Kamis, 10 Februari 2011

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Egypt's Mubarak 'may stand down'

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:22 AM PST

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is to make an address on national television, amid suggestions that he is preparing to step down.

'Schoolboy bomber' kills 31 in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:10 AM PST

A suicide bomber dressed in school uniform attacks an army facility in Pakistan, killing at least 31 people and injuring others, officials say.

Iran 'house arrest' for Karroubi

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:08 AM PST

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has been put under house arrest, his website says, after he called for a rally in support of Egypt and Tunisia's popular uprisings.

DR Congo 'mass rape' trial begins

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:34 AM PST

The trial begins of 11 soldiers, including officers, charged with the alleged mass rape of civilian women in the volatile eastern DR Congo.

Chinese activist 'under arrest'

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:49 AM PST

One of China's most high-profile human rights activists Chen Guangcheng releases a secret video saying he is being held under house arrest.

Mexico row as journalist sacked

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:59 AM PST

A row erupts after a Mexican radio station sacks journalist Carmen Aristegui who said President Felipe Calderon should respond to allegations about his drinking.

S Asia rivals resume peace talks

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:23 AM PST

India and Pakistan agree to resume wide-ranging peace talks, which were suspended after Pakistan-based militants attacked Mumbai in 2008.

Rolls sees £56m engine blast bill

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:33 AM PST

Manufacturing giant Rolls-Royce says the mid-air failure of a Trent 900 engine on a Qantas superjumbo has cost it £56m.

Patient-run epidurals 'are safer'

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:33 PM PST

Giving women control over their own epidurals during labour could reduce the need for medical intervention, say researchers.

Real top football rich list again

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:42 AM PST

Real Madrid head the 2009-10 list of the richest football clubs in the world, while Manchester City climb from 20th to 11th place.

Looking at body can reduce pain

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:56 PM PST

What you look at can strongly influence how much pain you feel, a study reveals.

Flea's jumping ability explained

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:44 PM PST

Scientists solve the decades-old mystery of exactly how tiny fleas jump so far and so fast.

Kubica leaves intensive care unit

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:49 AM PST

Robert Kubica is moved from intensive care as he continues his recovery after suffering multiple injuries in a rally accident on Sunday.

Star trio trail McIlroy in Dubai

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:41 AM PST

Rory McIlroy outshines the world's top three to lead the Dubai Desert Classic by two shots, with world number Lee Westwood four shots back and Tiger Woods six off the pace.

Hamilton rolls out 2011 McLaren

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:10 AM PST

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton gets his first taste of the new car as Felipe Massa sets the pace in Jerez.

Six people killed in plane crash

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:13 AM PST

Six of those aboard are dead and six others left injured after a plane travelling from Belfast crashes at Cork airport.

Illsley sentenced to year in jail

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:27 AM PST

Former Labour MP Eric Illsley is sentenced to a year in jail for dishonestly claiming parliamentary expenses.

Ex-MP Devine guilty over expenses

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:21 AM PST

A jury finds former Labour MP Jim Devine guilty of making dishonest claims on his Parliamentary expenses.

Prisoner vote ban 'is not unjust'

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:53 AM PST

MPs are told it is "not unjust" to deny convicted prisoners the right to vote as they debate controversial proposals to allow inmates to vote.

Ex-England cricketer dies in fire

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:33 AM PST

Former England all-rounder and BBC Test Match Special commentator Trevor Bailey dies in a house fire in Essex at the age of 87.

Man shot by armed officers dies

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:56 AM PST

Police involved in a "pre-planned operation" to find a suspect in several crimes fatally injure a man in a shooting in Brighton.

Councils thrash out budget plans

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:56 AM PST

Twenty three of Scotland's 32 councils begin finalising the detail of their spending plans for the next financial year.

Former MP's son cleared of fraud

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:08 AM PST

The son of Scotland's first Muslim MP has his conviction for a £850,000 money laundering scam overturned by appeal judges.

Howell 'driving force' in affair

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:46 AM PST

The double murder trial of Coleraine woman Hazel Stewart has heard Colin Howell described as the "driving force" behind their relationship.

Shots fired in abduction attempt

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:44 AM PST

Shots have been fired during the attempted abduction of man in Strabane.

Nikitta murder CCTV witness plea

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:36 AM PST

Detectives investigating the murder of a pregnant teenager in Newport release images of four people who may be able to help them.

Plans for new 'super university'

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:17 AM PST

A new "super university" could be created under plans to merge at least three Welsh universities, BBC Wales learns.

New battle opens on US emissions

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:11 AM PST

Opponents of greenhouse gas controls in the US Congress take aim at Administration plans to regulate emissions.

Conservatives meet amid Palin row

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:26 AM PST

Potential Republican runners for US president in 2012 gather at the CPAC summit of conservatives, amid a row over Sarah Palin's non-attendance at the event.

Brazil in 50bn reais budget cuts

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST

Brazil's government says it will implement 50bn reais of spending cuts in order to curb inflation and help stop the economy overheating.

Cuba welcomes new internet cable

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST

Cuba hails the arrival of a fibre-optic communications cable linking it to Venezuela as a breach in the US trade embargo.

Clashes shatter south Sudan truce

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:47 AM PST

At least 16 people are killed after rebels attack south Sudan's army, shattering a ceasefire, officials say.

