BBC News | Americas | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Castro makes rare TV appearance- June 18, 2008 Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro appears in a video broadcast on state TV, for the first time since he ceded power.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7460449.stm US interrogation debate detailed- June 18, 2008 US military lawyers explain the development of harsh interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7460444.stm US cracks down on oil speculators- June 17, 2008 US regulators slap limits on oil contracts traded overseas amid fears speculators are artificially boosting oil prices.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7460310.stm Lasting legacy- June 17, 2008 Brazilian-Japanese mark 100 years of immigrationhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7459448.stm UK murder suspect 'considered bankruptcy'- June 17, 2008 The jury at the trial of a British man accused of double murder in the US hear he considered filing for bankruptcy.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7460368.stm Musical star Charisse dies in LA- June 17, 2008 Cyd Charisse, a former co-star of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, dies in Los Angeles aged 86, her publicist says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7460370.stm Bargain buy- June 17, 2008 Peru's lucrative copper mountain in Chinese handshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7460364.stm Colombia warlord admits smuggling- June 17, 2008 A leading former Colombian paramilitary leader pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges before a court in New York.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7460365.stm Cyd Charisse- June 17, 2008 The life and career of the late actress-dancerhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/3516902.stm Charges dropped in Haditha trial- June 17, 2008 A US judge drops charges against a marine officer accused of failing to investigate deaths of Iraqi civilians in Haditha.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7460234.stm |