BBC World News, Apr 20, 2012

Bahrain Grand Prix: Thousands demand cancellation BBC News Send us your comments and experiences using the form below: Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (International). If you have a large file you can upload here. Photograph published by the... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

UK offers £10bn loan to the IMF BBC News Brazil wants to have a bigger say in running the IMF in return for a commitment of extra money, while the US is not likely to offer any money because doing so would attract criticism at home in a presidential election year, according to BBC economics ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Has phone-hacking scandal reached News Corp's doorstep? BBC News By Laura Trevelyan BBC News, New York Has the phone-hacking scandal that shut down the News of the World spread across the Atlantic and arrived on the doorstep of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, the parent company? Not quite. See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Oli Brown: Here I Am album tops iTunes blues chart BBC News By Martin Barber BBC News, Norfolk Award-winning British blues maestro Oli Brown, 22, from Norfolk, is riding high on success as his new album Here I Am tops the UK iTunes blues chart. The guitarist, from rural Sco Ruston, near North Walsham, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

London 2012: Wheelchair rugby hopes to make it big in London BBC Sport By Elizabeth Hudson BBC Paralympic sports reporter When it comes to Paralympic sport, wheelchair rugby wants to make a big impact at London 2012. Known to many as Murderball, thanks to the documentary film about the sport which focused on the highly... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment & Games and 6waves Announce Game ... Sacramento Bee "Social games are a successful way to connect consumers directly with brands they love, we couldn't be happier to be partnered with BBC in this step in their digital strategy." In addition to Top Gear: Speed World, Jane Austen's Rogues & Romance will ... See all stories on this topic »

Brit DVD Reviews: In Their Own Words - From Acorn / Athena - History Anglotopia.net Released for the first time in the USA, In Their Own Words features 6 episodes of a BBC series that first aired in the UK a few years ago. The BBC went through their archive and found rare recordings of great writers and thinkers and structured an ... See all stories on this topic »

The wild world of shipwrecks BBC News By Matt Bardo Reporter, BBC Nature This month, the UScoastguard sank the Japanese vessel Ryou-Un Maru in the gulf of Alaska after she spent nearly a year adrift at sea. She joins three million other shipwrecks on the ocean floor. See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Bahrain GP practice as it happened BBC Sport I don't think we've heard the end of this story, but moving back onto the track,BBC F1 technical analyst Gary Andeson gives his thoughts on what Friday practice has taught us... The Crown Prince of Bahrain tells BBC Sport: "I absolutely can guarantee ... See all stories on this topic »

Influential guitarist Bert Weedon dies BBC News Speaking to BBC News, radio presenter Mike Read said: "He was the guy who showed you how to play a guitar. Everybody bought his Play In A Day book, it was a big deal. "He became the daddy of British guitarists and he inspired generations of schoolboys ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

BBC News - US choice Jim Yong Kim is new World Bank chief Andrew Mitchell, UK international development secretary and a governor of the World Bank ... Andrew Walker BBC World Service Economics correspondent... www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17735368

BBC News - Unicef chief: Sahel needs help bbc.co.uk navigation ... US Election 2012 ... are families fighting desperately in ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17765214

BBC Sport - Athletics The latest BBC Athletics news plus live scores, fixtures, results, tables, video, audio, blogs and analysis for all major UK and international leagues. ... Paula Radcliffe on her way to marathon gold in the 2005 World Championships Radcliffe 'will only run if 100%' .... Parental Guidance · Contact Us. BBC © 2012 The BBC is not ... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/

BBC News - Iran nuclear talks 'positive' after 15-month break Six world powers - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany - and Iran are meeting in ... End Quote Mohsen Asgari and James Reynolds BBC News ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17706248

BBC News - 'Gunfire' in Syria as UN team visits Damascus suburb bbc.co.uk navigation. News ... Videos posted online appear to show anti- government protesters surrounding UN cars in Arbeen ... Play One-minuteWorld News ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17765882

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