BBC World News, Mar 23, 2012

Obama names surprise World Bank candidate Jim Yong Kim BBC News Selecting the World Bank president is a task for the organisation's board, which is made up of 25 representatives of the member countries. Some of them have their own seats - the US and UK, for example. Others are grouped into constituencies. See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Mali coup: World condemns mutineers BBC News The World Bank and African Development Bank said they were suspending all aid until the crisis is resolved. The coup leaders went on state TV to say they had closed the borders. They added that the president was safe. A government official told the BBC ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

1630: Murray through in Miami Masters BBC Sport BBC Sport's Rishi Persad: "Shane Watson's body language when Aus come under pressure doesn't inspire. WI fans enjoying 145 off last 12 overs." Charlie Mulgrew believes it would be "stupid" for Celtic to think Sunday's Old Firm clash with Rangers at ... See all stories on this topic »

Weekly International News Wrap: Global Box Office Booms, Lionsgate's Stock ... Hollywood Reporter Britain says hello to more high-end TV with new tax breaks whileBBC Director General Mark Thompson says goodbye. And Indian and Pakistan put aside decades of conflict to make peace over a good meal. Here's The Hollywood Reporter's look back at the ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

The chia craze BBC News By Lauren Everitt BBC News Magazine Many people in the UKwon't have heard of the chia seed, but if regulators give their backing this US superfood craze could be on the way. Goji berries, kombucha, wheatgrass, acai berries. See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Malaysian GP practice as it happened BBC Sport Don't forget Inside F1, hosted by our F1 pit-lane reporter Lee McKenzie, which airs at 1845 GMT on the BBC News Channel, plus all manner of lovely videomopping up reaction to practice on this very website. I'll be back at 0430 GMT to take you through ... See all stories on this topic »

Video game tax breaks: what does it mean and what happens now? The Guardian (blog) Bobby Kotick, the chief executive of US-based publishing giant Activision released an immediate statement: "This is a great first step and should put the UK in a stronger position to compete with other countries offering incentives for video games ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

UKTV follows the Scripps for success Variety Ever since US-based Scripps Networks became the co-owner of British channel provider UKTV, the company's fortunes have risen. "Our revenue, our profits and our audience figures are all up," says UKTV CEO Darren Childs, the former BBC Worldwide Intl. See all stories on this topic » Variety

Roger Rabbit meets Roddy Doyle on BBC Irish Times Shot and set in Dublin, it's co-produced by BBC and RTÉ. John Rice, chief executive for the company, and executive producer of Roy, describes the pitching process as “a happy accident”. “We created a film in 2008 called Badly Drawn Roy,” he says. See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

Internet castaways of BBC's Apprentice Enterprise Irregulars ... on the very day we learned that the Internet economy is booming faster even than India's — and that the UK has the largest Internet sector of any of the G20 economies — a new series of The Apprentice TV show began yesterday on the BBC. See all stories on this topic » Enterprise Irregulars

'Senna' director Asif Kapadia commissioned for London 2012 Festival Digital Spy UK Hackney-born BAFTA winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Senna, The Warrior, Far North) has been commissioned for the Festival as part of the BBC Films and Film4 co-commission of four short films that showcase UK filmmaking talent. See all stories on this topic »

Scripps acquires international Travel Channel arm The Guardian US media company Scripps, which owns a 50% stake in UKTV, has acquiredUK-based Travel Channel International in a £65m deal. Scripps – owner of USTV assets including the Cooking Channel, the DIY Network and the US Travel Channel – said the company was ... See all stories on this topic »

The Voice UK Winning Manager Odds and Betting Preview Jessie J bookies ... Bet Asia LONDON, UK - The inaugural series of The Voice UK begins on Saturday evening on BBC One, which is set to rivals ITV's Britain's Got Talent for viewers. The competition between the two shows also doubles the punting opportunities for those who like to ... See all stories on this topic »

