Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Gaddafi battles for western Libya

Gaddafi battles for western Libya


Gaddafi battles for western Libya

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:55 AM PST

Libyan ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi battles to control the country's west as protesters consolidate eastern towns and foreigners continue to flee.

Hundreds missing after NZ quake

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:34 AM PST

Hundreds of people remain missing in Christchurch as New Zealand authorities continue search and rescue efforts after Tuesday's deadly earthquake.

Clashes erupt amid Greece strike

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:01 AM PST

Police fire tear gas to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators in Athens as a 24-hour general strike grips Greece.

Coral reefs heading into crisis

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:37 AM PST

About three-quarters of the world's coral reefs are at risk, a major assessment warns, with overfishing and climate change the biggest factors.

Saudi king announces new benefits

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST

Saudi Arabia's king returns after months abroad and raises benefits for his citizens, as anti-government protests continue in the region.

US 'may try pirates over deaths'

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:45 AM PST

A group of 15 suspected pirates captured after the killing of four Americans off Somalia could be sent to the US to face trial, the US military says.

Lehman loses $11bn Barclays case

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:19 AM PST

A judge in New York rules that Barclays' takeover of Lehman Brothers' US assets in 2008 was flawed but fair.

Delhi rally over high food prices

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:16 AM PST

Thousands of people gather in the Indian capital, Delhi, to take part in a rally to protest against rising food prices and unemployment.

US not defending gay marriage ban

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:18 AM PST

The US government says it will no longer defend in the courts a law which bans the recognition of same sex marriage.

'Poisoned' workers turn to Apple

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:28 AM PST

Chinese workers injured by chemical poisoning at a factory making iPhones have written to Apple outlining their grievances.

Moderate alcohol 'good for heart'

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:20 PM PST

An alcoholic drink a day can keep heart disease at bay, according to a review of 30 years of research by a team in Canada.

Larry King launches one-man comedy tour

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:30 AM PST

Veteran broadcaster Larry King, who left his CNN talk show in December after 25 years, is to tour the US with a one-man comedy show.

Thighs matters... experts name new dinosaur

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:32 PM PST

Scientists name a new dinosaur species discovered in Utah "thunder-thighs" because of the huge thigh muscles it would have had in life.

Live - Wednesday football

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:46 AM PST

Man Utd take on Marseille and holders Inter Milan host Bayern Munich in the Champions League, while Wednesday's other game sees Arsenal take on Stoke in the Premier League.

Afridi stars in Pakistan victory

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:56 AM PST

Captain Shahid Afridi takes five wickets as Pakistan complete a resounding 205 run-win World Cup win over Kenya in Hambantota.

Cup to stay in NZ - rugby chief

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:16 AM PST

Rugby New Zealand 2011 boss Martin Snedden says all World Cup matches will still take place in the country, despite Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch.

UK rescue plane to Libya delayed

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:50 AM PST

The Foreign Office has chartered three planes to bring Britons home from Libya, but the first is delayed because of a "minor technical fault".

More Bank support for rate rise

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:09 AM PST

Three members of the Bank of England's rate-setting body voted for an interest rate rise earlier this month, minutes show.

Child killer 'murdered' in prison

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:20 AM PST

A murder inquiry begins after convicted child killer Colin Hatch is found dead at Full Sutton high-security prison in East Yorkshire.

Britons wait for quake death news

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:43 AM PST

The British high commissioner to New Zealand says staff are in direct contact with police to find out whether any Britons were killed.

Woman cleared of bonfire murder

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:03 AM PST

A Herefordshire woman is cleared of the murder of a man whose body was found on a bonfire at her home.

Speeding footballer's car seized

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:39 AM PST

Arsenal footballer Alex Song's car is seized after he left the scene when he was stopped for speeding in Hertfordshire.

Youths held over airgun incident

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:08 AM PST

Two teenagers are detained in connection with an incident involving pupils from a school in East Ayrshire.

Death of girl, 4, 'suspicious'

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:27 AM PST

An investigation is launched into the suspicious death of a four-year-old girl in the grounds of a hospital.

Howell 'was my biggest mistake'

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:50 AM PST

Double murder accused Hazel Stewart said meeting Colin Howell was the biggest mistake of her life, a court in Coleraine hears.

I'm left to rot - tumour patient

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:52 AM PST

A woman with a benign brain tumour has said she feels as if she has been "left to rot" after a number of her hospital appointments were cancelled.

Suicide doctor visit criticised

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:01 AM PST

Some church leaders in Wales say a suicide workshop due to be held by a euthanasia expert in Cardiff could be "very dangerous".

Blind man tackles house burglars

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:21 AM PST

A blind man takes on two burglars who flee empty-handed after breaking into his home.

US targets 70 'drug traffickers'

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:03 AM PST

The US Treasury Department lays financial sanctions against more than 70 alleged drug traffickers linked to Mexico's notorious Sinaloa cocaine cartel.

Mobile phones 'affect the brain'

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:55 AM PST

A study by the National Institutes of Health in the US suggests that mobile phones could have an effect on the brain.

Mexico report into mass kidnaps

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:52 AM PST

More than 11,000 migrants were kidnapped, often by drug gangs, in Mexico during a six-month period in 2010, says the country's human rights body.

Pinewood to open in Latin America

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:21 AM PST

Pinewood Shepperton is to open film studios in the Dominican Republic to serve Latin America, it is announced.

Zimbabwe detains 46 over lecture

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:57 AM PST

Zimbabwe holds 46 activists for a fifth night over charges attended a talk on how to emulate Middle East protests in the country.

