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- Protests in Tripoli after prayers
- Egypt's PM vows democratic change
- Pakistani Christians bury leader
- Doubts cast in Renault spy affair
- Ivorian city 'resembles war zone'
- Cancers up as sperm quality down
- Nasa Glory launch ends in failure
- China beefs up military spending
- Forces 'fire on Yemen protesters'
- US unemployment rate falls again
- Early man was 'ancient mariner'
- Row over university sex toy show
- Giant hyena's bone-cracking habit revealed
- Toure 'took wife's slimming aid'
- Windies bus stoned in Bangladesh
- Wales says Yes in referendum vote
- Libyan currency worth £100m held
- Clegg defiant despite poll slump
- Commons seats shake-up outlined
- River plunge children 'screaming'
- Girl 'may be with internet man'
- Newborn dies in infection scare
- 'Sleepwalk' murder bid man guilty
- Angry exchanges over budget plan
- Grandparents on girl death charge
- Another train strike on rugby day
- 250 jobs going at Companies House
- NFL and stars extend crunch talks
- Frankfurt killer's 'gun jammed'
- US and Mexico reach trucking deal
- Brazil court gives dam go-ahead
- Somalis 'holding Burundi bodies'
- Danish children moved to Somalia
- Libya shows captured Dutch crew
- Anaesthetics research 'unethical'
- Tunisia president calls election
- Missing ex-FBI agent 'is alive'
- India compensation after 33 years
- Pakistan mosque bomb 'kills nine'
- Taiwan executes five for murder
- South Korea hit by cyber attacks
- Oil nations 'must share wealth'
- GM gets ready to fix European subsidiaries
- US and Israel blamed for Stuxnet
- UK pushes on with broadband plans
- Blogspot banned in football row
- Sondheim to receive Olivier award
- Rice gene is flood/drought-proof
- Antarctic ice built 'bottom-up'
- Libya voices: 'Not afraid to die'
- Are birds of prey back?
- Quiz of the week's news
- VIDEO: Nasa Glory satellite launch fails
- VIDEO: Libya's rebels in race to take west
- VIDEO: Inside headquarters of 'new Libya'
- VIDEO: Migrant workers flee Libya
- VIDEO: Russia's Bolshoi theatre restored
- VIDEO: Heckled by Hanks - it's Odd Box
- VIDEO: Bat swarms draw crowds to Texan city
- VIDEO: Taking New York's Dead Apple tour
- Day in pictures
- Field to fork
- It's quiz time!
- Risking rape
- Syria revolutionless
- Micro manoeuvres
- Virtually there
| Protests in Tripoli after prayers Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:30 AM PST Libyan security forces use tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters from the streets after Friday prayers in Col Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli. |
| Egypt's PM vows democratic change Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:32 AM PST Egypt's new Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf, pledges to meet the demands for democratic change sought by protesters, and to step down if he fails. |
| Pakistani Christians bury leader Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:47 AM PST Thousands of Pakistani Christians attend the funeral of former minister Shahbaz Bhatti, who was killed after urging reform for blasphemy laws. |
| Doubts cast in Renault spy affair Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:21 AM PST A Renault executive casts doubt on claims the firm was the victim of industrial espionage and says it could reinstate sacked executives. |
| Ivorian city 'resembles war zone' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:37 AM PST Parts of Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan resemble a war zone and the situation across the country is rapidly deteriorating, the UN refugee agency says. |
| Cancers up as sperm quality down Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:40 AM PST Sperm quality has significantly deteriorated as rates of testicular cancer have risen, a study in Finland has found. |
| Nasa Glory launch ends in failure Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:24 AM PST The US space agency's (Nasa) attempt to launch its latest Earth observation mission ends in failure after the launch rocket fails to release its payload. |
| China beefs up military spending Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:16 AM PST China will raise its defence budget by 12.7% in 2011, stoking fears in the region that its military might is growing. |
| Forces 'fire on Yemen protesters' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:19 AM PST Shia rebels in north Yemen say armed forces have fired on anti-government protesters, leaving two people killed and at least seven injured. |
| US unemployment rate falls again Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:25 AM PST The US unemployment rate fell to 8.9% in February, down from 9% the month before, as the private sector added jobs. |
| Early man was 'ancient mariner' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:14 AM PST Studies of artefacts on islands off California exhibit differing hunting technologies and foods compared to inland cultures, researchers say. |
| Row over university sex toy show Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:05 PM PST The president of a US university says he is "disturbed" that a demonstration of a motorised sex toy was allowed in a classroom. |
| Giant hyena's bone-cracking habit revealed Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:02 AM PST Scientists have established how the largest bone-cracking carnivore to have ever lived went about its business. |
| Toure 'took wife's slimming aid' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:09 AM PST Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Manchester City defender Kolo Toure's failed drugs test is a result of the player taking a "slimming product belonging to his wife". |
