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- Mubarak's deputy urges patience
- Pakistan blasphemy repeal dropped
- Cyber war 'Geneva Conventions' call
- Algeria emergency 'to be lifted'
- Last Tango actress Schneider dies
- Danish cartoonist attacker guilty
- Mexico border police chief killed
- Rumsfeld defends US war in Iraq
- Hunt closes in on 'another Earth'
- News in Nepal is broadcast by lantern light
- Even Times Square out of bounds for smokers now
- Carroll cool on Torres comparison
- Luiz relieved not to face Torres
- Kubica sets test pace for Renault
- Britons on Cairo charter flight
- Nanny admits tycoon poisoning bid
- Liverpool rejects 'big society'
- Watchdog shrugs off MPs' attacks
- Viscount's son jailed for fraud
- Shooting councillor urged to quit
- Scotland braced for severe gales
- Tributes paid to murdered student
- X-rays 'built up over two years'
- Knife attacker 'found in France'
- 'Plaid insistence' on referendum
- £100m revamp of hospital to start
- US and Canada dig out from storm
- Vegas casino heist suspect held
- Chavez marks 12 years in office
- Somali MPs extend their mandate
- Rwanda planning vasectomy drive
- French minister's suicide queried
- Pub TV football choice 'upheld'
- Mass rally on Yemen 'day of rage'
- World food prices reach new high
- Nepal deadlock broken with new PM
- Karachi police swoop on 'killers'
- Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi
- Burma confirms leader candidates
- Shell profits double to $18.6bn
- Egypt 'hijacked Vodafone network'
- ECB 'closely monitoring' prices
- Google eyes Apple in tablet war
- Hacker faces jail over chip theft
- PC sales halted by Intel chip bug
- Potter movies honoured by Bafta
- Sculptures gifted to new gallery
- Fox set for German career award
- New mosquito type raises concern
- Gulf 'to recover by end of 2012'
- Population growth must slow - UN
- UK scientists 'develop vCJD test'
- Heart op vessels store in fridge
- Bid to repeal US health law fails
- Egypt violence: Cairo reaction
- Egyptian protests: Your pictures
- Egypt protests: 'We are falling one-by-one'
- How obesity is reshaping our world
- You, me and everyone else
- Snow storm stretches 2,000 miles
- How to build a PC in four minutes
- 'Handcuffed and blindfolded' in Cairo
- Yemen 'day of rage' gathers momentum
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Mubarak's deputy urges patience Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:46 AM PST Egypt's new Vice-President, Omar Suleiman, appeals for time to implement political reforms as clashes continue in central Cairo. |
Pakistan blasphemy repeal dropped Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:11 AM PST A politician drops her attempt to amend Pakistan's blasphemy laws, accusing her party of appeasing extremists following the murder of one of its leaders. |
Cyber war 'Geneva Conventions' call Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST US and Russian experts are to propose a "Geneva Convention" for cyber warfare at a security conference of world leaders in Munich. |
Algeria emergency 'to be lifted' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:34 AM PST Algeria's state of emergency will be lifted in the "very near future", President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is quoted as saying by local media. |
Last Tango actress Schneider dies Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:50 AM PST French actress Maria Schneider, best known for playing Marlon Brando's lover in Last Tango in Paris, dies aged 58 after a long illness. |
Danish cartoonist attacker guilty Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:22 AM PST A Somali who targeted a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad is convicted of attempted murder and terrorism. |
Mexico border police chief killed Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:20 AM PST The police chief of the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo is shot dead, just a month after he took the job. |
Rumsfeld defends US war in Iraq Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:24 AM PST In new memoirs, former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld remains largely defiant about the war in Iraq, leaked extracts suggest. |
Hunt closes in on 'another Earth' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:26 AM PST In a barrage of new results from the Kepler space telescope, astronomers identify fifty-four planets that may have conditions suitable for life. |
News in Nepal is broadcast by lantern light Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:48 AM PST One of Nepal's top TV networks begins broadcasting its nightly news bulletin in semi-darkness to highlight the effects of massive power cuts. |
Even Times Square out of bounds for smokers now Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:39 AM PST Some of the toughest anti-smoking measures to be adopted in a major city is approved by local councillors in New York. |
Carroll cool on Torres comparison Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:25 AM PST New Liverpool striker Andy Carroll does not feel pressure to replace former Reds favourite Fernando Torres. |
Luiz relieved not to face Torres Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST Chelsea's David Luiz has told of his relief that he will be lining up in the same side as Fernando Torres, who played a key role in Liverpool's thrashing of Luiz's former club Benfica in April. |
Kubica sets test pace for Renault Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:57 AM PST Robert Kubica underlines Renault's potential with the fastest time of the first pre-season Formula 1 test. |
Britons on Cairo charter flight Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:05 AM PST More than 180 people have left Egypt on a Foreign Office-chartered flight from Cairo to London, with a second being arranged. |
Nanny admits tycoon poisoning bid Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:51 AM PST A nanny admits trying to poison Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold by lacing her food with screen wash. |