Let's get physical, boys: Alan Carr gets chatty with JLS for Sport Relief The Independent For us, when it comes to giving back, it's one of the best and the most rewarding things you can possibly do, whatever it is; donating money to support a charity or being involved in a charity personally. For Sport Relief, we went out to Uganda in ... See all stories on this topic »

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Videogame Preview SFX Clocking in at around 8-10 hours The Eternity Clock is a much lengthier experience than the (brilliant) Adventure Games, released by the BBC over the past couple of years. In a particularly exciting move for fans of the show, The Eternity Clock will ... See all stories on this topic »

Exhibitor Show Highlights at UK's Natural Food Show 2012 Virtual-Strategy Magazine The UK's BBC Radio 2 presenter Jayney Lee Grace – a huge fan of ohso – will be on the stand between 2-3.30pm on Sunday 1 April. The Booja-Booja Company (stand 9003) creates guilt free, gloriously scrumptious organic chocolates and a mouth-watering ... See all stories on this topic »

The Global Note: Charging Sgt. Bales…Asma Assad…Water Wars…Blowing Up A ... ABC News (blog) However, the BBC's Jon Williams reports the ban will not block Asma from traveling to the UK since she is a British citizen. Four other members of the Assad family and eight government ministers were also targeted in today's latest round of sanctions. See all stories on this topic »

How indie labels changed the world The Guardian When the independent sector was starting to gain serious momentum 10 years earlier, the Scottish pop star BA Robertson interviewed Edwyn Collins and Alan Horne about their Postcard label for the BBC. In an attempt to draw comparisons with Postcard and ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

McDonald's intiative aims to plough innovation back into UK farming The Guardian (blog) Just witness the uproar when it was announced that some of the chicken to be used at its London Olympics outlet, the largest in theworld, was going to be sourced from Brazil. A rapid U-turn means the company has now guaranteed 100% UK sourced chicken ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Superstar Tom Jones to wow crowds at Hamilton Park racecourse Hamilton Advertiser news He is now set to release his follow-up album in May this year and is currently starring as a coach on the new BBC flagship show, The Voice UK. This signing is a huge feat for Hamilton Park and builds on the success the racecourse has had working with ... See all stories on this topic »

S&S Goes Medieval with HIT's Mike the Knight Publishers Weekly HIT announced last year that S&S UK would be the publisher for Mike the Knight in that country, where it airs on the BBC'sCBeebies network. As is the norm for Simon & Schuster's multi-territory licensing arrangements, some of the UK titles may be ... See all stories on this topic » Publishers Weekly

Goodbye to Lazy Sundays Huffington Post UK (blog) Mr Osborne told the BBC that it would be a "great shame" if Britain had a "closed for business sign" on it during the games. Yet with the giant new Westfield complex greeting spectators at Stratford, and no doubt the Olympic venues themselves being ... See all stories on this topic »

Your views on the news - privatising roads, London cycling and tube bonuses The Guardian (blog) If you have seen any of the BBC series currently running you may appreciate how much abuse / ignorance these guys have to tolerate every day. A world class tube for a world class city ? From riggers1: Even if they settle this deal, it is expected that ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Facebook buys 750 patents from IBM to build defense against Yahoo! GlobalPost (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) LONDON, UK – Facebook, the world's biggest social-networking service, has bought a portfolio of 750 technology patents from IBM to help counter allegations of intellectual property infringement, a source with knowledge of ... See all stories on this topic »

Sharks have been let loose in Leamington Leamington Courier ... completed a summer tour which took them to the USA, Japan and Reading and Leeds festival and start their headline UK tour on Sunday. Since thy formed in 2007 Sharks have earned praise from various names in the music industry including BBC Radio 1's ... See all stories on this topic » Leamington Courier

Richard Curtis: It's shocking just how easy it can be to save a life The Independent I still feel the same daily shock at how easy it can be to make a change in other people's lives – and the same daily horror at how mere geography lets us live contentedly every day in a world where people are actually starving to death. See all stories on this topic »

