Wave of deadly bombings hits Iraq |
- Wave of deadly bombings hits Iraq
- McCain beats Tea Party challenger
- Dozens of bodies found in Mexico
- New flood fears in south Pakistan
- Tiger Woods' ex-wife breaks silence
- US military 'hit in cyber strike'
- France drains lake under glacier
- Chile president vows mine rescue
- Afghan recruit kills three Spaniards
- Tax bill grounds Crocodile Dundee star
- Camerons reveal daughter's name
- Fat-fingered sumo wrestlers given iPads
- Far from home: alligators spotted in northern US
- Live - Wednesday football
- Semenya picked for Commonwealths
- India beat Kiwis to reach final
- Robinho rejects Fenerbahce switch
- Cavendish named for Tour of Spain
- MI6 worker was 'dead for weeks'
- Clegg slams 'partial' IFS report
- Scargill loses NUM voting rights
- Cat bin dumping woman apologises
- Teenage boy dies after sea rescue
- Memorial urine woman avoids jail
- Hewlett-Packard creates 700 jobs
- Man jailed for 1989 rape attack
- £350m of school budget 'unspent'
- John Lewis row moves to city hall
- MI6 worker's family 'devastated'
- Rapist's indefinite jail sentence
- US new home sales in sharp fall
- Thais delay arms dealer handover
- Wyclef Jean poll ruling 'final'
- Colombia investigates web hitlist
- Children killed in S Africa crash
- DR Congo plane crash 'kills 20'
- HIV star 'should not be jailed'
- Djindjic plotter sent to Serbia
- Two killed in Beirut gun battle
- India passes landmark nuclear law
- Rain in Delhi delays Games venues
- Manila siege victims flown home
- China plane crash recorder found
- Irish credit rating is downgraded
- No export limit for Ukraine grain
- Germany moves towards bank levy
- Energy drinks 'to power gadgets'
- BT ad banned over broadband claim
- Douglas in Wall Street court case
- Hoffman 'returns to Fockers film'
- Pinewood Shepperton profits fall
- Supercomputer clue to black holes
- 'No man-made fix' for rising seas
- German doctor's gagging bid fails
- Court halts Obama stem cell plan
- Food binge makes 'long-term fat'
- Pakistan floods: 'Desperate for doctors'
- Pakistan floods: 'Cultural shock' for women in camps
- Pakistan: 'The situation leaves me lost for words'
- 7 questions on board games
- China survivors felt 'jolts' before crash
- Rare ‘fire tornado’ filmed in Brazil
- New planetary system discovered
- Criminal baboons terrorise South Africa
- Rains hamper Delhi Games building work
- Floods compound Niger's food crisis
- NBA star's emotional trip 'home'
- A look around Jimi Hendrix's London pad
- Magic formula
- Gathering storm
- Day in pictures
- Breaking down barriers
- Power of jazz
- Overload on Es
| Wave of deadly bombings hits Iraq Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:59 AM PDT Dozens of people are killed and many others injured in a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad and other cities across Iraq. |
| McCain beats Tea Party challenger Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:16 AM PDT Former US presidential candidate John McCain wins the Republican Senate nomination in Arizona after a closely-watched primary race. |
| Dozens of bodies found in Mexico Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:28 AM PDT Mexican troops discover 72 bodies on a northern ranch following a shoot-out with suspected drug cartel gunmen. |
| New flood fears in south Pakistan Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:24 AM PDT Thousands of Pakistanis flee their homes in southern coastal areas as flood-water sweeps down from the north. |
| Tiger Woods' ex-wife breaks silence Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:24 AM PDT Tiger Woods' ex-wife says she never suspected him of cheating on her, and went "through hell" after finding out about his affairs. |
| US military 'hit in cyber strike' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:26 AM PDT A 2008 cyber attack launched from an infected flash drive in the Middle East penetrated secret US military computers, a top Pentagon official says. |
| France drains lake under glacier Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:55 AM PDT French engineers begin an operation to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc, and which threatens to flood a valley below. |
| Chile president vows mine rescue Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:43 AM PDT Chile's President Sebastian Pinera tells the 33 miners trapped hundreds of metres underground that every effort is being made to free them. |
| Afghan recruit kills three Spaniards Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:31 AM PDT An Afghan police recruit shoots dead two Spanish police officers and their interpreter in north-western Afghanistan, officials say. |
| Tax bill grounds Crocodile Dundee star Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:22 AM PDT Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan is barred from leaving Australia over an unpaid multi-million dollar tax bill, his lawyer has said. |
| Camerons reveal daughter's name Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:55 AM PDT Prime Minister David Cameron and wife Samantha reveal the name they have chosen for their new-born daughter. |
| Fat-fingered sumo wrestlers given iPads Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:37 AM PDT Fat-fingered sumo wrestlers, unable to tap the keys on standard mobile phones, are being given iPads to communicate. |
| Far from home: alligators spotted in northern US Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:31 AM PDT At least four alligators sighted in northern US cities in recent weeks are probably abandoned pets, not global warming refugees, analysts say. |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:45 AM PDT Tottenham host Swiss side Young Boys in their crunch Champions League play-off on a busy night of European and Carling Cup football. |
| Semenya picked for Commonwealths Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:50 AM PDT Women's world 800m champion Caster Semenya is included in South Africa's squad for the Commonwealth Games. |
