Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will not renew the licence for the country's second largest TV channel which he says expires in March 2007. In an address to troops, Mr Chavez said he ...

The first Champions League final between two English teams brings together powerhouses Manchester United and Chelsea, but if you were manager for the day, who would you pick in your dream team? The ...

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BBC News Online charts the history of the claim that Iraq could use weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes.

A New Zealand couple blocked from naming their baby 4Real have instead settled on Superman. So what are the rules on naming children in the UK? Apple, Brooklyn, Zowie, Fifi Trixibelle... celebrity ...

Futsal is an exciting five-a-side version of football. It's very popular in Europe, Asia and South America - and now the UK is catching on. Futsal is a non-contact game played with a specially ...

A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports. The man emulated Star Trek's Mr Spock - the Enterprise's ...

The latest BBC news and coverage of Winter Olympic sports for Vancouver 2010, plus sports guides, blogs, analysis, video and audio. BBC Home > BBC Sport > Vancouver 2010 Menu Vancouver 2010 Vancouver ...

As Czechoslovakia was liberated from the Nazis at the end of World War II, the population of the country took its revenge - not on the Nazis themselves, but on three million of their fellow citizens.

Pakistan says a top al-Qaeda commander has been killed in the country's tribal belt along the Afghan border. Egyptian-born Abu Hamza Rabia, described as al-Qaeda's operational commander, was among ...

Mary Queen of Scots' death mask, her sapphire ring and a casket worth £1.5m have gone on show in Edinburgh. The historic artefacts form the centrepiece of a free exhibition giving fans a rare chance ...

Groundbreaking black US comedian Richard Pryor has died after almost 20 years with multiple sclerosis. He died at the age of 65 of a heart attack at Encino hospital near Los Angeles, his wife Jennifer ...