BBC News: World

13 October 2012 Last updated at 11:29 ET

Mursi U-turn on Egypt prosecutor

President Mohammed Mursi of Egypt agrees to allow the Mubarak-era chief prosecutor to keep his job after an embarrassing public row.

At least 15 people are killed in a market bombing apparently aimed at an anti-Taliban group in north-west Pakistan, security officials say.

Los Angeles residents turn out to watch the US space shuttle Endeavour as it inches through the city on a giant trolley, bound for a museum.

Special report on the challenge to the Assad regime and its regional implications

JP Morgan predicts housing upturn

JP Morgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon cuts the amount set aside to cover mortgage losses and announces a 33% rise in three month profit.
IMF backs more time for Greece
RBS bank branch sale collapses

Injured Walcott out of Poland tie

Theo Walcott returns to Arsenal after being ruled out of England's clash with Poland on Tuesday with a chest injury.
Murray beats Federer in Shanghai
Hamilton undecided on race plan

Stars pay tribute at Whitney show

A host of celebrities pay tribute to Whitney Houston as part of a special Grammy television show.
Weinstein attacks 'free internet'
Tom Hanks to make Broadway debut

Border fears

Turkish town suffers fallout from Syrian conflict
Nasty, brutish and short

The life cycle of a Mexican drug lord
Test of optimism

The 'menacing cloud' hanging over Zimbabwe elections
Secret mission

The other Cuban missile crisis - averted by one Russian's ingenuity
Divorce epidemic

Tajik women left behind as men work abroad
Cut-price insight

Changing China seen from the 'hard seat' of a train
'I'd be a dog' Watch

Pink on reincarnation, philosophy and using her fame to get a table
Capturing history

Rare Chinese Cultural Revolution images go on display
Marked for massacre

How a slip of the tongue spelled tragedy
Front-line lifesavers

How military medical treatment has changed over past 100 years