Gosford Park director Robert Altman is to receive an honorary Academy Award for his lifetime's work.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/4604712.stm

Chile's two presidential candidates wrap up their campaigns ahead of Sunday's vote.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/4606956.stm

A US judge will review the decision by the Coast Guard to deport 15 Cubans who reached a disused US bridge.{br}{br}View the Enti

Thailand's prime minister admits a prominent Muslim lawyer may have been killed by government officials.{br}{br}View the Enti

Mongolia's parliament debates whether to dissolve the governing coalition after a mass resignation.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/4608408.stm

A man held after an attack in a Moscow synagogue is charged with racially-motivated attempted murder.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/4608742.stm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts her first official visit to the US by criticising Iran's nuclear programme.{br}{br}View the Enti

The US secretary of state supports EU calls for the UN Security Council to deal with Iran's nuclear "defiance".{br}{br}View the Enti

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may meet a United Nations team investigating the murder of former
Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri{br}{br}View the Enti

South Asia is counting its dead from the Hajj stampede near Mecca in which at least 345 Muslim pilgrims died.{br}{br}View the Enti

Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf share an unbroken 190 as Pakistan reach 326-2 after day one of the first Test.{br}{br}View the Enti

Kim Howells, the minister who let a sex offender work at a school, "acted properly", says his boss Jack Straw.{br}{br}View the Enti

Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian output drops 20% after a pipeline explosion and the kidnapping of four oil workers.{br}{br}View the Enti

New cervical smear tests being used by the NHS have no advantages over traditional ones, a study suggests.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/4605810.stm

Stem cells play a key role in the deer's remarkable ability to grow new antlers, according to research.{br}{br}View the Enti

Human Rights Watch accuses the Ethiopian government of violently suppressing protest.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/4608814.stm