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US warplane crashes in east Libya

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:26 AM PDT

Two US airmen are rescued in eastern Libya after their warplane crashed during allied operations, officials say.

Karzai names Nato pullout areas

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:06 AM PDT

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai names the areas of the country expected to be handed over by foreign troops to Afghan forces in July.

Power cables laid at Japan plant

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PDT

Power cables are attached to all six reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant, and lighting is restored at the control room of reactor No 3.

Israel ex-President Katsav jailed

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Israeli ex-President Moshe Katsav is sentenced to seven years for rape - the first former head of state to be jailed.

Yemeni president warns of coup

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:49 AM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh says there could be a civil war in the country because of attempts to stage a coup against his rule.

Guatemala first couple to divorce

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 03:54 PM PDT

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and his wife Sandra Torres file for divorce so she can stand for election to succeed him, officials say.

Cameroon 'robbers' killed at sea

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:36 AM PDT

At least 18 people suspected of robbing a bank in Cameroon have died in a gun battle as they tried to escape on speed boats, officials say.

Man tried for 'pouring whisky' on Zuma

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:43 AM PDT

A South African man has gone on trial for assault after allegedly pouring his drink on President Jacob Zuma.

Philippines to impeach anti-graft chief

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 03:44 AM PDT

The Philippine lower house of parliament votes to impeach the head of the anti-corruption agency for failure to investigate former President Gloria Arroyo.

German incest case father jailed

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:23 AM PDT

A lorry driver whose stepdaughter was forced to bear eight of his children is jailed by a German court for 14-and-a-half years.

Blues legend Pinetop Perkins dies

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, the oldest musician ever to win a Grammy award, dies in Austin, Texas, aged 97.

Fidel: I quit party role in 2006

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:33 AM PDT

Cuba's ex-president Fidel Castro says he resigned from all his positions when he fell ill in 2006, including Communist Party chief which he was thought to still hold.

Scientists use maths to predict 'the end of religion'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 12:31 AM PDT

Decades of census data, alongside a mathematical model, suggest religion in nine secular countries is being driven to extinction.

Bieber and U2 on Japan fund album

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:29 AM PDT

Justin Bieber and U2 are among artists who have agreed to contribute songs to a fund-raising album for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

Terry admits to dividing opinion

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:30 AM PDT

John Terry concedes he may not be a widely popular choice following his reinstatement as England captain after 13 months.

Blatter 'to stand down in 2015'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:38 AM PDT

Sepp Blatter says he will step down as Fifa president in 2015, if he is elected for a fourth term in June.

West Indies trio set for recalls

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:27 AM PDT

West Indies are set to recall batsmen Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul and fast bowler Kemar Roach for their World Cup quarter-final against Pakistan, who are likely to be unchanged, in Mirpur on Wednesday.

Libya operation has 'real effect'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PDT

The Ministry of Defence says the coalition operation over Libya has stopped Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces "in their tracks".

UK inflation rate rises to 4.4%

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:22 AM PDT

The UK Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation rises to 4.4%, up from 4% in January, driven by higher food and fuel costs.

Life term for river plunge father

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:38 AM PDT

A father who murdered his five-year-old daughter by driving a car into a river is told he must spend at least 15 years in prison.

Four 'executed in double murders'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:46 AM PDT

The murder trial starts of a man accused of "executing" four people in two double murders in Pembrokeshire in the 1980s.

Top policeman found dead at home

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:48 AM PDT

Wiltshire's deputy chief constable, who was removed from his duties while an internal investigation took place, is found dead at his home.

Reward offered over missing Sian

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:13 AM PDT

An anonymous donor offers a £20,000 reward to find Swindon nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan.

Student eviction 'heavy handed'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:20 AM PDT

A police operation to evict student protesters from Glasgow University is condemned as being "heavy handed".

Holyrood winds up before election

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:20 AM PDT

The starting gun for the Scottish Parliament elections on 5 May is fired, with the dissolution of Holyrood.

Church cleared over sodomy ad

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:20 AM PDT

A High Court judge overturns a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority that an advertisement by a Belfast church was homophobic.

50-50 policing to end in six days

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:43 AM PDT

The policy of 50:50 Catholic/Protestant recruitment to the Police Service of Northern Ireland will end in six days' time.

Trains restart after signal chaos

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:05 AM PDT

Power is restored on the south Wales rail network after a blown fuse cuts electricity and affects an estimated 20,000 passengers, with many stranded on some 30 trains between stations.

Uni 'should close' if plans fail

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:36 AM PDT

The University of Wales should be wound down and closed if other plans for its future fail, a report concludes.

Obama hails Latin America advance

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 06:41 PM PDT

President Barack Obama hails Latin America's dynamism, and calls for a new relationship based on equal partnership.

Pawlenty to bid for US presidency

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty takes the first official step towards running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.

Mexico 'headed for strong growth'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:54 AM PDT

Mexico's Finance Minister Ernesto Cordero says his country is set for strong growth, with no signs investment is being harmed by concerns over drug violence.

