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- Bombs tip-off 'from al-Qaeda man'
- Baghdad TV station taken off air
- Rousseff in Brazil equality vow
- Sarkozy 'target of Greece bombs'
- Berlusconi girl case investigated
- PKK denies Istanbul suicide bomb
- National Enquirer set for bankruptcy
- Diana 'comforter' jailed in Paris
- US candidates in final vote push
- Alcohol 'harms more than heroin'
- Shark attack foiled after man grabs its tail
- Pink-wigged transsexual wins UK Scrabble title
- Butt and Amir attack ICC ruling
- Don't write off Tiger - Westwood
- Dundee hit with 25-point penalty
- Air freight ban after bombs find
- MP stabbed in 'revenge for war'
- Fire crews 'lacked 7/7 equipment'
- Water poison man 'guessed wrong'
- Presenter Danny Baker has cancer
- Girl, 8, impaled on metal fence
- Sheridan victory was 'OJ moment'
- 'Cage' for autistic pupil removed
- Year's detention for granda death
- Airport bomb 'there for a year'
- Ex-auditor's child image offences
- Plastic bag charge reduced to 5p
- US manufacturing 'picks up pace'
- Missing Canadian's 'body found'
- Storm weakens on Caribbean path
- Uganda paper in 'outing gays' ban
- Ivorians await crunch poll result
- Josef Fritzl 'dreams of freedom'
- Medvedev visit stokes Japan row
- Israeli soldier jailed over photo
- Iran delays US hikers' spy trial
- Pakistan drone attack kills five
- India toilet cleaners in protest
- Burma warns against poll boycott
- Final Kyrgyz election results out
- AIG raises $37bn to repay bailout
- Price of oil hits six-month high
- Emirates says profits quadruple
- Facebook uncovers user data sales
- Horror film Saw 3D tops US chart
- King's Speech leads film awards
- Sopranos star Borino-Quinn dies
- Bronze Age hoard found intact
- Digger finds Neolithic tomb complex
- NICE to lose powers on new drugs
- Exercise 'eases depression risk'
- US elections 2010: Your verdict
- When was the High Street at its best?
- Been and Gone
- In pictures: High Streets then and now
- 40 metre sinkhole appears in Germany
- $400m of heroin found hidden in Sydney
- New eruption at Indonesian volcano
- Airport security tightened in Yemen
- Medvedev visit stokes Japan row
- French rocking to an English rhythm
- High fashion stoops to e-commerce
- US mid-term race enters final furlong
- 'Please count me'
- The 'elephant Dunkirk'
- Paying to win
- Still counting calories?
- 'Jesus had HIV'
- Joint action
- Free market?
| Bombs tip-off 'from al-Qaeda man' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:07 AM PDT The tip-off that led to the discovery of parcel bombs on two cargo planes came from a repentant al-Qaeda member, the BBC learns. |
| Baghdad TV station taken off air Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:14 PM PDT The Iraqi TV station that said it was contacted by gunmen during Sunday's fatal church hostage drama is taken off-air. |
| Rousseff in Brazil equality vow Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:06 AM PDT Brazil's first female elected president, Dilma Rousseff, pledges to work for gender equality at every level of society. |
| Sarkozy 'target of Greece bombs' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:57 AM PDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy was among the intended recipients of four parcel bombs found in Athens on Monday, say police. |
| Berlusconi girl case investigated Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:08 AM PDT A former Milan police chief is questioned by prosecutors amid allegations of abuse of power by Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. |
| PKK denies Istanbul suicide bomb Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:43 AM PDT The Kurdish rebel PKK denies responsibility for a suicide bomb attack in Istanbul, and says it is extending a ceasefire. |
| National Enquirer set for bankruptcy Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:46 AM PDT American Media, the publisher of The National Enquirer, says it will file for bankruptcy protection within a fortnight. |
| Diana 'comforter' jailed in Paris Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:57 AM PDT A French man who claimed to have comforted Princess Diana in her final moment has been exposed as a career criminal, reports the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris. |
| US candidates in final vote push Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:32 AM PDT Candidates make their final push for votes on the last day of campaigning for Tuesday's US Congressional mid-term elections. |
| Alcohol 'harms more than heroin' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 07:11 AM PDT Alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack, according to a report co-authored by the UK's former chief drugs adviser Professor David Nutt. |
| Shark attack foiled after man grabs its tail Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:36 AM PDT A swimmer saved a young woman who was attacked by a shark, off the coast of western Australia, by grabbing its tail, rescuers say. |
| Pink-wigged transsexual wins UK Scrabble title Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:13 AM PDT Pink-wigged transsexual wins UK Scrabble title |
| Butt and Amir attack ICC ruling Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:50 AM PDT Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have hit out at the International Cricket Council's decision to reject their appeals against provisional suspensions imposed on them. |
| Don't write off Tiger - Westwood Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:54 AM PDT Newly crowned world number one Lee Westwood insists his predecessor Tiger Woods should not be written off. |
