Republicans taking over US House |
- Republicans taking over US House
- Pakistan tense as governor buried
- Ivory Coast rival keeps blockade
- Anti-US cleric Sadr back in Iraq
- World food prices 'at fresh high'
- White House spokesman to quit job
- Drug-smuggling 7/7 hero is jailed
- Chemical blaze sparks Dutch alert
- Australian city hitting flood peak
- Wreckage is from 'pristine star'
- Royal wedding day plans revealed
- Israeli 'spy vulture' held in Saudi Arabia
- Coffee spill blamed for causing hijack alert
- Live - Premier League
- Galaxy open to Beckham loan deal
- Brave Kallis puts S Africa on top
- Jo Yeates' body was missing sock
- Sunday paper suspends news editor
- Vaccine shortages 'in some areas'
- PM: Control orders need replacing
- Nanny in court on poison charge
- Power plant protesters sentenced
- Girl dies after being hit by cars
- Policeman charged over car death
- Hospital beds face flu pressure
- Woman in court over estate scheme
- Hopes Pontin's camps will survive
- US urges action on insider leaks
- Guatemala bus bombing toll rises
- Suicide protester dies in Tunisia
- African artist Malangatana dies
- German dioxin worse than feared
- Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden
- Kuwaiti PM wins confidence vote
- Shah's younger son kills himself
- Maoists urge UN to stay in Nepal
- Bangladesh mutiny troops on trial
- N Korea 'unconditional' talks bid
- South China battles 'big freeze'
- Oil price 'is risk to recovery'
- Leak prompts Renault suspensions
- China backs new Spain investment
- Kinect blamed for Xbox failures
- Hackers uncover secret PS3 keys
- Tablets to dominate gadget show
- Babe author King-Smith dies at 88
- Singer Rafferty dies at age of 63
- Guilds identify Oscar contenders
- Ancient island bird went clubbing
- Coldest month since records began
- Turtles' Atlantic journeys mapped
- Drug makers 'stole my work'
- Cause of male baldness found
- Australian floods: Your stories
- Australian floods: Your pictures
- The long, late gap year
- Why do we think Bob Holness was the Baker Street saxophonist?
- Exit the fins man and the Womble woman
- Tablets, phones and chargers at CES
- Canadian girl discovers supernova
- Deer rescued from icy Baltic Sea
- More dead birds fall from US sky
- Aerial view of flood-hit Rockhampton
- Visitors flock to China 'ice city'
- Innocent man freed after 30 years
- Japan tuna sale sets record
- US Congress sworn in
- Inland sea
- Sudan in maps
- Day in pictures
- Green ham and eggs
- Agony and ecstasy
- Growing grievance
| Republicans taking over US House Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:56 AM PST The 112th US Congress is called to order, starting a new legislative session in which resurgent Republicans aim to cut the size of government and spending. |
| Pakistan tense as governor buried Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:41 AM PST Thousands of Pakistanis attend the state funeral of assassinated Punjab governor Salman Taseer amid heightened tensions in Lahore. |
| Ivory Coast rival keeps blockade Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:35 AM PST A blockade around the HQ of UN-recognised Ivorian president elect remains, despite an assurance from the incumbent leader that it would be lifted. |
| Anti-US cleric Sadr back in Iraq Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:06 AM PST Anti-US Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has returned to Iraq after years of self-imposed exile in Iran, Iraqi officials say. |
| World food prices 'at fresh high' Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:08 AM PST Global food prices rose to record levels in December, driven up by big increases in sugar, cereal and fuel, the UN says. |
| White House spokesman to quit job Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:47 AM PST White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs tells his staff that he intends to leave his post by the end of February. |
| Drug-smuggling 7/7 hero is jailed Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:13 AM PST A firefighter commended for his work in the 7 July London bombings is one of 33 people convicted for drugs and money-laundering crimes. |
| Chemical blaze sparks Dutch alert Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:22 AM PST Southern areas of the Netherlands are on high alert after a blaze at a chemical plant sends out a thick plume of smoke. |
| Australian city hitting flood peak Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:48 AM PST Floodwaters in the Australian city of Rockhampton appear to have peaked at a lower level than feared, but forecasters warn of more rain to come. |
| Wreckage is from 'pristine star' Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:50 AM PST UK and US scientists find what they believe to be the remnant gas from a star that exploded more than 13 billion years ago. |
| Royal wedding day plans revealed Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST The Archbishop of Canterbury is to marry Prince William and Kate Middleton at their forthcoming wedding, St James's Palace discloses. |
| Israeli 'spy vulture' held in Saudi Arabia Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:39 AM PST A vulture wearing a GPS device is 'detained' by Saudi Arabian officials on accusations of spying for Israel, say reports. |
| Coffee spill blamed for causing hijack alert Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:17 AM PST A pilot's spilled coffee is blamed for activating a hijacking alert and prompting a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Germany to stop in Canada. |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:30 AM PST Arsenal-Man City is the stand-out tie of seven Premier League fixtures on a bumper Wednesday of football, involving the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham. |
| Galaxy open to Beckham loan deal Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:03 AM PST Los Angeles Galaxy are open to David Beckham's loan move to the Premier League, with Tottenham favourites to sign the midfielder, BBC Sport understands. |
