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Libyans 'will fight' no-fly zone

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:34 AM PST

Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi says his people will take up arms if a no-fly zone is imposed, as state TV says the city of Zawiya has been "liberated".

Deadly attack at Pakistan funeral

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:17 AM PST

At least 36 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a funeral procession near the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Afghan casualties at 10-year high

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:19 AM PST

Afghan civilian deaths rose by 15% last year, making it the bloodiest since the Taliban were driven from power in 2001, a UN report says.

Ice loss quickens, raising seas

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:07 AM PST

Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated over the last 20 years and will cause the biggest driver of sea level rise, researchers say.

Clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:54 AM PST

Hundreds of people armed with knives and machetes clash with pro-democracy activists in the Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egyptian TV reports.

Taylor's trial 'neo-colonialist'

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:12 AM PST

The lawyer for Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor says the prosecution has turned the war crimes trial into a "21st Century form of neo-colonialism".

Seven children die in US farm fire

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PST

Seven children, aged from seven months to 11 years old, die in a fire at a farmhouse in the borough of Blain in the US state of Pennsylvania.

UK arrests two property tycoons

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:23 AM PST

Property tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz are arrested as part of an investigation into the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing.

Google donates to Mandela archive

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:26 AM PST

Google is to donate $1.25m (£770,000) to a project that aims to create an archive of Nelson Mandela's life.

Europe 'not ready' for cookie law

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:55 PM PST

European governments are grappling with how to enforce the EC's crackdown on behavioural advertising.

Discovery set for final landing

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:01 AM PST

Space shuttle Discovery fires its thrusters to come back to Earth, and a final landing at Cape Canaveral.

Abbey Road launches search for modern anthems

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:08 AM PST

London's Abbey Road recording studios is marking its 80th anniversary with a competition to find "the great anthems of our time".

Stolen gems found in Paris drain

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:14 AM PST

French police say they have found stolen jewellery worth 14m euros (£12m; $19m) hidden in a drain in a Paris suburb.

Wenger and Nasri charged by Uefa

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:16 AM PST

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and winger Samir Nasri are charged by Uefa over comments to the referee after the defeat by Barcelona on Tuesday.

Yuvraj seals India win over Dutch

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:00 AM PST

Yuvraj Singh hits an unbeaten 51 as India beat the Netherlands by five wickets in their World Cup Group B match in New Delhi.

Williams positive over comeback

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:20 AM PST

Wimbledon champion Serena Williams is confident that she will recover to full fitness after a blood clot on her lung - the "scariest moment" of her life.

Squatters in Gaddafi London home

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PST

Squatters have taken over a London house thought to belong to Saif Al Islam Gaddafi, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed.

Tobacco displays facing shop ban

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:01 AM PST

Tobacco displays in shops will be banned in England as part of a package of measures to discourage smoking.

Sex cult paedophile found guilty

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:04 AM PST

A paedophile is found guilty of leading a satanic sex cult from his home in a small town.

Zara Phillips sets wedding date

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:34 AM PST

Zara Phillips and her rugby player fiance Mike Tindall are to be married at the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, on 30 July, Buckingham Palace says.

Ripper fails in freedom challenge

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:09 AM PST

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe fails in his bid to be allowed to challenge his "whole life" tariff at the Supreme Court.

Jobs and wards axed at hospital

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:15 PM PST

A £256m Hampshire hospital which opened less than two years ago has cut 700 jobs and closed three wards, a BBC investigation finds.

Go-ahead for £290m subway revamp

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:14 AM PST

A £290m plan to completely revamp Glasgow's ageing subway system is formally backed by ministers.

Fireman suspicious of fatal crash

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:43 AM PST

A former fireman tells the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife he was "extremely suspicious" of the crash in which she died.

Sharp exchanges in budget debate

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:39 AM PST

There are sharp exchanges at the Assembly where MLAs will vote later on a Northern Ireland budget for the next four years.

Church targeted again by vandals

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:08 AM PST

A Catholic church in east Belfast's Short Strand area is the target of a sectarian attack for the second time in a week.

Plan for badger cull is revived

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:42 AM PST

Plans for a cull of badgers in west Wales are on again, eight months after the assembly government was forced to shelve the proposal.

Hundreds attend Nikitta funeral

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:08 AM PST

Hundreds of people attend the funeral in Newport of pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender.

NPR chief Schiller resigns post

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:44 AM PST

The head of US National Public Radio steps down a day after the release of a "sting" video showing an NPR executive deriding conservatives.

Obama names Locke envoy to China

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:06 AM PST

US President Barack Obama names Chinese-American Gary Locke as the new US ambassador to China, succeeding envoy Jon Huntsman.

Mexico police chief seeks asylum

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:35 PM PST

Mexico's youngest police chief, Marisol Valles Garcia, is seeking asylum in the US after apparently receiving death threats, immigration officials confirm.

US syphilis tests lawsuit looms

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:39 AM PST

Lawyers representing Guatemalans deliberately infected with syphilis tell the US authorities to settle or face a lawsuit.

SA's police 'lost 20,000 weapons'

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:04 AM PST

South Africa's police force has lost more than 20,000 firearms in the last seven years, a parliamentary committee hears.

Eritrea 'quiet' on UK detainees

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PST

Eritrea is refusing to give information about four former Royal Marines it is holding and is denying consular access to them, a Foreign Office official says.

EU calls on world to shun Gaddafi

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:41 AM PST

The EU foreign affairs chief, Baroness Ashton, calls for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to be "sent back into the cold".

