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Bahrain troops 'fire on crowds'

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:59 AM PST

Bahraini troops fire on protesters, injuring at least 25 people, after Shia mourners buried those killed earlier in the week.

'Mass rally' in Libya's Benghazi

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:41 AM PST

Witnesses in the Libyan city of Benghazi say that thousands of people have gathered for an anti-government protest.

Clinton sounds warning to Taliban

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:41 AM PST

The US secretary of state will say on Friday that Taliban fighters in Afghanistan face a stark choice between war and peace, as US pressure mounts on them.

'Plagiarism' minister drops PhD

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:42 AM PST

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg temporarily renounces his doctorate title following claims of plagiarism.

Egyptians rally to mark uprising

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:37 AM PST

Hundreds of thousands of people in Cairo's Tahrir Square mark one week since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak and to press for political reforms.

Grenade attack at rally in Yemen

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:40 AM PST

At least two people have died at anti-government protests in Yemen, one from a grenade attack in the city of Taiz and another in Aden, as nationwide rallies continue.

Obama adviser's climate concerns

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:21 AM PST

The US government will have to go further on tackling climate change, says President Obama's science adviser John Holdren.

G20 meeting urged to curb prices

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:10 AM PST

Finance ministers from the G20 group of nations are to begin a two-day meeting in Paris against a backdrop of rising food and commodity prices.

Key breast cancer 'driver' found

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:31 AM PST

Cancer experts have identified a gene which can cause a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer to develop.

Google Moon robot teams confirmed

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:51 AM PST

The final line-up of teams competing for the $30 million (£18.5m) robotic Moon-explorer prize has been confirmed.

Pressure mounts over Apple subs

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:07 AM PST

Pressure mounting on Apple over its subscription charges it plans to levy on some mobile apps.

Barack Obama 'friends' Mark Zuckerberg

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:39 AM PST

President Barack Obama meets Silicon Valley bosses, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Apple's Steve Jobs.

Ecclestone hopeful on Bahrain GP

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 09:04 AM PST

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone remains hopeful the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in March will go ahead despite unrest in the country.

World Cup final hosts ease fears

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:20 AM PST

Cricket World Cup officials are confident the Wankhede Stadium will host the final on 2 April despite a failed fire safety inspection.

Vettel beats Alonso to set pace

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 09:06 AM PST

World champion Sebastian Vettel beats Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to the fastest time at the first day of the Barcelona test.

Cameron rejects Clegg votes call

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:48 AM PST

David Cameron says a proposed change in the UK voting system would be "bad for democracy", as he lines up against his own deputy ahead of a referendum.

Brothers guilty over Lapland park

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:46 AM PST

Two brothers are found guilty of misleading thousands of customers over a "winter wonderland" theme park.

Man in court on child sex charges

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:00 AM PST

A 19-year-old man appears at Exeter Crown Court charged with sexual offences against children in Devon.

Prison vote compensation blocked

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:16 AM PST

The High Court blocks compensation bids by prisoners barred from voting in last year's general election.

Big Fat Gypsy man 'attack victim'

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

A former bare-knuckle boxer who starred in Big Fat Gypsy Weddings was the victim of an attack by his cousin, a court is told.

Police confirm loss of 1,000 jobs

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:46 AM PST

Greater Manchester Police confirms it is to cut more than 1,000 jobs by the end of 2012.

Killer stabbed pensioner 45 times

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:29 AM PST

A woman faces life in prison for slitting a grandmother's throat and stabbing her 45 times on Christmas Day.

Salmond backs 2015 election delay

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:03 AM PST

Alex Salmond says he is in favour of postponing the 2015 Scottish Parliamentary election to avoid a UK poll clash.

McGeough guilty of UDR murder bid

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST

A republican is found guilty of attempting to murder a UDR soldier in 1981.

Baggott pledge over extra £245m

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:55 AM PST

Chief Constable Matt Baggott has said extra funding for the PSNI would allow it to "keep up the momentum" in the fight against terrorism.

Boots fined £10,000 over OAP fall

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:38 AM PST

The high street chain Boots is fined £10,000 after a 76-year-old man fell through an open trap door inside its store at Welshpool, Powys.

Railway pay warning over strike

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 01:11 AM PST

Arriva Trains Wales says it will not make an improved pay offer to its staff to avoid a strike later this month.

King claims Morgan was 'oversold'

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:47 AM PST

Former long-running CNN talk show host Larry King claims his successor Piers Morgan was "oversold" to US television audiences.

Brazil bishops attack reality TV

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST

Brazil's Catholic bishops criticise the country's popular reality TV shows, claiming they have a low moral level and are "an abusive and immoral exploitation".

Ugandan vote on Museveni's rule

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 09:05 AM PST

The people of Uganda have been going to the polls, with President Yoweri Museveni hoping to continue his 25 years in office, against a challenge from his former doctor Kizza Besigye.

Senegal soldier's self-immolation

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST

A former soldier sets himself on fire in front of the official residence of Senegal's president, apparently as part of demands for compensation for military injuries.

'Rogue' Afghan kills Nato troops

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:36 AM PST

A man dressed as an Afghan soldier kills two German troops in an attack in northern Afghanistan, Nato says.

Euro space laser gets go ahead

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:41 AM PST

Europe is to press ahead with its Earthcare space laser mission, despite a 30% rise in the probable cost of the venture.