Ivorian attack kills 10 soldiers

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:02 AM PST

Ten soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast's disputed President Laurent Gbagbo are killed in Abidjan, as an African Union delegation tries to mediate the ongoing crisis.

Europe races to pull out of Libya

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:13 AM PST

More planes and ships head for Libya to rescue foreigners from the chaos as thousands remain stranded at Tripoli airport.

Nine hurt in Ibiza knife rampage

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:18 AM PST

A man wielding a knife wounds at least nine people at random in a rampage on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza.

Yemen MPs quit president's party

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:30 AM PST

Seven members of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's ruling party quit in protest over the use of violence against anti-government protesters.

Bahrain blogger freed from jail

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:24 AM PST

Bahraini blogger Ali Abdulemam, freed along with dozens of other prisoners, says he was insulted and tortured in prison.

India Commonwealth Games men held

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:02 AM PST

India's top investigating agency arrests two senior Commonwealth Games officials suspected of corruption.

India set for Libya evacuation

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:52 AM PST

The Indian government says that it is preparing for a "mammoth operation" involving planes and ships to evacuate its nationals from Libya.

Xinjiang killers face execution

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:44 AM PST

Four men are sentenced to death for a series of deadly attacks in Xinjiang last year, China's state-controlled media has reported.

Thai police probe UK couple death

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 08:11 PM PST

Thai police are investigating the deaths of a retired couple from Lincolnshire, found dead while on holiday in the northern city of Chiang Mai.

Brent oil price at $110 a barrel

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:56 AM PST

The price of Brent crude hits $110 a barrel for the first time since September 2008 as worries persist about unrest in Libya.

Apple faces succession questions

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:18 AM PST

The health of Apple's chief executive is set to top the agenda at the company's annual general meeting, later today.

Qatar expresses UK bank interest

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:39 AM PST

Qatar's prime minister expresses an interest in investing in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group - both part-owned by the UK government.

Windows Phone update hit by bug

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:29 AM PST

Microsoft has withdrawn a software update for its Windows Phone system after it made some Samsung handsets unusable.

Cyber criminals find new targets

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:39 AM PST

Malware attacks rose in 2010, with hackers increasingly hiding code on unsuspecting sites, says security firm Kaspersky.

Banton convicted in cocaine case

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:52 PM PST

Grammy-winning reggae star Buju Banton faces at least 15 years in prison after being convicted by a Florida court of conspiring to set up a cocaine deal.

Mandela opera in city arts deal

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:54 AM PST

An opera based on the life of Nelson Mandela is the showpiece of a new partnership between the Wales Millennium Centre and Cape Town Opera.

Doctor Who 'Brigadier' dies at 81

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:36 AM PST

Veteran actor Nicholas Courtney, best known for playing Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart on Doctor Who, dies at the age of 81.

Waves of sleep wash over seagulls

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:35 AM PST

Seagulls learn to doze when others do, triggering 'waves' of sleep through seabird colonies, a study reveals.

Libya protests: Your stories

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:15 AM PST

Libyan residents and expats who have left the country describe the situation after Col Muammar Gaddafi's speech.

New Zealand earthquake aftermath: Your stories

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:38 AM PST

BBC News website readers describe the scene after the earthquake in Christchurch.

Just what is a 'non-job'?

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:00 AM PST

Newspapers have savagely attacked the retention of council "non-jobs" while front line services are axed. But are there such things as "non-jobs" and what exactly is an essential job?

VIDEO: Pulled from the rubble of NZ quake

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:17 AM PST

New Zealand has declared a national state of emergency following the devastating earthquake which struck the city of Christchurch yesterday.

VIDEO: Pressure mounts on isolated Gaddafi

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:03 AM PST

Pressure has mounted on isolated Libyan ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi after a chorus of international condemnation and resignations by top officials.

VIDEO: Inside N Zealand's quake-hit cathedral

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 11:16 AM PST

A first look inside New Zealand's earthquake-hit Christchurch Cathedral.

VIDEO: 'Narrow window' to save quake lives

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 07:09 PM PST

Rescue teams have a "narrow window" of opportunity to save people trapped in the rubble from the earthquake which hit Christchurch, according to New Zealand's foreign minister.

VIDEO: UN condemns Libya crackdown

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:18 PM PST

The UN Security Council has condemned the Libyan authorities for using force against protesters, calling for those responsible to be held to account.

VIDEO: Panda 'diplomats' touch down in Japan

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:28 PM PST

In another example of what is often called panda diplomacy a pair of giant pandas have arrived in Japan from China

VIDEO: Inside a Trident nuclear submarine

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:36 PM PST

Commander Mark Lister tells Sally Magnusson about life on a Trident missile submarine.

VIDEO: Can academics be funny?

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:54 PM PST

Bright Club is a monthly comedy event in London described by organisers as "the thinking person's variety night".

Salsa salvation

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:17 AM PST

How Colombian dance group gives local talent chance to shine

Day in pictures

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:43 AM PST

Striking images from around the world

Old and news

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:17 PM PST

Paul Reynolds on how BBC web reporting changed his journalism

Union struggle

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:18 AM PST

A rare whiff of class conflict in modern America?

Space probes quiz

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:55 AM PST

Interplanetary craft, from V'Ger to Beagle 2

Meaty question

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:19 AM PST

How exactly do you define a Cornish pasty?

Peace at last?

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:34 AM PST

New Basque party may signal an end to Eta violence

Marine violence

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:38 PM PST

Why are aggressive attacks by Somali pirates increasing?

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