Jumat, 08 April 2011

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Syrian city hit by deadly clashes

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:05 AM PDT

At least 19 demonstrators are reported killed in anti-government rallies in the Syrian city of Deraa, as renewed protests spread across the country.

Nato 'regrets' Libya loss of life

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:36 AM PDT

Nato says it strongly regrets the loss of life after a "friendly fire" attack, following an earlier refusal to apologise by a Nato commander.

US budget talks down to the wire

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Last minute talks are underway between congressional negotiators over US spending cuts as a deadline to reach a deal and avoid a government shutdown looms.

One killed in UK submarine shooting

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:13 AM PDT

A Royal Navy crewman is killed and another is in a life-threatening condition after a shooting on board nuclear submarine HMS Astute.

Mid-May target for Portugal aid

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:53 AM PDT

The European Union believes it can complete the Portuguese bail-out, set to be worth 80bn euros, before elections in June.

New York 'at risk' as seas rise

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT

New York is set to be a major loser as a result of future sea level rise, according to a new forecast model.

Israeli strikes 'kill six Gazans'

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:56 AM PDT

At least six Palestinians are killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza, amid fresh cross-border exchanges that threaten a truce declared by Hamas.

Kenyan deputy PM appears at ICC

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:46 AM PDT

Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and two other allies of President Kibaki appear at the International Criminal Court over 2007-8 post-election violence.

More bodies found in Ivory Coast

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:56 AM PDT

More than 100 bodies are found in Ivory Coast, the UN says, as incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo remains besieged by his rival's troops.

Murdoch paper to admit hacking liability

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:14 AM PDT

The owner of the News of the World says sorry over the phone hacking scandal and is to set up a compensation fund believed to be worth £20m.

Medvedev denounces cyber-attack

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:06 AM PDT

Russia's President Medvedev condemns as "outrageous and illegal" a cyber-attack on a social networking website that hosts his blog.

Cancer 'fuelled by extra drinks'

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:55 AM PDT

Drinking more than the recommended daily limit can substantially increase the risk of some cancers, research suggests.

Sarkozy 'threat to punch editor over Bruni'

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:13 AM PDT

France's President Sarkozy threatened to "smash the face" of an editor after an article implied that his wife Carla Bruni was a maneater, a new book alleges.

Virtual gaming goods market valued at $3bn

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:19 AM PDT

Playing online games to gather gear and cash for sale to Western players could aid development, a report suggests.

Live - 2011 Masters day two

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:30 AM PDT

KJ Choi leads the Masters with overnight leader Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods yet to start their second rounds at Augusta.

Rooney ref pressurised - Ferguson

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:07 AM PDT

The referee whose post-match report led to Wayne Rooney's two-match ban for swearing was unfairly pressurised, claims Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

Webber edges Button in practice

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:04 AM PDT

Red Bull's Mark Webber heads the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton in Friday practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Top fees 'at half universities'

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT

Far more English university students than originally expected will be paying the maximum tuition fee of £9,000 a year, BBC research suggests.

Court rejects deportation appeal

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:58 AM PDT

A government bid to deport a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run in Lancashire is rejected by the Court of Appeal.

Actors protest over art funding

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:24 AM PDT

Actors including Sir Patrick Stewart and Maxine Peake hand over a petition at Downing Street protesting against cuts in arts funding.

BBC presenting role for O'Reilly

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:09 AM PDT

Broadcaster Miriam O'Reilly, who won an age discrimination tribunal case against the BBC, lands a new presenting role on BBC One.

Child, three, found drinking beer

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:22 AM PDT

A Blackpool couple who left their five young children at home while they went out drinking are given suspended jail terms.

Cantona kick man assaulted coach

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:09 AM PDT

The man kicked by Eric Cantona in 1995 is convicted of assaulting the coach of his son's football team in south-east London.

Construction firm sheds 200 jobs

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:14 AM PDT

A total of 205 workers are made redundant at Dumfries building firm R&D Construction after administrators were brought in.

Man arrested over woman's death

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:49 AM PDT

A 43-year-old man is arrested and charged over the death of a mother-of-three in Dumfries and Galloway almost a year ago.

Dissidents 'target more officers'

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Dissident republicans are continuing to target police officers, despite the widespread condemnation of the murder of Ronan Kerr last weekend, police sources tell the BBC.

Fusco killer given 25-year term

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:43 AM PDT

A loyalist jailed for life with a 25 year term for a sectarian murder in Belfast almost 40 years ago could be released in two years.

We don't relish cuts, says Clegg

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:55 AM PDT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says his party does not relish cutting spending as he hits the election trail in Wales.

Men stamped friendly fox to death

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:50 AM PDT

Three young men who killed an urban fox in a supermarket car park receive suspended prison sentences.

US developing activist technology

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:15 AM PDT

The US government is spending millions of dollars developing technology to help pro-democracy activists..

US couple deny Dugard kidnapping

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:33 PM PDT

A US man and woman accused of kidnapping a young girl and holding her captive for 18 years plead not guilty in a California court.

Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:21 AM PDT

A plane carrying 37 recently freed Cuban political prisoners and their families has landed in Madrid, officials say.

Zimbabwe's farmer Campbell dies

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:08 AM PDT

Mike Campbell - the white Zimbabwean farmer who took President Robert Mugabe to court in 2007 over his programme of land seizures -dies.

