Thursday, August 26, 2010

UN review after Pakistan 'threat'

UN review after Pakistan 'threat'


UN review after Pakistan 'threat'

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:13 AM PDT

The UN reviews security measures for its aid workers in Pakistan, after the US says the Taliban is threatening to attack foreign staff.

No jail for Germany HIV popstar

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:35 AM PDT

An HIV-positive German popstar accused of infecting a former partner with the virus is given a two-year suspended sentence.

Chile miner family to sue owners

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:01 AM PDT

The family of one of the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile says it will sue the owners of the mine and government inspectors.

Mexico leader condemns killings

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:56 AM PDT

Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemns the murder of 72 suspected migrants in the north, believed to be linked to the ongoing drugs war.

S Africa unions threaten 'standstill'

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:31 AM PDT

South African unions threaten to call a nationwide strike across all sectors in support of public workers, who marched through the country's cities.

Fugitive tycoon 'returns to face justice'

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:46 AM PDT

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is reportedly to return to the UK from northern Cyprus on Thursday after evading trial on fraud charges since 1993.

N Korea's Kim Jong-il 'in China'

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:30 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a school as he makes his second visit to China within a year, media reports say.

'Tortured' maid to have surgery

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:10 AM PDT

A Sri Lankan housemaid who accused her former employers in Saudi Arabia of implanting nails in her body is to undergo surgery, her doctors say.

Arrests made at U2 gig in Russia

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:16 AM PDT

U2's first concert in Russia is marred by police arrests of activists from human rights group Amnesty International before the gig began.

Nazi ballerina 'stole war plan'

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:58 AM PDT

A glamorous German spy may have been responsible for one of the biggest defeats suffered by allied forces during WW2, newly released MI5 files show.

Oldest evidence of arrows found

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:22 AM PDT

Researchers in South Africa have revealed the earliest direct evidence of human-made arrows.

Las Vegas casino fined over dancing gambler

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:59 AM PDT

A Las Vegas casino agrees to pay a $250,000 (£162,127) fine for allowing a high-stakes gambler to dance on a card table during a game.

Revolving gold statue of Turkmen leader bites dust

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:43 AM PDT

A giant arch topped by a gold-plated statue of Turkmenistan's late leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, is being removed from central Ashgabat.

Live - Europa League

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:29 AM PDT

Liverpool face Trabzonspor in their Europa League play-off second leg with Man City and Aston Villa in action later, after a Champions League draw that saw Man Utd paired with Rangers and Tottenham in Inter Milan's group.

Tottenham face Inter Milan test

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:17 AM PDT

Debutants Tottenham will face holders Inter Milan in the group stages of the Champions League.

Platini voices England 2018 fears

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:44 AM PDT

Uefa president Michel Platini warns the Football Association that delaying naming a new chairman could damage England's 2018 World Cup bid.

Molinari secures Ryder Cup spot

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:46 AM PDT

Italian Francesco Molinari clinches a place in Europe's Ryder Cup team after Ross McGowan pulls out of the Johnnie Walker Championship with injury.

Strauss fails at rain-hit Lord's

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:45 AM PDT

Captain Andrew Strauss falls for 13 before rain ends a truncated first day of the final Test against Pakistan at Lord's, with England 39-1.

Net migration to UK rose in 2009

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Fewer people came to the country last year but even fewer left, leading to a small overall increase, official figures show.

Charity donors 'pay fundraisers'

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Fees paid to fundraising companies by UK charities for recruiting new donors often effectively wipe out the amount a person gives, a Newsnight investigation finds.

MI6 worker an 'exceptional' pupil

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:31 AM PDT

More tributes are paid to Gareth Williams, the MI6 worker whose body was discovered in a holdall in his London flat.

G20 pathologist 'unfit' to work

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:59 AM PDT

A pathologist at the centre of a row over a man's death at the G20 protests is described as unfit to continue practising, at a GMC hearing.

Facebook child porn leader jailed

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:01 AM PDT

The ringleader of an international network who shared up to 100,000 indecent images of children on Facebook is jailed for four years.