| Brave Kallis puts S Africa on top Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:19 AM PST A superb century from an injured Jacques Kallis puts South Africa in a commanding position to win the third Test and series against India in Cape Town. |
| Jo Yeates' body was missing sock Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST Murdered Jo Yeates was missing a sock when she was found dead near Bristol, Avon and Somerset police say. |
| Sunday paper suspends news editor Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:44 AM PST The News of the World has suspended its news editor in relation to allegations of phone-hacking at the paper, the BBC learns. |
| Vaccine shortages 'in some areas' Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:15 AM PST There are shortages of the flu vaccine in some areas, the government says. |
| PM: Control orders need replacing Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:14 AM PST Control orders "haven't been a success" and need a "proper replacement", Prime Minister David Cameron says. |
| Nanny in court on poison charge Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:27 AM PST A Sussex nanny appears in court charged with trying to poison Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold by lacing her food with screen wash. |
| Power plant protesters sentenced Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:38 AM PST A group of climate change campaigners who planned to shut down the UK's second largest power station are given community orders. |
| Girl dies after being hit by cars Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:12 AM PST A 16-year-old girl dies after being hit by a series of cars as she was walking along the A9 in Perthshire. |
| Policeman charged over car death Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:22 AM PST A policeman is charged in connection with an alleged traffic offence after a Hogmanay reveller died in Edinburgh. |
| Hospital beds face flu pressure Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST Thirty three of the 77 beds in Northern Ireland's hospital intensive care and high dependency units are occupied by people who have flu and flu like illnesses. |
| Woman in court over estate scheme Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:24 AM PST The ex-coordinator of a scheme set up to regenerate a deprived housing estate appears in court charged with diverting more than £50,000 to herself or her son. |
| Hopes Pontin's camps will survive Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:15 AM PST Hopes are raised the Pontin's holiday park brand will continue as administrators confirm they have received 10 offers. |
| US urges action on insider leaks Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:00 PM PST The White House is telling US agencies to create "insider threat" programmes to ferret out workers who may leak state secrets, reports say. |
| Guatemala bus bombing toll rises Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:53 PM PST The death toll from a suspected bomb attack on a bus in Guatemala City rises to six, as officials blame a local criminal gang. |
| Suicide protester dies in Tunisia Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:05 AM PST Thousands attend the funeral of a Tunisian who set off violent protests over unemployment in the North Africa nation by setting himself on fire. |
| African artist Malangatana dies Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:27 AM PST Mozambican painter Malangatana, one of Africa's greatest contemporary artists, dies aged 74. |
| German dioxin worse than feared Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:08 AM PST Some 3,000 tonnes of an animal feed additive sold in Germany have been found to contain dioxin traces, the government says. |
| Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:17 AM PST Dozens of dead birds are found lying in a residential street in Sweden, days after thousands of birds fell to their deaths in the US. |
| Kuwaiti PM wins confidence vote Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:46 AM PST The prime minister of Kuwait narrowly survives a vote of no-confidence in parliament - the second in just over a year. |
| Shah's younger son kills himself Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:59 AM PST The younger son of the Shah of Iran, Alireza Pahlavi, has killed himself in the US after a long battle with depression, his brother says. |
| Maoists urge UN to stay in Nepal Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:43 AM PST The Maoist party in Nepal warns that the country's peace process could collapse if UN peacekeepers leave next week as scheduled. |
| Bangladesh mutiny troops on trial Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:27 AM PST Some 800 soldiers go on trial in Bangladesh charged with murder and other crimes committed during a bloody mutiny in 2009. |
| N Korea 'unconditional' talks bid Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:08 AM PST North Korea wants "unconditional and early" talks with the South to end months of high tensions, the state news agency reports. |
| South China battles 'big freeze' Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:22 AM PST Up to 60,000 people in southern China are being evacuated from their homes as freezing weather damages property and closes roads. |
| Oil price 'is risk to recovery' Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:03 AM PST The high price of oil threatens to derail the economic recovery among developed nations, the International Energy Agency warns. |
| Leak prompts Renault suspensions Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:05 AM PST French carmaker Renault suspends three senior managers after an investigation into the possible leaking of electric vehicle secrets. |
| China backs new Spain investment Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:00 AM PST The Chinese Vice Premier has promised to buy Spanish government bonds despite the crisis of confidence over eurozone debt. |
