1. Qatar signs up Germans for metro

A German rail company has signed a $26 billion contract to construct an underground railway network in Qatar and a track to Bahrain.

23/11/2009

2. Quake shakes Pakistan, Afghanistan

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 has shaken buildings across northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.

23/10/2009

3. Quake survivors 'need years of aid'

Survivors from last month's deadly earthquake around the Indonesian city of Padang face a struggle of up to two years before life begins to return to normal, the top UN emergency relief official has said.

15/10/2009

4. Quake effort shifts to survivors

Rescue workers are continuing to sift through the rubble of collapsed buildings four days after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

04/10/2009