Gbagbo bans UN Ivory Coast radio

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:10 AM PST

The government of Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo officially bans radio broadcasts by the UN peacekeeping mission.

Father guilty over son's killings

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:33 AM PST

The father of a German teenager who shot dead 15 people in 2009 gets a 21-month suspended jail term.

Judges stage anti-Sarkozy strike

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:22 AM PST

Magistrates take to the streets in French cities in an escalating row with President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.

Egypt markets 'working normally'

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST

The Egyptian stock exchange is functioning in "a normal fashion," the deputy governor of the Egyptian Central Bank tells BBC News.

Final day of Hague 'reform tour'

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:20 PM PST

The foreign secretary will call for political change in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, but will also seek stronger trade ties with the UK.

Pirates handed to Indian police

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:06 AM PST

A group of Somali pirates captured in the Indian Ocean on Sunday are handed over to police in the city of Mumbai (Bombay).

Afghan 'bombers' paraded in Kabul

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST

The Afghan intelligence service detains men suspected of carrying out the bombing of a supermarket in Kabul which left 14 people dead.

Japan's Ozawa will not quit party

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:46 AM PST

Ichiro Ozawa, a leading figure in Japan's ruling DPJ, says he has refused a request from PM Naoto Kan that he leave the party while on trial over fundraising fraud allegations.

Exchanges set for merger activity

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:13 AM PST

Hong Kong's stock exchange says it is open to alliances, suggesting there is likely to be further consolidation among exchanges.

Air France-KLM slides on warning

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST

Shares in Air France-KLM fall 10% after the carrier issues a profit warning and its head says there is excess capacity on some routes.

Portugal denies borrowing problem

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:27 AM PST

Portugal denies it will struggle to raise money from investors after yields on Portuguese government debt hit record highs.

PepsiCo warns on commodity prices

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:55 AM PST

Pepsi cuts its earnings forecast for 2011, warning that higher commodity prices will push its costs up and citing a weak economy.

Oil and gas firms hit by hackers

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:59 AM PST

Hackers have run rampant through the networks of five multinational oil and gas firms for years, reveals a report.

Tiny wires are big news for chips

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:03 AM PST

Researchers show off a programmable computer chip made using an approach that could outpace the shrinking of chips made with current techologies.

HP unveils Palm-powered tablets

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:36 PM PST

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard unveils its range of tablets powered by the WebOS software it bought in a deal with Palm last year.

Knightley 'wins theatrical spurs'

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:23 AM PST

Keira Knightley's West End return in The Children's Hour, a play about teachers suspected of being lesbians, draws respectable reviews from the critics.

Upstairs Downstairs set to return

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:04 AM PST

Revived costume drama Upstairs Downstairs will return for a second series in 2012, the BBC confirms.

Ricky Martin to receive gay award

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:15 AM PST

Pop singer Ricky Martin is to be given an award from a leading US gay and lesbian organisation after coming out as gay last year.

Spice drug fights stroke damage

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:50 AM PST

A drug derived from the curry spice turmeric may be able to help the body repair some of the damage caused in the immediate aftermath of a stroke.

Rare gorilla twins born in wild

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:09 AM PST

Twin mountain gorillas have been born in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, only the fifth such pair known.

Hormone 'interferes with empathy'

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:18 PM PST

Giving women a small dose of the male sex hormone testosterone makes them less able to empathise with others, say researchers.

Would prisoners use their votes?

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:24 AM PST

Ex-convicts on how jail inmates might cast their ballots.

Where can you go to the toilet?

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:55 AM PST

One council is shutting all but one of its public toilets, so where in the High Street can you go to the loo these days?

VIDEO: Secret video of house arrest activist

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:02 AM PST

One of China's most high-profile human rights activists Chen Guangcheng releases a secret video saying he is being held under house arrest.

VIDEO: Underwater video of whale rescue

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:01 AM PST

A team of divers has rescued a humpback whale that had been trapped in fishing nets for several days.

VIDEO: Somali pirates handed over to police

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:24 AM PST

A group of 28 suspected Somali pirates captured in the Indian Ocean on Sunday has been handed over to police in the Indian city of Mumbai.

VIDEO: Freed hostage reunited with family

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:27 AM PST

Colombia's Farc rebel group has released the first of five hostages it has promised to free this week as a gesture of peace to the government.

VIDEO: How cricket could save LA gangsters

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:38 AM PST

Peter Bowes meets the Compton cricket club, which includes former gang members and players from LA's toughest neighbourhood.

VIDEO: Beckham helps stranded motorist

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:35 AM PST

A motorist has described the moment the football star David Beckham stopped to help him after his car broke down.

VIDEO: The pain lab: 'This won't hurt... much'

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:38 PM PST

What you look at can strongly influence how much pain you feel, a study reveals.

VIDEO: White House raises Egypt pressure

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:10 AM PST

The US steps up its criticism of Egypt's leadership after a 16th consecutive day of protests against President Mubarak.

Gentlemen prefer cricket

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:54 AM PST

The LA cricket club helping to tame city's mean streets

Day in pictures

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:50 AM PST

A selection of most striking images from around the world

Feeling the heat

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:00 AM PST

Is Nokia's sauna culture to blame for phone company's crisis?

The birds and the bees

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:30 PM PST

Test your knowledge on the surprising world of animal sex

Losing battle

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:04 PM PST

Somali pirates have the upper hand in the Indian Ocean
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