| India beat Kiwis to reach final Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:50 AM PDT India cruise to a 105-run win against New Zealand to reach the final of the tri-series, where they will play Sri Lanka on Sunday. |
| Robinho rejects Fenerbahce switch Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:54 AM PDT Manchester City forward Robinho turns down a move to Fenerbahce because he would prefer to join a club in Italy or Spain. |
| Cavendish named for Tour of Spain Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:45 AM PDT Manxman Mark Cavendish is chosen as one of HTC-Columbia's nine riders for the Vuleta a Espana. |
| MI6 worker was 'dead for weeks' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:21 AM PDT An MI6 employee whose body was found at a London flat may have been murdered two weeks ago, police believe. |
| Clegg slams 'partial' IFS report Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:03 AM PDT Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says a report which says that the Budget has hit poorest families the hardest is "partial". |
| Scargill loses NUM voting rights Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:38 AM PDT Former National Union of Mineworkers president Arthur Scargill is told he no longer qualifies for full membership of the organisation. |
| Cat bin dumping woman apologises Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:27 AM PDT A woman caught on CCTV dumping a cat in a wheelie bin says she is "profoundly sorry", blaming "a split second of misjudgement". |
| Teenage boy dies after sea rescue Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:11 AM PDT A teenage boy dies and two girls are badly hurt in an incident off the coast of North Yorkshire. |
| Memorial urine woman avoids jail Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:06 AM PDT A woman who urinated on Blackpool's war memorial, before performing a sex act on a man nearby, is given a suspended sentence. |
| Hewlett-Packard creates 700 jobs Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:51 AM PDT The technology firm Hewlett-Packard is to create 700 new jobs at its plant in Erskine near Glasgow. |
| Man jailed for 1989 rape attack Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:57 AM PDT A man who raped a woman in Burnley 21 years ago is jailed for six-and-a-half-years. |
| £350m of school budget 'unspent' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:11 AM PDT More than £350m set aside for school buildings has not been used, a government spending watchdog says. |
| John Lewis row moves to city hall Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:17 AM PDT The row over the proposed John Lewis store planned for Sprucefield, near Lisburn, spilled onto the steps of Belfast City Hall on Wednesday. |
| MI6 worker's family 'devastated' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:29 AM PDT The family of an MI6 worker from Anglesey whose body was found in a holdall at his London flat say they are devastated by the discovery. |
| Rapist's indefinite jail sentence Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:01 AM PDT A man who admitted charges of kidnap, rape, assault and false imprisonment in Flintshire is jailed indefinitely. |
| US new home sales in sharp fall Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:12 AM PDT New homes sales in the US fall sharply in July, adding to concerns over the weakness in the US economic recovery. |
| Thais delay arms dealer handover Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:37 PM PDT The planned extradition to the United States of a suspected arms dealer, Viktor Bout, has been hit by delays, Thai officials say. |
| Wyclef Jean poll ruling 'final' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:15 AM PDT A ruling by Haiti's electoral council barring hip-hop star Wyclef Jean from standing in presidential elections cannot be appealed, council lawyer says. |
| Colombia investigates web hitlist Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:39 PM PDT Colombian police investigate the killings of three youths whose names had appeared on hitlists published on a social networking site. |
| Children killed in S Africa crash Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:41 AM PDT At least eight children are killed and four injured in a collision between a school bus and a train in South Africa, local reports say. |
| DR Congo plane crash 'kills 20' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:16 AM PDT A plane crashes in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 20 people, officials say. |
| HIV star 'should not be jailed' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:49 AM PDT German prosecutors call for a suspended jail sentence for pop singer Nadja Benaissa, accused of hiding her HIV-status and infecting a partner. |
| Djindjic plotter sent to Serbia Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:54 AM PDT Sretko Kalinic, convicted of the 2003 assassination of the Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic, is extradited from Croatia to Serbia. |
| Two killed in Beirut gun battle Posted: 24 Aug 2010 04:05 PM PDT Two men are killed in clashes in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, between supporters of the Shia Islamist group Hezbollah and a rival Sunni faction. |
| India passes landmark nuclear law Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:50 AM PDT India's lower house of parliament approves a controversial law that opens its nuclear power market to private investment. |
| Rain in Delhi delays Games venues Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:38 AM PDT Heavy rains in the Indian capital hamper the building work for the Commonwealth Games due to start in October. |
| Manila siege victims flown home Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:13 AM PDT Victims of the Manila bus hijack have been flown back to Hong Kong, two days after the deadly siege which left eight tourists dead. |
| China plane crash recorder found Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:25 PM PDT The flight recorder of the plane that crashed in the north-eastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang, killing 42 people, is found. |
