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Rebels forced from Libya oil port

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PST

Libyan rebels are fleeing the oil port of Ras Lanuf following sustained attacks by forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Libya: 'One question and you die'

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:44 PM PST

Members of a BBC team detained and mistreated by Libya's military describe how they were beaten and subjected to mock executions.

Nato 'kills Hamid Karzai cousin'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PST

A relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is mistakenly killed by Nato troops in southern Afghanistan, officials say.

Kinect 'fastest-selling device'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:09 AM PST

Microsoft's Kinect sensor system is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device on record, Guinness World Records says.

Al-Qaeda 'recruiting US Muslims'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PST

A US congressman warns al-Qaeda is actively recruiting US Muslims for attacks within the US, at a hearing critics say feeds anti-Islamic sentiment.

UN flights banned in Ivory Coast

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:59 AM PST

The government of disputed President Laurent Gbagbo bans UN and French peacekeeping aircraft from flying in Ivory Coast and rejects a unity government plan.

Spain debt downgraded by Moody's

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:26 AM PST

Spain's debt is downgraded one notch to Aa2 by Moody's on worries over the government's ability to improve its finances.

US indicts 14 over piracy deaths

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:10 AM PST

A US grand jury indicts 13 suspected pirates from Somalia and one from Yemen over the boat hijacking that left four Americans dead in February.

Dalai Lama to cede political role

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:56 AM PST

The Dalai Lama announces a plan to devolve political responsibilities to an elected figure, in a speech marking the 1959 Tibetan uprising.

Berlusconi justice bill unveiled

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:41 AM PST

A controversial bill to split up Italy's judiciary is unveiled in Rome by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.

Spider-Man musical loses director

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:05 AM PST

Julie Taymor steps down as director of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark after the official opening of the musical is delayed for a sixth time.

Kangaroo bounce mechanics snapped

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:30 PM PST

The precise details of how kangaroos bounce are now being laid bare, thanks to new technology.

Laughing 'helps healing process'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:20 AM PST

A good old belly laugh can help heal leg ulcers, experts say.

Wenger fumes at Uefa over charge

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PST

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hits back at Uefa and denies a charge of improper conduct following his side's Champions League exit in Barcelona.

Record stand helps Sri Lanka win

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:33 AM PST

Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan share a World Cup record opening partnership of 282 as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 139 runs to secure a place in the quarter-finals.

Fifa holds 'match-fixing' inquiry

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:01 AM PST

Fifa begins disciplinary proceedings against six match officials in relation to possible match-fixing in two international friendly matches.

Unions' anger over pensions plan

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:53 AM PST

Unions react angrily to a report proposing a radical overhaul of public sector pensions which would see millions working for longer.

Libya 'dangers ahead' warns Major

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:53 AM PST

The international community faces "real dangers" over Libya whether it proceeds with a no-fly zone or not, Former Prime Minister Sir John Major warns.

Bird shooting medic 'sent away'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PST

A paramedic on an emergency call was told to leave Whitehaven while gunman Derrick Bird was on his shooting rampage, an inquest hears.

Learn 7/7 lessons, families say

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:21 AM PST

Relatives of the 52 people killed in the 7 July bombings have made a series of recommendations to the coroner on actions to prevent future deaths.

Police hunt for gun threat trio

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PST

Armed police and a helicopter descend on an area of Hove in a hunt for three men after an officer is threatened with a gun.

Killer's release 'failed victim'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:47 AM PST

A woman was killed by a convicted sex offender after a series of failings by the agencies involved in his release, an inquest jury rules.

Terror suspect detention extended

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:07 AM PST

Police in Glasgow are given more time to question a man in connection with a suicide bombing in Sweden last year.

Scottish divorces at 30-year low

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:44 AM PST

Divorces in Scotland fall to their lowest rate for 30 years, according to new data published by the registrar general.

Church can donate to PMS - judge

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:11 AM PST

A High Court judge authorises the Presbyterian Church to donate £1m to a rescue package for savers in its collapsed mutual society.

NI priest steps aside over claims

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:29 AM PST

One of the most senior priests in the Down and Connor Diocese in Northern Ireland is taking leave of his duties following allegations of abuse against him.

Councillor pays for Twitter libel

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:33 AM PST

A county councillor is to pay £3,000 and costs to a political rival for posting a libellous comment on social networking site Twitter.

Man admits killing nurse at home

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:55 AM PST

A man admits killing a nurse at her home after she befriended him while both were patients at a Cardiff hospital.

Wisconsin union curbs bill passed

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 09:41 PM PST

Republicans in the US state of Wisconsin pass a plan to limit the power of trade unions, prompting protesters to take over the state capitol.

Wire actress arrested over drugs

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:32 AM PST

Actress Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, who played a killer in gritty US police TV series The Wire, is among 30 people arrested in a drugs swoop, police say.

Honduras cocaine lab uncovered

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:34 AM PST

Police in Honduras discover what they say is the first facility for processing cocaine in the country.

'Richest man's' wealth jumps 38%

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:46 PM PST

Mexican Carlos Slim is again named as the world's richest person by Forbes magazine, as his wealth increases by more than a third.

Zimbabwe energy minister arrested

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:30 AM PST

Zimbabwe's energy minister - and ally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai - is arrested, as relations between Mr Tsvangirai and President Mugabe worsen.

Guinea junta recruits on rampage

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:16 AM PST

A riot at a military training camp 600km (about 370 miles) south-east of Guinea's capital has killed at least three army recruits, eyewitnesses say.

France recognises Libyan rebels

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:20 AM PST

France says Libya's rebels are now the country's legitimate government, as diplomatic pressure on Colonel Gaddafi mounts.