Africa leaders attack Libya raids

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:45 AM PDT

The leaders of Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa condemn the air strikes on Libya, saying the West is employing double-standards.

Italy island packed with migrants

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 03:49 AM PDT

More North African migrants arrive on the tiny Italian isle of Lampedusa, where the migrant influx this year has doubled the population.

Strikes keep pressure on Gaddafi

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:20 AM PDT

Libya's government says more civilians have been killed in a third night of air and missile strikes by coalition forces enforcing a no-fly zone.

Demjanjuk 'should get six years'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:47 AM PDT

John Demjanjuk should get six years in jail, German prosecutors say, alleging that he helped to massacre Jews at a Nazi death camp.

Israel launches Gaza air strikes

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PDT

At least 17 people have been injured by a series of Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say.

India cable 'authentic' - Assange

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:58 AM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says the Indian PM is wrong to have doubted the veracity of a cable which has caused an uproar in India.

Death toll soars at Pakistan mine

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:11 AM PDT

The bodies of 43 trapped workers have been pulled from a mine that collapsed in Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials say.

China rejects Google allegations

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 01:06 AM PDT

China's foreign ministry rejects claims by Google that Beijing is disrupting access to its e-mail service.

Malaysia probes weapons transit

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:26 AM PDT

Malaysia is probably being used as an illicit transit point, the home minister says, amid an inquiry into whether seized cargo included bomb-making parts.

Tepco to compensate Japan farmers

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Tokyo Electric Power will have to compensate farmers for losses caused by the nuclear radiation leaks.

Japan's stocks rise as fears ease

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PDT

Japanese stocks are rising amid reports of progress in containing radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Carmaker restart hits supply bump

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:23 AM PDT

Carmakers Toyota and Honda say they will not restart production this week as they struggle to get parts supplied.

Play.com warns of security breach

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:27 AM PDT

Online retailer Play.com has warned customers via e-mail that some of their personal data may have been compromised.

Apple sues Amazon over 'Appstore'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:11 AM PDT

As Amazon launches a store for Android applications, Apple is suing the retailer over its use of the name 'Appstore'.

Quantum computing takes big leap

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 10:47 PM PDT

A best-in-class demonstration of a quantum computing device shows that, after years of development, real quantum computers may be on the horizon.

Fellowes to pen Titanic TV epic

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:54 AM PDT

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is to write a mini-series about the sinking of the Titanic, to air next year on ITV1.

UK nuclear support despite Japan

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 09:38 PM PDT

More Britons support the building of new nuclear power stations than oppose it, despite the crisis in Japan - but support has fallen.

Teacher trainees 'poor at maths'

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 07:48 PM PDT

An international comparison of trainee teachers suggests England's trainees have less mathematical knowledge than their peers in some chief economic competitors.

'Stay on tamoxifen' women told

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 08:49 PM PDT

Women who cut short their Tamoxifen treatment before the recommended full five years risk their breast cancer returning, experts warn.

VIDEO: Conditions in Misrata hospital 'serious'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:48 AM PDT

Fighting is continuing in Libya between rebels and forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.

Is Libya a cost Britain can bear?

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 10:25 AM PDT

With billions of pounds slashed from the UK's defence budget and with no clear exit strategy in Libya, is the UK's military operation sustainable?

VIDEO: Tsunami children hunt for parents

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 12:09 PM PDT

More than 8,000 people have been confirmed dead following the earthquake and tsunami, but some 13,000 are still missing.

VIDEO: Libyan newsreader brandishes rifle on TV

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:23 AM PDT

Presenter on pro-Gaddafi station Al Libya has pledged to fight until his 'last drop of blood, last baby and child' during an on-air tirade.

VIDEO: Rebels visit coalition attack site

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Rebels from Benghazi have left the city to inspect the charred remains of military vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Col Gaddafi.

VIDEO: Calls for revolution in Syria

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 08:15 PM PDT

Thousands of demonstrators have marched through the Syrian city of Daraa openly calling for revolution and demanding greater freedom and an end to corruption.

VIDEO: Syrian protesters call for change

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 11:18 AM PDT

Thousands of demonstrators have marched through the southern Syrian city of Deraa calling for greater freedoms.

VIDEO: Power reconnected to Japanese reactors

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Work to connect power cables to all six reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant is completed but further testing is needed before the electricity can be switched on.

VIDEO: First full face transplant in US

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 02:37 PM PDT

A construction worker, badly disfigured in a power line accident in 2008, has received the first full face transplant ever conducted in the United States

Knut's story

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:55 AM PDT

Is it wrong to keep polar bears in zoos?

Obama's war tent

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:44 AM PDT

How the US leader keeps Libya strike secrets while on the move

Day in pictures

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:53 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

Baptism by ice

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:21 AM PDT

Russia's trend for dipping children in frozen rivers

International appeal

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 10:27 PM PDT

Can India's fashion industry become a global player?

Kindling a fire

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:58 PM PDT

Will public anger in Syria keep burning or fizzle out?

Road to 2012

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 04:09 PM PDT

Starting gun fired in the US presidential race

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