Friday, February 4, 2011

Huge crowds in Cairo for 'departure day'

Huge crowds in Cairo for 'departure day'


Huge crowds in Cairo for 'departure day'

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:04 AM PST

Tens of thousands attend a rally in Cairo to reinforce their demand for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down immediately.

US joblessness falls in January

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:24 AM PST

Unemployment falls in January to 9% but the number of new jobs created falls well short of expectations.

Pakistan cricketers face charges

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:20 AM PST

Three members of the Pakistan cricket team and an agent are to face corruption charges over match-fixing claims, UK prosecutors say.

Giffords' husband to go to space

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:29 AM PST

The husband of the US congresswoman injured in an Arizona gun attack is to lead one of the final space shuttle missions in April, Nasa confirms.

German rules urged for eurozone

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

France and Germany propose an EU "competitiveness pact" to eliminate policy differences that have weakened the eurozone.

Danish cartoonist attacker jailed

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:55 AM PST

A Somali who attacked the home of a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad is jailed for nine years.

Fatal Thai-Cambodia border clash

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:24 AM PST

Two people are reported killed as Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchange fire along a disputed stretch of their border.

Two Cuban dissidents to be freed

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:58 AM PST

Cuba is to release two more of the political prisoners that it agreed to free last July, allowing one of them to remain on the island, rather than go into exile.

Armed robbers strike EU parliament

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:07 AM PST

Armed robbers raid the post office inside the European parliament building, as Europe's leaders gather for a summit just hundreds of metres away.

New rape centre opens in DR Congo

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:43 AM PST

A new centre opens designed to help some of the thousands of people who have been raped in DR Congo.

'Weird' big predator threatened

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:49 AM PST

Numbers of the odd-looking fossa, Madagascar's largest carnivore, may be dwindling fast, according to scientists.

Malawi row over 'public flatulence ban'

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:51 AM PST

Two of Malawi's most senior judicial officials argue over whether a new bill includes a provision that outlaws breaking wind in public.

Unseen portrait of princes to go on display

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:42 PM PST

A selection of recently acquired photographs which are going on display at The National Portrait Gallery in London.

Live - Wales v England

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:20 AM PST

England travel to Cardiff to play Wales in the first ever Six Nations match to start the tournament on a Friday.

Fifa upholds suspended duo's bans

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST

Fifa rejects the appeals by two former members suspended after allegations of corruption during the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding races.

Angry Moyes hits back at Wenger

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:57 AM PST

Everton manager David Moyes responds angrily to Arsene Wenger's claim that he pretended to hear Cesc Fabregas make comments to the officials at half-time in their Premier League game on Tuesday.

Man shot by police officer named

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:26 AM PST

The man shot dead by an off-duty police officer in east Belfast during a suspected robbery is named as 29-year-old Marc Alexander Ringland.

PM urges orderly Egypt transition

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:12 AM PST

The regime in Egypt must take steps to show there is a "clear, credible, transparent path toward transition", Prime Minister David Cameron warns.

Pupil phone searches 'excessive'

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:47 AM PST

The pressure group Liberty says new head teachers' powers in England to search for mobile phones are more suited to terror investigations.

Fire death baby staff disciplined

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:29 AM PST

Two social workers are facing disciplinary action following the death of a 13-month-old boy in Greater Manchester.

Jail for traffic warden race slur

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:35 AM PST

A man who falsely claimed a traffic warden racially abused and attacked him to avoid paying for a parking ticket is jailed.

Two killed in tower block blaze

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:52 AM PST

Two women die and four are treated by ambulance crews after a fire at a block of flats in south-east London.

Doctors 'missed' fatal overdoses

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST

The father of a teenager who died after being given overdoses of paracetamol calls for medics to be prosecuted.

Man arrested over student's death

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST

A 22-year-old man is arrested in connection with the death of 19-year-old student Reamonn Gormley.

Senior dental consultant removed

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST

A senior consultant in dentistry is removed from post and referred to the General Medical/Dental Councils following serious concerns about his work.

Loughinisland murders report date

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:10 AM PST

A long-awaited report into how police investigated the shooting of six men by two UVF gunmen in 1994 is to be published on 21 March.

Winds add to M4 rugby traffic jam

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:44 AM PST

High winds are adding to traffic problems, with 25-mile long tailbacks on the M4 ahead of the Wales-England rugby international in Cardiff.

Daughter guilty of father murder

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:48 AM PST

A daughter and her partner are found guilty of the murder of her 61-year-old father at his home in Conwy.

Packers favourites for Super Bowl

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST

The Green Bay Packers are slight favourites to win their fourth Super Bowl on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are aiming for their seventh title.

Canadian PM Harper to meet Obama

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:43 AM PST

Stephen Harper and Barack Obama are expected to discuss energy and a proposed border security pact at the Oval Office on Friday.

Blackouts hit Brazil's north-east

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:14 AM PST

Power cuts hit seven states in Brazil, raising fears about the country's energy infrastructure ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

BBC in Top Gear apology to Mexico

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST

The BBC apologises over remarks on the TV show Top Gear that provoked outrage in Mexico, but defends humour based on national stereotyping.

Rwanda journalists sent to jail

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:10 AM PST

Two Rwandan journalists with the Umurabyo newspaper are sentenced to long jail terms after being found guilty of stirring up ethnic divisions.

Deadly clash between Sudan troops

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:34 AM PST

At least 13 people, including two children, are killed in clashes between soldiers in the volatile south Sudan town of Malakal, doctors say.

Sub to search for wreckage of jet

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:56 AM PST

A mini-submarine is to be used in a new search of the Atlantic this spring for the wreck of an Air France jet which crashed in 2009.

Double factory blast hits Ankara

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:06 AM PST

Two explosions after a gas leak in an industrial zone in the Turkish capital Ankara leave 16 people dead and many injured.

