:15 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sharp slowdown in world growth would increase the risk of recession in poorer countries, whose budgets have barely recovered from the last economic slump just two years ago, the IMF said on Monday.  
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EU Rescue Funds Get Little Traction Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:42 AM PST Efforts to bolster and accelerate the implementation of the euro zone's rescue funds have hit major roadblocks that will likely delay their launch and further eat away at investor confidence, say people familiar with the matter.  
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