| Israel offers new building freeze Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu offers to renew a partial freeze on settlement building if the Palestinians recognise Israel as "a Jewish state". bbc.co.uk |
Afghan peace council chief: Taliban ready to talk By DEB RIECHMANN 2010-10-14T15:48:59ZKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A former Afghan president who heads a new peace council said Thursday that he's convinced the Taliban are ready to negotiate peace.... hosted.ap.org |
Rural broadband to survive cuts The government announces the location of the rural areas that will pilot super-fast broadband, part-funded by the BBC. bbc.co.uk |
Facebook friendship turned into film An unlikely online friendship with an unexpected turn is the subject of Catfish, a documentary filmed by a group of friends, showing at the London Film Festival. bbc.co.uk |
Luge-Track Probe Reaches Impasse Vancouver's Olympic organizing committee and the International Luge Federation appear to have reached a stalemate in determining where the responsibility lies for the construction of the track where a Georgian athlete died. online.wsj.com |