| Dundee hit with 25-point penalty Posted: 01 Nov 2010 07:13 AM PDT Scottish First Division club Dundee are deducted 25 points for going into administration. |
| Air freight ban after bombs find Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:06 PM PDT Home Secretary Theresa May announces an extended ban on freight from Somalia as well as Yemen after the cargo plane bomb discoveries. |
| MP stabbed in 'revenge for war' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:47 AM PDT A woman stabbed Labour MP Stephen Timms during a constituency surgery in revenge for his vote for the Iraq war, a court hears. |
| Fire crews 'lacked 7/7 equipment' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:38 AM PDT Firefighters lacked the training and first aid equipment to treat the most seriously injured, the 7/7 London bombing inquests hear. |
| Water poison man 'guessed wrong' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:13 AM PDT A driver who dumped chemicals into the wrong tank, leading to the UK's worst mass water poisoning, tells an inquest he had to guess which tank to use. |
| Presenter Danny Baker has cancer Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:27 AM PDT BBC radio presenter Danny Baker says he has been diagnosed with cancer and will be starting chemotherapy. |
| Girl, 8, impaled on metal fence Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:50 AM PDT An eight-year-old girl is in a serious but stable condition after becoming impaled on a metal fence in Bedfordshire. |
| Sheridan victory was 'OJ moment' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:49 AM PDT A retired teacher tells a court that Tommy Sheridan's defamation win against a newspaper was an "OJ moment". |
| 'Cage' for autistic pupil removed Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:14 AM PDT An enclosed play area for a teenage pupil with autism, which was described as a "cage" by his MSP, is removed. |
| Year's detention for granda death Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:24 AM PDT A County Tyrone teenager is jailed for killing his 78-year-old grandfather during a robbery. |
| Airport bomb 'there for a year' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:21 AM PDT It is understood a pipe bomb found in a car at Belfast International Airport on Saturday may have been there for up to a year. |
| Ex-auditor's child image offences Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:38 AM PDT The former auditor general for Wales pleads guilty to possessing more than 100 indecent images of children. |
| Plastic bag charge reduced to 5p Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:38 AM PDT The proposed charge for plastic bags in Wales is cut from 7p to 5p, and shoppers will not have to start paying until next October. |
| US manufacturing 'picks up pace' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:24 AM PDT Manufacturing in the US picked up strongly again in October, while consumer spending was weaker than expected, new data suggests. |
| Missing Canadian's 'body found' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:37 AM PDT A Canadian man's charred corpse has been found in the boot of a burnt-out rental car in Mexico, more than a week after he went missing, relatives say. |
| Storm weakens on Caribbean path Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:08 AM PDT Hurricane Tomas weakens after lashing St Lucia and St Vincent in the eastern Caribbean, with parts of Haiti now in its projected path. |
| Uganda paper in 'outing gays' ban Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:17 AM PDT A judge in Uganda orders the local Rolling Stone newspaper to stop publishing the names and photographs of people it says are homosexual. |
| Ivorians await crunch poll result Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:22 AM PDT Voters in Ivory Coast wait for the result of the much-delayed presidential election, intended to reunite the country after eight years of division. |
| Josef Fritzl 'dreams of freedom' Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:43 AM PDT The man jailed for holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering seven children by her says he hopes to be freed to care for his wife. |
| Medvedev visit stokes Japan row Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:14 AM PDT Dmitry Medvedev makes the first visit by a Russian leader to the disputed Kuril Islands - triggering a diplomatic protest from Japan. |
| Israeli soldier jailed over photo Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:55 AM PDT An Israeli soldier is sentenced to five months in jail after photos emerged of him posing next to a Palestinian prisoner, media report. |
| Iran delays US hikers' spy trial Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:24 AM PDT Iran has postponed the trial of three American hikers on charges of spying, the judiciary spokesman says. |
| Pakistan drone attack kills five Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:38 AM PDT At least five militants are killed in a US drone attack in north-western Pakistan, local intelligence officials say. |
| India toilet cleaners in protest Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:33 AM PDT Hundreds of Indian workers employed to clean non-flush toilets by hand protest in Delhi against their working conditions. |
| Burma warns against poll boycott Posted: 01 Nov 2010 07:25 AM PDT State media in Burma has urged people to cast their ballots "without fail" in Sunday's polls, warning against a boycott. |
| Final Kyrgyz election results out Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:42 AM PDT Five parties win seats in Kyrgyzstan's new parliament, but without an overall victor negotiations must now begin on forming a coalition government. |
