UN review after Pakistan 'threat' |
- UN review after Pakistan 'threat'
- No jail for Germany HIV popstar
- Chile miner family to sue owners
- Mexico leader condemns killings
- S Africa unions threaten 'standstill'
- Fugitive tycoon 'returns to face justice'
- N Korea's Kim Jong-il 'in China'
- 'Tortured' maid to have surgery
- Arrests made at U2 gig in Russia
- Nazi ballerina 'stole war plan'
- Oldest evidence of arrows found
- Las Vegas casino fined over dancing gambler
- Revolving gold statue of Turkmen leader bites dust
- Live - Europa League
- Tottenham face Inter Milan test
- Platini voices England 2018 fears
- Molinari secures Ryder Cup spot
- Strauss fails at rain-hit Lord's
- Net migration to UK rose in 2009
- Charity donors 'pay fundraisers'
- MI6 worker an 'exceptional' pupil
- G20 pathologist 'unfit' to work
- Facebook child porn leader jailed
- Sea death boy 'on hospital trip'
- Police and civilian staff to go
- Farewell for Scots Makar Morgan
- Developer fails in flats case
- Woman 'found dead on wedding day'
- Store's apology for 'bomber' card
- Stanley statue protest escalates
- Canadians charged in terror plot
- No trial for Blagojevich brother
- Cuba ends elderly smoking subsidy
- Nigeria to privatise power firm
- Lang named as UN piracy adviser
- Medvedev halts key motorway plan
- RUC 'prevented' Fr Chesney arrest
- EU rebukes Israel over conviction
- Iran footballer in Ramadan fine
- Farmers oppose Indian road plan
- Taliban kill eight Afghan police
- Party rival to challenge Japan PM
- Indonesia Playboy head faces jail
- Global markets help Diageo profit
- Dell agrees $1.6bn 3Par takeover
- Airlines' profits signal recovery
- Blackberry offers 'deal' in India
- Google's Gmail offers free calls
- Tobacco firms' web impact probed
- X Factor announces auto-tune ban
- Josie quits Ultimate Big Brother
- Coppola to receive lifetime Oscar
- Alps Iceman may have been buried
- Asia's smallest frog discovered
- Epidurals 'protect in childbirth'
- Nigeria warns of cholera threat
- New hope to restore lost vision
- Pakistan floods: 'The worst is yet to come'
- The politics of paternity leave
- What do new passports say about the UK?
- Mexico victims 'were migrants'
- Woods: 'It's a sad time in our lives'
- Anti-depressant drugs for trapped miners
- Mother Teresa centenary Mass held
- Glamour at royal Greek wedding
- Take That sorry over 'nasty' past
- U2 perform first Russian concert
- Nepal celebrates first gay parade
- Deep rescue
- Inside the Ninth Ward
- Stolen treasure
- Day in pictures
- Shear delight
- Agassi's new mission
- Media war
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:22 AM PDT The challenge ahead to reach trapped Chile miners |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:25 AM PDT Five years on - rescuing New Orleans from ravages of Katrina |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:24 AM PDT Experts warn Iraq 'bleeding antiquities' as instability continues |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:52 AM PDT Striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:31 PM PDT Andean rodeo is a fiesta of the vicuna, prized for its wool |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:22 AM PDT Building good schools where government failed |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:23 PM PDT Battle between Argentina's president and papers turns nasty |
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