Kamis, 17 Februari 2011

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Bahrain tightens grip on protests

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:34 AM PST

Protests are banned in Bahrain and the military is ordered to tighten its grip after the violent removal of anti-government demonstrators.

Sun eruptions set to reach Earth

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:07 AM PST

Scientists around the world will be watching closely as three waves of charged particles from the Sun reach the Earth.

Chinese drought threatens crops

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:02 AM PST

The Chinese government says the country's worst drought in decades is likely to continue, putting the winter wheat harvest at risk.

Libyan security official 'sacked'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:12 AM PST

The regional head of security in the Libyan town of al-Bayda is removed from his post after unrest there in recent days left several dead, local media say.

Dhaka opens Cricket World Cup

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 06:33 AM PST

The 10th Cricket World Cup, comprising 49 matches and lasting six weeks, is launched following a $30m (£18.6m) opening ceremony in Bangladesh.

Obama coming to UK on state visit

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that US President Barack Obama will come to Britain on a state visit in May.

Deadly blasts rock Tanzania city

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 06:29 AM PST

At least 20 people are killed as multiple explosions are set off in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam after an accident at a munitions depot.

Belarus election protester jailed

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:05 AM PST

Belarus dissident Vasily Parfenkov is jailed for four years for a protest against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Dozens injured in Yemen clashes

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST

Dozens of people are injured in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in clashes between pro- and anti-government activists, as protests continue for a seventh day.

China warns US over web freedom

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:22 AM PST

China warns the US not to use calls for internet freedom as an excuse to meddle in other countries' affairs, and removes US embassy tweets discussing the issue.

IBM supercomputer Watson crowned trivia king

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:13 AM PST

IBM's supercomputer Watson has trounced its two competitors in a quiz show pitting human brains against computer bytes.

Headsplitting hangover - Ancient Brits' skull mugs

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:08 PM PST

The people occupying a cave in southwest England 14,700 years ago were drinking from cups fashioned from human skulls, scientists say.

F1 boss delays Bahrain decision

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:24 AM PST

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone admits a quick decision will be needed about the season-opening grand prix in Bahrain as unrest in the country puts the race in doubt.

We can finish off Barca - Wenger

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:41 AM PST

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Barcelona remain favourites in their last-16 Champions League tie but believes his side have the belief to beat the La Liga leaders.

Welfare change 'to make work pay'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:59 AM PST

The government sets out how it intends to overhaul the welfare system, but drops plans to reduce housing benefit for the long-term unemployed.

7/7 coroner 'must not be gagged'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST

Lawyers for families of the 7 July victims have claimed MI5 is trying to "gag" justice by limiting the possible inquest verdicts.

Man tried to kill wife in blast

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:33 AM PST

A former soldier is found guilty of attempting to murder his pregnant wife by planting a grenade to blow up her car.

Briton killed in Vietnam sinking

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:51 AM PST

A British tourist was among 12 people killed when a boat sank at a beauty spot in Vietnam, the Foreign Office confirms.

Man jailed for footballer punch

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:59 AM PST

A man who ran on to the pitch and punched a Stevenage player after the team's FA Cup tie win over Newcastle United is jailed for 12 weeks.

Firm fined £385k over pit death

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:46 AM PST

A Gloucestershire firm is fined £385,000 after a man was killed when a trench collapsed on him.

Wendy Alexander quitting as MSP

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:57 AM PST

Ex-Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander says she will not stand in May's elections in order to spend more time with her family.

Millionaire in legal aid divorce

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:42 AM PST

Politicians criticise a decision to grant legal aid to a millionaire and his ex-wife during a divorce battle.

I am not a monster, says Howell

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:16 AM PST

Colin Howell tells the murder trial of his former lover, Hazel Stewart, that he is not a 'monster'.

Cork victim 'dedicated to family'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:29 AM PST

The funeral of two of the victims of last week's Cork air crash are held in Belfast on Thursday.

Social services told to 'team up'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST

Councils in Wales are told providing 22 separate social services departments is no longer an option, in the wake of rising demand.

Train drivers to strike over pay

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:58 AM PST

Train drivers in Wales vote to stage a 24-hour strike in an ongoing row over pay.

Wisconsin anti-union bill protest

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:59 AM PST

Public workers crowd into Wisconsin's state capitol to protest against a Republican effort to curtail their right to collective bargaining.

Lady Gaga in US chart milestone

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:33 AM PST

Lady Gaga's latest single makes US chart history as it becomes the 1,000th number one on Billboard's Hot 100 countdown.

Farc rebels release two hostages

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 03:51 PM PST

The largest left-wing rebel group in Colombia, the Farc, release two more hostages, bringing the total in recent days to six.

Peru potatoes head to ice vault

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:54 AM PST

In an effort to safeguard the future of more than 1,500 varieties of potatoes, samples are being sent to an Arctic "doomsday vault".

Tunisia's Ben Ali 'seriously ill'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:30 AM PST

Deposed Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali is seriously ill in a Saudi hospital, according to reports.

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers protest

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:50 AM PST

Hundreds of Ivory Coast cocoa farmers burn sacks of beans in protest at EU sanctions over the election dispute, as another bank ceases trade.

German minister denies plagiarism

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:09 AM PST

Germany's defence minister denies newspaper allegations that he committed plagiarism in his 2006 PhD thesis, calling the claims "absurd".

Belgians mark 'no-cabinet record'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:12 AM PST

Belgians are staging a series of tongue-in-cheek events to mark what many there see as a new record - the world's longest wait for a government.

Car bomb blast kills 13 in Iraq

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:06 AM PST

At least 13 people are killed and more than 30 injured in a car bomb attack in northern Iraq, local security officials say.