Liverpool rejects 'big society' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:48 AM PST The leader of Liverpool City Council writes to the prime minister withdrawing its involvement from his "big society" plans. |
Watchdog shrugs off MPs' attacks Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:10 AM PST The expenses watchdog brushes off criticism from MPs and says they should "celebrate" the changes that have taken place. |
Viscount's son jailed for fraud Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:13 AM PST A viscount's son is jailed for defrauding Tesco out of £355,000 to repay debts incurred by a loss-making music festival at the family seat. |
Shooting councillor urged to quit Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:31 AM PST A south London councillor who shot and wounded a man in the 1990s has been urged to quit after failing to disclose his conviction to the Labour Party. |
Scotland braced for severe gales Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:46 AM PST Weather forecasters warn that wind speeds could reach up to 80mph as gales batter parts of Scotland. |
Tributes paid to murdered student Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:27 AM PST A 19-year-old student murdered in an unprovoked street attack in South Lanarkshire is described as an "outstanding individual". |
X-rays 'built up over two years' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:35 AM PST A backlog of X-rays at Altnagelvin Hospital was building up for two years before it came to the attention of the Western Trust, it emerged on Thursday. |
Knife attacker 'found in France' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:36 AM PST A 26-year-old Belfast man who was ordered to be detained indefinitely in a secure facility in Northern Ireland has turned up in France. |
'Plaid insistence' on referendum Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:00 AM PST Shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain has said the referendum on assembly powers is only happening on 3 March because of Plaid Cymru's insistence. |
£100m revamp of hospital to start Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:36 AM PST The first phase of £100m plans to modernise Denbighshire's Glan Clwyd hospital is due to start this month. |
US and Canada dig out from storm Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST Americans and Canadians recover from a major winter storm that badly disrupted transport, wrecked buildings and claimed at least 12 lives. |
Vegas casino heist suspect held Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:04 AM PST Las Vegas police arrest a man over the robbery of $1.5m (£950,000) in casino chips from the Bellagio resort. |
Chavez marks 12 years in office Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:18 PM PST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marks 12 years in power by promising to press on with his socialist revolution, despite admitting "mistakes". |
Somali MPs extend their mandate Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:44 AM PST MPs in Somalia vote to extend their mandate for another three years, after getting the approval of the African Union. |
Rwanda planning vasectomy drive Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:52 AM PST Rwanda's government says it wants to encourage men to have vasectomies in a bid to stem the small landlocked country's growing population. |
French minister's suicide queried Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:38 AM PST An ex-policeman raises questions about the verdict of suicide in the death of French minister Robert Boulin in 1979. |
Pub TV football choice 'upheld' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:08 AM PST Broadcasters cannot stop customers using cheaper foreign satellite services to watch Premier League football, an EU legal adviser says. |
Mass rally on Yemen 'day of rage' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:26 AM PST More than 20,000 anti-government protesters gather in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on a "day of rage" against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule. |
World food prices reach new high Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:56 AM PST World food prices rose to a record monthly high in January and could go higher, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization says. |
Nepal deadlock broken with new PM Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:42 AM PST Parliamentarians in Nepal elect a new prime minister, Jhalanath Khanal, after more than seven months of stalemate. |
Karachi police swoop on 'killers' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:15 AM PST Police in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi arrest three men accused of carrying out targeted political killings. |
Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:58 AM PST Queensland's coast is badly hit but cities have a lucky escape as Cyclone Yasi is downgraded to a category two storm over north-east Australia. |
Burma confirms leader candidates Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:52 AM PST Lawmakers in Burma's new parliament elect junta allies as vice-presidents, putting them in the running for the role of leader. |
Shell profits double to $18.6bn Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:18 AM PST The oil giant Shell has reported profits of $18.6bn (£11.5bn) for 2010 thanks to rising oil prices and higher production. |
Egypt 'hijacked Vodafone network' Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:15 AM PST Mobile phone firm Vodafone accuses the Egyptian authorities of using its network to send pro-government text messages. |
ECB 'closely monitoring' prices Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:03 AM PST European Central Bank head Trichet says 'very close monitoring' of prices is needed, as rates are held at a record low 1%. |