Ireland swears in its new leader

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:38 AM PST

The Irish parliament officially elects Enda Kenny as taoiseach (prime minister), to lead a new coalition government.

Tunisia dissolves president's party

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:36 AM PST

A Tunis court dissolves the party of deposed President Ben Ali, meeting one of the main demands of pro-democracy protesters.

Deadly religious clash in Cairo

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:41 AM PST

At least 13 people died and 140 were injured in Tuesday's clashes between Coptic Christians and Muslims in Cairo, Egyptian officials say.

Pakistan educational 'emergency'

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:46 AM PST

The Pakistani government says the country is in the midst of an educational emergency with disastrous human and economic consequences.

Grameen boss fights to keep job

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:34 AM PST

Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus lodges a final appeal against his sacking as head of the Grameen microfinance bank he founded.

Australian Moran guilty of murder

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 07:58 PM PST

Gangland matriarch Judy Moran, mother and wife to four victims of underworld killings, is found guilty of murdering her brother-in-law Des "Tuppence" Moran.

S Korea 'sex for secrets' scandal

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:39 AM PST

South Korea is investigating an alleged scandal involving sex and visas at its consulate in the Chinese city of Shanghai.

Airbus owner swings into profit

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:03 AM PST

European aerospace and defence giant EADS reports a return to profit in 2010 as plane orders picked up following the global downturn.

Toyota eyes global sales growth

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:35 AM PST

Japanese car giant Toyota sets out its long-term vision for the firm, aiming for global sales of 10 million by 2015.

Russia urged to fight corruption

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:29 AM PST

Russia needs to fight "endemic corruption" and improve its investment climate, US Vice President Joe Biden says.

Facebook to start showing films

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:16 AM PST

Warner Bros is to start streaming some of its films on social networking site Facebook in the US.

Phil Collins confirms retirement

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:36 AM PST

Musician Phil Collins confirms reports he is to retire from the music business, saying he wants to be "a full-time father on a daily basis".

Ex-Alice in Chains bassist dies

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:58 AM PST

Former Alice in Chains bass player Mike Starr is found dead at a house in Salt Lake City at the age of 44.

Oscar winner in stunt death trial

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:38 AM PST

An Oscar-winning special effects expert is on trial for breaching health and safety regulations over the death of a stunt technician on a Surrey film set.

Adders are 'disappearing from UK'

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 12:57 AM PST

The adder is disappearing from the UK landscape, while toads, lizards and grass snakes are becoming less common, according to a survey.

Fresh hope over mackerel wrangle

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:31 PM PST

Scottish fishing leaders say they hope a fresh round of talks can resolve the long-running wrangle over mackerel quotas.

England 'healthier than the US'

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:58 PM PST

People living in England enjoy better health than Americans, despite less investment in healthcare, research reveals.

Ovarian cancer survival doubles

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:03 AM PST

Survival from ovarian cancer has almost doubled over the last 30 years, figures from England show.

Coma brain techniques developed

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:19 AM PST

Brain imaging techniques to find out more about patients in a coma are being developed by University of Aberdeen scientists.

Misrata eyewitness: 'Waiting for the onslaught'

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:53 AM PST

A resident of Misrata in Libya describes the scene in the rebel-held town.

How are motorists saving fuel?

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:43 PM PST

Petrol prices have risen to record levels and the government has hinted it may postpone a planned 1p fuel duty increase due next month. But driving habits have already changed to help people save fuel.

What is the UK's national vegetable?

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:23 AM PST

TV chefs and food writers are keen for us to eat local produce. Can the UK be said to have a single national vegetable?

VIDEO: 'Millions' of dead fish clog US marina

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:31 PM PST

US officials fear a public health hazard after millions of small dead fish that washed up in a California marina begin to rot.

VIDEO: Bombs 'uncomfortably close' to BBC team

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:06 PM PST

Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi have been engaged in heavy fighting with rebels in key cities.

VIDEO: Rare glimpse inside Guantanamo Bay

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 03:08 PM PST

The BBC's Peter Taylor has been given rare and extensive access to film inside Guantanamo Bay.

VIDEO: Libya rebels tell BBC "we'll win with faith"

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:54 AM PST

As forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi continue to push back against rebels, the opposition is even more determined to keep fighting.

VIDEO: Social networking with a culinary twist

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:58 AM PST

In France they have dreamed up a new way of combining social networking and top quality cuisine - Supermarmite

VIDEO: Young UK Royals visit N Ireland

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 05:33 AM PST

Prince William and Kate Middleton are in Northern Ireland for a one-day visit ahead of their 29 April wedding.

VIDEO: Carnival hits the Canary Islands

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:45 AM PST

Thousands of Canary Islanders danced their way through Tenerife and Gran Canaria this week as the Spanish islands celebrated Carnival in style.

VIDEO: Space shuttle Discovery's last descent

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:28 AM PST

The US space shuttle Discovery descends to Earth after its final trip to the International Space Station.

Sex and the payslip

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:48 AM PST

The women accusing the world's biggest retailer of discrimination

Day in pictures

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:43 AM PST

Striking images from around the world

Big oil

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PST

What happens when a sleepy town in Ghana strikes it rich

Science exam

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:00 PM PST

Do you know your Faradays from your Edisons? Test yourself...

Knowledge economy

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:19 PM PST

For an English education, are you better off going to Germany?

Chocolate crisis

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:12 PM PST

The cocoa industry is a pawn in Ivory Coast's violent political struggle

In pictures

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 03:33 PM PST

Colourful Mardi Gras celebrations fill streets of New Orleans

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