Fresh EU Libya sanctions agreed

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:58 AM PST

The European Union agrees to extend its economic sanctions against Libya to include the country's sovereign wealth fund and central bank.

Yemen plans 'parliamentary power'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PST

Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh announces a plan to change the constitution this year to move to a parliamentary system.

Libya Bangladeshis 'to get help'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:32 AM PST

The Bangladeshi government says it is stepping up its efforts to bring back thousands of its nationals stranded in violence-hit Libya.

Mass arrests before India rally

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:14 AM PST

About 50,000 people defy an unofficial curfew in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh in southern India to rally for separate statehood.

Pakistan militia warns government

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:06 AM PST

The head of a powerful anti-Taliban militia in north-west Pakistan says he will stop co-operating with the government, one day after a deadly suicide bombing targeted his group.

China-Burma border hit by quake

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:40 AM PST

At least 22 people are killed and 200 injured after a powerful earthquake hit near the border between Burma and China, reports say.

China leader rules out democracy

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:07 AM PST

Top official Wu Bangguo says China will not adopt Western-style political reforms because they could reverse economic gains and cause disorder.

Internet firm AOL to cut 900 jobs

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 09:06 AM PST

US internet firm AOL is cutting 900 jobs in a move to restructure the company after its purchase of the Huffington Post.

Rio Tinto ups bid for Riversdale

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:50 AM PST

Mining giant Rio Tinto ups its bid for Riversdale in its latest attempt to woo shareholders in the Australian coal miner.

China posts shock trade deficit

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:59 AM PST

China reports a surprise trade deficit of $7.3bn in February as exports slow and imports jump by almost 20%.

Friends to police Facebook safety

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:28 AM PST

Facebook users who are being bullied or abused can now report the problem to friends, as well as site moderators.

Wi-fi 'slows down' home broadband

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:15 AM PST

People relying on home wi-fi get significantly slower speeds than from fixed broadband connections, research suggests.

'Misleading' iPhone offer exposed

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:41 AM PST

Group buying website Groupola is censured after promoting a cut-price iPhone sale when it only had eight handsets available.

Moore to play Palin in TV movie

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:36 AM PST

Actress Julianne Moore is to play former vice presidential candidate in a TV film about the 2008 US elections, HBO announce.

MPs quiz Patten on BBC Trust job

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:49 AM PST

Lord Patten tells MPs would give up the Tory whip but remain a Conservative Party member if confirmed as BBC Trust chairman.

Clapton in charity guitar auction

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:10 PM PST

British rock guitarist Eric Clapton sells more than 70 of his instruments at a charity auction in New York, raising more than $2.15m.

Museum to return islanders' bones

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:21 PM PST

London's Natural History Museum will return the skeletal remains of 138 indigenous people taken from the Torres Strait Islands in the 19th Century.

How man 'lost his penile spines'

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:13 AM PST

Scientists believe men once boasted small spines on their genitalia such as those found in chimpanzees, cats and mice.

Call to vaccinate against new flu

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PST

Governments should launch a vaccination programme now to guard against a possible H2N2 flu pandemic, according to an article in the journal Nature.

The trouble with embarrassing friends

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:37 AM PST

Prince Andrew has been criticised for the company he keeps. But should public figures be held to account for their friends and acquaintances?

Are call centres the factories of the 21st Century?

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:51 AM PST

More people than ever before are working in call centres in the UK but are they the modern-day equivalents of the factory production line?

VIDEO: BBC team describe Libya detention

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:35 PM PST

Colonel Gaddafi's security forces detain and beat up a BBC team who were trying to reach the strife-torn western city of Zawiya.

VIDEO: Camera crew flee rocket Ras Lanuf

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:39 AM PST

Fighting is continuing between the rebels and Colonel Gaddafi's forces, with the Red Cross warning that Libya has descended into civil war.

VIDEO: Where is best place to make a billion?

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:45 PM PST

The new Forbes Rich List shows there are now more than 1200 billionaires in the world with China, Russia and the United State having more than 100 each.

AUDIO: Newsreader hit by hiccups on air

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:21 AM PST

A newsreader from Melbourne suffered a hiccupping fit as she delivered a bulletin. Kate Wilson hiccupped more than 20 times during the bulletin on 3AW.

VIDEO: Benghazi protester's bullet wound

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:26 AM PST

The BBC's Pascale Harter went to see a protester who was injured in Benghazi in the first days of the ongoing uprising in Libya.

VIDEO: Terror amid fierce Ivory Coast violence

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:16 AM PST

The United Nations says at least 365 people have been killed in Ivory Coast since the elections and fears it is slipping into civil war

VIDEO: Iranian animates web activism

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:24 PM PST

An Iranian-German filmmaker has examined the role of social media in Iran's Green Movement in 2009 in a new film, The Green Wave.

VIDEO: Libyan cities 'on edge of catastrophe'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:59 AM PST

Ahmed Jibril, Libyan diplomat turned adviser to the anti-government forces, says that cities like Zawiha and Misrata, where clashes are taking place between the rebels and forces loyal to Col Gaddafi, are "on the edge of catastrophe".

Facing the Taliban

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:47 AM PST

Will these young Afghan recruits be ready in time?

Day in pictures

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 09:08 AM PST

Striking images from around the world

'New McCarthyism'

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:15 AM PST

US Muslim 'radicalisation' hearings spark bitter debate

Racetrack to hatchback

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:45 PM PST

Big auto manufacturers are starting to use carbon fibre

Rebellion or civil war?

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 09:27 PM PST

Will Libya follow the model of protracted African wars?

Damsels in distress

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:41 PM PST

The women film-makers who are turning to horror

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