Picasso work bound for West Bank

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:19 PM PST

Palestinian art lovers are to get a rare chance to view a Picasso painting on loan from a museum in the Netherlands.

Clashes erupt at Jordan protest

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 06:19 AM PST

Jordanian protesters fight with government supporters in Amman, where crowds had gathered after Friday prayers to demand political reform.

Suicide car bomb hits Afghan city

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:44 PM PST

A suicide car bomber strikes a crowded area of the eastern Afghan city of Khost killing at least 11 people, police say.

Lahore judge orders driver arrest

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:48 AM PST

A Pakistani judge has ordered the arrest of the driver of a second US vehicle involved in a shooting in Lahore, which has fuelled tensions with the US.

Japan urges Sea Shepherd action

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:30 AM PST

Japan asks Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands to take action against the anti-whaling group, Sea Shepherd, after it calls off its Antarctic whale hunt.

Mongolian 'spy' can be extradited

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:04 AM PST

Mongolian spy chief Bat Khurts, who claims he was lured to the UK so he could be arrested, can be extradited to Germany, a judge ruled at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.

TNK-BP pondering Arctic oil role

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:34 AM PST

Joint venture TNK-BP ponders a possible role in parent BP's Arctic oil exploration deal with Russian state-owned Rosneft.

China raises bank reserves again

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:11 AM PST

China raises the reserve requirement for banks by 0.5% in its latest attempt to curb inflation.

NFL and players seek an agreement

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 06:17 AM PST

NFL club owners and players agree to a mediator overseeing their talks on the next collective bargaining agreement.

Scientists build first anti-laser

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:58 AM PST

Physicists have built the world's first device that can cancel out a laser beam - a so-called anti-laser.

Bionic revolution gathers pace

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:33 PM PST

Thought-controlled wheelchairs and nerve-controlled prosthetic arms are some of the latest innovations in bionics being discussed at a science conference in Washington.

Film and TV composer Strauss dies

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:53 AM PST

Composer and music editor John Strauss, who worked on films including Oscar best picture winner Amadeus, dies at the age of 90 in Los Angeles.

Dance expert set for Olympic show

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:42 AM PST

Take That choreographer Kim Gavin is appointed artistic director for the Olympics closing ceremonies.

Radiohead album is released early

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:58 AM PST

Radiohead release new album King of Limbs for download a day earlier than announced, along with a video for Lotus Flower.

Badger cull decision faces delay

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:32 PM PST

The UK government's decision on whether to allow badger culling to curb cattle TB in England is to be delayed.

Climate reshapes tropical forests

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:42 AM PST

Future climate change could change the characteristics of tropical forests, with possible consequences for carbon storage and biodiversity, a study says.

Brain, body training 'treats ME'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:59 PM PST

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as ME, should be treated with a form of behavioural therapy and exercise, say scientists.

Zinc 'can treat the common cold'

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:18 PM PST

Taking zinc syrup, tablets or lozenges can lessen the severity and duration of the common cold, experts believe.

Bahrain protests: Your stories

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:56 AM PST

BBC News website readers in Bahrain spoke to the BBC on 18 February about how the recent protests are affecting their areas.

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:51 PM PST

The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions - plus the Weekly Bonus Question.

The rate that changes without really changing

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:43 AM PST

Beware looking at the youth unemployment rate and bemoaning a unique lost generation, Michael Blastland says in his regular column.

VIDEO: Amanda Knox TV drama to go ahead

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:57 PM PST

Lawyers for Amanda Knox and for the family of her victim, Meredith Kercher, have both demanded the show be stopped before it is broadcast on Monday.

VIDEO: Thousands rally in central Cairo

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:09 AM PST

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to mark one week since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

VIDEO: Amateur video shows Libya unrest

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 07:50 AM PST

At least one person has been killed in protests in Libya on Thursday in what anti-government activists described as a "day of rage".

VIDEO: Rival supporters clash in Yemen

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 08:19 AM PST

There have been rival demonstrations in Yemen between anti-government protesters and those who support President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

VIDEO: German minister denies plagiarism

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:57 PM PST

One of Germany's most popular politicians has dismissed accusations of plagiarism as "fanciful", after claims he passed off others' work as his own in his PhD thesis.

VIDEO: Ugandans voting on Museveni rule

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:52 AM PST

Ugandans are going to the polls, with President Yoweri Museveni hoping to extend his 25 years in office.

VIDEO: Wheelchair moved by mind control

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:55 AM PST

Researchers are developing artificial limbs, wheelchairs and computers which can be controlled by the user's thoughts.

VIDEO: Robot marathon - it's Odd Box

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

Lots of kissing in the Philipines, the man with a tank in his garden and a robot marathon. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Bryne.

Violent genius

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:58 AM PST

Caravaggio's crimes exposed in 400-year-old police files

The rise of 'OK'

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:49 AM PST

How a little word conquered the world

Day in pictures

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:33 AM PST

A selection of striking photographs from around the world

Aria for Anna

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 01:24 AM PST

Why former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's life is perfect for opera

Flying the flag

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 06:22 AM PST

Egypt's economy still under pressure one week after Mubarak's fall

Bieber fever

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:47 AM PST

Why all the fuss about a 16-year-old?

It's quiz time!

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST

What eggs-actly was Lady Gaga up to at the Grammys?

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