| AIG raises $37bn to repay bailout Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:09 AM PDT AIG, the US insurer bailed out by the US government at the height of the credit crisis, raises almost $37bn (£23bn) to repay its $100bn debt. |
| Price of oil hits six-month high Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:42 AM PDT The price of oil hits a six-month high after strong manufacturing data in the US and China boosts confidence in the global recovery. |
| Emirates says profits quadruple Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:28 AM PDT Middle Eastern airline Emirates says its profits more than quadrupled in the last six months, as revenues rose by over a third. |
| Facebook uncovers user data sales Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:20 AM PDT Developers are being banned from interacting with Facebook for selling user data |
| Horror film Saw 3D tops US chart Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:07 AM PDT The final instalment of the horror franchise, Saw, tops the US box office in its debut weekend. |
| King's Speech leads film awards Posted: 01 Nov 2010 07:42 AM PDT The King's Speech leads the nominations for the 13th British Independent Film Awards, recognised in eight categories. |
| Sopranos star Borino-Quinn dies Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:06 AM PDT US actress Denise Borino-Quinn, who played mafia wife Ginny Sacrimoni in The Sopranos, dies of cancer at the age of 46. |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:08 PM PDT Archaeologists have unearthed a collection of Bronze Age axe heads, spear tips and other 3,000 year old metal objects buried in an Essex field. |
| Digger finds Neolithic tomb complex Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:09 PM PDT Archaeologists on Orkney are investigating what is thought to be a 5,000-year-old tomb complex. |
| NICE to lose powers on new drugs Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:20 AM PDT The medicines watchdog, NICE, is to lose its power to turn down new medicines for use on the NHS. |
| Exercise 'eases depression risk' Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:32 PM PDT People who are not active in their spare time are twice as likely to have symptoms of depression than active individuals, a study shows. |
| US elections 2010: Your verdict Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:02 AM PDT Voters in the US rate Obama's first two years in office ahead of the mid-term elections. |
| When was the High Street at its best? Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:16 PM PDT At its birth in the Victorian age? The gracious Edwardian era? Or more recently, before superstores and online rivals? |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:08 AM PDT Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser-reported - people of the past month. |
| In pictures: High Streets then and now Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:14 PM PDT Matching up archive photos with how High Streets are today to provide a glimpse into the past, in conjunctions with BBC One's Turn Back Time series. |
| 40 metre sinkhole appears in Germany Posted: 01 Nov 2010 07:18 AM PDT A large sinkhole opened up has opened up overnight in the middle of a housing estate in Schmalkalden, central Germany, sucking a car into its depths and leaving a crater of around 40 by 30 metres. |
| $400m of heroin found hidden in Sydney Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:06 AM PDT Australian police have intercepted one of the country's largest shipments of heroin, with a street value of more than $400m. |
| New eruption at Indonesian volcano Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:15 AM PDT Indonesia's Mount Merapi has erupted again sending ash clouds high into the sky above central Java. |
| Airport security tightened in Yemen Posted: 01 Nov 2010 07:00 AM PDT The Yemini authorities say they have stepped up airport security in the aftermath of the failed bomb plot. |
| Medvedev visit stokes Japan row Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:14 AM PDT Dmitry Medvedev has paid the first visit by a Russian president to the disputed Kuril Islands, sparking a diplomatic row with Japan. |
| French rocking to an English rhythm Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:52 PM PDT A new generation of French rock bands are emerging who are breaking a major taboo by singing in English. |
| High fashion stoops to e-commerce Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:41 AM PDT The big fashion houses such as Prada and Armani are finding a new market online. |
| US mid-term race enters final furlong Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:45 PM PDT President Barack Obama has begun a final push to win support for Democratic candidates in the US mid-term elections on Tuesday. |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:17 AM PDT Illegal children and migrants pose challenge for China census team |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:22 PM PDT A British man's Hannibal-style story of World War II heroism |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:57 AM PDT What mid-term ads tell us about the election and the US |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:32 PM PDT Why nutritionists say it is time to change 'inaccurate' food labelling |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:56 AM PDT South African preacher sparks fierce debate on Aids and religion |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:55 AM PDT Dutch 'coffee' shops come under political attack |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:33 PM PDT Why European companies still trade in Burma |
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