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BBC News and Current Affairs (commonly referred to as BBC News, sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporation's newsgathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. It claims to be the largest broadcast news gathering operation in the world and produces almost 100 hours of output daily. The current director is Helen Boaden. BBC News carries out a key objective of the BBC's Royal Charter: to "collect news and information in any part of the world and in any manner that may be thought fit". BBC News is based at ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Media:
TV, Online, Radio, Wire Service
Audience:
Very large audience (1M or more) (English)
Scope:
International
Political Viewpoint:
Neutral viewpoint
Owners:
Public Corporation | Managers: Mark Thompson
Research
Location:
London, United Kingdom
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Leo Romero
Last Edit:
Aug 29, 2008 - 1:37 PM PDT
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US diplomat quits over Afghan war
A senior US diplomat in Afghanistan has become the first such person to resign in protest at the war against the Taliban, the Washington Post reported.Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Life dries up in Kenya's Mau forest
High in the hills of Kenya's Mau forest, some 20,000 families are facing eviction from their farms - accused of contributing to an ecological disaster which has crippled the ...Posted by Christoph Wienands -
Torturing 'does not get truth'
Torture techniques used on suspected terrorists by the Bush administration may have failed to get to the truth, researchers say. Professor Shane O'Mara of Trinity College, ...via Google News -
Are US healthcare protests genuine?
Grassroots or astroturf? Real or fake? Those are the questions being asked about the rash of protests taking place all over the country against the president's plans to reform ...via BBC News -
'Blasphemer' attacked in Pakistan
An angry crowd in southern Pakistan attacks the house of a woman accused of desecrating the Koran, police say. Police officials said the woman was taken into protective ...via Google News -
Singh to outline Pakistan stand
Indian PM Manmohan Singh is due to make a statement clarifying the government's stand on peace talks with Pakistan.via Pakistani News -
Pakistan's South Waziristan puzzle
What is Pakistan's government up to in South Waziristan? Since the middle of May, the army has been conducting a military offensive against Pakistan's Taliban leader ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Potent cancer drug hopes raised
A new way of making cancer cells die has been discovered by UK scientists, raising hopes of potent new treatments.via BBC News -
Mousavi supporters in new protest
(Video) Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, again defied a government ban to take to the streets of Tehran on Tuesday. Several people died in a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Israel papers: new era in US ties
One writer called on the Israeli government to adapt to the new winds blowing from Washington or face a storm, while several said the US president had given the government ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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UN workers fear huge impact of relocation
The UN has said that it will temporarily relocate 600 of its international staff based in Afghanistan. Here, UN workers discuss how the measures to tackle growing security ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Karzai declared elected president
Hamid Karzai has been declared the elected president of Afghanistan by poll officials, after they scrapped the planned second round of the vote.via Memeorandum -
Abdullah pulls out of Afghan vote
(Multimedia) President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election says he will not take part in the poll.via NewsRack -
Global jump in swine flu deaths
The number of swine flu deaths reported worldwide has jumped by more than 700 in a week, latest World Health Organization figures reveal.Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Thirsty Gaza
Gaza's aquifer and only natural freshwater source is "in danger of collapse," the UN is warning. Engineers have long been battling to keep the densely populated strip's water ...Posted by Marsha Iverson -
Obama rallies support over Iran
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are travelling to Iran ahead of a visit to a newly revealed nuclear site. The inspection on Sunday will be the first ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Epic humpback whale battle filmed
(Video) The greatest of all animal battles, "the humpback whale heat run", is filmed in its entirety for the first time by a BBC crew.Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Afghan election goes to run-off
Afghanistan is to hold a second round of presidential elections on 7 November, after fraud claims discredited first round results.Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
US senator warns on Afghan troops
US Senator John Kerry has said it would be irresponsible to send more US troops to Afghanistan before the result of the presidential election there is clear. Mr Kerry's ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
South Asia | Street fighting in Taliban bases
Dozens of casualties are reported as the Pakistan army fights street battles to break the Taliban grip on South Waziristan.Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
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