Sea death boy 'on hospital trip'

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:15 AM PDT

A teenage boy who died and two girls who were badly hurt in the sea off Whitby were on an outing from a psychiatric unit, it emerges.

Police and civilian staff to go

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:01 AM PDT

Strathclyde Police is to cut 600 civilian staff and 200 police posts in a bid to reduce its budget deficit.

Farewell for Scots Makar Morgan

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:50 AM PDT

Mourners from the world of politics and academia pay tribute to Scotland's national poet Edwin Morgan.

Developer fails in flats case

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:10 AM PDT

A man who had agreed to buy a flat in Belfast's Titanic Quarter cannot be forced to honour the contract as he has no money, the High Court rules.

Woman 'found dead on wedding day'

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:47 PM PDT

A 51-year-old woman who was murdered in her home in Belfast was found on the day she was due to get married, police reveal.

Store's apology for 'bomber' card

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:24 AM PDT

High street chain Boots has apologised for sending a man a loyalty card in the name of 'Dr A Suicide Bomber.'

Stanley statue protest escalates

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:24 AM PDT

More than 50 academics, authors, and other prominent figures sign a letter opposing a statue of the explorer HM Stanley in his home town.

Canadians charged in terror plot

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:37 AM PDT

Three Canadians arrested in an alleged terrorist conspiracy had bomb parts and planned attacks, Canadian police say.

No trial for Blagojevich brother

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:24 AM PDT

Prosecutors have opted not to hold a second trial for the brother of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, citing his lesser role in the alleged conspiracy.

Cuba ends elderly smoking subsidy

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:09 PM PDT

Cuba announces the end of the cigarette subsidy for people over 55 in the communist state's latest attempt to reduce spending.

Nigeria to privatise power firm

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:42 AM PDT

Nigeria is to sell off the state power monopoly PHCN, President Goodluck Jonathan announces.

Lang named as UN piracy adviser

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:28 AM PDT

Former French minister Jack Lang is to become the new UN special adviser on piracy, officials say.

Medvedev halts key motorway plan

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:22 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev suspends controversial plans to build a new motorway through a forest outside Moscow.

RUC 'prevented' Fr Chesney arrest

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:00 AM PDT

A former police officer who investigated Father Jim Chesney in 1972, tells the BBC he was prevented from arresting him and searching his house by senior RUC officers.

EU rebukes Israel over conviction

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:10 AM PDT

The European Union criticises Israel for convicting an organiser of the weekly Palestinian protests against the West Bank separation barrier.

Iran footballer in Ramadan fine

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:19 AM PDT

One of Iran's star footballers who had been fired for breaking the fast during the holy month of Ramadan is reinstated by his club.

Farmers oppose Indian road plan

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:31 AM PDT

Thousands of farmers hold a protest in the Indian capital, Delhi, against the forced acquisition of their land for a new motorway.

Taliban kill eight Afghan police

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:40 PM PDT

Taliban militants have killed eight Afghan police officers in the northern province of Kunduz, police say.

Party rival to challenge Japan PM

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:34 PM PDT

Powerful party insider Ichiro Ozawa says he will challenge PM Naoto Kan for leadership of Japan's Democratic Party and the premiership.

Indonesia Playboy head faces jail

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:55 AM PDT

The former editor of Indonesian Playboy could face jail after prosecutors said they would enforce a 2009 court ruling convicting him of public indecency.

Global markets help Diageo profit

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:27 AM PDT

Drinks maker Diageo sees annual pre-tax profits grow 12% as developing markets help it offset weaker sales elsewhere.

Dell agrees $1.6bn 3Par takeover

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:43 AM PDT

Computer giant Dell agrees to take over data storage firm 3Par after tabling an improved offer for the company.

Airlines' profits signal recovery

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:43 AM PDT

Air New Zealand has reported a fourfold increase in profits, leading signs of recovery in the airline industry.

Blackberry offers 'deal' in India

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:44 AM PDT

Research in Motion has said it is willing to work with India to support the country's need for "lawful access" to encrypted services.