Iran scraps warships' Suez trip

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:30 AM PST

A plan by two Iranian warships to pass through the Suez Canal - sparking Israeli ire - has been cancelled, says an Egyptian official.

Pakistan postpones Davis decision

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:01 AM PST

A Pakistani court postpones until 14 March a decision on whether a US man arrested for killing two men in Lahore has diplomatic immunity.

US-Afghan militia to be expanded

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:35 AM PST

A US-funded militia in the Afghan province of Helmand is to be expanded, provincial governor Golab Mangal tells the BBC.

Tourists die in Vietnam sinking

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:17 AM PST

Eleven foreign tourists and a Vietnamese guide drown after their tour boat sinks in Halong Bay in north-east Vietnam.

Engine worry prompts Honda recall

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:24 AM PST

Honda recalls nearly 700,000 vehicles in Asia and North America after it found a defective spring that could cause engines to stall.

Treasury unveils finance watchdog

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:08 AM PST

The government reveals who will sit on a powerful new Bank of England committee set to take over UK financial regulation.

US prices rose by 0.4% in January

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:17 AM PST

US prices rose 0.4% in January compared with the previous month, figures show, mostly due to rising food and fuel prices.

Germany in bail-out fund warning

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:21 AM PST

Germany says the eurozone's future bail-out fund must not become a "regional development fund", despite Europe's widely diverging economies.

Google unveils 10% One Pass fee

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

Google announces a One Pass payment system for magazines and newspaper subscriptions, undercutting rival Apple.

Cyber crime 'costs £27bn a year'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:49 AM PST

Cyber crime costs the UK £27bn a year, according to the government's first published estimate of the figure.

Web checks for bogus 2012 tickets

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:39 AM PST

London 2012 organisers are setting up a website checker to allow ticket buyers to verify if the seller is genuine.

Franklin announces stage comeback

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:34 AM PST

Singer Aretha Franklin announces she is to return to the stage in May, months after being admitted to hospital for an undisclosed illness.

Warhol self-portrait makes £10.8m

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:37 AM PST

A large-scale, little-seen Andy Warhol self-portrait sells at Christie's in London for twice as much as expected.

Seinfeld actor Lesser dies at 88

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:50 AM PST

US actor Len Lesser, best known for his role as Uncle Leo on comedy sitcom Seinfeld, dies aged 88 from cancer-related pneumonia.

Ministers ditch forest sale plan

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:44 AM PST

Ministers ditch plans to change the ownership of thousands of acres of state-owned woodland in England, with the government admitting it "got this one wrong".

Prince launches squirrel campaign

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:37 AM PST

The Prince of Wales lends his support to a drive to increase the red squirrel population.

Lift-off for 'Kepler' space truck

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:23 PM PST

Europe's unmanned space freighter launches from French Guiana on a mission to resupply the International Space Station.

Pessimism 'stops drugs working'

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:18 PM PST

A patient's belief that a drug will not work can become a self fulfilling prophecy, according to researchers.

Bangladesh to try cholera vaccine

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:03 AM PST

Health officials in Bangladesh are due to launch the world's largest trial of an affordable cholera vaccine which can save tens of thousands of lives.

Tips on hypertension 'are needed'

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:25 PM PST

Patients with high blood pressure, or hypertension, would benefit from advice sessions on their medication, say UK researchers.

Bahrain unrest: Your stories

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:44 AM PST

People living in Bahrain describe the situation as protesters are dispersed from Pearl Square by police

Will product placement change TV?

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:45 PM PST

At the cinema we're used to seeing James Bond in an Aston Martin, but how will product placement change TV?

What do you put in nine bins?

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:42 AM PST

A council has faced criticism for asking householders to sort their refuse into nine different bins. What goes into them?

VIDEO: Somali pirate jailed for 33 years

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:21 AM PST

A Somali man who pleaded guilty to piracy has been sentenced in the US to more than 33 years in prison.

VIDEO: Ice Age skulls were used as cups

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:26 PM PST

The Natural History Museum's Dr Silvia Bello explains why scientists think the skulls of three Ice Age people discovered in a Somerset cave were used as cups.

VIDEO: Police break up Bahrain protests

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:43 PM PST

'Chaotic scenes' as police use force to clear Pearl Square in Bahraini capital, Manama

VIDEO: Cosmonauts lose item on spacewalk

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:55 PM PST

Russian cosmonauts have lost an unidentified piece of kit during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

VIDEO: Gaza rally calls for unity

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

A rally is taking place in the West Bank with demonstrators calling for unity between rival factions Hamas and Fatah.

VIDEO: The moment Bahrain police moved in

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 07:57 PM PST

Two people have reportedly died in clashes between security forces and protesters in the Gulf state of Bahrain while many others are said to be critically injured.

VIDEO: Mexican drug trade claims US agent

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:19 PM PST

President Obama has expressed his condolences to the parents of an American Immigration and Customs agent who was shot dead in Mexico on Tuesday.

VIDEO: Sun releases massive solar flare

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:29 AM PST

The sun has produced its largest flare in four years, observers say, prompting warnings of potential interference with electrical power grids and communications on Earth.

Where are they?

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:38 PM PST

Anguish over dozens of vanished Egyptian protesters

Happy ending?

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:50 AM PST

Release of Colombian hostages may bring peace closer

Day in pictures

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:59 AM PST

Eye-catching images from around the world

Unhappy birthday?

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:58 AM PST

Cold reality hits Kosovo on its third anniversary of independence

Perfect document?

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST

An unwritten constitution saves a lot of argument

Unanswered questions

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:15 AM PST

Mystery surrounds killings which have soured US-Pakistan ties

Uganda in spotlight

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 06:09 AM PST

Oil money, army and protests - explosive mixture in presidential election
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