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Plan Colombia
Deep US-Colombia ties set to continue under new leader This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Turkey agrees to Arab trade plan
Turkey agrees to set up a free trade zone to boost ties with its Arab neighbours Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Germany agrees to austerity plan
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees 80bn euros of savings over four years with her coalition cabinet. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Israel rejects nuclear talks plan
Israel says it will not take part in a conference aimed at achieving a nuclear-arms free Middle East, proposed at a UN meeting in New York. Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – including Iran – backed plans to meet in 2012. In a document agreed at the talks, Israel was singled out for criticism. Israel,... »
ID card scrap plan to be detailed
The Home Office is to reveal later how it will abolish the national identity card programme for UK citizens. The bill, a Queen’s Speech pledge, includes scrapping the National Identity Register and the next generation of biometric passports. None of the 15,000 people who have voluntarily taken out ID cards since the roll out in... »
Facebook to reveal privacy plan
The social network confirms that it will roll out simpler privacy settings in response to complaints from users. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
New Iran sanctions plan ‘agreed’
The major world powers have agreed on a proposal for new sanctions against Iran, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. A draft resolution will be circulated at the UN Security Council for ratification, she told the US Senate. The announcement came a day after Iran made a deal with Turkey that would see... »
BP says new oil plan working well
Scientists have found vast underwater plumes of oil, one 10 miles (16km) long and a mile wide, in the Gulf of Mexico, following last month’s rig disaster. A Georgia University expert warned oxygen levels had fallen 30% in some areas of the sea, and it could take decades to repair the damage. BP is still... »
BA details Heathrow strike plan
British Airways plans to run at least half its flights from Heathrow Airport during next week’s cabin crew strike. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Bigelow film plan angers Paraguay
Paraguay and Argentina have said they will not co-operate with film maker Katherine Bigelow’s latest project. The Oscar-winning director is reported to be considering a film about the triple border region, where Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil meet. The area is a major focus of smuggling, as well alleged fundraising for Islamic militant groups. But it... »
US plan to cut Pentagon waste
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a far-reaching review of administration costs at the Pentagon. Mr Gates said 40% of his department’s budget went on bureaucracy, and that he wanted to save more than $10bn that would be spent on combat operations. He compared US defence spending to an oil gusher that had to... »
Funnel plan to battle Gulf spill
Welders in Louisiana are working against the clock to build a giant iron funnel for BP in a bid to halt the huge spill from a Gulf of Mexico well. The 98-tonne, dome-topped box being built by steel workers is to be ready on Wednesday and may be shipped to the site by the end... »
Bailout plan
The Greek rescue package inches forward. The decision by Prime Minister George Papandreou to ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union to activate an aid plan has overshadowed a weekend of meetings in Washington of top financial officials. Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou was here pressing the case for help. At the IMF,... »
Whaling plan draws greens’ anger
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has published draft proposals for regulating whaling for the next decade. Japan’s Antarctic whale hunt would fall in stages to less than a quarter of its current size. But hunting would continue on the endangered fin whale. The draft is the latest stage in a two-year process aiming to find... »
Bosnia gets Nato membership plan
Nato foreign ministers have agreed to launch a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Bosnia-Hercegovina – a penultimate step to joining the military alliance. "MAP has been granted to Bosnia today, but with clear conditions," Nato spokesman James Appathurai said at a Nato summit in Tallinn, Estonia. He said that Bosnia needed to complete the registration... »
Plan B wins album chart battle
East London rapper Plan B has entered the UK chart at number one with his latest album, winning a tight race with Scouting For Girls. The Defamation of Strickland Banks eased ahead of the pop trio during the second half of the week. Scouting For Girls were dethroned in the singles chart as R&B star... »
Whaling peace plan to go forward
A proposal aimed at bridging the split between whaling nations and their opponents will almost certainly come to governments for decision this year. Sources say it could involve Japan accepting quotas below current levels; but Iceland is opposing proposed catch limits and an international trade ban. Some anti-whaling countries see such a "peace package" as... »
Gene swap plan to beat disease
Embryos containing DNA from a man and two women have been created by scientists at Newcastle University. They say their research, published in the journal Nature, has the potential to help mothers with rare genetic disorders have healthy children. The aim is to prevent damaged DNA in mitochondria – the "batteries" which power the cell... »
Lib Dem plan to cut NHS red tape
The Liberal Democrats have promised to protect frontline services such as cancer, mental health and maternity despite a squeeze on the NHS budget. Unlike the other two main parties, the Lib Dems are not making any commitment in their manifesto on the level of future NHS funding in England. The promise to protect key services... »
We have plan for future – Brown
Labour is due to launch its manifesto, which the BBC has learned will include a pledge not to raise income tax rates. However, it is understood it will not include a similar pledge on VAT. Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised that a fourth Labour term would "rebuild the economy, renew our society and restore trust... »
Tories plan tax break for married couples
The Conservatives are proposing to give four million married couples and civil partners an annual £150 tax break. Under their plan, the tax break would apply to basic rate taxpayers earning under £44,000 where one partner does not use their full personal allowance. David Cameron has long called for the tax system to recognise marriage... »
Obama to release new nuclear plan
Barack Obama will announce a new strategy reducing cases in which the US would be prepared to use nuclear weapons. »
Lib Dems plan huge rail expansion
The Liberal Democrats have set out plans to reopen thousands of miles of railway tracks and stations. The scheme would be funded by cutting capital spending on roads by £3bn. The party claims its new Rail Expansion Fund would lead to the biggest expansion of the rail network since the Victorian era. Lib Dem transport... »
Rail bosses plan strike challenge
A legal bid by Network Rail to halt next week’s planned strikes by railway signallers and maintenance staff is due to be heard at the High Court later. Network Rail will argue "scores of discrepancies and inaccuracies" were contained in the signallers’ ballot. The RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) are planning a... »
Social care ‘levy for all’ plan
A compulsory levy would be introduced to help pay for social care for adults in England, under plans to be unveiled by ministers in a white paper later. They will call for a new commission to look at when and how the fee should be applied, and how much it should be. It is widely... »
Will the financial plan to help Greece work?
All 16 eurozone countries have backed a deal to help Greece. Is it the right strategy? »
Cuts cast doubt on asteroid plan
By Paul RinconScience Reporter, BBC News Plans to more precisely plot the orbit of an asteroid with a small chance of hitting Earth in 2036 may be badly hit by funding cuts to a US radar facility. Radar measurements set to be made in January 2013 by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, US, could help... »
Cameron announces bank tax plan
Conservative leader David Cameron is expected to announce plans to tax banks – even if other countries decide against doing so. Mr Cameron will drop his condition that he would only introduce such a tax – which could raise billions of pounds – if other countries also did. But the Tories plan a much less... »
Tories to announce bank tax plan
Conservative leader David Cameron is expected to announce plans to tax banks – even if other countries decide against doing so. Mr Cameron will drop his condition that he would only introduce such a tax – which could raise billions of pounds – if other countries also did. But the Tories plan a much less... »
Broadband plan sent to Congress
By Maggie ShielsTechnology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley A plan to help the US lead the world in providing its citizens with super-fast internet has been officially released. The Federal Communications Commission, FCC, aims to ensure every American in the country has broadband connections by 2020. It claims a third of all US households – 100... »