| Windies bus stoned in Bangladesh Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:14 AM PST The West Indies team bus is struck by stones thrown by Bangladesh supporters following their side's humiliating nine-wicket defeat in Mirpur. |
| Wales says Yes in referendum vote Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PST Wales says a resounding Yes in the referendum on direct law-making powers for the assembly. |
| Libyan currency worth £100m held Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:30 AM PST The Home Office says £100m of Libyan currency has been impounded from a ship at Harwich after it turned back from Tripoli. |
| Clegg defiant despite poll slump Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:50 AM PST Nick Clegg says people should not "write off" the Lib Dems despite the party slumping to sixth place in the Barnsley Central by-election. |
| Commons seats shake-up outlined Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:55 AM PST Details of a shake-up of Commons seats are published with 60 fewer MPs across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. |
| River plunge children 'screaming' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:45 AM PST Two children trapped inside a sinking car banged on the windows and screamed for help, a court hears. |
| Girl 'may be with internet man' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:27 AM PST It is feared that a 14-year-old girl missing from her Dorset home might be with a man she met on the internet. |
| Newborn dies in infection scare Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PST A baby has died and another child is in isolation at Glasgow's Princess Royal Maternity hospital after contracting an infection. |
| 'Sleepwalk' murder bid man guilty Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:45 AM PST A taxi driver who claimed that he was sleepwalking when he stabbed his wife is convicted of attempted murder. |
| Angry exchanges over budget plan Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:29 AM PST There are angry exchanges at the Assembly following the finance minister's statement on the final budget. |
| Grandparents on girl death charge Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PST The grandparents of a severely disabled 14-year-old girl who died in 2001 are charged with unlawfully killing her. |
| Another train strike on rugby day Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:25 AM PST Drivers working for Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) are to stage a fresh 24 hour walk out on 12 March, coinciding with Wales' next Six Nations fixture in Cardiff. |
| 250 jobs going at Companies House Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:29 AM PST Up to 250 jobs are going at a government agency in Cardiff, it has been confirmed. |
| NFL and stars extend crunch talks Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:20 AM PST NFL club owners and players are to take an extra 24 hours to try and reach a new collective bargaining agreement. |
| Frankfurt killer's 'gun jammed' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:52 AM PST More lives might have been lost in the attack on US airmen at Frankfurt Airport had the killer's gun not jammed, prosecutors say. |
| US and Mexico reach trucking deal Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST The US and Mexico reach a proposed deal to open US highways to Mexican trucks, raising hopes of an end to a 20-year dispute. |
| Brazil court gives dam go-ahead Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:31 PM PST A controversial project to build a huge dam in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is approved by a court, overturning an earlier ruling. |
| Somalis 'holding Burundi bodies' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:03 AM PST Somali Islamists say they have the bodies of 18 Burundian peacekeepers, suggesting that casualty figures from recent fighting are much higher than announced. |
| Danish children moved to Somalia Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:32 AM PST Pirates move a party of Danes including three children from their hijacked yacht to a ship moored off the Somali coast. |
| Libya shows captured Dutch crew Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:00 AM PST The crew of a Dutch navy helicopter are shown on Libyan state TV after being captured while attempting an evacuation. |
| Anaesthetics research 'unethical' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:16 AM PST The editors of 16 medical journals have retracted "unethical" studies by an influential German anaesthetist. |
| Tunisia president calls election Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:05 PM PST Tunisia's interim president Fouad Mebazaa says elections for an assembly to rewrite the constitution will take place by 24 July. |
| Missing ex-FBI agent 'is alive' Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:48 PM PST Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran four years ago, is alive, according to the US state department. |
| India compensation after 33 years Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:28 AM PST An Indian court awards $1m in compensation to an Australian woman, 33 years after she was paralysed in a fall at a Delhi hotel swimming pool. |
| Pakistan mosque bomb 'kills nine' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:44 AM PST A bomb attack on a mosque in north-western Pakistan has killed at least nine people, police say. |
| Taiwan executes five for murder Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:13 AM PST Five convicted murderers are executed in Taiwan amid a growing national debate on whether to abolish the death penalty. |