Further delay in Nigeria election

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:00 AM PDT

Legislative elections, initially due last Saturday, are to be delayed for a third time in some parts of Nigeria, the election chief announces.

Call to end Ivory Coast sanctions

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:47 PM PDT

Ivory Coast's internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara urges the EU to lift sanctions, amid warnings of a deepening humanitarian crisis.

BP gets time to save Rosneft deal

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:43 AM PDT

BP is given more time to find a way to salvage its $16bn share exchange with Russian state-owned counterpart Rosneft.

Iraq forces attack Iranian exiles

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:32 AM PDT

Iraqi forces attack a camp housing an Iranian exile group north of Baghdad, officials said, amid reports of fatalities.

US Iraq troops 'can stay longer'

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:34 AM PDT

US troops could if required stay in Iraq beyond the agreed withdrawal date of 31 December, 2011, US defence secretary Robert Gates says.

India anti-graft protests urged

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:38 AM PDT

Indian social activist Anna Hazare, who is on hunger strike against corruption, calls for mass protests by his supporters.

Mosque blast kills Kashmir cleric

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:28 AM PDT

A religious leader in Indian-administered Kashmir is killed by a bomb outside a mosque in Srinagar, officials say.

China omits Ai Weiwei references

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:05 AM PDT

China's foreign ministry removes all references to the detained artist Ai Weiwei from an official transcript of a government news conference.

Oil prices highest for 32 months

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:57 AM PDT

Oil and other commodity prices rise to new highs on worries about supply from oil producing nations and a weaker dollar.

Banks face 'tougher' stress tests

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Europe's banking regulator says banks will be subject to tougher rules in the latest test of the strength of their finances.

HSBC comes under US tax scrutiny

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:15 AM PDT

US authorities begin an investigation into HSBC's alleged role in enabling tax evasion by Indians living in the US.

BT escapes snooping prosecution

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:37 AM PDT

BT will not be prosecuted for snooping on the web browsing habits of its customers.

Bong to head debut director jury

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:38 AM PDT

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho will preside over the jury that awards the Camera d'Or prize to the best first-time filmmaker.

Ullman returning to London stage

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:08 AM PDT

Comedian Tracey Ullman returns to the London stage for the first time in 20 years to star in Stephen Poliakoff's new play at the Almeida Theatre.

Thriller writer Craig Thomas dies

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:05 AM PDT

Thriller writer Craig Thomas, whose books included Firefox, which became a film starring Clint Eastwood, dies at the age of 69.

Accelerator hints at new particle

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:48 AM PDT

Results from the Tevatron particle accelerator in the US show compelling hints of a completely new particle in what could be a radical change to physics.

New warning on Arctic ice melt

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Scientists who predicted a few years ago that Arctic summers could be free of sea ice by 2013 now say summer ice will probably be gone within this decade.

US and Europe mull one Mars rover

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:08 AM PDT

America and Europe are looking now at flying just one rover to Mars in 2018 and not the two currently being planned.

Monkeys 'harbour malaria threat'

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:45 AM PDT

Scientists are warning that a species of malaria could switch from target ting monkeys to humans.

Hospital outbreak link to US lab

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:47 PM PDT

Health officials link an outbreak of bacterial infection found in nine hospital patients in Alabama who died to contamination at a laboratory.

Portuguese bail-out: Your views

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:38 AM PDT

Portuguese readers react to the country's request for financial assistance from the EU.

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:28 AM PDT

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

Without this ring, I thee wed

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT

A generation or two ago, a British prince choosing not to wear a wedding ring would have barely drawn comment. But the headlines that followed that decision by Prince William show that rings for husbands are now the norm.

VIDEO: Electric 'super bus' reaches 250km/h

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:43 AM PDT

Netherlands develops and electric "super bus" that has a top speed of 250km/h.

VIDEO: What does a star sound like?

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:41 PM PDT

The sounds emitted by stars light years away from Earth have been captured by British astronomers using Nasa's Kepler space telescope.

VIDEO: Confusion over Nato Libya strike

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:09 AM PDT

Nato has said it will not apologise for a bomb attack on a rebel convoy of tanks on Thursday, in which at least four people died.

VIDEO: On the front line in Ivory Coast

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Besieged Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has fewer than 1,000 troops left in the main city of Abidjan, according to French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet.

VIDEO: Toyota production returns to Japan

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Toyota has announced it will restart production in its Japanese factories, after the earthquake and tsunami which hit the country in March.

VIDEO: Gunman opens fire in Rio school

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:32 AM PDT

A gunman has shot dead at least 12 children at a school in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro before killing himself, police say.

VIDEO: Oil threat to Ecuador's rainforest

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Ecuador - the fifth largest oil explorer in the world - is now seeking foreign donations in exchange for a promise not to exploit the reserves that lie under the Huaorani land.

VIDEO: Giant pillow fight - it's Odd Box

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:39 PM PDT

A world-wide pillow fight, celebs getting slimed and a showjumping cow. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

'Iron Dome'

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:05 AM PDT

Israel's missile defence system may be a game changer

It's quiz time!

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Arnie said he'd be back - but what as?

LOL's triumph

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:25 AM PDT

How did a little web acronym spread so fast?

Unloved US

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Rage against America builds up in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Day in pictures

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:31 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

Driving on ice

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

No seatbelts allowed on Europe's longest road over frozen sea

Bare beaches

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:08 PM PDT

Tourists avoid Tunisia as Libya violence flares

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