Politics

Brazil's tribes demand respect of land rights

Brazil's native tribes protest in Brasilia to demand respect of their land rights. Duration: 00:35

Oct 2, 2013

E-cigarette inventor fights for financial rewards

The Chinese inventor who dreamed up the electronic cigarette in a nicotine-induced vision says that despite its global popularity, copycat versions and legal disputes mean he has battled to cash in on his creation. Duration: 01:15

Oct 2, 2013

Berlusconi drops bid to topple Italy government

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi abandons his bid to topple Prime Minister Enrico Letta, saying he would vote to support the government in a humiliating climbdown after key allies rebelled.

Oct 2, 2013

Cameras capture Sumatran rhino in Indonesia

Hidden cameras capture images of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo island, where it was thought to have long ago died out, the WWF say. Duration: 00:22

Oct 2, 2013

Israel military drill simulates chemical attack

Israeli defence forces held Wednesday a military drill simulating a chemical attack in the town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem. Duration: 00:38

Oct 2, 2013

French protest over Sunday closure of DIY stores

French workers and DIY fans have been gathering in central Paris today to protest new regulations meaning that DIY stores will no longer be allowed to open for business on Sundays. Duration: 00:58

Oct 2, 2013

Image-conscious China chides its 'unruly' tourists

Chinese tourists should not pick their noses in public, pee in pools or steal airplane life jackets, China's image-conscious authorities have warned in a handbook in their latest effort to counter unruly behaviour. Duration: 01:09

Oct 2, 2013

Yemen jails Qaeda militants for suicide bombing

A Yemeni court on Wednesday jailed Al-Qaeda militants for up to 10 years for plotting a suicide bombing that killed 86 soldiers and wounded 171 others last year. Duration: 00:40

Oct 2, 2013

Greek neo-Nazi lawmakers indicted

Four lawmakers from Greece's Golden Dawn neo-Nazi party were charged Wednesday with belonging to a criminal organisation as the authorities move to dismantle the group after the murder of an anti-fascist musician.

Oct 2, 2013

Back to school in Aleppo amid horrors of Syria war

Thousands of children are going back to school in the Syrian city of Aleppo despite the sounds of war just around the corner.

Oct 2, 2013

Sectarian clashes in Myanmar leave 5 Muslims dead

Police patrolled tense villages in western Myanmar Wednesday following sectarian clashes which left five Muslims dead and prompted international alarm.

Oct 2, 2013

Vietnam court jails activist lawyer for 30 months

A Vietnamese court sentences a prominent activist lawyer to 30 months in jail on tax evasion charges as hundreds of his supporters stage a protest in the capital against the one-party communist state's crackdown on dissent

Oct 2, 2013

Berlusconi: Italy's Midas loses his touch

Abandoned by top aides and choked by legal woes, Silvio Berlusconi's defeat in a showdown with Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Wednesday was seen by analysts as a sign of his terminal decline. After two decades in politics, the bombastic tycoon who once compared himself to Jesus Christ cut an increasingly lonely figure as one by one his lieutenants broke ranks to support the government.

Oct 2, 2013

Olympics: Sochi security 'less strict' than London

Russian security officials briefed reporters on measures to ensure the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi are safe from the violence wrecking the volatile North Caucasus region

Oct 2, 2013

UK cyclist's near miss at train crossing

Footage released by the British Transport Police shows a cyclist come within a whisker of being struck by a train after passing the security barrier at a crossing in Waterbeach, in the English county of Cambridgeshire.

Oct 2, 2013