| South Korea hit by cyber attacks Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:40 AM PST Up to 40 high-profile websites in South Korea have been hit by a denial-of-service attack. |
| Oil nations 'must share wealth' Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST Citizens of oil producing nations must see more benefit from their country's national resources, billionaire investor George Soros tells the BBC. |
| GM gets ready to fix European subsidiaries Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST Having emerged both leaner and stronger from bankruptcy in 2009, the US-based automotive giant General Motors is firmly back on its feet, though in Europe big challenges remain. |
| US and Israel blamed for Stuxnet Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:55 AM PST Israel and the US created the Stuxnet worm to sabotage Iran's nuclear programme, a leading security expert has claimed. |
| UK pushes on with broadband plans Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PST The government has made more money available to roll out broadband to remote areas, despite lack of progress on the original schemes. |
| Blogspot banned in football row Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:17 PM PST A row over who can broadcast football matches in Turkey has led to Google's Blogspot blogging site being banned. |
| Sondheim to receive Olivier award Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:45 AM PST American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will receive the prestigious Special Award at the Laurence Olivier Awards later this month. |
| Rice gene is flood/drought-proof Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:15 AM PST A gene that increases a rice plant's resistance to floods also boosts its ability to recover from droughts, a study shows. |
| Antarctic ice built 'bottom-up' Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:00 AM PST Scientists show how the Antarctic ice sheet is growing from the bottom up in some places, as liquid water freezes on to the bottom of the White Continent's ice covering. |
| Libya voices: 'Not afraid to die' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:54 AM PST As protesters demonstrate in Libya after Friday prayers, BBC News website readers Rawad and Ali are giving updates on the situation there. |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:51 AM PST Recent reports suggest some birds of prey are booming in the UK. So why does the prospect of a soaring hawk or eagle leave some people worried? |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:48 PM PST The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions - plus the Weekly Bonus Question. |
| VIDEO: Nasa Glory satellite launch fails Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:15 AM PST Nasa's attempt to launch its latest Earth observation mission has ended in failure |
| VIDEO: Libya's rebels in race to take west Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:38 AM PST Opposition forces in Libya are racing west as they fight to wrestle control of the country from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. |
| VIDEO: Inside headquarters of 'new Libya' Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:16 PM PST The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has said he will investigate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his sons and senior aides for crimes against humanity. The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Benghazi, where the greatest alleged atrocities took place. |
| VIDEO: Migrant workers flee Libya Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:47 PM PST The exodus of foreign workers from Libya is also having a big impact on the country itself. |
| VIDEO: Russia's Bolshoi theatre restored Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PST The finishing touches are being put to the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow and restorers are using a rather unusual medieval recipe to bring the building back to its former glory. |
| VIDEO: Heckled by Hanks - it's Odd Box Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:52 PM PST Tom Hanks has some fun with a BBC reporter at the Oscars, human breast milk ice cream and the claustrophobic contortionist. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne. |
| VIDEO: Bat swarms draw crowds to Texan city Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:22 PM PST A colony of bats who live in the centre of a US city have turned from villains to champions. |
| VIDEO: Taking New York's Dead Apple tour Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:31 PM PST Newsbeat's Sima Kotecha takes the Dead Apple tour in New York, which gives sightseers an alternative view of the city. |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:58 AM PST Striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:54 AM PST How technology helps consumers trace their food from farm to table |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:29 PM PST On a hill far away is an unusual tribute to Jane Russell. Where? |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:04 AM PST Tanzanian girls brave danger as they leave home to go to school |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:36 PM PST How has Damascus escaped the Arab unrest? |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:30 PM PST Will microcredit be undermined if Yunus leaves Grameen? |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:11 PM PST Is doing deals from your virtual office now a reality? |
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