Google eyes Apple in tablet war Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:29 AM PST Google unveils an operating system for tablet computers aimed at ramping up the competition with Apple's iPad. |
Hacker faces jail over chip theft Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:56 AM PST The theft of 400 billion virtual poker chips for an online game leaves a hacker facing a potentially 'lengthy' jail term. |
PC sales halted by Intel chip bug Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:58 AM PST PC makers are halting sales of some machines because of problems with the latest Intel processors. |
Potter movies honoured by Bafta Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:24 AM PST The Harry Potter film series is to receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema prize at this year's Bafta awards, organisers announce. |
Sculptures gifted to new gallery Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:40 AM PST A £35m art gallery celebrating sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth will open in Yorkshire on 21 May, featuring 44 models donated by Dame Barbara's family. |
Fox set for German career award Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:49 AM PST Actor Michael J Fox will be presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Camera awards in Berlin this weekend, organisers announce. |
New mosquito type raises concern Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:02 AM PST Scientists identify a new type of mosquito that researchers say must be studied further to see if it has implications for the transmission and control of malaria. |
Gulf 'to recover by end of 2012' Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:31 PM PST The Gulf of Mexico should largely recover from the BP oil spill by the end of next year, according to the administrator of a compensation fund for victims. |
Population growth must slow - UN Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:17 AM PST World population growth rate must slow down significantly to avoid reaching unsustainable levels says a new UN report. |
UK scientists 'develop vCJD test' Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:22 PM PST A blood test to detect vCJD has been developed by British scientists who say it could identify healthy people who are carriers of the disease. |
Heart op vessels store in fridge Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:41 PM PST US scientists believe they can produce a ready made supply of blood vessels for use in heart bypass surgery. |
Bid to repeal US health law fails Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:03 PM PST Republicans in the US Senate fail to win enough votes to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform bill, passed in 2010. |
Egypt violence: Cairo reaction Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:10 AM PST BBC News website readers in Cairo describe their feelings about the escalating situation in Egypt's capital city. |
Egyptian protests: Your pictures Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST Protests in Egypt continue amid violence between rival groups in Tahrir Square. BBC News website readers have been sharing their photos of Egypt on Wednesday 3 February. |
Egypt protests: 'We are falling one-by-one' Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:52 PM PST Clashes are continuing in the Egyptian capital. Here Egyptians share their views on the protests and experiences of taking part in them. |
How obesity is reshaping our world Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:03 AM PST Ambulances are the latest vehicles to face up to one inarguable fact - as a nation, we are getting bigger and that poses a huge design headache. |
Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:42 AM PST It's difficult to get personal with information about the whole of society but it is possible, Michael Blastland says in his regular column. |
Snow storm stretches 2,000 miles Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:07 AM PST A bitter winter storm stretching 2,000 miles (3,200km) is crippling swathes of the US and Canada with heavy snow, rain and high winds. |
How to build a PC in four minutes Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:55 AM PST LJ Rich meets the technology journalists at a Las Vegas race to build a computer in a matter of minutes. |
'Handcuffed and blindfolded' in Cairo Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST Supporters of President Mubarak were out in force in Cairo on Wednesday, clearly not afraid to show their allegiance, as the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes found out when they arrested him. |
Yemen 'day of rage' gathers momentum Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:40 AM PST More than 20,000 anti-government protesters gather in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on a "day of rage" against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule. |
Cyclone throws yachts out of water Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:11 AM PST Australians take stock of trail of damage left in Queensland by Cyclone Yasi. |
Woman gives birth in midst of cyclone Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:25 AM PST A woman gives birth to a baby girl while sheltering in an evacuation centre from the Australian cyclone. |
What is so special about the Daily? Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:43 PM PST News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch has launched a digital newspaper for the iPad called the Daily, which he said he hoped it would be an "indispensable source of news" in the tablet era. |
Are the super-rich out of touch? Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:34 PM PST Chrystia Freeland of Reuters, tells BBC Newsnight what she makes of the super-rich, whose growing wealth takes them further away from the reaches of society. |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:18 AM PST The man who gave Uganda's gay community its voice |
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