Sabtu, 26 Februari 2011

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UN debates steps against Gaddafi

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 07:45 AM PST

The UN Security Council gathers to consider action against Colonel Gaddafi's government over its attempts to put down an uprising.

Central Christchurch 'faces demolition'

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 03:59 AM PST

A third of city centre buildings in Christchurch could face demolition after the massive quake, New Zealand officials warn.

Tunis police tear-gas protesters

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 07:33 AM PST

For a second day, security forces in the Tunisian capital fire tear gas to try to disperse demonstrators.

Key satellite launched in Russia

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 04:46 AM PST

Russia launches one of the final satellites for a global navigation system intended to rival the Americans' GPS, after recent attempts failed.

Attack shuts Iraqi oil refinery

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 05:08 AM PST

An early morning gun and bomb attack shuts Iraq's biggest oil refinery, Baiji, with at least two employees killed.

First results in Irish election

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 07:19 AM PST

The first results are being announced in the Irish general election, as exit polls suggest a huge defeat for the ruling Fianna Fail party.

UN agency risks loss of UK funds

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 01:20 AM PST

The UK is threatening to switch funding away from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization unless its performance improves, BBC News learns.

Brazil judge blocks Amazon dam

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:57 PM PST

A Brazilian judge blocks construction of the huge Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the Amazon because of environmental concerns.

LinkedIn service resumes in China

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:52 PM PST

Business networking site LinkedIn says it is back online in China, a day after access was blocked by the authorities there.

US voodoo ritual sparks fatal fire

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:52 PM PST

A fire in New York City that claimed the life of a retired teacher last weekend was sparked by candles lit for a voodoo ceremony, city officials say.

French awards for Polanski and Tarantino

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 04:28 AM PST

Roman Polanski is named best director at this year's Cesar awards in Paris, while Quentin Tarantino receives an honorary prize.

NY man reunited with daughter in 140 characters

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 09:37 PM PST

A homeless New York man finds his daughter after more than a decade apart - using the social networking site Twitter.

Live Six Nations - England v France

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 05:31 AM PST

England and France put their unbeaten Six Nations records on the line at Twickenham after Wales hold on to beat Italy in Rome.

Live - Pakistan v Sri Lanka

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:33 AM PST

Sri Lanka have it all to do after falling well behind the required run rate in their reply after an unbeaten 83 from Misbah-ul-Haq helps Pakistan to 277-7 from their 50 overs in Saturday's World Cup Group A match in Colombo.

Live - Saturday football

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 04:08 AM PST

Man Utd beat Wigan to extend their lead at the top of the table while there are also wins for Aston Villa, Everton and Wolves, as well as a full Football League programme.

Final UK rescue plane in Tripoli

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:53 AM PST

The final rescue plane chartered by the UK government for people seeking to escape from Libya arrives at Tripoli airport.

New UK disaster team heads to NZ

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 05:38 AM PST

A British team of disaster victim identification experts flies to New Zealand as hopes fade of finding survivors of the country's earthquake.

Free book scheme handed 50% cut

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 04:59 AM PST

A charity that gives free books to children is told of a 50% cut in funding, two months after fears over its future sparked a political "U-turn" row.

Ex-Spurs player Richards dies

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 05:27 AM PST

Former Tottenham, Southampton, Wolves and Bradford defender Dean Richards dies at the age of 36.

Hospital trust may cut 1,000 jobs

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:07 AM PST

Up to 1,000 jobs could be lost at a Greater Manchester NHS trust as it tries to save £45m by April 2012.

Four arrested over woman's murder

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 03:14 AM PST

Four people are being questioned on suspicion of murdering a woman whose body was found at a house in Southampton.

Scots 'dog asbos' come into force

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 05:35 AM PST

New legislation comes into force in Scotland to close a loophole in the Dangerous Dogs Act.

Man stabbed in hospital car park

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 04:18 AM PST

Police are investigating an attempted murder after a man was stabbed and another injured in a hospital car park.

Teen dies in Newcastle stabbing

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 06:37 AM PST

Two men and a woman are being questioned after a man in his late teens was stabbed to death in Newcastle, County Down.

Gerry Adams could top Louth poll

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams arrives at the count centre in Louth as it emerges that he may be on course to top the poll.