Egypt woes 'costing $310m a day'

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:59 AM PST

Egypt's uprising is costing the country at least $310m a day as factories close and tourists avoid the country, Credit Agricole says.

Thousands flee Pakistan fighting

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:18 AM PST

At least 20,000 people have fled fierce fighting between troops and militants in the Pakistani tribal region of Mohmand, officials and witnesses say.

'Serious threat' to India economy

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:01 AM PST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warns that the country's rapid economic growth is under "serious threat" from inflation.

Burma's ex-PM named new president

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:19 AM PST

Burma appoints former general and outgoing prime minister Thein Sein as the country's first civilian president after nearly 50 years of military rule.

Queensland battles cyclone debris

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:20 AM PST

Australia sends in thousands of emergency workers to help Queensland's stricken coastal communities after the state's worst storm in a century.

Bad debts rule hits Banco Popular

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:09 AM PST

Spain's third largest bank, Banco Popular, joins Santander in reporting 2010 profits hurt by strict new debt provisioning rules.

BA raises fuel surcharge by £12

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:16 AM PST

British Airways says it will increase its fuel surcharge on long-haul flights for the second time in three months.

Williams stock flotation agreed

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:19 AM PST

Former Formula 1 world champions Williams are to go ahead with a flotation on the German stock market in the coming months.

Hacktivists target Egypt, Yemen

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:51 AM PST

Hacktivists from the Anonymous group have turned their attention to unrest in the Middle East.

Firm stops pursuing net pirates

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:59 AM PST

MediaCAT, a firm that worked with ACS: Law to pursue alleged illegal file-sharers, has ceased trading.

Black Ops 'still has problems'

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:20 AM PST

Fans say the title has problems with online gameplay with publishers Activision saying they're committed to working with fans on new updates.

Nolan top Brit on films rich list

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:23 AM PST

Christopher Nolan, the British director of Inception, was Hollywood's fourth-highest earner of 2010 making an estimated $71.5m (£44.3m), Vanity Fair suggests.

No Fry Japan trip after bomb joke

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:55 PM PST

Plans for Stephen Fry to film part of a new documentary series in Japan are shelved after complaints about an A-bomb joke.

New Dragon announced for the Den

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:28 AM PST

Entrepreneur and company owner Hilary Devey is to join the next series of Dragons' Den, it is announced.

Images show Mars' shifting dunes

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:04 AM PST

A study of the Martian polar region by an orbiting satellite shows that sand dunes, once thought to be frozen and static, change radically every year.

'Biodiversity breakdown' recorded

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:40 AM PST

Scientists in New Zealand say they have linked the modern-day decline of a common forest shrub with the local extinction of two pollinating birds over a century ago.

Mass migration fears 'unfounded'

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:55 AM PST

A study by a UK think-tank challenges the view that people would migrate en mass to other nations as a result of climate change.

One in 10 of world's adults obese

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST

One in 10 adults worldwide is obese, according to a new study which shows that the prevalence of obesity has almost doubled since 1980.

Diabetes and virus link confirmed

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST

A review of existing research shows children with Type I diabetes are nearly 10 times as likely to also have a viral infection.

Egypt unrest: Your stories

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:47 AM PST

BBC News website readers in Egypt have been speaking about their experiences and hopes for the future

Jersey Shore v Geordie Shore

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:17 AM PST

MTV is to launch a British version of its hit show Jersey Shore, which tells the story of eight outgoing teenagers growing up near the beach. And it's picked Newcastle as the city that most fits the bill. So how similar are they really?

Libraries v internet - who wins?

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:26 AM PST

In an age of downloads, cheap books and easy online shopping, can this great British institution survive?

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:25 PM PST

The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions - plus the Weekly Bonus Question.

'Secret policeman' grabbed in Alexandria

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:27 AM PST

The BBC's Wyre Davies has witnessed a 'secret policeman' being targeted amid protests in Egypt's second city, Alexandria

Top Egyptian TV journalist quits

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:47 PM PST

One aspect of the crisis in Egypt has been the difficulties faced by journalists in reporting events, as Shaheera Amin explains after leaving her job at Nile TV to join the protesters.

Egypt turmoil: Where to go from here?

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

The US has called for a peaceful transition of power in Egypt, but it may be the military that has the final say.

'Calm atmosphere' in Tahrir Square

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:24 AM PST

Tens of thousands of Egyptians are taking part in a "day of departure" to try to oust President Hosni Mubarak.

Online activism returns in Egypt

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST

Egyptian authorities have partially reopened access to the internet. Now the battle on the streets is making its way onto the internet.

Dengue fever red alert in Peru

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:49 PM PST

Officials in Peru have declared a red alert after an outbreak of dengue fever in one Amazonian province.

Propeller man - it's Odd Box

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:23 PM PST

Radio 1's Dominic Byrne from the Chris Moyles Show with the week's weird videos

Artist shows ear grafted to his arm

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:00 PM PST

A futuristic zoo, an interactive sphere and a man with an ear growing out of his arm are all featured in the 2011 Kinetica Art Fair, which explores the evolution of the human body and mind.

Day in pictures

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:21 AM PST

Most striking images from around the world

Not too old for the Moon

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:26 PM PST

Apollo 14 commander overcame age prejudice for 1971 flight

It's quiz time!

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:31 PM PST

What new rights are Brazilians about to acquire?

Bad trip

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:00 AM PST

What's the point of overseas royal visits?

Another world

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:14 PM PST

First film footage of remote Amazon tribe

Auf Wiedersehen Carino

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:05 PM PST

Spain's unemployed rush to fill jobs in Germany

Friendly helpers

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

Japan tries to plug healthcare gap for ageing population with robots

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