Google's Gmail offers free calls

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Google is taking on net phone firms like Skype by offering free and cheap calls from its web-based e-mail service, Gmail.

Tobacco firms' web impact probed

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:35 PM PDT

The tobacco industry may be using websites such as YouTube to get around a ban on advertising cigarettes, a study says.

X Factor announces auto-tune ban

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:38 AM PDT

X Factor contestants will no longer have their performances tweaked using sound filters, bosses for the ITV series say.

Josie quits Ultimate Big Brother

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT

Big Brother 11 winner Josie Gibson walks out of the Ultimate Big Brother house

Coppola to receive lifetime Oscar

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:28 AM PDT

Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Oscars.

Alps Iceman may have been buried

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Oetzi, the 5,000 year old "Iceman", may have ceremonially buried in the Italian Alps, archaeologists claim.

Asia's smallest frog discovered

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:52 AM PDT

Scientists discover one of the world's tiniest frogs when it crawls out of a pitcher plant in a Borneo national park.

Epidurals 'protect in childbirth'

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:28 PM PDT

Having an epidural during labour may protect key pelvic muscles and therefore reduce the risk of incontinence in later life, a study of 400 women has found.

Nigeria warns of cholera threat

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:44 PM PDT

Health authorities in Nigeria warn that the entire country is threatened by an outbreak of cholera.

New hope to restore lost vision

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Custom-made 'biosynthetic' corneas can markedly improve vision in humans as well as donor corneas a new study reveals.

Pakistan floods: 'The worst is yet to come'

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:03 AM PDT

Two women from Islamabad, who decided to put their personal lives on hold in order to help Pakistani flood victims, describe the areas they visited and what they did there.

The politics of paternity leave

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:51 AM PDT

The prime minister has put work on hold to be with his new daughter, but many new fathers can't afford the statutory time off. Is modern Britain coping with fatherhood?

What do new passports say about the UK?

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:52 AM PDT

Historic images of Britain feature in the pages of the redesigned UK passport. Experts in design and national identity give their reactions.

Mexico victims 'were migrants'

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:50 PM PDT

The 72 people found murdered at a ranch in the north of the country were migrants trying to reach the United States, officials say.

Woods: 'It's a sad time in our lives'

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:23 PM PDT

Speaking publicly for the first time since his divorce, Tiger Woods said it is a sad time in his life

Anti-depressant drugs for trapped miners

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:50 PM PDT

The 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground have been told they may not be rescued for several months, and authorities are concerned for their mental well-being.

Mother Teresa centenary Mass held

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:23 AM PDT

Hundreds of Catholic nuns and slum dwellers in the Indian city of Calcutta have marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa.

Glamour at royal Greek wedding

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:37 AM PDT

Prince Nikolaos, the second son of the former King of Greece, has married his longtime sweetheart, Tatiana Blatnik.

Take That sorry over 'nasty' past

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:29 AM PDT

Robbie Williams tells BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles that he almost didn't go to a reunion with his former Take That bandmates because of "nasty" comments he'd made about Gary Barlow.

U2 perform first Russian concert

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:03 PM PDT

U2 took to the stage for their first ever performance in Russia greeted by a crowd of 85,000 in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

Nepal celebrates first gay parade

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Hundreds of gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters danced through the Nepalese capital on Wednesday in the country's first international gay parade.

Deep rescue

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:22 AM PDT

The challenge ahead to reach trapped Chile miners

Inside the Ninth Ward

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:25 AM PDT

Five years on - rescuing New Orleans from ravages of Katrina

Stolen treasure

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:24 AM PDT

Experts warn Iraq 'bleeding antiquities' as instability continues

Day in pictures

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:52 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

Shear delight

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:31 PM PDT

Andean rodeo is a fiesta of the vicuna, prized for its wool

Agassi's new mission

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:22 AM PDT

Building good schools where government failed

Media war

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:23 PM PDT

Battle between Argentina's president and papers turns nasty

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