| Irish credit rating is downgraded Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:25 AM PDT The Irish Republic has its credit rating cut, reflecting fears that the rising cost of propping up banks will further weaken its finances. |
| No export limit for Ukraine grain Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:47 AM PDT The Ukrainian government says there are no grounds to limit grain exports, despite fears it would impose curbs. |
| Germany moves towards bank levy Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:12 AM PDT Germany's government approves a draft law imposing a levy on banks to cover the costs of any future financial crisis. |
| Energy drinks 'to power gadgets' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:17 AM PDT Living cell parts have been used to create electricity from chemicals in devices that could one day be fuelled by energy drinks. |
| BT ad banned over broadband claim Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:13 PM PDT A BT advert is banned for misleading customers over the speed of the company's broadband, the advertising watchdog says. |
| Douglas in Wall Street court case Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:54 AM PDT Lawyers for Michael Douglas and his ex-wife clash in court over her demand for half of his earnings from the new Wall Street film. |
| Hoffman 'returns to Fockers film' Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:58 AM PDT Actor Dustin Hoffman agrees to appear in the third instalment of the Meet the Fockers franchise, reports say. |
| Pinewood Shepperton profits fall Posted: 24 Aug 2010 11:54 PM PDT Profits at Pinewood Shepperton studios continue to fall, amid pressure for chairman Michael Grade to resign. |
| Supercomputer clue to black holes Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:20 AM PDT Scientists think they can now explain how some of the biggest black holes in the Universe formed. |
| 'No man-made fix' for rising seas Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:03 PM PDT Even the most extreme geoengineering approaches will not stop sea levels from rising due to climate change, a study suggests. |
| German doctor's gagging bid fails Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:01 AM PDT The German doctor who accidentally killed a 70-year-old Cambridgeshire patient loses his legal attempt to stop his sons criticising him in the media. |
| Court halts Obama stem cell plan Posted: 23 Aug 2010 03:58 PM PDT A US district court temporarily blocks plans by the Obama administration to increase funding for stem cell research. |
| Food binge makes 'long-term fat' Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:17 PM PDT Eating too much, even for a short period of time, can have long-term effects on body weight and fat, a study warns |
| Pakistan floods: 'Desperate for doctors' Posted: 24 Aug 2010 02:19 AM PDT Eyewitnesses in three areas affected by the floods in Pakistan describe the plight of survivors. |
| Pakistan floods: 'Cultural shock' for women in camps Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:15 AM PDT An aid worker describes how women and girls are facing a cultural challenge in refugee camps in Pakistan. |
| Pakistan: 'The situation leaves me lost for words' Posted: 16 Aug 2010 03:43 PM PDT Simon Worrall is the country manager for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) based in Peshawar. Here he talks about his work and the devastation of the floods. |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:06 AM PDT Monopoly is 75 - test your knowledge of board games in our mid-week quiz. |
| China survivors felt 'jolts' before crash Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:18 AM PDT The flight recorder from a plane that crashed in northwest China has been found, the state news agency Xinhua has said. |
| Rare ‘fire tornado’ filmed in Brazil Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:44 AM PDT A 'fire tornado' has been caught on camera in the Brazilian municipality of Aracatuba, caused by strong, dry winds that fanned wildfires. |
| New planetary system discovered Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:21 AM PDT Astronomers have discovered an Earth and Neptune like planetary system that orbits a star that is similar to our own Sun. |
| Criminal baboons terrorise South Africa Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:32 PM PDT Already grappling with one of the highest crime rates in the world, South Africa has a new set of intruders to deal with: baboons. |
| Rains hamper Delhi Games building work Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:08 AM PDT Monsoon rains are seriously hampering the building work for the venues for the Commonwealth games in Delhi. |
| Floods compound Niger's food crisis Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:50 AM PDT Recent floods have brought a fresh round of problems for Niger, a country already struggling to grown crops because of severe drought. |
| NBA star's emotional trip 'home' Posted: 24 Aug 2010 11:40 PM PDT NBA star Luol Deng made his return to his home country of Sudan, and found it a humbling and emotional experience. |
| A look around Jimi Hendrix's London pad Posted: 24 Aug 2010 07:31 PM PDT Jimi Hendrix's Mayfair flat is opening to visitors as part of an exhibition marking his death 40 years ago next month |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:58 AM PDT Did turning nasty win it for John McCain? |
| Posted: 24 Aug 2010 11:59 PM PDT Is the 'Ground Zero mosque' debate getting too extreme? |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:11 AM PDT Some of the most striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:05 AM PDT Basketball millionaire retraces refugee roots in Kenya camps |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:13 AM PDT How music can help heal the hurt left by Hurricane Katrina |
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:34 AM PDT 'The day I ate as many additives as possible' |
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