| Kinect blamed for Xbox failures Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:32 AM PST Users of Microsoft's Xbox gaming console have accused its latest hands-free add-on, the Kinect, of causing their consoles to fail. |
| Hackers uncover secret PS3 keys Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:57 AM PST The PlayStation 3's security is broken by hackers, potentially allowing anyone to run any software - including pirated games - on the console |
| Tablets to dominate gadget show Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:39 AM PST Tablets look set to hog the headlines at this year's CES in Las Vegas, the largest consumer electronics show in the world. |
| Babe author King-Smith dies at 88 Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:38 AM PST Children's author Dick King-Smith, whose book The Sheep-Pig inspired hit film Babe, has died aged 88, his agent confirms. |
| Singer Rafferty dies at age of 63 Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:44 PM PST Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty dies at the age of 63 after suffering a long illness. |
| Guilds identify Oscar contenders Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:59 AM PST Nominations for this year's Writers Guild and Producers Guild awards identify the leading contenders for Oscar nominations later this month. |
| Ancient island bird went clubbing Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:03 PM PST An extinct flightless bird from Jamaica fought rivals and predators with wings evolved into clubs, scientists suggest. |
| Coldest month since records began Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:20 AM PST Last December was among the coldest in the UK temperature record - though globally, the year was one of the warmest documented. |
| Turtles' Atlantic journeys mapped Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:20 AM PST Scientists track the world's largest population of giant leatherback turtles as they swim from Africa's coast into busy fishing grounds. |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:07 AM PST An American chemist has spoken out against the misuse of published scientific research to create designer drugs. |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:46 PM PST Experts say they have discovered what they believe is the root cause of male pattern baldness - faulty stem cells. |
| Australian floods: Your stories Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:42 AM PST BBC News website readers describe the moment the flood levels peaked in Queensland, Australia. |
| Australian floods: Your pictures Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:42 AM PST Your pictures of the flood levels peaking in Australia. |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:59 AM PST Gap years for older people are on the rise, with visits to endangered places and cultures popular. TV explorer Bruce Parry does this for a living. |
| Why do we think Bob Holness was the Baker Street saxophonist? Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:09 AM PST As the nation mourns the sad passing of singer Gerry Rafferty, the myth involving his famous song Baker Street, and a certain quiz show host received a fresh airing. So how did it come about? |
| Exit the fins man and the Womble woman Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:12 AM PST Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser-reported - people of the past month. |
| Tablets, phones and chargers at CES Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:44 AM PST The Consumer Electronics Show in the US is getting under way with thousands of visitors expected to attend. |
| Canadian girl discovers supernova Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:23 AM PST A 10-year-old Canadian girl has become the youngest person in the world to find a supernova, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada has confirmed. |
| Deer rescued from icy Baltic Sea Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:28 AM PST Fire fighters in Poland have saved a roe deer that drifted on an ice floe in the Baltic Sea. |
| More dead birds fall from US sky Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:31 AM PST Test are being carried out on about 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings found dead in the US state of Louisiana. |
| Aerial view of flood-hit Rockhampton Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:03 AM PST Flood preparations in the Australian city of Rockhampton are being put to the test with water levels set to peak. |
| Visitors flock to China 'ice city' Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:03 AM PST Enormous ice sculptures have been created for a special winter festival in Harabin, northern China |
| Innocent man freed after 30 years Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:35 PM PST A man in the US state of Texas has had his robbery conviction overturned after serving 30 years in jail - longer than anyone in Texas cleared by DNA. |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 07:58 AM PST The first auction of the year at a Tokyo fish market sees a blue fin tuna sell for nearly $400,000. |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:24 AM PST The new US Congress is being sworn in. |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:31 AM PST Audio slideshow: Life in Queensland's murky floodwaters |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:19 AM PST Why Africa's biggest country is about to split |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:53 AM PST Eye-catching images from around the world |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:03 PM PST Will eco-friendly GM pigs be coming to a plate near you soon? |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST Himalayan 'viagra' rocks peaceful Nepal village |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:42 AM PST Pressure on Egypt to deal with Coptic complaints |
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