Smartphone of the future will know when it's raining Globe and Mail “If you have ever stood in the rain wondering where the nearest umbrella shop is, then the latest Google patent may interest you,” says BBC News. “The search giant has secured intellectual rights to a system that would serve ads based on environmental ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

London 2012 Festival film programme announced London 2012 (press release) Asif Kapadia, who has directed films including Senna and Far North, has been commissioned for the Festival as part of a BBC Films and Film4 project that showcases UK filmmaking talent. His new film, titled The Odyssey, will receive a world premiere at ... See all stories on this topic »

Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur. Vitalfootball Use the BBC predictor http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/predictor/default.stm and even with us losing I still have us finishing 4th ..... just, and thats with losing most of our away games. No ZeeNut, the better team winning is not ... See all stories on this topic »

Post-Production and Special Effects House Uses Brocade Ethernet Fabric ... Exec Digital (press release) With over 120 staff members, Rushes is a creative post-production and visual effects house recognized for its work on films "Wuthering Heights," "Unknown," "The Disappearance of Alice Creed" and "Slumdog Millionaire;" television series the BBC's ... See all stories on this topic »

Scripps Networks buys Travel Channel International Digital Spy UK Scripps Networks Interactive, the US broadcaster which owns a 50% stake in UKTV, has announced the acquisition of Travel Channel international (TCI). Scripps will pay £65 million to acquire TCI, and the transaction is expected to be completed in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Give the World Bank presidency to Jeffrey Sachs New Statesman (blog) It's been said that Sachs doesn't stand a chance: he is "not under consideration even for the short-list", according to an unnamed USofficial cited in the BBC report. The US government holds the most votes at the World Bank, so it tends to get what it ... See all stories on this topic » New Statesman (blog)

Tom Sutcliffe: How telethons can offer some relief... The Independent I don't mean to suggest, incidentally, that telethons and television fund-raisers – like the Sport Relief broadcast on BBC One tonight – are just cynical exercises in brand management. That's a callow argument which fails to take account of the fact ... See all stories on this topic »

BBC News - Afghan killing suspect Staff Sgt Robert Bales back in US The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday night has been flown back ... Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uknavigation; Skip to ... Play One-minute World News. Play Video of 'joyriding' gun suspect ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17414585

BBC News - A Delta Airlines plane has slid off a runway in Georgia Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uknavigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17360071

BBC News - Invisible Children co-founder Jason Russell in hospital Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to ...US Election 2012 ... Jason Russell narrated the Kony 2012 campaign videowhich went viral on ... Watch · 8: High expectations for The Hunger Games Watch · 9: One-minute World News Watch · 10: Sandstorm and strong winds hit China Watch ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17409934

BBC News - Footage of US army helicopter spinning out of control Video footage has been released of a US Apache helicopter which went out of control ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17481023

BBC News - Japan: YouTube Ferrari driver faces speeding charges Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to ...the video in May and began investigating, the The Mainichi Daily News reports.... Why world's first rock concert ended in chaos. The feet of a woman wearing high heels Selling sex online Watch. How one US site is being targeted for prostitution ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17324146

BBC News - US firemen help Iranians celebrate the Festival of Fire Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uknavigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17399013

BBC News - US military's 'most troubled' base Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uknavigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17425616

BBC News - Coke and Pepsi make caramel ingredient change Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uknavigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17323523

BBC News - Imam killed in Brussels Shia mosque attack Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uknavigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17348749

BBC News - Afghan massacre suspect Sgt Bales 'remembers little' A lawyer for Robert Bales, the US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, ... Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uknavigation; Skip to ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17439185

BBC News - White House red carpet vacuumed for Cameron and ... Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip tobbc. co.uk ... Mr Cameron is on a three-day trip to the US with his wife Samantha. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17374420

BBC News - Kony video maker Jason Russell faces weeks in hospital Advocacy group Invisible Children's co-founder will be in hospital for weeks after he was found semi-naked and screaming at traffic, his wife says. Jason Russell ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17468999

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