Two-day train strike to go ahead

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 05:21 AM PST

Train services will be affected from midnight as two days of industrial action by Arriva Trains Wales drivers begin.

Libya worker robbed at knifepoint

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 06:09 AM PST

A contracts manager from the Vale of Glamorgan rescued by a Royal Navy frigate from Libya speaks of the moment he was robbed at knifepoint.

Amish children killed in US storm

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

Four Amish children have died in Kentucky, after the horse-drawn buggy they were travelling in overturned in a creek swollen by heavy rain.

Saudi terror suspect in US court

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:18 AM PST

A Saudi student charged with plotting to make a weapon of mass destruction and target several locations in the US appears in a Texas court.

BBC ends Spanish radio broadcasts

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 03:57 PM PST

The BBC World Service ends Spanish radio broadcasts to Latin America, 73 years after they began.

Brazil firms post record profits

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST

Brazil's two biggest companies, Petrobras and Vale, post record profits, in the latest sign of Brazil's growing economic might.

Suicide grenade attack in Moscow

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:35 AM PST

A man detonates a grenade outside a supermarket in Moscow, killing only himself, Russian news agencies report.

Czech author Lustig dies aged 84

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 03:32 AM PST

Czech author Arnost Lustig, a survivor of the Holocaust who later wrote about it in his fiction, dies in Prague at the age of 84.

Bahrain opposition figure returns

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:15 AM PST

A prominent Bahraini opposition politician returns to his country from self-imposed exile after charges against him are dropped.

'New data' on Iran's nuclear plan

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 10:35 AM PST

The UN's nuclear watchdog says it has new information on "possible military dimensions" to Iran's nuclear development programme.

Gassy galaxies defy dark matter

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 09:25 AM PST

An unpopular theory that modifies gravity appears to outperform the theory that invokes dark matter, in studies of galaxies with few stars and lots of gas.

All clear for weather satellites

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

European nations press ahead with their 3.4bn-euro (£2.9bn) project to build a next-generation weather satellite system.

Libya unrest: Eyewitness accounts

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 10:03 AM PST

Two residents describe dramatic events in Tripoli today.

Iran protests: Your views

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:19 AM PST

A selection of footage and comments from YouTube and Twitter users in Iran.

VIDEO: Col Gaddafi's son: "Peace is returning"

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 06:25 AM PST

Col Gaddafi's son tells selected members of the international media that Tripoli is calm but admits Libyan forces had bombed sites in the country.

VIDEO: What's on the menu at Oscars Ball

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 10:28 PM PST

Peter Bowes finds out what is on the menu for the guests for the official Oscars after-party.

VIDEO: Britons leaving Libya talk of shootings

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 03:17 AM PST

The Foreign Office has urged Britons who remain in Libya to take the final government-chartered flight from Tripoli later.

VIDEO: Protecting Mexico's buried treasures

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:22 PM PST

Julian Miglierini visits the archaeological site at the ancient city of Teotihuacan to see some of the ancient relics that the country's government is trying to save from smugglers.

VIDEO: Ivory Coast 'on brink of civil war'

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:20 PM PST

Forces loyal to the former President Laurent Gbagbo have clashed with supporters of Alassane Ouattara, who is internationally recognised as having won November's election.

VIDEO: La Rioja embraces modern architecture

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 10:36 PM PST

Rafael Estefania travelled to the Rioja region of Spain to sample some wine and visit the very modern wineries and bodegas

VIDEO: The hackers pushing tech to its limit

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:10 AM PST

Marc Cieslak looks at the tech-heads who modify hardware and software far beyond its intended capabilities.

VIDEO: UK's Olympic Orbit tower takes shape

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 10:53 AM PST

BBC London follows the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit tower on its European journey as it takes shape in the Olympic Park.

Art for sale

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:20 PM PST

Mexico's struggle to stem looting of historic sites

Week in Pictures

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

A selection of pictures from around the world this week

Buoyant mood

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:16 PM PST

Pakistan's cricketers prepare for World Cup campaign

Not so cool

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:03 PM PST

When did Brits stop living up to the Hollywood stereotype?

Style chameleon

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 09:38 AM PST

John Galliano - 'most normal person in fashion industry'
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