New Posts to BBC News - World on Jul 20, 2014:
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1) US widow wins $23.6bn tobacco payout
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28389273#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A US court orders the country's second largest cigarette company to pay huge damages to the wife of a smoker who died of lung cancer.
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2) Mexico children's home owner freed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28397374#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The owner of a children's home in the Mexican city of Zamora at the heart of an abuse scandal has been released by police.
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3) Brazilian engineer Odebrecht dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28396626#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Norberto Odebrecht, the founder of one of Latin America's largest engineering conglomerates, dies at the age of 93.
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4) Early HIV drugs 'may not stop virus'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28352370#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
HIV can rapidly form invulnerable strongholds in the body, dashing hopes that early treatment might cure the virus, according to new research.
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5) Iran eliminates uranium stockpile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28397207#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
UN nuclear agency says Iran has turned all of its enriched uranium closest to the level needed to make nuclear arms into fuel.
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6) Renewed fighting at Libya airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28393020#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Rival militias are locked in battle at Libya's main international airport, with reports of at least four people killed.
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7) China's Huawei sees sales jump 19%
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28397624#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker Huawei reports a 19% jump in sales to 135.8bn yuan ($21.9bn; £12.8bn) for the first six months of the year.
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8) VIDEO: Israeli soldiers' funerals take place
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28396930#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Israel and Gaza have both suffered their bloodiest day since the beginning of the current offensive, with the death of 13 Israeli soldiers and at least 87 Gazans.
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9) VIDEO: 'Convert to Islam or face death'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28397528#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Isis Sunni militants gave Christians an ultimatum: convert to Islam or face death.
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10) VIDEO: Fighting at Tripoli airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28397447#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
At least 50 people have been killed in fighting at Tripoli airport since it began a week ago, according to the health ministry.
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11) Caring for Kenya's HIV orphans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28372121#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The Kenyan HIV orphans who need to take 18 pills a day
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12) The island looking to China for brides
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28367199#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The Japanese island looking to China for brides
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13) The beaches where Lego keeps washing up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28367198#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The beach where Lego keeps washing up
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14) In pictures: India's 'original conservationists'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28036509#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The 'original conservationists' of India's tree-loving tribe
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15) Seeing a doctor for the first time in seven years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28337867#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The Americans seeing a doctor for the first time in years
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16) Slovakia's successful app entrepreneur
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28371752#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
'I wanted to make products for people'
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